Materials

Materials can be added to Tasks to forecast your daily resource demand and track planned vs actual quantities.

Creating Materials

Creating Materials lets you build a reusable library of Materials to assign to Tasks.

Creating New Materials:

• Click your Project Title in the top left, then select Project Assets

• Select Materials from the menu

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• Create your custom Material resource by entering the name, unit, Material type and colour

• The Material is added to the library of Materials the team can assign to their Tasks

Assigning Materials to tasks helps plan how much is needed for each one, making it easier to manage demand across your project.

To add Planned Materials to a task:

• On the Gantt, navigate to the column picker and toggle Materials

• Click the Material cell for your task & select Materials from the dropdown menu

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When you add a planned Material, Aphex spreads the total amount across the Task’s planned days. If you expect to use more or less of a material on a certain day, you can adjust the daily quantity to match.

• Double-click your task bar on the Gantt to open the right-hand panel

• Scroll down to Planned Resources and click to expand your chosen Material

• Click into the Quantity box and change the value

Material tracking doesn't just stop at forecasting demand. Use Actuals to log what was used each day, directly on the Task - giving you a clear picture of performance over time, and use the inputs to automatically generate planned vs actual quantity reports.

Adding Actuals to Tasks:

• Double-click your task bar on the Gantt to open the right-hand panel

• Scroll down to Actual Materials and click to expand your chosen Material

• Click and select a planned material

Use the Resource Overlay in the Gantt to forecast Material demand day by day. You'll see how much of each Material is needed across the project, with a clear breakdown of which Tasks are driving that usage and who's using it.

View the Resource Overlay by Material:

• Click and select Resources and click Material

• Hover over the numbers to view your Total and Project Utilisation

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Filter by Material to quickly review and manage work related to a particular Material items across your plan.

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• Select Material in the first dropdown

• Select from Is, Is Not, Is Empty

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Once Materials have been assigned to Tasks, all updates (including Delays, On Track & Improvement events) can be traced back to each Subcontractor. This makes it easy to understand how each Subcontractor is performing across the project.

Connect your Project as a datasource for Power BI to report on Material Demand, and track Planned vs Actuals.

Utilise Aphex Insight to track Material Demand. See trends and drill down into specific Tasks to identify where each Material Resource is allocated.

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