Material Library - Bulk Upload

To upload products in bulk, follow the steps outlined in the bulk upload article. 

Building a material library consists of acceptable raw material and sustainable attributes associated with each composition. Before downloading the template, ensure you follow the raw material and attributes from the list. 

Acceptable raw material list:

1. Acetate 
2. Acrylic 
3. Alpaca Wool 
4. Bamboo 
5. Bamboo Viscose  
6. BCI Cotton 
7. Calf Leather 
8. Cashmere 
9. Conventional Cotton 
10. Cork 
11. EVA 
12. Hemp 
13. Jute 
14. Leather 
15. Lenzin Ecovero 
16. Lyocell 
17. Merino Wool 
18. Modal 
19. Nylon 6 
20. Nylon 66 
21. Organic Cotton 
22. PET 
23. Pima cotton 
24. Polyester 
25. Polypropylene 
26. Polyurethane 
27. PVC 
28. Ramie 
29. Recycled cashmere 
30. Recycled Cashmere 
31. Recycled Cotton 
32. Recycled Nylon 
33. Recycled Polyester 
34. Recycled wool 
35. Regenerative Cotton 
36. Rubber 
37. Silk 
38. Spandex 
39. Tencel 
40. Viscose 
41. Wool 

Acceptable sustainable attribute list:

1. Biodegradable
2. Fair Trade and Social Responsibility
3. Low Carbon Footprint
4. Low Impact Extraction
5. Recycled
6. Responsible Consumption and Production
7. Responsibly Sourced
8. Reusable
9. Sustainable Forest Management

Material library template contains the following details:

Mandatory columns:

1. Name: The name of material composition
2. Code: Material composition code
3. Component type: The type of component such as fabric, yarn, fibre, button etc. 
4. Raw material: A label given to a component to establish a link between them. It is not the actual or most upstream component in the production of a product. For example: A label called cotton is used to identify –  cotton fabric, cotton fibre and cotton yarn. Whereas cotton Kappas is the actual raw material of the product
5. Percentage: The percentage of the respective material composition. For example, 60% cotton and 40% polyester 

Non-mandatory columns: 

1. Sustainable attribute: Specific characteristics or qualities of a product, or process in facilities that indicate its level of environmental, social, and economic sustainability. For example:  Products or processes that rely on renewable resources, such as renewable energy or sustainably sourced materials 
2. Notes: Any relevant notes. 

Once you have uploaded the file and mapped the columns, you can preview the file to amend the errors.