One of the first options you will see when you enter the part search screen is Commodity Groups.
The Purchasing Team is probably the most familiar with using Commodity groups, but this article will give you a good introduction.
A Commodity Group is basically a grouping of parts. In most cases, these can be further broken down into categories, and then sometimes even into sub-categories.
Just as an example: (obviously there are multiple others)
- Commodity Group: Motor
- Category: AC
- Sub-Category: Pump, General Purpose, Air Handling, etc
Building out the Part Hierarchy is an on-going project by the Data Integrity team. At the time that was written, you could find some parts that may not have the full Category and Sub-Category breakdown -- this is a work in progress. However, all parts will have a Commodity Group, and that can be used to begin narrowing your selection.
When you select a Commodity Group and hit the magnifying glass, the results on the next page will be every part in that Commodity Group. They will not be filtered by Category and Subcategory until you do that manually.
Keep in mind that depending on how your filters and toggles are set, you may be looking at just your site stock or only things that currently have Quantity On Hand.
When you hit the Show More button, the full listing of Commodity Groups comes up.
This is a scrollable alphabetical listing. You can choose just one commodity group from this listing and then hit done.
Once you move to the second screen, you can move down to the Commodity Group filter and add a second Commodity Group. In this case, we have selected Motors as well as Motor.
To remove one of the Commodity Groups you can simply uncheck the box or click the X next to the results.
The last thing to note is that the Commodity Group has some of the highest power when pulling back search results.
If you know that you are looking for a motor, as a best practice we suggest starting with the Commodity Group of "Motor" or "Motors" and using the filters on the left hand side to narrow your results further.
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