diff --git a/migrations/Version20231112211329.php b/migrations/Version20231114223101.php
similarity index 77%
rename from migrations/Version20231112211329.php
rename to migrations/Version20231114223101.php
index 8fa7409c..73c845bd 100644
--- a/migrations/Version20231112211329.php
+++ b/migrations/Version20231114223101.php
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ use Doctrine\Migrations\AbstractMigration;
 /**
  * Auto-generated Migration: Please modify to your needs!
  */
-final class Version20231112211329 extends AbstractMigration
+final class Version20231114223101 extends AbstractMigration
 {
     public function getDescription(): string
     {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ final class Version20231112211329 extends AbstractMigration
     public function up(Schema $schema): void
     {
         // this up() migration is auto-generated, please modify it to your needs
-        $this->addSql('CREATE TABLE part_association (id INT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, owner_id INT NOT NULL, other_id INT NOT NULL, type SMALLINT NOT NULL, comment LONGTEXT DEFAULT NULL, last_modified DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL, datetime_added DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL, INDEX IDX_61B952E07E3C61F9 (owner_id), INDEX IDX_61B952E0998D9879 (other_id), PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE `utf8mb4_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB');
+        $this->addSql('CREATE TABLE part_association (id INT AUTO_INCREMENT NOT NULL, owner_id INT NOT NULL, other_id INT NOT NULL, type SMALLINT NOT NULL, other_type VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL, comment LONGTEXT DEFAULT NULL, last_modified DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL, datetime_added DATETIME DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP NOT NULL, INDEX IDX_61B952E07E3C61F9 (owner_id), INDEX IDX_61B952E0998D9879 (other_id), PRIMARY KEY(id)) DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE `utf8mb4_unicode_ci` ENGINE = InnoDB');
         $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE part_association ADD CONSTRAINT FK_61B952E07E3C61F9 FOREIGN KEY (owner_id) REFERENCES `parts` (id) ON DELETE CASCADE');
         $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE part_association ADD CONSTRAINT FK_61B952E0998D9879 FOREIGN KEY (other_id) REFERENCES `parts` (id) ON DELETE CASCADE');
         $this->addSql('ALTER TABLE part_lots ADD vendor_barcode VARCHAR(255) DEFAULT NULL');
diff --git a/src/Entity/Parts/PartAssociation.php b/src/Entity/Parts/PartAssociation.php
index ae3e1271..1c31bf43 100644
--- a/src/Entity/Parts/PartAssociation.php
+++ b/src/Entity/Parts/PartAssociation.php
@@ -47,8 +47,14 @@ class PartAssociation extends AbstractDBElement
     protected AssociationType $type = AssociationType::OTHER;
 
     /**
-     * @var string|null A comment describing this association further. Can also be used to specify the OTHER type
-     * further.
+     * @var string|null A user definable association type, which can be described in the comment field, which
+     * is used if the type is OTHER
+     */
+    #[ORM\Column(type: Types::STRING, length: 255, nullable: true)]
+    protected ?string $other_type = null;
+
+    /**
+     * @var string|null A comment describing this association further.
      */
     #[ORM\Column(type: Types::TEXT, nullable: true)]
     protected ?string $comment = null;
@@ -113,5 +119,16 @@ class PartAssociation extends AbstractDBElement
         return $this;
     }
 
+    public function getOtherType(): ?string
+    {
+        return $this->other_type;
+    }
+
+    public function setOtherType(?string $other_type): PartAssociation
+    {
+        $this->other_type = $other_type;
+        return $this;
+    }
+
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Form/Part/PartAssociationType.php b/src/Form/Part/PartAssociationType.php
index abd534fe..cb5b526f 100644
--- a/src/Form/Part/PartAssociationType.php
+++ b/src/Form/Part/PartAssociationType.php
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ class PartAssociationType extends AbstractType
                 'choice_label' => fn(AssociationType $type) => $type->getTranslationKey(),
                 'help' => 'part_association.edit.type.help',
             ])
+            ->add('other_type', TextType::class, [
+                'required' => false,
+            ])
             ->add('comment', TextType::class, [
                 'required' => false,
                 'label' => 'part_association.edit.comment'