In the Type field on the Item Card page, you can select what the item is used for in your business and therefore how it is managed in the system. Three options exist:
ABOUT ITEM TYPES | |
| Option | Typical Purpose |
| Inventory | A physical unit, such as a bicycle, for full business support. |
| Non-Inventory | A physical unit, such as a bolt, for limited business support, for example, because the item is only used internally and has a low cost. |
| Service | A labor time unit, such as a consultancy hour, for limited business support. |
The Inventory type involves full tracking of inventory quantity and value. Therefore, all item transaction types are supported, and items of type Inventory can be used with all item-handling features.
The Service and Non-Inventory types do not involve tracking of inventory quantity and value. Therefore, only selected item transaction types and features are supported.
The three item types support the following features respectively.
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| Item Type | Sales | Purchasing | Job Consumption | Service Consumption | Assembly Consumption | Production Consumption | Assembly Output | Production Output | Location Transfer | Physical Counting | Inventory Revaluation | Inventory Costing | Item Tracking | Reservation | Warehousing | Planning |
| Inventory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Non-Inventory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Costing Methods for Types of Items
When you post inventory transactions, the quantity and value changes to the inventory are recorded in the item ledger entries and the value entries, respectively.
For inventory items, the cost is recorded in the Cost Amount (Actual) field on the Value Entries page, and when it is reconciled to the general ledger the cost will be shown in the Cost Posted to G/L field. For more information, see Design Details: Inventory Costing.
For non-inventory and service items the cost is recorded in the Cost Amount (Non-Invtbl.) field on the Value Entries page. For non-inventory and service items the cost is specified on the sales, assembly, and production documents and journals. The default cost can be specified in the Unit Cost field on the Item Card and Stockkeeping Unit pages. Costs for these types of items are not reconciled to the general ledger.
In the Type field on the Item Card page, you can select what the item is used for in your business and therefore how it is managed in the system. Three options exist:
| ABOUT ITEM TYPES | |
| Option | Typical Purpose |
| Inventory | A physical unit, such as a bicycle, for full business support. |
| Non-Inventory | A physical unit, such as a bolt, for limited business support, for example, because the item is only used internally and has a low cost. |
| Service | A labor time unit, such as a consultancy hour, for limited business support. |
The Inventory type involves full tracking of inventory quantity and value. Therefore, all item transaction types are supported, and items of type Inventory can be used with all item-handling features.
The Service and Non-Inventory types do not involve tracking of inventory quantity and value. Therefore, only selected item transaction types and features are supported.
The three item types support the following features respectively.
| TABLE 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| Item Type | Sales | Purchasing | Job Consumption | Service Consumption | Assembly Consumption | Production Consumption | Assembly Output | Production Output | Location Transfer | Physical Counting | Inventory Revaluation | Inventory Costing | Item Tracking | Reservation | Warehousing | Planning |
| Inventory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Non-Inventory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Costing Methods for Types of Items
When you post inventory transactions, the quantity and value changes to the inventory are recorded in the item ledger entries and the value entries, respectively.
For inventory items, the cost is recorded in the Cost Amount (Actual) field on the Value Entries page, and when it is reconciled to the general ledger the cost will be shown in the Cost Posted to G/L field. For more information, see Design Details: Inventory Costing.
For non-inventory and service items the cost is recorded in the Cost Amount (Non-Invtbl.) field on the Value Entries page. For non-inventory and service items the cost is specified on the sales, assembly, and production documents and journals. The default cost can be specified in the Unit Cost field on the Item Card and Stockkeeping Unit pages. Costs for these types of items are not reconciled to the general ledger.