Manage stock and non-stock items
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Manage stock and non-stock items - overview
Inventory, an important asset for any business, encompasses the finished goods and raw materials that
About the hierarchy of item classes
In Visma Net, item classes are used to group stock or non-stock items with similar properties and to provide default settings for new items.
About stock and non-stock items
This article highlights general information about stock and non-stock items and their processing in Visma Net, and the major differences between them.
About non-stock item support
Non-stock items may be “products” that consist of no physical entity and thus cannot be stocked in warehouses (as with labour, services, or charges) or physical entities for which you do not need to track quantities in a warehouse because very small quantities are required.
About item cross-references
Cross-reference means you associate an item’s internal item ID maintained by your company with an alternative ID used by the supplier or customer.
About item attributes
For each stock and non-stock item, Visma Net provides a basic set of item properties.
About accounting for kits
The sections below discuss general properties of kits and details about stock and non-stock kits.
Specify default item classes
When you create an item class (stock or non-stock) that is the child of any other item class, the system suggests the default settings of the parent class.
Delete item classes with children
Move item classes within the hierarchy
Move items to another item class
For a single stock or non-stock item, you can change the item class in the item’s settings in the Stock items (IN202500) window and Non-stock items (IN202000) window, respectively.
Create non-stock items
Use stock items on projects
There are two ways if issuing items in projects: From an existing warehouse location or from a specific project warehouse location.
Maintain default prices for non-stock items
Maintain default prices for stock items
Maintain pending standard costs for non-stock items
Add bar code to stock item
You can use product bar codes as alternative identifiers for stock items to be able to use a scanner to, for example, add the item to a purchase receipt.
Change a stock item's Item ID
In the Inventory workspace you can change the Item ID in the following way:
Specify standard costs for stock items
You can specify the pending standard costs for stock items in the Stock items (IN202500) window on the Price/cost information tab, and to override the costs for a particular warehouse in the Item warehouse details (IN204500) window on the Price/cost information tab.
Specify standard costs for non-stock items
You can specify the pending standard costs for non-stock items in the Non-stock items (IN202000) window on the Price/cost information tab.