What is Item?
Item
Each and every item handled by the factory. Both products and parts are items.
What it means
An item is a label for an object registered in the system. Not only the finished product sold to customers, but also the parts and packaging materials used to make it are registered as items.
For each item, provide information such as name, counting unit (pieces, pens, kg), and whether you are buying it or making it. Orders, inventory, and orders are all recorded on a “what is” basis.
At the pen factory
In a ballpoint pen factory, black ballpoint pens are also items, as are barrels, caps, springs, black refills, and packaging boxes.
Why it matters
If the same item is called differently by different people ("black refill", "black refill", "refill B"), you cannot combine inventory. You have to choose one item so that the numbers are gathered in one place.