You can define and control items that you stock in inventory. Once defined, you assign items to organizations. You choose whether to have centralized or decentralized control of your items through a variety of item attributes.

Steps Involved in Defining Items

• Complete the Item Setup steps. See: Overview of Item Setup.

• Use templates and existing items (copying items) to define items in the master organization. See Defining Items.

• Enter values for item attributes. See: Defining Items.

• Enable the item in other organizations. See: Assigning Items to Organizations.

You can also:

• import items using the Open Item Interface

• import items using the Customer Item Interface

• update organization level attributes

• view attributes for an item in single or multiple organizations

• assign items to categories

• assign items to catalogs

• define and view pending statuses

• assign item cross-references

• attach documents to items

• define item relationships

• define manufacturer part numbers

• define item/subinventory information

• define item revisions

• define item transaction defaults

• search for items

• define product families

• delete items