What are inventory items
When it comes to inventory items there are 5 different groups
Fabric and/or materials (Main Group)
Components
Overhead
Service
Reporting
Fabrics and or Materials
The most common Inventory item in BUZ
We generally refer to this as the inventory items for the Main Group this is because every product will have its own material list
Setting up Materials is a little different to the other types of inventory items
These is a benifit to utlising the material list as they can be updated easily in the order process and there is a few reporting tools that link to the material list, such as this one - If you are logged in to BUZ click here
Material lists have 3 main fields, which are customisable so you can change the name of the type of question but as a default we populate
Material (Brand or style)
Material type and
Colour
Components
Components are add-on items for your main product.
Generally anything that has a cost associated to it will be required to be entered in to BUZ as an inventory item, so that you can link it to a price co-efficient or cost & price grid to the item.
Overhead
This can be added to a group or Jobsheet to add costs to making a product.
Overhead expenses include
accounting fees,
advertising,
insurance,
interest,
legal fees,
labor burden,
rent,
repairs,
supplies,
taxes,
telephone bills,
travel expenditures, and
utilities
Service
Inventory Items can also be used to set a particular Dispatch type or adding a second installer.
By adding an inventory item with a selected installation or dispatch type you can add some automation to the setup.
For help with setting up a Service Click here
Reporting
You can also use inventory items to help with reporting.
BUZ has a large variety of choice for reports but there are a few things that don't necessarily get captured, simply because it inst always required.
Adding an inventory item to a product as way to create a report. A lot of questions that a sales person asks does not require its own report and BUZ has a few dedicated reports builtin but they are generally for Fabrics and materials
If you want a report on how many motor, or tracks are sold then you need to create an inventory item so BUZ can calculate something.
How Do I get to this area.
Settings → Inventory Items
How do I add an Inventory item
There is 2 different ways to add inventory, either by creating a list in Excel and using the Import function or using the BUZ interface.
Click here for more information
Here are some other links that might help you
Information on adding, editing and deactivating Inventory