Inventory Item Records

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The Items table contains information on inventory items. Inventory items can include such things as:

Spare parts used to maintain pieces of equipment
Materials used in general maintenance (lubricants, tape, glue, nails, etc.)
Materials bought for specific jobs (paint, dry-wall, etc.)
Anything else whose purchase and/or use you wish to record

For some types of items, it's impractical to keep track of their usage during jobs. For example, workers don't want to keep track of every inch of duct tape they use. On the other hand, it may be vitally important to keep track of other materials: if certain pieces of equipment are crucial to your company, you need to make sure you have the right spare parts on hand at all times and that you reorder such parts before you run low. It's up to you which items you track in detail and which you don't.

For information on viewing items, see Viewing Item Records. For information on creating and editing item records, see Editing Item Records. For information on printing item information, see Item Listing Report.