Building items

Building items is the process of taking two or more items, known as components, to make up another item, known as a finished item.

You do this by transferring the inventory quantities of the components to that of the finished item. For example, you could transfer the inventory quantity of timber and fabric (component items) to furniture (the finished items).

You can build items in two ways:

■	manually, for a one-off transfer of inventory. See below.

■	automatically, for a transfer you make repeatedly. See ‘Auto-building items’.

Note that before you can build a finished item, you need to create an item record for it.

To build items manually

1	Go to the Inventory command centre and click Build Items. The Build Items window appears.

2	Type or select the item numbers of the finished item you want to make and the component items you want to transfer.

3	Type the transfer quantity. Type a positive number for the finished item (this number is added to your on-hand inventory). Type a negative number for the component items (this number is subtracted from your on-hand inventory).

The value in the Amount field must be zero before you can record the transaction. That is, the amount in the Amount column for the finished item must be equal to the sum of the amounts in the Amount column for the components.

4	If you store an item at multiple locations, select the location where the item is held. Note that this field only appears if you use more than one location in your company file.

5	Click Record to save the inventory transfer.