Type
Option | Typical Purpose | Example | Inventory Value Zero |
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Inventory | A physical unit, such as a bicycle, for full business support. | Default NO | |
Non-Inventory | A physical unit, such as a bolt, for limited business support, for example, because the item is only used internally and has a low cost. | This option is mostly used if you want to record item purchases and capture it as an expense without affecting inventory. A good example of this item type is expense items such as office supplies. This Item Type cannot be used as Assembly Output and Production Output. | Set YES manually |
Service | A labor time unit, such as a consultancy hour, for limited business support. | These are non-physical items which often represents a time unit such as labor time. There are only limited transaction types for Service items that include; Sales, Purchasing, and Job Consumption. | Set YES manually |
Item Types and supporting features
Item Type | Sales | Purchasing | Job Consumption | Service Consumption | Assembly Consumption | Production Consumption | Assembly Output | Production Output | Location Transfer | Physical Counting | Inventory Revaluation | Inventory Costing | Item Tracking | Reservation | Warehousing | Planning |
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Inventory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Non-Inventory | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Service | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Reference https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/business-central/inventory-about-item-types
About Inventory Value Zero
https://vjeko.com/2008/04/06/purchasing-services-inventory-value-zero/
Entry Example - Item Type Non-Inventory and Inventory Value Zero is NO
Value Entry
Item Ledger Entry
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General Ledger Entry when post purchase invoice
Item Card - Unit Cost
Entry Example - Item Type Non-Inventory and Inventory Value Zero is Yes
Value Entry
Item Ledger Entry
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