{"id":7161,"date":"2025-03-18T11:08:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-18T10:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/docs\/ems-item-management\/enter-and-edit-articles\/article-types\/"},"modified":"2025-05-06T11:03:51","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T09:03:51","password":"","slug":"article-types","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/en\/docs\/article-types\/","title":{"rendered":"Article types"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4 article types<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In ems, a basic distinction is made between 4 article types:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Sales items<\/strong>: applies to sales orders via the POS system and via the online stores<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Material \/ order item:<\/strong> applies for entering as material in sales orders and for stock\/warehouse management (for tracking stock levels and reordering)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Service item<\/strong>: for recording as services in quotations and customer orders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Billable hours<\/strong>: is used for billing hours worked \/ billing type indicator (billing types are managed via the <em>customer order settings \u2192 &#8220;Billing types<\/em>&#8221; <em>tab<\/em>&#8211; read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/docs\/verrechnungsarten\/\" data-type=\"docs\" data-id=\"4654\">Billing types<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"171\" height=\"92\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Web-Artikel-Arten.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7163\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on the activated type, the articles are visible and selectable in different modules.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Without<\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span>activation of an article type, the created article becomes <strong>inactive<\/strong>, cannot be found in the search and can only be found via the article code \/ reference number!!!<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Article features<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following features can also be set:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"186\" height=\"67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ems-help.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Web-Artikel-Merkmale.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7165\"\/><\/figure>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Inventory-managed item<\/strong>: the item is displayed in <em>Warehouse management \u2192 Inventory management<\/em>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Requires best-before date<\/strong>: optional, used for foodstuffs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Requires serial number<\/strong>: as soon as you activate this function on the item, the serial numbers are requested for all logistics movements (mandatory 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