In webERP and many other ERP systems, an Item is a fundamental concept that represents any tangible product, intangible service, or component that a business buys, sells, manufactures, stores, or uses in its operations. An Item can also be produced from other Items, a list of those items is called a Bill of Materials.
In this chapter, we will first explore the theory of Items and then use webERP to create Items and a Bill of Materials.