Item types and item families

Context:

Alice has just landed a job as a catalog manager in a store.

The marketing department has assigned her the task of creating and adding new items in several categories.

She now has to enter these new products into her database to expand the store's offering.

Item type	Item family	Item	Price in Euro
Living room furniture	Sofas	Corner sofa	899,00
Armchair	Vintage armchair	450,00
TV furniture	Well-mounted TV Unit	299,00
Bedroom furniture	Beds	Wooden beds	600,00
Wardrobes	Wardrobe with mirror	750,00
Nightstands	Scandinavian nightstand	120,00
Office furniture	Desks	Corner desk	450,00
Office bookshelves	Metal office bookshelf	230,00
Office accessories	Footrest	80,00

Implementation in SIMAX

Create item types and item families

To create the various item types and their families, go to Files > Item > Item Types and click on [[New]].

For now, we only have one item type.

We will create the item type “Living Room Furniture” and the various related item families.

Fill in and check the boxes according to the type of item to be created, then click [[Save]].

After creating all types of items, here is the expected result:

Remark: You can also create subfamilies of items.

Items creation

To create an item, go to Files > Item > Items and then [[New]].

Fill in the different tabs according to the item created.

[Sales]: You can view the ERP 6 Commercial Management document;

[Purchasing]: You can view the ERP 7 Purchasing document;

[Logistics]: You can view the ERP 9 stocks management & Logistics;

[Production]: You can view the ERP 11 Production document.

[Accounting]: You can view the ERP 15 Accounting management and ERP 33 Tax nature document;

[Doc]: You can view the ERP 23 EDM document;

[Feature]: You can view the ERP 16 Quality document;

[Detail]: You can view the description, history, and identification details for international shipments (customs code and country of origin).

And finish by clicking [[Save]].

You will find all the items created according to the item type here.