{"id":4857,"date":"2026-05-30T02:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=4857"},"modified":"2026-05-30T02:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:07:16","slug":"item-inventory","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/glossary\/item-inventory\/","title":{"rendered":"Item (Inventory)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is an Item in Zoho Inventory?<\/h2>\n<p>An Item is the master record for any product or service your business deals in. Every transaction in Zoho Inventory \u2014 buying from a supplier, selling to a customer, adjusting stock \u2014 references an item. The item record stores the name, description, SKU, unit of measure, pricing, tax rates, and current stock levels.<\/p>\n<h2>Item types<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Inventory Item:<\/strong> A physical product with stock tracked in the system. Stock levels go up with purchases and receipts; down with sales and shipments.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Non-Inventory Item:<\/strong> A product that is sold but not tracked in stock \u2014 for example, a service or a one-time consumable.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Service Item:<\/strong> A service offered to customers, with no physical stock. Used on invoices and sales orders.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bundle:<\/strong> A group of items sold together as a single unit at a combined price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Item master data<\/h2>\n<p>Each item has a unique SKU, a sales price, a purchase price, preferred supplier, tax rates, and optionally a reorder point and preferred warehouse. This master data is used across all modules that reference the item.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Item in Zoho Inventory is any product or service that a business buys, sells, or tracks. Items are the foundation of all inventory transactions \u2014 purchase orders, sales orders, invoices, and stock adjustments all reference items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"seo_title":"Item (Inventory) | Zoho Glossary | Aaxonix","seo_description":"An Item in Zoho Inventory is any product or service that a business buys, sells, or tracks. Items are the foundation of all inventory transactions \u2014 purcha","seo_keyword":"item zoho inventory product SKU","seo_faqs":"","term_type":"","glossary_related":"","glossary_links":""},"glossary_category":[1252],"class_list":["post-4857","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary_category-zoho-inventory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/4857","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary_category?post=4857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}