Item Profiles
The manufacturing settings that sit on top of a product.
Early access. Manufacturing can be installed from the App Store, but it is still being proven in real use, so this screen may change.
Overview
An item profile adds the manufacturing view to a product that already exists in Inventory: how it is planned, what the shop floor needs to know, quality flags, costing and which bills of materials and routings belong to it. The product itself, its units and its stock stay in Inventory; the profile only holds what manufacturing needs.
Item profiles use the same master-record form as customers and vendors, with tabs, a custom-fields section and a save bar.
When to use item profiles
- You start making a product you already stock or sell.
- You need to mark an item as made in-house, bought, or a phantom assembly.
- You want to link an item to its bills of materials and routings.
Prerequisites
Step by step
In the Manufacturing module open Engineering in the green navigation bar, then choose Item Profiles under Products & Structure.
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What you see on the screen
- The screen says: “How each product is made, planned and costed. The product itself lives in Inventory — a profile adds the manufacturing side.”
- Columns: ITEM, SUPPLY, PLANNING, LOT SIZING, LEAD TIME, DEFAULT BOM, LIFECYCLE.
- Actions on the screen: New item profile.
Permissions
These permission keys control access (granted to roles in Administration → Roles & Permissions):
- manufacturing.profile.manage
- manufacturing.profile.read