manufacturing item

An item that is a formula. Using a manufacturing item is one way to use a formula within another formula. For example, a formula for pizza sauce can be assigned to the pizza sauce item. The item possesses the attributes of the formula. The Item form enables you to link to a formula for this purpose. It is also possible to add subformulas to a formula; a subformula does not need to be a manufacturing item.

This is also referred to as manufactured item.