About inventory classes

Inventory classes are tools you can use to categorize your items. During Inventory Control setup, you can add freight classes, inventory classes, sales classes and purchasing classes to each of your inventory items.

Freight class

Freight class is a code you define to provide information on an item's freight. Order Entry uses this class for its bill of lading processing.

Inventory class

Inventory class is a code you define to use as a selection criteria for inventory replenishment, physical inventory, and reports and inquiries.

Sales class

Sales class is a code you assign to an item to define pricing and sales analysis information. Order Entry uses this class for general ledger account defaulting, pricing, and sales analysis.

Note: An item cannot be sold from the Order Entry application without a valid sales class.

Purchasing class

Purchasing class is a code you use as a criteria to limit a buyer to ordering certain kinds of items.