An introduction to configuring the inventory for a tagged item

You can configure the item’s inventory for tagged items.

A tag number is used to identify an item in the system regardless of the inventory identification numbers you use for example, lot number and revision number. Inventory identification numbers are used to differentiate products within inventory because different item instances have different characteristics. Some common examples of identification numbers are lot number, revision number, and manufacturing batch number. While an organization may have multiple inventory identification numbers, these identification numbers are not necessarily relevant to every product in the organization’s catalog. For some products, a lot number uniquely defines all the characteristics, whereas a revision number differentiates another product. An inventory tag number is used to rationalize such situations. In most cases, the tag number represents one of the inventory identification numbers such as lot number, batch number, or revision number based on the product. Let us consider an example where you have two different items, Item A, which is uniquely identified by a lot number, and Item B, which is uniquely identified by a revision number. In this case, when an instance of Item A is created with the lot number of 12345, it is also assigned a tag number of 12345. When an instance of Item B is created with a revision number of 98765, the item is also assigned the tag number of 98765.

You can configure the inventory details for a tagged item from the Inventory Fields screen.