Creating Service Items: General Information

Non-stock items may be products that consist of no physical entity and thus cannot be stocked in warehouses (as with services), or they may be physical entities for which you do not need to track quantities in a warehouse. In MYOB Advanced, you create non-stock items by using the Non-Stock Items (IN202000) form.

Note: This chapter focuses on non-stock items that represent services. Thus, in the rest of the chapter, non-stock item refers to this kind of non-stock item. To learn more about non-stock items representing physical entities, see Creating Non-Stock Items: General Information.

In the following sections, you can find information about service items in MYOB Advanced.

Learning Objectives

In this chapter, you will learn how to do the following:

  • Prepare the system for the creation of service items
  • Create service items

Applicable Scenarios

When you are initially configuring entities and settings in MYOB Advanced, you may need to create a service item in the following cases:
  • When you are going to provide service items to customers
  • When you are going to buy service items of other companies

Services in Sales Orders

The sales of service items typically do not involve shipments. You can define whether a shipment is required or not by selecting or clearing the Require Shipment check box on the General tab of the Non-Stock Items (IN202000) form.

Services in Purchase Orders

The purchase items of services typically do not involve purchase receipts. To process purchase orders for service items with receipt, make sure that on the Process Service Lines from Normal Purchase Orders via Purchase Receipts check box is selected in the Other section of the General tab on the Purchase Orders Preferences (PO101000) form. If the check box is cleared, the non-stock lines of the Service type are not copied to purchase receipts and can be billed only directly from purchase orders.