---
title: Items Overview
description: Where you manage item pricing, inventory, purchase orders, and departments.
url: "https://theasst.com/docs/items-overview/"
updated: "2026-10-02"
category: Items
---

# Items Overview

The **Items** section is where you manage everything about what you sell or stock: pricing and descriptions, on-hand inventory, purchase orders to restock, and the departments you use to organize it all.

![Items tile menu with Item Info, Inventory, Ordering (POs), Vendors, and Departments](https://theasst.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/items-tiles.webp)

- [Item Info](https://theasst.com/docs/item-info/) -- the master record for each item: manufacturer, vendor, department, unit of measure, and sell price.
- [Inventory](https://theasst.com/docs/inventory/) -- individual on-hand lots for inventory-type items.
- [Purchase Orders](https://theasst.com/docs/purchase-orders/) -- order stock from a vendor and receive it into inventory.
- [Departments](https://theasst.com/docs/departments/) -- the categories items are organized into.

**Vendors** (who you buy from) are covered in their own section, since you also reach them from Bills.

## Searching Across Everything

To find an item, a lot, or a client's purchase by a serial number, UPC, or price, use [Global Find](https://theasst.com/docs/global-find/) on the My Stuff tab. It searches items, inventory, and the documents they appear on in one step.