How to Set Up Composite Items and Raw Materials on Tyms

Composite items in Tyms enable manufacturing businesses to structure their production process, track material usage, and maintain accurate inventory and financial records.

This covers:

• Activating the Composite Item feature

• Understanding system‑generated inventory accounts

• Creating and managing raw material items
  

Activate Composite Items

Before you can create composite items or run production orders, you must activate the Composite Item feature.

Steps to Activate

• Navigate to Settings

• Click Accounting

• Select Composite Item

• Check the box to activate the feature and click save

Once activated, Tyms automatically creates the required inventory accounts:

• Raw Materials

• Work in Progress (WIP)

• Finished Goods

• Note: Composite Items can only be activated once and cannot be deactivated.
  

Create Raw Material Items

Raw materials represent the items consumed during production.

To Add a Raw Material Item:

• Go to the Inventory module

• Click All Items

• Select New → Item

• Check Set item as raw material

• Enter the required details (name, SKU, unit, cost price, selling price etc.)

• If applicable, input an opening stock balance

• If no stock is available at the time of creation, you can restock the item later.

For guidance on restocking inventory, refer to this article: https://www.tyms.io/en-NG/help/article/how-to-restock-inventory-on-tyms-web-application

• Click Save

The raw material item is now tracked under your Inventory items.

Summary

By activating Composite Item and correctly setting up raw materials, Tyms ensures:

• Accurate tracking of materials used in production

• Automatic posting to the correct inventory accounts

• A seamless foundation for creating composite items and production orders

• You’re now ready to create composite items and manage production.