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# Items and Materials

**Items and Materials** is the product catalog in OutSmart.

Use this guide to build your catalog, keep it clear, and reuse item data across daily work.

### In this guide

* [**Introduction to Items and Materials**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/introduction-to-items-and-materials.md)
* [**Create an item**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/create-an-item.md)
* [**Understand item fields and options**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/understand-item-fields-and-options.md)
* [**Use item codes**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/use-item-codes.md)
* [**Add item translations**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/add-item-translations.md)
* [**Use item categories**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/use-item-categories.md)
* [**Use sub-items and parent items**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/use-sub-items-and-parent-items.md)
* [**Add items to work orders**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/add-items-to-work-orders.md)
* [**Add items to quotations and invoices**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/add-items-to-quotations-and-invoices.md)
* [**Use price management for items**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/use-price-management-for-items.md)
* [**Import items from Excel**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/import-items-from-excel.md)
* [**Manage item images**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/manage-item-images.md)
* [**Control item visibility and billing**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/control-item-visibility-and-billing.md)
* [**Use barcodes and EAN codes**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/use-barcodes-and-ean-codes.md)
* [**Use item notes and descriptions**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/use-item-notes-and-descriptions.md)
* [**Use VAT codes for items**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/use-vat-codes-for-items.md)
* [**Use free fields for items**](/backoffice/backoffice/items-and-materials/use-free-fields-for-items.md)

### What you do with items

* create reusable product records
* add items to work orders, quotations, and invoices
* control prices, VAT, visibility, and billing
* organize the catalog with categories, notes, and extra fields

### Good to know before you start

* keep item codes unique
* start with your most-used items first
* use import when you already have a larger product list
* use **Stock** separately if you also want warehouse tracking

### Related topics

* [**BackOffice**](/backoffice/backoffice.md)
* [**Work Orders**](/backoffice/backoffice/work-orders.md)
* [**Quotations**](/marketplace-packages-and-power-ups/power-ups/quotations.md)
* [**Stock**](/marketplace-packages-and-power-ups/power-ups/stock.md)


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