# Create New Inventory/SKUs

**Initial Creation**

1. Select [Inventory](https://onlinefulfilmentcentre.myhelm.app/inventory/index) from the side-navigation
2. Press the blue **Create Inventory** button at the top right
3. Here you will see a very simple page to fill out.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-title-description-na" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 95.8333%; height: 108px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 18.4355%;"></col><col style="width: 81.5411%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><td>Title</td><td>Description</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Name</td><td>The name of the new item</td></tr><tr><td>SKU</td><td>The item's SKU</td></tr><tr><td>Secondary SKU</td><td>As above, however this in unlikely needed, as Helm give control over linking many alternate SKUs in their [linking page](https://onlinefulfilmentcentre.myhelm.app/inventory/link).</td></tr><tr><td>Item Type</td><td>Select **Inventory** or **Group**. More detail can be found in our [Item Types document](https://docs.ofc.anetwork.uk/books/client-guides/page/item-types "Item Types")</td></tr><tr><td>Batching Type</td><td>Typically **No Batching**, but if you do make use of batches for this inventory item, set to **Batch Numbers**, not Serial Numbers</td></tr></tbody></table>

**Inventory Page**

With a basic inventory item created, you will be redirected to its full inventory page. If you have not been, inventory can be accessed via the side-navigation, selecting [Inventory](https://onlinefulfilmentcentre.myhelm.app/inventory/index), finding or searching for the SKU/Item name and clicking the blue icon at the right of the item.

From here you have access to a plethora more options, I will cover some of these that have been deemed most important here. If you have these, fill them out.

**General Inventory Info**

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-title-description-co" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;"><colgroup><col style="width: 17.5477%;"></col><col style="width: 82.5477%;"></col></colgroup><thead><tr><td>Title</td><td>Description</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Cost Price</td><td>£7.95</td></tr><tr><td>Retail Price</td><td>£7.95</td></tr><tr><td>HS Code</td><td>A 6+ digit code to classify what an item is for customs. Built from categories, materials, etc.  
</td></tr><tr><td>Country of Origin</td><td>United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td>A description of the item</td></tr><tr><td>Customs Description</td><td>An alternate description to briefly detail what the item if for customs on international orders. This could be Fabrics, Food Goods, etc.</td></tr><tr><td>Declared Value</td><td>The declared value of the inventory if the item value is 0, free item, etc. </td></tr></tbody></table>

**Barcodes**

Any barcodes for this inventory item. Typically there is only one. We use this to scan the items to verify for picking and packing, so please ensure this is correct.

**Packing Parameters**

This will have a row in here by default named **\#1** with **Type PCS**.

This row is to represent a single piece of stock for this inventory item, and as such requires the weight, and measurements of a single piece of stock. This is used to determine packaging, and delivery options, the more correct this is the less likely for shipping issues to occur.

**Stock Location Information**

We at OFC will manage this, but this will give an overview of where the stock exists in our warehouse, and how much there is.