Item Master
Steel catalog with grades, dimensions, costing methods and IS/ASTM standards.
Maintain a comprehensive catalog of all steel products with grade specifications, dimensions, units of measure (kg, ton, piece, coil), and costing methods. Supports IS, ASTM, and BS standards.
How Item Master actually works.
In a steel mill, items are not simple SKUs, they are combinations of grade, dimensions, gauge, length, finish and standard. Pipetal’s item master reflects this reality: a structured 5-level hierarchy that means every transaction is precise.
Get the item master right once, and every quote, order, GRN, invoice and report falls into place. Get it wrong, and your stock report is unreadable. Pipetal forces you to do it right.
Inside Item Master.
5-level hierarchy
Category, sub-category, size, shape, gauge, search and filter at every level.
Multi-UOM support
Buy in tons, hold stock in kg, sell in pieces or feet, all conversions auto-handled.
Grade & standard tagging
IS, ASTM, BS, custom standards, with grade and gauge metadata per item.
Costing methods
FIFO, weighted average, configurable per item or category.
Reorder levels
Minimum stock alerts trigger purchase requirements automatically.
Bulk import
CSV import with full validation, no need to type 2,000 SKUs by hand.
Where Item Master sits in the inventory flow.
A pipe trader sets up 1,200 SKUs in 4 hours via CSV import.
A new Pipetal customer in Karachi has a catalog of 1,200 SKUs spread across ERW, GP, GI, MS pipes in 8 sizes and 5 gauges. Pipetal’s CSV importer takes the customer’s existing Excel file, maps columns, validates duplicates and grades, and the entire item master is live in 4 hours, not 4 weeks.
What buyers usually ask.
Yes, internal item codes ensure uniqueness. The display name is just a label.
You add a one-off non-stock item with a custom note. Reports treat it separately.
Use the CSV bulk import. Pipetal’s onboarding team typically does this in the first week.
Related sub-modules
See Item Master live, on your factory data.
A 15-minute discovery call is enough. Bring your messiest workflow, your most stubborn vendor dispute, your hardest reporting question. We will show you the screen.