---
title: "Configure commodity processes"
slug: "bc-configuring-commodity-processes"
tags: ["BC", "Business Central", "Food", "Introduction"]
updated: 2026-06-16T06:21:58Z
published: 2026-06-25T09:59:17Z
canonical: "docs.staedean.com/bc-configuring-commodity-processes"
---

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# Configure commodity processes

Before you can manage commodity processes, configure the rules and values that define the company's commodity policies.

First, set up your items, vendors, and locations to use commodities. Also configure other rules and settings that determine how commodity transactions involving these records are processed.

If the costs of commodity items are based on external cost factors, define the commodity cost components and related commodity classes necessary to perform this type of calculation.

The following table describes a sequence of activities, with links to the topics that describe them. These activities are listed in the order in which they are generally performed.

| To | See |
| --- | --- |
| Learn how to define the commodity items consumed in production. | [Commodity items](/business-central/docs/bc-commodity-items) |
| Identify a vendor as a commodity vendor, and configure additional commodity settings. | [Commodity vendors](/business-central/docs/bc-commodity-vendors) |
| Configure a warehouse location to use commodity manifests for receiving activities. | [Set up a location for commodity receiving](/business-central/docs/bc-setting-up-a-location-for-commodity-receiving) |
| Define codes for the geographic areas in which your commodity vendors are located. | [Set up producer zones](/business-central/docs/bc-setting-up-producer-zones) |
| Set up the different commodity cost components used to calculate the cost of a commodity item. | [Set up commodity cost components](/business-central/docs/bc-setting-up-commodity-cost-components) |
| Organize commodity cost components into a commodity class. | [Set up commodity classes](/business-central/docs/bc-setting-up-commodity-classes) |
| Assign commodity classes to commodity items consumed in production activities. | [Assign commodity classes to bills of material](/business-central/docs/bc-assigning-commodity-classes-to-bills-of-material) |

## Related

- [Commodity items](/bc-commodity-items.md)
- [Commodity vendors](/bc-commodity-vendors.md)
- [Set up a location for commodity receiving](/bc-setting-up-a-location-for-commodity-receiving.md)
- [Set up producer zones](/bc-setting-up-producer-zones.md)
- [Set up commodity cost components](/bc-setting-up-commodity-cost-components.md)
- [Set up commodity classes](/bc-setting-up-commodity-classes.md)
- [Assign commodity classes to bills of material](/bc-assigning-commodity-classes-to-bills-of-material.md)
- [Commodities](/bc-commodities.md)