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title: "Use the Item category template"
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# Use the Item category template

With the **Item** and **Item category** templates you set which items are inspected with which measurement template. This applies to inbound shipments (from vendors) as well as outbound shipments (to customers). Several alternatives make the setup easier at the item level:

- Templates per item category and product groups: apply the same measurement template to an entire category or group of items.
- Target values: set a basic template for an item or a group of items and vary the details (answers) in target values.

The **Item category** template sets the links between item categories and/or product groups, vendors, customers, and measurement templates.

| Field | Description |
| --- | --- |
| Item Category | Select an item category. |
| Vendor No. | Select a vendor number. In combination with an item category and a measurement template, this instructs Quality Management to inspect all items with this item category/product group received from this vendor. |
| Customer No. | Select a customer number. In combination with an item category and a measurement template, this instructs Quality Management to inspect all items with this item category/product group shipped to this customer. |
| Measurement Template | Select a measurement template. When an incident of type **Material** is created, the system searches for a measurement template in this sequence: 1. **Standard task** templates 2. **Service item group** templates 3. **Item** templates 4. **Item category** templates |

## Related

- [Set up a measurement template](/bc-setup-a-measurement-template.md)
- [Quality Management](/bc-quality-management.md)