With the features shipped with Cloud release 98, you will see that the term "stock item," previously used in the Inventory Management and Catalog Management UI, has been changed to "inventory-tracked item." This article explains the context of this change.
Why is the term "stock item" being changed?
Our existing Cloud customers understand and internalize "stock" as "things they physically stockpile on the shelf in some quantity." Project-specific items that sit in the warehouse for a few weeks before installation don't feel like "stock" to them.
So they don't mark project-specific items as stock, and those items aren’t tracked in inventory, and their visibility is lost downstream.
Is D-Tools changing the industry term?
No, D-Tools is not trying to change or redefine the term. The industry still uses "stock item."
The change is internal and restricted to Cloud’s UI to drive the right behavior: track every item that flows through the warehouse, regardless of whether it’s stockpiled or project-specific, as inventory-tracked.
Anything customers need to do?
No, the customers don't need to do anything.
No functionality related to how items are managed under Inventory Management changes with the term changed.