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title: "Consumables"
slug: "consumables"
updated: 2024-10-22T12:49:32Z
published: 2024-10-22T12:49:32Z
canonical: "learn.servitly.com/consumables"
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# Consumables

In case the product requires some materials (e.g. liquids, oils, resins, raw material) to run or generate the outcome, it is possible to monitor the consumption of these materials through the concept of Consumable.

For instance, consumables can be used to:

- Calculate the electric energy costs.
- Calculate the operating costs (e.g. consumed water, gas, ink, oil).
- Generate consumption reports.

Purchasable consumables are associated with a price (e.g. $ per unit), and this allows costs computation and their sale directly within the application.

In case a consumable is stocked, so subject to a shortage, the application allows to:

- Configure thresholds and alerts for consumables shortage.
- Manage the stock on the Customer level.
- Perform manual consumable reordering based on a custom threshold.

## Defining new Consumable

Here you will find how to configure a *Consumable* from scratch.

To create a new *Consumable*, you should:

1. Enter the *Catalog* / *Consumables* page.
2. Click on the top right *Add Consumable* button.
3. Edit the available fields.
4. Press the *Save* button.

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## Editing a Consumable

Within a *Consumable* definition*,* you can configure the following properties:

- **Name**: the name of the consumable (e.g. Electric Power, Ink, Water).
- **Description**: the consumable description which can be displayed within pages.
- **Measuring Unit**: the measuring unit of the consumable (e.g. kWh, liter).
- **Stockable**: the flag indicating if the consumable is based on customer stock (e.g. Ink, Wrapper Film) or it is continuously supplied (e.g. Electric Power).

## How to use a Consumable

Consumables are used by *Thing Definitions*, for more details refer to the [Consumption Definition](/docs/consumption-metrics) article.