When setting up an item for cakes at a bakery, which item type would you select?

When setting up an item for cakes at a bakery, selecting the non-inventory part type is appropriate because cakes are typically made to order or sold directly to customers without the need for tracking their individual quantities on hand. Non-inventory parts are used for items that a business sells but does not need to manage as inventory, like services or one-off sales items that do not require stock tracking.

In a bakery context, cakes might be custom-made for each order, and the focus is more on the sales process rather than tracking discrete inventory counts. This option allows the bakery to efficiently manage sales without the overhead of inventory tracking, which would be unnecessary for custom orders that may not be regularly produced or stocked.

The other item types serve different purposes; for example, inventory parts would be used for items that require regular stock management, which does not apply to cakes if they are not pre-made and kept in stock. Similarly, inventory assembly would be used for items that are built from component parts, and groups are meant for a collection of items sold together. In the case of cakes, none of these functions align with how the product is typically managed in a bakery setting.