Adding Kitting Items
Kitting items are collections of items that are priced and sold through
Order Entry as a single item. They are often collected together at sale
time—such as a particular computer, keyboard, and monitor combination,
or a back-to-school binder, pencil case, and felt pen set.
The cost of a kit is based on each individual item in the kit. If the
price is based on costs, it is determined by the cost of all the
items together.
Important! You use the I/C Items screen to create the master kitting item and create each component item. Then, you assemble
the kit contents using the I/C Kitting Items screen.
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When setting up kitting items, note that:
- Kitting items must use an account set code that has a user-specified costing method.
- Kitting items must have the Kitting
Item option selected.
- Kitting items cannot be stock items.
- Kitting items can include
non-stock components, such as shipping or installation fees.
- Kitting items cannot use serial numbers.
Note: You can track kits using lot numbers or serial
numbers for kitting item components. However, the actual kitting (master) item cannot be serialized.
Before you start
Add the master kitting item and each component item to inventory before you assemble the kitting item.
To add an item to be the master kitting item:
- Open Inventory Control > I/C Items and Price Lists > Items.
- In the I/C Items screen, click Create New.
- Enter a number
for the new item using the item structure or construct the item number.
- On the Item Number menu, click Add/Edit.
- In the I/C Construct Item Number screen, enter the item structure code to use or click and select the structure code.
- In the Value column of the table, enter the value of each segment (or click and select the value) for this item number.
- Click Select. The program formats the new number and uses it for
Item Number; the item structure code that you selected is also displayed for
Structure Code on the Items tab.
- For Item Description, enter a description for the item.
- On the Items tab for
Account Set Code, select a code that has a user-specified
costing method.
- Clear the Stock Item
option.
- Select the Kitting Item
option.
- Enter the remaining item information on the Items tab, the Units tab, the Taxes tab, and the Optional Fields tab.
- Click Save.
To assemble the kit by adding component items to the master kitting item
- Open Inventory Control > I/C Items and Price Lists > Kitting Items.
- In the I/C Kitting Items screen for Item Number, enter the master kitting item number, or click (the Finder button) and select the item.
- For Kitting Number, enter a unique number for the kitting item assembly, and then click the Apply button.
The kitting number identifies
a list of components. You can have as many component lists as you need
to accommodate alternative or substitute component items.
- For Kitting Number Description, enter a description
for the kit with this number.
- Enter comments. (Optional)
- In the table, for each component of the kit:
- Click Add Line to add a line to the table.
Enter the number of the inventory item that is part of the kit, or click (the Finder button) and select the inventory item. The program displays the item description and unit of measure.
- In the Quantity column, enter the number of this component item to include in the kit.
- In the Unit Cost column, enter the unit cost, if
allowed (if the item has a user-specified cost). (Optional)
- When you finish adding component items, click Save.