Order Manager
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Order Manager
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Assemblies are special inventory SKUs which are comprised of two or more individual inventory items used to create a finished product. However, the individual components an Assembly can be sold by themselves as well as part of an Assembly.
The process of creating an assembly involves the definition of an inventory record, identifying the components that comprise the assembly and then "building" the Assembly SKU . Building and breaking assemblies takes place in the Monsoon Fulfillment Manager.
When an Assembly SKU is built in the Monsoon Fulfillment Manager, the ATP of its component parts decrease while the quantity on hand of the Assembly increases, effectively transferring inventory from the component SKUs to the Assembly SKU. Likewise, when an Assembly SKU is "broken-down", the inventory counts of the component SKUs increase, as the ATP of the Assembly SKU decreases. The cost per unit of the Assembly SKU can be derived from just the parts or it can include the cost of the parts plus labor, packaging and handling fees, etc.
To define an Assembly SKU, first create a normal inventory record via the Inventory screen. Then go to Main Menu > Settings > Inventory Functions > Assemblies and add the components which are part of the Assembly SKU.
Unlike a Kit SKU, orders for an Assembly SKU will never show the individual components as line items, and the quantity on hand and cost information is tracked by the Assembly SKU, itself, not by its component SKUs.
Another difference between Kits and Assemblies is that it is possible to breakdown an Assembly SKU into its parts in order to satisfy order demands for the individual components if necessary. Kits do not have any cost or QOH values associated with them; that information is tracked or obtained from the individual component SKUs instead.
Just as with Kits, it is a best practice to create a new Assembly SKU if the component part list should change after the finished Assembly has been sold. Until that time it is fine to alter the component list of the Assembly SKU.
Assemblies: Define Assemblies
select one of the buttons to List All inventory records or Just Assemblies in the combo box to control the contents of the Assembly SKU combo box
if you know the name of the SKU, enter it in the combo box or select one from the list
alternately, use Search to locate the SKU with which you want to work
if the selected SKU is an existing Assembly SKU, the list of its components is displayed in the Parts in this Assembly section of the screen
type the name of an existing SKU or select one from the drop-down list to add it as a component of the Assembly
the drop-down list contains all SKUs defined in the Monsoon Order Manager
alternately, use Search to locate the SKU with which you want to work
opens the Search Inventory screen where you can search for and select a specific Assembly SKU from which the program copies its components to the new Assembly SKU
select this after entering or selecting an inventory record in the SKU to Add combo box
once Added, it is listed in the Parts in this Assembly section
select a component from the Parts in this Assembly section of the screen and select this to remove it from the Assembly
once deleted, the component is no longer listed in the Parts in this Assembly section of the screen
the program lists all of the component parts of the selected Assembly SKU here
the information about each component is displayed in the following columns:
shows the inventory SKU of the component
shows the number of units of the component needed to complete the Assembly
shows the name assigned to the component SKU
shows the current quantity on hand for each of the components, which is used to calculate the number of Assemblies that can be built
indicates whether the on-hand count of the item is tracked
Created: 3/20/12
Revised: 6/29/15
Published: 08/19/15