Order Manager
Version 8
Order Manager
Version 8
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Kits are collections of inventory items that are usually gathered at the time an order is placed to produce a single product, such as a gift basket.
The individual items may be sold separately or together as a kit, and quantity on hand and cost information is tracked by the individual components of a kit, not by the Kit SKU (parent).
Think of a Kit as a "virtual" SKU that cannot "broken-down" into its components, unlike an Assembly. It is not necessary, nor possible, to transfer inventory units between the parent SKU and its components.
Once a Kit SKU is defined, it is best to leave it intact rather than changing its components. Create new Kit SKUs as the need arises in order to avoid potential inventory problems when kits are returned or exchanged.
When an order for a Kit SKU is placed, Monsoon Order Manager can display just the Kit SKU on the order or it can show the individual components that make up the kit. Hiding the individual line items is the most common choice, as customers can be easily confused by seeing multiple line items when they only purchased one item (the parent Kit SKU). Review system parameters , DefaultShowKitParts, and ShowPartsonInvoices.
The program always assumes that kits are in stock, the cost of the Kit SKU is zero dollars, and the price of the kit is determined by the price charged at the shopping cart , if the order was imported. Manual orders will use the price that is recorded in Monsoon Order Manager 's inventory record of the Kit SKU. The program does not track the QOH or cost by the parent Kit SKU, but by the cost of the individual items that comprise the kit, instead. If inventory tracking is enabled (system parameter CheckInventory=TRUE), the Monsoon Order Manager will subtract the number of units required to make the kit from the QOH of each individual component. If any components are not in stock, the program will create a backorder with the supplier for the number of pieces required to produce a complete kit. Review system parameter DropShipCheckQOH, which affects the way in which processes drop-shipped items, including kit parts.
If Monsoon Order Manager imports a kit SKU from an externally-fulfilled Monsoon order, the program will also consider the kit parts to be externally-fulfilled and their ATP will not be decremented by the Monsoon Order Manager. Monsoon Marketplace will be notified of the change in ATP by the inventory synchronization process.
Kits are defined by going to Main Menu>Settings>Inventory Functions>Kits.
Define Kits
enter the name of an existing SKU or select one from the list
if the selected SKU is a kit, its list of components are displayed in the Parts in this Kit section of the screen
opens the Select Items to Add screen
choose more than one component SKU at the same time
opens the Search Inventory screen where the user enters criteria to search for inventory records to add as a kit component
when a record is selected at this screen, its SKU is populated SKU to Add
when the name of a SKU is entered into SKU to Add, either by manually typing one in or selecting one from the list, select Add to designate the component as part of the kit
the component SKU is listed in the Parts in this Kit section of the screen
select one of the entries in the Parts in this Kit section and click this to remove the component from the kit
only use this function when initially creating Kit SKUs
once a Kit SKU has been sold, components should not be changed – create a new Kit SKU instead
the program lists all of the components of the selected Kit SKU in this section of the screen
the information about each component is displayed in the following columns:
if this is selected, any attributes associated with the Kit SKU itself are copied into the Options or Freeform Options fields of the line item for each kit component when the order is created; no changes are made to the underlying component inventory records themselves
the reason for this is that Monsoon Order Manager is unable to discern which attributes apply to which components; therefore, all attributes are copied to each line item and it is the user's responsibility to determine which attribute applies to a given component when filling the order
this applies to manually placed and imported orders
Go to the Inventory screen and create a new inventory record for a SKU which will be designated as a kit. While it is possible to select an existing inventory record and define it as a Kit, the recommended practice is to create a new SKU whenever a new combination of products will constitute a kit.
The minimal inventory fields that need to be completed before the new inventory record can be saved are as follows:
Steps
2 and 3 can be performed at the Kits
tab of the selected inventory record or via the Define
Kits screen.
Enter or select the product SKU that is to be a component of the kit in the SKU to Add combo box. The Multi-Select button or Search buttons can also be used to locate component inventory records to be entered into the SKU to Add combo box.
Enter the number of units of the selected component included in the kit in the Qty field and select Add.
Optional: Select Inherit Kit Options to have all Option lists (attributes) of the Kit SKU copied into the Options or Freeform Options fields of each component's line item in the order. To learn more about options and attributes review the Knowledge Base topic, Options, Attributes, and Sub-SKUs.
In the context of this topic, the process of building of sub-SKUs is not relevant nor required.
To add an option list to a Kit SKU, select the Attributes/Options tab of the Kit SKU inventory record and follow the instructions in the Knowledge Base topic, Add/Edit Option List.
Repeat steps 2 through 4 as many times as necessary until all components of the kit are added to the inventory record of the Kit SKU.
Created: 5/25/11
Revised: 8/14/15
Published: 08/19/15