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Chapter 7 - Assembly Items
7.1 Assembly Overview
This function applies to Pro and Enterprise Version users only.
Note: For information on the benefits of upgrading your version of InventoryControl or WaspNest
Inventory, please select Help > Benefits of Upgrading on the Main screen.
Assembly items are created when you combine two or more existing items or multiple quantity of one item
to create a new item. You will use the Assembly item type when you want to "build" several of the new
items to have on hand in your inventory. You can create Assembly Items using Inventoried,
Non-
Inventoried (Items that are not tracked in inventory, but that you want to have a record of. For instance,
you can create an item for marketing pamphlets or instruction booklets.) items and other Assembly items.
Kit Items vs Assembly Items:
While these two item types are used to accomplish similar goals - the grouping of items - they are used
for different reasons. Assembly Items are a collection of items that, once grouped, are considered to be
a new, single item. The inventory quantities for the individual component items are reduced at the time
the Assembly Items are built and the quantity for the Assembly Item is increased. You can build
several Assembly Items and keep them on hand in your inventory. In addition, you can move and check
in/out Assembly Items.
Kit Items are a collection of items that are sold together, but are listed separately in the transaction
(similar to a bill of goods) and continue to be tracked as separate items. A Kit Item is created at the time
of sale. You cannot Add inventory in order to have multiple Kit Items on hand. Inventory amounts for the
component parts are reduced when the Kit Item is Removed from inventory.
Assembly Item Example:
Sebastian sells modular cabinets. Each cabinet is made of several different sizes of wood panels and
hardware. Sebastian tracks each piece used to build these cabinets as a separate piece of inventory in
his system, so he will know when he needs to reorder a particular size of panel or piece of hardware. He
builds several of each type of cabinet to have on hand to sell as well. When he does this, he creates an
Assembly Item in InventoryControl that is made up of each piece of inventory used to build the cabinet.
InventoryControl will then deduct the on hand amount for each piece of inventory used in the assembly,
and increase the amount on hand of the assembled item.
The flow of Assembly Items is provided below:
1. Create Your Assembly Item: Use the Create New Item screen to create your Assembly Item.
When Assembly is selected as the Item Type, there is a tab labeled Assembly on the Create
New Item screen. Use this tab to indicate what items you want to include in the built Assembly
Item. Keep in mind that after you create your Assembly Item, the quantity for that item is zero
and the on hand amounts for the included items have not changed. As with other Items, creating
the Assembly Item simply tells InventoryControl basic information about the Assembly Item and
indicates what other items you want included with it.
2. Build your Assembly Item: This is a similar process as Adding Inventory to other item types.
In this process you will tell InventoryControl how many of this Assembly Item you want to build.
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