The
following screens depict item kitting capabilities and historical item
data. Traditionally, this activity is also referred to commonly as light
manufacturing, assembly, or bill of material processing. However in
Great Plains a distinction is made between kitting and bill of material
processing in that kits do not include multiple levels – ie you can not
include a kit in the construction of another kit.
Use this window to create and maintain kits
for your company. A kit is a group of items that are sold as a single
item. When you set up a kit, items included in the kit are components.
As mentioned above, you can use an item of any item type—except Kit—as a
component of a kit.
A kit
is different from a bill of materials in another way as well. Bills of
materials—which you can create in the Great Plains Bill of Materials
module—are lists of materials needed to produce an item. Sometimes a
bill of materials will include another bill of materials for a
subassembly item that isn’t stocked or inventoried as a separate item.
That subsidiary bill of materials is called a phantom bill of materials.
If you’re using Great Plains Bill of Materials, it’s important to
understand how phantom bills are created and used in the system. The
table below provides information about kits and phantom bills of
materials.
|
|
Kits |
Phantom bills of
materials |
|
Created in ... |
Inventory Control |
Bill of Materials |
|
Stocked? |
Yes |
No |
|
Item type |
Kit |
Kit |
|
Uses |
Bundling items to sell as a unit in Sales Order Processing |
Specifying subassemblies needed to build or produce another
assembly. Can’t be stocked or sold. |
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