An Assembly SKU is a product that is built from component parts and managed through a Work Order. Before creating an Assembly work order, the Assembly SKU must be configured in your product catalog.
Things to Consider
- An Assembly SKU is NOT a Kit. Assembly SKUs are used for building a new, trackable inventory item from component parts, which is what a Work Order is designed to manage. Kits are typically virtual bundles for selling, not for manufacturing or assembling and storing. Kits cannot have locations or an on-hand quantity — an Assembly SKU can.
- An Assembly SKU must have at least one component.
- You can change the components of an Assembly SKU, but the change will not update on any existing work order. This is intentional to support cases like the following:
- You create an Assembly SKU with the components: 1 hat, 1 shirt, and 1 blue sticker. You do not have enough blue stickers and decide it is acceptable to use a different sticker while keeping the same Assembly SKU.
- You can edit the sticker component SKU and create another work order with the new sticker. The first work order will use your blue stickers, and the new one will use the new sticker SKU.
Step-by-Step Process
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Open the product's details page and select the edit icon. Enable the setting "This is an Assembly SKU used in Work Orders" and click Update.
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A new section is now available to add Assembly SKU components. Search for the component SKU you want to add and select it from the drop-down. To edit the quantity, select the Quick Edit button for the component line item, update the Assembly Component Quantity, and click Update.
Once your Assembly SKU is configured, see How to Create a Work Order to get started.