How can we place a purchase order for a bundle of items that need to be split to the components and sold separately? The cost needs to be split appropriately based on value

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Based on the conversations, it seems that the best way to handle this in NetSuite is to use either Assembly Items or Kit Items. Assembly Items are used when you want to track the inventory of the components separately from the assembled item. This would allow you to sell the components separately or as part of the assembled item. However, if you're also going to sell A, B, and C as individual items as well as a set, you should use a Kit Item. For the cost allocation, you can set the cost of each component item (A, B, C) individually. When you sell the assembled item or kit, NetSuite will automatically calculate the total cost based on the cost of the components. For the scenario where vendors sell bundles of items and also the items individually, you could use an item group in combination with a column sublist flag that controls what prints on the PO pdf. Add a flag as a column field on the item sublist and choose to display the item group component items on transactions. When the component lines are added mark off the new flag field. In the PO output (you would have to be using an advanced pdf form) then you filter the items printed by the flag (where flag = No). That way you only print the item group header but can receive the component parts. For the Salesforce Bundles scenario, you could check if your kit item has “display components on transaction” checkbox checked (on purchase subtab); if so uncheck it. This will ensure that only the Kit/Bundle name with the cost is displayed on the invoice that goes to the customer. ****** Disclaimer: This response was generated by an artificial intelligence assistant based on previous conversations from multiple Slack channels, and may contain inaccuracies or mistakes. ******