Just one example...
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wes_w
10/09/2019, 8:40 PMJust one example...
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Grant Horton
10/10/2019, 1:37 PMAh, yes. In my case it's a rack that is being sold with say... 50 samples on it. Each customer may want different samples. They may return parts of it for replacement like discontinued samples so I still need that functionality
Grant Horton
10/10/2019, 1:37 PMNot sure what option would fit the bill though. Assembly item?
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wes_w
10/10/2019, 1:58 PMI'm not familiar with assembly items, we don't have the manufacturing module
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Grant Horton
10/10/2019, 2:10 PMAh, undertsood
Grant Horton
10/10/2019, 2:10 PMThank you
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Ricardo
10/10/2019, 3:15 PM@Grant Horton as someone who has dabbled with kits and swapping out products, you cannot return just a part of a kit. When generating a item receipt, it returns all the items that were in the kit at the time of fulfillment. So you can "evolve" the kit in a way, but if not micromanaged a little, it can screw up inventory for discontinued items if you receive a kit with disco items. Also, NS will warn you of such when you try. I've done this whole process, but on a large scale, it would be untenable.
Ricardo
10/10/2019, 3:15 PMbut the price doesn't have to be dependent on the components of the kit.
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Grant Horton
10/15/2019, 6:05 PMHm, trying to find a way to have a "Shell" of sorts. Tells the customer service person that there are x number of samples and x number of blankets (or whatever item) that need to be selected before the order gets placed.
Grant Horton
10/15/2019, 6:05 PMI suppose the trick is that it needs to stay the same price and.... we need to be able to return the samples that are discontinued later on and swap em out. Sounds like that'll be tricky. Might just need to end up being separate items like we do in our old ERP system.
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wes_w
10/15/2019, 6:58 PMSeparate kit items seems like the way to go.
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Ricardo
10/15/2019, 8:46 PMyeah, we were looking at a similar thing. we ended up using a coupon code to "normalize" the price of the kit, and had it also add a "pick-10 box" item, so that when the order was being processed, it would be understood that it needed to be packed as a "faux-kit" item. That kept the inventory control/flow at nominal.
Ricardo
10/15/2019, 8:47 PMput 10,000 inventory units into the "pick-10 box" inventory at 0 (zero) price so that it wouldn't run out for some time, and accounting would stay happy.