A kit pack is an item that is priced and sold as one piece but actually consists of a collection of raw material stock items which may themselves be sold individually. Kit items are stored within Micronet as normal stock items.
There are two types of kit items:
A subassembled item is basically just an item which is assembled from a list of components. The master item is not a stocked item, only the component items are. When the master subassembled item is sold, it is actually the list of components that are sold within Micronet and the stock of those components that is updated (not the stock of the master item). The price of the subassembled master item is the sum of its component prices.
An example of a subassembly might be a hose made up of basically the same components but where different lengths or types of hose can be used. Another example would be a gift basket.
Subassembled items are usually created through sales invoicing in MDS. A picking slip is printed from the sales invoice listing all the component items, the component items are picked and they are then invoiced.
Subassembled items can be setup as either static or dynamic. Static kits cannot be edited in the Invoice Creation program, whereas dynamic kits can be modified on an invoice. Kits can be set to either summarise on an invoice / picking slip, or to print the individual components.
A manufactured item is also made up of components but the master item is a stocked item. When the master item is manufactured, the components are consumed, not sold.
The price of a manufactured item can be set, independent of its component items.
Manufactured items can also be created through sales invoicing in MDS. However, they are more commonly created from works orders in MDS, manufactured jobs in MJC and as kits that are made on the fly.