Standard Kits Versus Dynamic Kits

When you set up a product kit, you must define whether it is a standard or dynamic kit. Review the following differences between the two types of kits before determining whether to define a kit as standard or dynamic.

Important: Once you define a product kit as dynamic, you cannot change it back into a standard kit.

Calculation Methods

The system calculates Sell, Cost, and Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) for standard and dynamic kits as follows:

Standard Kits

Dynamic Kits

The system uses one of the following methods:

The system uses the Use Kit Product Price method.

Kit Procurement

Procure standard and dynamic kits as follows:

Standard Kits	Dynamic Kits
You assemble kits from individual components in your inventory. Standard kits are not pre-packaged, nor do vendors offer standard kits to you for purchase.	You can either purchase kits pre-packaged from vendors or you can assemble kits from individual components in your inventory.

Sales Order Entry Features

When adding standard or dynamic kits to sales orders, the following rules apply:

Standard Kits

Dynamic Kits

Standard kits do not have individual on-hand component quantities on sales orders, and so you cannot separate standard kits into their individual components on a sales order. You must add a standard kit as one item on a sales order.

The system determines kit availability using the lowest available quantity for a kit component. You can only sell a standard kit when you have the necessary components in stock.

For example:

The Kitchen Sink Standard Kit is comprised of a sink, a faucet, and a stem set. You have 3 sinks, 2 faucets, and 3 stem sets in stock. You can sell only 2 of the Kitchen Sink Standard Kit.

Dynamic kits do have individual on-hand component quantities on sales orders, and so you can separate dynamic kits into individual components on a sales order to create additional kits on the fly.

For example:

The Lock Set Dynamic Kit is comprised of two knobs and dead bolt assembly hardware. You sell these items as individual products. If you have 4 brass lock sets, 4 chrome lock sets, and 4 additional pairs of brass knobs, you can create 8 brass lock sets by using the dead bolt assembly hardware from the chrome lock sets, and then substituting the brass knobs for the chrome.

When a pre-packaged dynamic kit moves in or out of inventory, the system updates inventory history for the dynamic kit. When you build a dynamic kit from component parts, the system updates inventory history for the components. When breaking down other kits to fulfill the kit ordered, the kit used is taken out of inventory and the unused components are put back in.

The Check Other Dynamic Kits For Needed Parts determines whether the system considers dynamics kits in other branches as a source from which to acquire kit components.

The DYNAMIC.KIT.EDIT authorization key limits whether users can alter dynamic kits.