Build Kit – A summary of the activity

The “Build Kit” activity enables warehouse clerks to build/rebuild kits. A kit is a collection of tools/parts and is essentially a part of part type “Kit”.

Prior to building a kit part, it is mandatory to define the composition of a kit in the “Maintain Composition” activity of the Part Administration component. In this activity, you define those parts that constitute the kit. You must indicate whether alternate parts of constituent parts can be used to build the kit. You must also specify the operations that can be performed on the kit part: build, rebuild or break. Note that you can build the kit only if the Build operation is allowed on the kit.

You build kits using a Kit Build document/transaction, which is identified by its kit build #. The creation of the kit build document initiates the kit building process. You may create one or more kits using a kit build document. A kit build document is deemed complete only when creation of all the kit parts in the document is complete.

Creating a kit part involves the following stages:

• Creation of a kit: In this stage, you create a kit build document. You specify the constituent parts and their quantities required for the part serial # using the kit build document. You also specify the placement details of the new kit parts and the picking strategy for the constituent parts of a kit part. The kit build document is allotted a unique number  by the system on creation.

• Confirmation of a kit part: To allocate constituent parts for a kit part, you must confirm the kit part. The system automatically generates stock issues for each of the kit parts on confirmation.

• Completion of the kit build: In this last stage of kit building, the system automatically confirms stock issue and stock return for the new kit part. This indicates that the new kit part has been created and moved to stock.

You may also cancel a previously created kit part in this activity.

Getting familiar with the pages inside

What you can do in this activity

Recording kit part and constituent part details

You must specify the following for the new kit part

• Warehouse and part details of kit parts.

• Serial#/Lot# and placement details of kit parts

• Serial #/Lot #, quantities and picking details of kit constituents of a kit part.

Building kit part

• Select the “Allocate Parts” check box to enable the system to automatically allocate constituent parts to kit parts.

• Select the “Allow Incomplete Kit?” check box to create kits even when all constituents in the requisite quantities are not available in the warehouse.

• Select  the "Allocate" check box.

• Click the “Build Kit” pushbutton to see details in the “Kit Constituent Details” tab page.

Confirming kit part

• Click the “Confirm Kit” pushbutton to allocate constituents to the kit part.

Completing  kit part creation

• Click the “Complete Kit Build” pushbutton to confirm:

1) Allocation of constituents to the kit part

2) Creation of kit part

Canceling kit part

• Identify the kit part # serial #.

• Specify cancellation comments.

• Select the “Cancel Kit Build” pushbutton.

Prerequisites

• Create kit part in Part Main Information

• Maintain Kit Composition in Part Administration