Build kits and assemblies without losing track of stock.
A bill of materials lists the component items and quantities that make up a finished or assembled product. A works order draws the components out of stock and books the assembled item in, so your stock valuation stays correct on both sides — components down, finished goods up.
If assembled products live outside your stock records, the components and the finished goods never quite reconcile.
Components and kits drift apart
You sell a bundle but the parts are never drawn down, so the component stock on the system is higher than what is actually on the shelf.
Assembly done by hand
Someone re-keys a build in a spreadsheet each time, so the make-up of a product is only as reliable as the last person who edited the sheet.
No view of shortfalls
You take an order for a kit and only discover on the pick that one component is short, because nothing checked availability against the bill of materials.
The build cost is a guess
Each component has a cost, but nothing rolls them up into the finished item, so the price and margin on an assembled product are set on a hunch.
Overview
One product, made of many.
The bill of materials ties the finished item to the parts it is built from.
Define the components that make up a product
Component items and quantities held against the finished product. One definition everyone builds from, not a spreadsheet on the side.
Per productbill of materials
Componentsand quantities defined once
Works orders that keep both sides of stock correct
Components come out of stock as the build is recorded. The assembled item is booked in against the same works order.
Both sidesof stock stay correct
Works orderper build
Build to order or pre-assemble kits
Kits built to order against a sales order as it is picked. Pre-assembled kits held as finished stock ready to go.
To orderor pre-assembled
On thesales order
Component availability and shortfalls in view
Component availability checked against the bill of materials. Shortfalls visible before you commit to a build.
Availabilityagainst the bill of materials
Shortfallsseen before you build
In their words
Order processing, stock and accounts sit on one system, so the whole team works from the same picture.
MatconManufacturing & engineering
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Kitting and assembly sit alongside stock and order handling.
It is the list of component items and quantities that make up a finished or assembled product. You define it once against the product, and every build works from the same definition.
How does a works order affect stock?
A works order draws the components out of stock and books the assembled item in, so both sides move together and the stock valuation stays correct — components down, finished goods up.
Can I build kits to order?
Yes. Kits can be built to order against a sales order as it is picked, or pre-assembled and held as finished stock ready to pick.
Will I know if a component is short?
Yes. Component availability and shortfalls are visible against the bill of materials, so you can see before you commit whether you can build what has been ordered.
