| Overview of kit handling in Warehouse ManagementKit handling facilitates: Delivery of incomplete bills of material (BOM) or kits. This is useful if, for example, part of the ordered
components are unavailable due to inventory shortages, but the customer needs
what is available at short notice. The remainder can be delivered later, from inventory or
through direct deliveries if that is the fastest way to serve
the customer. On the sales order line, you can switch from delivery from
inventory to direct delivery. You can use shipping constraints to control
partial deliveries. For more information, refer to Kit handling support and shipping structure setup. To allow delivery of incomplete kits or BOMs, the structure
of sales orders and related warehousing orders is adjusted. For more information, refer to Sales and warehousing order structure. Modifications to BOM or kit structures even after they are
put on sales orders - the last stage you can implement changes is at confirm
shipment. For more information, refer to Process BOM changes to Sales Order (tdsls4263m000) and How changes in component lines affect outbound order lines and shipment lines. Changing the ordered quantities on the sales order or cancel
orders at advanced stages in the delivery process. For more information, refer to How changes in component lines affect outbound order lines and shipment lines. Flexible shipping structure setup. On the warehousing order
type, you can specify how loads and shipments are structured to ship components by subkit. In addition, a graphical user interface allows
you to manually adjust the shipping structure generated by LN, optionally using shipping containers if the required parameter is set. For more information, refer to Sales and warehousing order structure and Shipping structures. The warehouse order type settings controlling load and
shipment structures and the parameter setting allowing the use of shipping
containers support kit handling initiated in the Sales Control module, but they
are not required. If not used, however, the shipping structure may not
adequately reflect the topkit- subkit- component structure initiated in the Sales Control module. These settings are also available if kit handling is not
implemented in the Sales Control module.
For an overview of the procedure to deliver kit orders,
including invoicing after delivery, see To deliver component items - procedure. | |