Kits and components

Build a kit from its parts once; renting the kit reserves every part and puts them on the pull list. The kit is weighed whole.

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A kit is a product made of other items. A frame tent is its top, legs, fittings and stakes; a dance floor is its panels, trim and the tool to lock them. You quote the kit, and the system takes care of the parts.

Make a kit

  1. Add the parts first, on the Components tab with New component. Give each a Name, Part type, Tent width, Tent system and Quantity owned.
  2. Add the kit on the Products tab with New product, and set Tracked as to Kit.
  3. On the kit's page, find What's in it.
  4. Type a part's name, size or SKU in the box that says "Add a part", and pick it.
  5. Type how many of that part one kit takes in the box beside it, and press Add.
  6. Repeat for every part. Change a number on the list any time, or press the bin to take a part off.

What a kit does

  • Renting one kit reserves all its parts for the order's days. A kit inside a kit reserves its parts too.
  • A kit is as free as its scarcest part. If you own 10 tops but only 6 sets of legs, you can rent 6 tents.
  • Type the weight of the whole kit under Weights & times. A part's weight is not used (it reads N/A), so a kit with no weight counts 0 lbs on the truck until it is filled.
  • A kit's Replacement cost is the sum of one kit's worth of its parts. You never type it.
  • The warehouse pull list and the truck load list show the parts, so nothing gets left behind.

Components

  • A component is never offered on a quote. It is counted on the shelf and reserved only through the kits that use it.
  • Its page shows Used in kits: every kit it belongs to. Change the kit's parts on the kit's page.
  • The Components tab groups parts by Part type, then tent width and system ("20W JTL").
  • A kit with no weight leaves the truck light. It is listed as missing a weight on Inventory and in Weights & times (Missing only) until it is filled.

If something goes wrong

  • "No parts yet. A kit with no parts reserves nothing." Add its parts under What's in it.
  • A part does not come up when adding. Try its size or SKU instead of its name. If it still does not appear, add it on the Components tab first.
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