NetSuite Assembly Items

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If you’ve ever bundled components into a finished product, whether it’s a physical item or a service package, you’re already thinking like a manufacturer. The NetSuite Assembly Items feature gives you the structure and flexibility to define how those products are built, tracked, and sold. In this blog, we’ll break down what assembly items are, why you might need them, and how to set them up in your NetSuite account.

What Are Assembly Items in NetSuite?

Assembly items represent finished goods made from multiple components. Think of a bicycle built from tires, a frame, and handlebars. Those parts become a single product you can stock, ship, and sell. NetSuite uses assembly items to track the production of these finished goods so that you can manage inventory, costs, and demand more efficiently. Here’s what you get with assembly items:

Define the individual components of the finished product.
Specify how many units of each component are required.
Track inventory of the individual components as well as the finished product.

Why Use Assembly Items?

Why would you consider using the NetSuite Assembly Items feature? Perhaps you produce the same products repeatedly. Perhaps you need a way to track both individual components and finished goods. And perhaps you want to automate costing and inventory updates during production. When you combine the Assembly Items feature with features like the Advanced Bill of Materials feature, assembly items provide all these abilities and more.

Creating Assembly Items

Enable the Assembly Items Feature

Before creating assembly items, you’ll need to enable the Assembly Items feature in your NetSuite account. You can do that on the Items & Inventory tab of Enable Features. This feature pairs well with the Advanced Bill of Materials feature. Once those features are turned on, you’re ready to start creating your assembly item records.

Create a New Assembly Item Record

To create a new assembly item, navigate to Lists > Accounting > Items > New and select Assembly from the list.

From there, you can define basic details like the name of the item, a description, and the unit type (that is, how units of this item will be measured). You can also classify this assembly item with a specific subsidiary, department, and location.

Then, you’ll scroll down to the Manufacturing subtab. Here, attach the bill of materials that contains the necessary components that make up this assembly. Under the Purchasing/Inventory subtab, you can select things like your preferred bin locations and costing methods for this item. Under the Sales/Pricing subtab, you can set things like the cost of the item, and apply both a billing schedule and a quantity pricing schedule.

Add components to NetSuite assembly item

When you’re finished configuring the assembly item record, save the page.

Conclusion

Whether you’re new to assembly items or ready to optimize how you use them, NetSuite has the tools to make your manufacturing smarter and more scalable. At SuiteRep, we focus on NetSuite so you can focus on achieving better business results. If you’re looking for help setting up or managing assembly items in NetSuite, reach out to start the conversation!

NetSuite Advanced Bill of Materials

NetSuite Billing Operations

NetSuite Quantity Pricing

Additional Resources

Assembly Items

Enabling Assembly Items

Assembly Item Records

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