Create an assembly from non-inventory items

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Posted on by Said BARKAM

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Hello,

Is it possible to create an assembly from Non-Inventory items without any customisations?

I think that in standard it is not possible.

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The field on the BOM component table is like this:

field(1; "Parent Item No."; Code[20])

{

Caption = 'Parent Item No.';

NotBlank = true;

TableRelation = Item WHERE(Type = CONST(Inventory));

So only inventory type items are allowed. The confusing thing for a user is that the lookup filter is like this:

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Hi

You can consume non-inventory in assembly BOM, but you cannot have output for assembly. See below table

docs.microsoft.com/.../inventory-about-item-types

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OK,

if I understand correctly, it is normal not to have non-inventory items on a output assembly.

Thank you,

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That is correct. It is not even supported. What is your business need here? I mean why you want to assemble non-inventory item? You can ship none-inventory item without having inventory. I realize you may want to consume inventory item to make non-inventory item. But why not make the item inventory?

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Hi,

in fact it is a construction company that purshase items directly to the construction site (to the customer)

their need is not to follow the stock of the items.

all items in the construction sector are assembled items for example:

Fall liner eu/ev/ep :

Alpharock 80mm

Adhesive tape

Labour

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Hi Said

Thanks for info. I can see why they want to consume raw and make none-inventory item. As a supply chain person I usually prefer inventory item in most cases since I can consume them in SO or Job. etc. But looks like this is not the case with this industry.

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I would think the Jobs module would be a much better fit for the Construction industry. The Job is never to make anything, it is essentially a big Service. You can consume Items, Non-Inv. Items, Resources, etc. to track the costs of the project. You can also track your billing to get profitability analysis on the projects. Not to mention far better Estimate vs. Actual comparison using Jobs.

If you are just starting with BC, I would strongly encourage you to look at using the Jobs module instead of the Assembly Mgmt. features.

You should discuss this with your BC Partner to get their input as well.

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