Ah, I was thinking it was die-cut foam.
Does an order result in a Job?
It could, it doesn’t at the moment at the moment we have pre-build FG1 and FG2 but we could do MTO however because its 2 lines in the Sales Order I’m not sure how that would help.
I was thinking it could be this:
The foam would be cut like:
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Fulfillment Workbench to release to picking the full order. Picker creates a PCID if it has the 2 lines. When shipped PCID is deleted and left with the 2 lines.
John,
I don’t follow, draw me a picture 
So I get release to picking the two lines that makes sense. Pick them to a PCID ok… but I’m not sure how this resolves the shipping issue?
We now have a PCID with FG2 + A but when I go to Ship it I still need to either re-package the whole thing into a new box + tray, or ship 2 separate pieces?
What am I missing.
I was thinking that the picker would do the whole thing (get the box, the tray, and the parts). But now I see that you would not be able to remove the inventory for the correct tray.
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Could you use a no-input configurator? Associate it with the 2 and 3 bottle SKU. The configurator only needs the SKU to determine the BOM for the MTO job with the correct number of bottles and appropriate insert.
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Don’t know this answer. Can you do a Configurator for a Sales Kit?
I don’t know… good question I can poke around.
If you can do a Configurator, then you could set the Sales Kit to “show” the pieces that go into it on the paperwork.
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Not sure why we would need a Sales Kit at that point. In a Sales Kit, you can add/delete items or change quantities but no logic. In a configurator, you get the logic to alter the MOM. I wouldn’t use both myself.
In the configurator, you can control the text on the job and the order as well.
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My first approach would be a configurable sales kit used to create any combination of what you sell.
CFG (configured FG) is the configurator
- it would ask what is in the kit… ie… Is there a bottle 1, what is the part. Is there a bottle 2, what is the part, is there an accessory, what is the part?
- configurator would look at the answers, and with configurator logic, would decide what type of box, and what type of configurator cut tray is needed.
- the sales kit would be created directly in the sales order with all the correct parts.
- when then goes to shipping for fulfillment, there are no problems.
Note that for sales kits, all components must be stockable (not make direct), BUT the “top level” sales kit part number is the configured kit… the configurator can change the description of the top part if you need, and it can change the configured part number to a part on the fly if you desire, but not necessary.
Also note with the above approach, you can flex ALL the components… in theory, the bottles in the kit could be the same, or two different bottle part numbers. All depends on your rules you create in the configurator.
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I was thinking of the sales kit for the paperwork end. They are getting a PO
- Line 1: FG2
- Line 2: Accessory
So, to mimic that back to them on a SOAck, you need to be able to have 2 lines, which a sales kit allows. Same with the packing slip and invoice. That way they see that they ordered line 1 and line 2 but internally it is a sales kit that has all the required parts. They can even use the component pricing in the sales kit to show the pricing at the line.
Good to know, I’ve never altered a Sales Kit from a configurator. Thanks @timshuwy.
@josecgomez , how do the orders come in? An e-commerce site? EDI? Is there a different SKU for one, two, and three bottles? Or just one SKU for a bottle and you have to figure out the packaging based on quantity?
NVM, went way back to the first post…
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Yea, i have done configurable sales kits for many types of scenarios similar to this. One example was a configurable chair. They had three different colors for the base (White, black, or Natural wood), and then 8 different fabric colors. because there was a SEAT, and a BACK, in theory they could have sold up to 192 different variations of configurations… White base, White Seat, Red back, black base, Red Seat, Red Back, etc… 3 base * 8 Seats * 8 Backs = 192.
After asking the three questions, we modified the description on the sales order (with configurator code) to describe the three colors chosen. The price COULD change if needed (but in this particular example, the price was the same for all 192 items). Since the three components were all in stock and all boxed separately, the sales kit was the best option.
using Automation Studio they pull in from Shopify
Shopify SKU1 = FG1
Shopify SKU2 = FG2
Shopify SKUA = A
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Could you alter the Automation Studio integration to “configure” the Sales Kit based on the order? 
Maybe, that seems like a lot of work but it could be do-able that may be where we end up.