Concept of Parent and Child in Item Master & its applicability.

Concept of Parent and Child in Item Master & its applicability.

What are Parent and Child Items?

Parent Items are the ones, which we purchase in boxes or bags and sell them in Boxes or bags only.

Child Items are the ones, which we sell individually and the stock gets deducted from the Parent Items. 

 

Benefit:

Suppose you purchase a pencil box, and you sell that in box as well as in pieces. In that case, we have a solution called parent and child concept, where the pencil box will be the parent and the single piece will be the child. Then you will only maintain the pencil box stock. When you sell a single pencil, stock will be deducted from the box only, there is no need to maintain any stock for the child items.  

 

To create a Parent type item, please do the following steps:

Step 1: Go to Inventory > Masters > Items


Step 2: Then press Ctrl + F4 Manage Tab button to bring up the Manage Tab window.

(Note: Key settings may vary from user to user, you can click on the blank button just beside F1 Key to change the key combinations to find the desired key)

 

Step 3: Click on the Repackage option under Caption and then activate the Values (Put a Tick ✔) for Preparation Status, Bulk/Parent Item & Repack Conversion (Grams) if those are not activated.

Step 4: Click on Apply to save the settings.


Step 5: After activation while creating an Item, fill up all the relevant details and go to Repackage Tab.

There, select the Preparation Status as Parent for the Parent Items (For example, Pencil Box).

 

 

Step 5: Keep the Bulk/Parent Item value as None.

Step 6: Set the Repack Conversion (Gram) as desired. (For example 20 as per the screenshot)

*** Note: Gram term is commonly used for weight able items. In the case of pieces items also, we will put the value in the same field.

Step 7: Click on F6 Save button to save the settings.

(Note: Key settings may vary from user to user, you can click on the blank button just beside F1 Key to change the key combinations to find the desired key)

 

To create a Child type item, please do the following steps:

Step 1: Go to Inventory > Masters > Items

 

Step 2: After activation while creating an Item, fill up all the relevant details and go to Repackage Tab.There, select the Preparation Status as Child for the Child Items (For example, Pencil per piece).

Step 3: Select the Bulk/Parent Item and select the Parent item name from the list. For example Pencil Box.

Step 4: Set the Repack Conversion (Gram) as 1 for the child Items or based on conversion.

Step 5: Click on F6 Save to save the settings.

(Note: Key settings may vary from user to user, you can click on the blank button just beside F1 Key to change the key combinations to find the desired key)

 

Conclusion:

This Parent and Child concept is used to simplify the conversion process and maintain the stock only for the Parent Items. Child Items will not have any stock. If we sell any child item, the stock will be deducted from the Parent Item.

 

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