The Kits tab is where the ingredients of a kit item can be defined. Kit items are items that are pre-processed by the distributor prior to being sold.

 

 

•Inventory kits allow food distributors to define all the sub-products that go into making the final "master" item. In the case of someone making coleslaw, the definition could include the amount of cabbage, carrots, mayonnaise, sugar, vinegar, containers, labels and even labor needed to make one unit of coleslaw. When the batch of coleslaw is made and subsequently received, entrée will deduct the appropriate quantities and weights from each item that is defined as a kit ingredient.

 

•Kits not only maintain inventory quantity and weight information, but also track costing as well. When the cost of an item is changed, entrée can automatically update the costs and pricing of all kit items using that item as one of it's ingredients.

 

•The inventory kit feature is obviously not a full-blown manufacturing system, but it serves the needs of many distributors with simple processing requirements.

 

•Use of lot-based and catchweight items as kit ingredients  

     Kit Item's "Units of Measure" value and the "Kit Units of Measure" value (on the "Kits" tab) so that cost information will be converted correctly between Kits or ingredient items which *are* priced by weight and those which are not. You will need to have *all* of the required lot and weight information before completing receipt of the Kit.

 

Provisions have been made in the "Receive by Item" utility for the entry of lot and/or catchweight information.

 

Trim Cost Feature

The implementation of trim cost has added a new option to the ingredient list of “Kit” items which a check box option called “Use 'Real Cost' instead of 'Trim Cost' (where applicable)”.

 

This option only affects the handling of ingredient items which have a Trim Cost applied. With option unchecked (the default) the Landed Cost of the Kit item will be calculated using the “net” Trim Cost (Trim Cost minus Trim Credit). If the box is checked then the Landed Cost of the Kit item will be calculated using the Real Cost of the ingredients. For ingredients which do not have a Trim Cost applied the setting of this option has no effect.