Kitting and Bundling

Simplify Kitting and Bundling with Luminous

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Kitting and bundling are essential for ecommerce businesses that offer product sets or combinations. In Luminous, these features are designed to streamline inventory tracking and keep your sales data accurate. Here's a straightforward look at how kitting and bundling work within Luminous and why it benefits your business.

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How Kitting and Bundling Works

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Kitting and bundling are used when you sell multiple items together as a single SKU. For example, let's say you're offering a bundle of three shirts—one green, one blue, and one yellow. When a customer orders this kit, Luminous automatically deducts inventory for each of these individual shirts from your stock, so your inventory data stays accurate.

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Key Benefits

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1. Accurate Inventory Tracking: Luminous keeps track of the individual components in a kit, so when one bundle sells, the system deducts from each product's inventory. This prevents stock discrepancies and helps avoid overselling.
   
   
2. Up-to-Date Sales Dashboards: By linking each item in a kit, your sales dashboards remain current, giving you a clear view of your stock and helping you make informed business decisions.
   
   
3. Stock Visibility: Luminous displays the lowest available quantity of the items within a kit. This means if one of the components is running low, you’ll know right away and can restock in time to avoid delays or sellouts.

Why It Matters

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For businesses that sell bundles or kits, maintaining accurate inventory is crucial. Without proper tracking, you risk overselling or having outdated inventory data. Luminous solves this problem by building kitting and bundling into the inventory system, helping you stay in control of your stock levels and provide a smooth customer experience.

With these features, your inventory and sales data stay in step with what's actually selling. It’s a simple yet effective solution for managing complex product sets.

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Key Takeaways

• One SKU, many components: A kit is sold as a single SKU, but Luminous tracks every product inside it.
• Automatic deductions: When a kit is ordered, inventory is deducted from each component.
• Kit availability follows your scarcest component: The kit's available quantity is the lowest available quantity among its components.

Example: How Kit Availability Is Calculated

Say your three-shirt bundle uses one of each color, and you have:

• Green shirts: 40 available
• Blue shirts: 25 available
• Yellow shirts: 60 available

Luminous shows the bundle's kit inventory as 25, because blue is the lowest available component. When one bundle sells, you'll have 39 green, 24 blue and 59 yellow, and the kit drops to 24. That way, you never sell a bundle you can't actually build.

Kits vs. Assemblies

Kits and bundles are made of finished products you already stock, and inventory is deducted from each component when the kit sells. If you build a new finished good from raw materials before you sell it, that's an assembly. Luminous handles both:

• Kits and bundles: See how to set up and manage kits in Luminous.
• Assemblies and light manufacturing: See how to set up a bill of materials (BOM) and manufacturing and assembly in Luminous.

Tips for Selling Kits and Bundles

• Watch your bottleneck component: Your kit can only sell as many as its lowest component allows. Check component quantities in the Stocks Grid.
• Remember shared components: If the same shirt is sold on its own and in a bundle, both draw from the same stock.
• Selling bundles on subscription? See how Luminous handles inventory for subscriptions.

Common Questions

What's the difference between a kit and a bundle?

The terms are often used interchangeably. Both describe multiple products sold together under one SKU, and Luminous tracks the inventory of each component the same way.

Why does my kit show a lower quantity than some of its components?

Kit inventory reflects the lowest available quantity among its components. If one component is running low, the kit quantity will match it, even if other components have plenty in stock.

Do kit sales show up in my sales dashboards?

Yes. Because kit orders deduct inventory from each component, your inventory data and sales dashboards stay up to date.

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Ready to Optimize Your Kitting and Bundling?

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Luminous’s kitting and bundling feature is built to keep your operations smooth, your inventory accurate, and your sales data reliable. Perfect for businesses looking to stay ahead without the hassle of manual tracking.

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Discover how Luminous can streamline your ecommerce operations and enhance your product offerings. Book a demo today and see our powerful kitting and bundling features in action!