Inventory and Order Management: Improved Planning for Inventory Kits

Good news for users engaged in replenishment and materials planning: In MYOB Acumatica 2026.1.1, you can save a kit assembly even if some of the kit's lot- or serial-tracked components don’t yet have a specified location or lot or serial number. Now you can prepare and save these transactions in advance—even if the components haven't yet arrived at the warehouse—supporting more flexible and accurate demand planning.

Handling an Incomplete Kit Assembly

On the Kit Assembly (IN307000), you can now save a lot- or serial-tracked kit assembly transaction even if the following settings are missing for one or more of its components:

  • Location
  • Lot or serial numbers

You can save this transaction with the On Hold or Balanced status, but you’ll be able to release it only after you specify all missing locations and lot or serial numbers. For better visibility of these details, the following columns (shown below) have been added to the table on the Stock Components tab:

  • Location
  • Lot/Serial Nbr.
  • Expiration Date
Figure 1. New columns on the Kit Assembly form


When you save the kit assembly, the system creates demand item plans for all of its lines. You can view an item's demand plan on the Inventory Summary (IN401000) form. The demand plan for an item with the missing details has <Unassigned> in the Location column (shown below.)

Tip:
The system creates item plans for lines of kit assemblies on hold only if the Allocate Items in Documents on Hold check box is selected on the Inventory Preferences (IN101000) form.
Figure 2. The unassigned quantity for a line with the IN Assembly Demand item plan


Additionally, you can view this demand item plan on the Inventory Allocation Details (IN402000) form. In the line with the item plan, either the Location or Lot/Serial Number column—or both—will be empty (shown below).

Figure 3. The item plan with empty Location and Lot/Serial Number columns