Forecasting and replenishment for bundles
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Written by Sara Jaffer
Updated over a week ago

When bundles are configured, Inventory Planner treats the sale of the bundle the same way as a sale for the individual bundle components. All sales for components and bundles are captured at the component variant level.

For example, saying the stock of one t-shirt is 100 is the same as saying the stock of five-packs of t-shirts is 20. When a five-pack is sold, it’s treated the same as a sale of five units of one t-shirt.

In Replenishment and Edit Forecast, you can view details at the variant (component) level.

In this example, we sell t-shirts either as individual units (SKU BW345) or as packs of 5 (SKU BW345-X5). All t-shirts come from the same supply of inventory, meaning both individual units and 5-packs are fulfilled from the same pool of units.

Since all customer orders are fulfilled from the same pile of inventory, it’s only necessary to view forecasting and replenishment information in the variants view. The variants view reflects forecasting and replenishment needs for covering demand of both the individual units and of the 5-pack.

To view a breakdown of sales, select the “Details” icon next to the component product:

Then click into the Bundles & Production tab to view a sales breakdown from bundles vs. variants. Sales are merged together for forecasting and replenishment purposes.

Select the Replenishment & Forecast tab to see how the combined sales from bundles and components are used to generate forecasted sales and replenishment recommendations. Learn how forecasts and replenishment are calculated here.

You can also select the variant in the main Replenishment table to create a Purchase Order (or Transfer Order by selecting the arrow) for the Replenishment recommendation amount.

View the "Creating purchase orders for components" page for details.

Answers the questions

Will bundle sales be reflected in their component sales?

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