Releasing Backorders for Kits

You can release backorders for the kit parent or for individual kit components. When you release kit components individually, the system displays a warning that you are creating parent and component imbalances. The system flags the record and then uses this information to prevent action on the kit parent that would result in loss of kit integrity such as changing the order quantity on the kit parent item.

The Backorder Release program (P42117) launches the P42055 program when you specify a transaction quantity for the parent and process the line on the sales order. You set the Display Kit Balance Window processing option on the P42117 program to specify how the system performs kit balancing.

You cannot use the Batch Backorder Release program (R42118) to process kit components individually. The system releases components based on the recommended component quantities.