A kit item is an individual item comprising various components.
For example, a computer is a kit item, and items such as monitor,
keyboard, mouse, and other peripherals are its components.
Kit items can be
of three types:
Physical Kits
Dynamic Physical Kits
Bundles
Physical kit
A physical kit is maintained as a single item and is not
disintegrated into components. It is considered a finished product
at a node or at the time of dispatch. For example, a cellular phone
with its battery and handset is a preconfigured physical kit.
Dynamic physical kit
A dynamic physical kit comprises various components. A
decision about which components have to be shipped is decided at the
time of creating an order.
Bundle
A bundle is a kit item that consists of many components.
A bundle's components can be products, provided services, physical
kits, or other bundles. However, a delivery service and special service
cannot be a component of a bundle.
Models, configurable items, and preconfigured items
In addition to physical kits, dynamic physical kits, and
bundles, other item types exist that overlap or share these kit types.
In IBM® Sterling
Configurator Visual Modeler,
you can create a model that defines all the configurable options available
for an item.