Which three actions are supported using assembly functionality?

NetSuite's assembly functionality supports a flexible Bill of Materials (BOM). Service items can be included as components to represent non-physical costs like labor or setup fees. The system provides robust traceability by allowing serialized or lot-numbered items as components, enabling the tracking of specific units used in each build. To handle component shortages or substitutions, NetSuite allows the definition of "Alternate Members" on the BOM, which facilitates tracking the replacement of one component with a predefined, similar one. These features are standard within NetSuite's assembly management capabilities.

D: Standard assembly BOMs use fixed component quantities. The system does not natively track quantity variations across different builds of the same assembly without manual transaction edits or advanced modules.

1. NetSuite Help Center, SuiteAnswers, ID 9911: Creating Item Records. This article states, "Components can be inventory items, other assembly items, non-inventory items, or service items," which confirms that service items can be included as components in an assembly.

2. NetSuite Help Center, SuiteAnswers, ID 10091: Assembly Items. This document confirms support for special inventory items, noting, "You can use lot numbered and serialized inventory items as members of assembly items."

3. NetSuite Help Center, SuiteAnswers, ID 10093: Bills of Materials. This source describes the component substitution feature: "You can also identify alternate member items for assemblies. When a work order is created for an assembly, if there is insufficient quantity of the primary member item, the alternate member can be used."

4. NetSuite Help Center, SuiteAnswers, ID 10092: Building Assembly Items. This article explains that component quantities are based on the static BOM: "When you enter an assembly to be built, the components for that assembly automatically populate the Components subtab based on the item's bill of materials." This implies that tracking variations is not a standard, automated function.