An assembly is a finished item made from component products. Its cost comes from the quantities and prices of those components.

For assembly setup, see How to specify a finished item and its component products.

This guide uses one example throughout: a custom console made from two components.

You need 2 consoles. The same veneer is also used on its own on a kitchen island, at 4 m².

Open the console’s details and find Components. In each component’s Unit Qty, enter the amount needed for one console.

Set the number of consoles in the console’s Locations & quantities. Programa calculates each component’s total from the number of consoles.

​2 consoles × 3 m² per console = 6 m² of veneer.

The console and its components can use different units.

Quantities are always edited in one of two places:

Open a component from within its assembly. Its Financial tab shows the same Product pricing and shipping section as any other product. Enter the component’s unit prices and estimated shipping here.

A note confirms that pricing is managed on the assembly. The component’s own client pricing does not apply to this use.

Below the pricing inputs, Programa shows how much of the component this assembly needs:

To change the quantity, select Edit. Programa opens the console’s Components section, where you can change Unit Qty.

Programa uses each component’s Unit trade price. If a component has no trade price, Programa uses its Unit retail price.

Open the console’s Financial tab. The assembly costs list each component and what it adds to the console:

In Client pricing, with Add markup enabled for the project, enter the console’s markup. A 20% markup on $1,000 makes the client price $1,200 before tax and shipping. With 10% tax, tax is $120.

The component costs are already included in the console cost. Do not add those costs again to the same assembly total.

For tax and general pricing instructions, see How to set product costs and client prices.

Shipping on an assembly comes from two places:

Programa adds shipping after client pricing and tax. Shipping is not marked up or taxed.

Enter a component’s shipping once, on the component, for every unit of it in the project. Programa splits that amount across each use, based on quantity.

Example: You enter $250 shipping for the veneer. The project uses 10 m² in total:

The console’s Component shipping table lists the shipping each component passes on to it. Here the veneer passes on $150. Fabrication has no shipping, so component shipping for the consoles is $150.

To cover delivering the finished consoles to site, enter the cost in Finished assembly shipping. For this example, enter $500.

If you do not see shipping fields, shipping is turned off for the project. See How to set product costs and client prices to turn it on.

Your client sees one shipping amount. In this example, that is $650. The split between component shipping and finished assembly shipping is for your records only.

To charge for delivering the finished item to site, use Finished assembly shipping instead of a fee. Use fees for other costs, such as installation.

If the assembly quantity is more than 1, Programa asks How does this fee apply?

Choose an option, then select Add fee. If you close the prompt without choosing, Programa uses Total for all assemblies.

Example: For two consoles and a $200 installation fee, Total for all assemblies charges $200. Per assembly charges $400.

If you later edit the fee’s Unit Qty, the fee changes with the number of assemblies.

A product can be a component in one or more assemblies and also be used on its own. The veneer is in the consoles and on the kitchen island.

At the top of the product’s Financial tab, select All uses. It shows:

Select an assembly in All uses to open that assembly’s Financial tab.

Programa opens the right view for how you reached the product:

For purchasing, include all required quantities across every use. For client pricing, count each finished assembly and each standalone use once.