What Are Bundles?
A bundle is a product made up of multiple components (e.g., a gift set or product pack) sold together under a single SKU. For large enterprises using ERPs, WMS, or custom sales platforms, how these are reported varies significantly. Tightly ensures that regardless of how your sales data is rendered, your inventory replenishment remains accurate.
💡 Why Identification Matters
Tightly needs to know the "ingredients" inside every bundle to forecast the correct quantities for the individual items. By identifying a product as a bundle and linking it to its components, you enable Tightly to:
Attribute Demand Correcty: If you sell a "Summer Set" (1 Red T-Shirt, 1 White T-Shirt), Tightly needs to know that a sale of that one bundle actually reduces the stock and increases the demand for both individual shirts.
Optimize Component Forecasting: We use bundle sales data to forecast the future needs of the components themselves.
Refine Replenishment: Tightly will exclude the bundle SKU from purchase orders and instead recommend ordering the specific components required to fulfill future bundle demand.
How Sales Data and Velocity are Handled
Tightly reflects the data exactly as it is received from your "Source of Truth" (your ERP, WMS, or sales channel):
Scenario A: Sold as a Bundle SKU If your system reports the sale of a single "Bundle SKU" (e.g., SKU: GIFT-SET-01), Tightly will show sales velocity for that bundle. To forecast correctly, you must identify this as a bundle in Tightly so we can "explode" that demand into the underlying components.
Scenario B: Sold as Separate Line Items If your system automatically breaks the bundle down and reports the sale of each individual component at the point of purchase, Tightly will see that data naturally. In this case, each component will have its own sales velocity, and identifying the bundle in Tightly is less critical but still helpful for organizational clarity.
Why Identify Bundles in Tightly?
1. Accurate Component Recommendations
When bundles are identified and linked to components:
The Bundle SKU itself is never recommended for replenishment.
Tightly recommends the specific components needed to fulfill those bundle orders.
This ensures your warehouse always has the "ingredients" ready for assembly.
2. Simplified Purchase Orders
By linking bundles to components, your Purchase Orders (POs) stay organized. You won't accidentally order a "GIFT-SET-01" from a supplier if you actually need to buy the individual shirts and boxes separately.
⚠️ Exception: Pre-Packaged Bundles
If you purchase a bundle from your supplier exactly as it is sold (pre-packaged and ready to ship), you should not identify it as a bundle in Tightly.
In this case, treat the bundle as a single, standalone product.
Tightly will recommend the bundle SKU itself for replenishment since you aren't assembling it from separate inventory.
💡 Tip: This avoids unnecessary calculations and ensures your POs match exactly what you’re buying from your supplier.
Important Note on Bundle Creation
Tightly is an inventory and demand intelligence platform, not a storefront management tool.
We do not create bundles: You cannot create a new bundle in Tightly to push to your sales channel.
We recognize bundles: We identify and map bundles that already exist in your ERP, WMS, or Sales Platform to help you manage the back-end logic of inventory and replenishment.