Creating inventory tracking items

Beginning with version 4.1, tracking items require a RET license for Advanced Inventory Management on each Retail salespoint. The creation of inventory tracking items follows all the procedures for any regular item that is set up for sale in Salesware module, with two differences. First, tracking items require the information that is entered on the Item > Inventory tab. Second, they do not need to be put on the item tree in order for them to be available for sale at a Retail salespoint, because scanning of retail item barcode tags or manufacturer’s UPCs bypasses the need for the item tree. However, there are a variety of circumstances in which you may want to consider having a button on the Retail Sales screen and normal item tree procedures apply.

User interface element	Description
Inventory ID	The software assigns a unique Inventory ID number for each item for each retail item created. This number can be barcoded and scanned at the salespoint or used as an Inventory Lookup input.
Barcode	The software auto-assigns the Inventory ID number as the Barcode number. This can be replaced with any letter/number combination that can be printed as a barcode and scanned. You can use multiple barcodes. Example: You may have a variety of twelve-ounce sodas available for sale, each with its own pre-printed barcode. Each is priced at $1.25 and you really don’t care about tracking cherry, lime, mango, etc., flavors because your distributor’s rep does that when your cooler is re-stocked. All you need to do is sell and track twelve-ounce soda by scanning multiple barcodes. In this case, you would enter all the barcodes that could be scanned to sell the twelve ounce soda item.
UPC	A manufacturer’s UPC can be typed or scanned into the UPC field. Pre-barcoded items can be scanned at the Retail salespoint. The UPC field can also be used as an additional “user defined” barcode and printed on labels.
Multi Barcodes	This provides for the entry of multiple barcodes to sell a single item, as shown in the screen capture. $C:\Users\Jennifer Roth\Documents\DonationCoder\ScreenshotCaptor\Screenshots\Screenshot - 2013-06-24 , 8_50_05 AM.png$
Label Layout	Click the to navigate to Siriusware\Layouts and select the label to be printed for this item. A variety of layouts are available to print barcodes for Inventory ID, Barcode and UPC. Use the Print Labels button to print item labels.
Vendor Partno	Record a vendor part here if available.
Primary Vendor	Select the primary vendor for this item from the dropdown.
Secondary Vendor	Select a secondary vendor for this item if such exists.
Reorder Point	Enter a reorder point quantity for this item. This is the quantity on hand when you wish to generate a PO. At its simplest, a Reorder Point is the sum of your Target Qty and the sales that occur between order and receipt of new merchandise.
Target Qty	Enter the amount of inventory that you always wish to have on hand for this item.
Stats	Clicking the Stats button shows a snapshot of the item statistics: $C:\Users\Jennifer Roth\Documents\DonationCoder\ScreenshotCaptor\Screenshots\Screenshot - 2013-06-24 , 8_52_29 AM.png$
Generate Inventory ID	The Generate Inventory ID button is available for new or duplicated items in SysManager. When pressed, this button will generate a unique number (the next Inventory ID) and insert the number into the item's Nickname field. $C:\Users\Jennifer Roth\Documents\DonationCoder\ScreenshotCaptor\Screenshots\Screenshot - 2013-07-09 , 4_22_54 PM.png$ Note: This will overwrite the item's duplicated nickname or manually entered nickname. Once this button has been pressed or the item is saved, the button is disabled. Additionally, if the item is configured as a Tracking item on the Inventory tab, the same number will be shown as the read-only Inventory ID and be populated into the Barcode field where it can be edited, if necessary. This feature was added to facilitate the creation of unique nicknames primarily for Retail items, although it can be used for any type of item.