Inventory parameters allow you to define inventory-related functionality for the POS.
You use the inventory feature to track inventory levels of merchandise by calculating the ending balance of an item after a completed sale, or an order pick up. The ending balances can be found in a price lookup. You can also use the inventory feature to keep track of inventory levels after transactions such as purchase orders, stock receipt, store transfers, or inventory adjustments are performed.
To set the inventory tracking feature for a specific item, you need to configure inventory accumulators (also called buckets) in the item PLU record. You can define a maximum of six accumulators per item.
You can use any of the following methods to set inventory tracking:
By choosing the inventory control option on for the PLU record in the Store Manager
application. Refer to the Store Manager User Guide
, or the Technical Reference Guide
for further information.
By using download file formats to set inventory control for specific items (bucket.asc, invncont.asc or plutxn.asc
)
By using download file formats to set inventory control for a cross reference record (xreftxn.asc
)
Example
You can define accumulator buckets for inventory categories such as the following:
Quantity Available— The quantity of a merchandise item that is available for sale
Quantity Allocated— The quantity of a merchandise item that has been committed to an order
Not for Sale— The quantity of a merchandise item that is not sales worthy (For example. broken or damaged goods)
Quantity in Stock— The total physical quantity of an item including sales worthy and damaged items