OfficeMate Home Office User's Guide - OfficeMate Software Solutions

Recording Product Information
Chapter 4 Maintaining Product & Service Information
For each product, enter the following information as needed for each location:
Type the Board Location as needed.
Type the Base Cost for each location if it varies from the Base Cost on
the Product Details tab.
Type the Base Fee for each location if it varies from the Base Fee on the
Product Details tab.
Type the quantity the location should have on hand in the Stock Level
field.
Type the quantity on hand that triggers the product to be reordered in the
Min Reorder Point field.
Type the quantity to reorder in the Min Reorder Qty field.
Type the number of display or sample items each location has on hand in
the Min Display Qty field.
Note
Select the Discontinued check box to discontinue the product at the
individual location.
Click Save and select one of the following options:
Save to save the information and keep the Products window open.
Save and New to save the information and create a new product.
Save and Exit to close the Products window.
To maintain product cost information
Note
• When the quantity on hand drops below the minimum reorder
point, OfficeMate adds the product to a purchase order when
the purchase order is created from the quantity on hand. For
information creating purchase orders based on quantity on
hand, refer to To create & maintain purchase orders from
quantity on hand on page 417.
• The Avg Cost field is informational only and displays the
average cost of the product. The average cost is weighted, based
on the cost of the product at the time each unit was received
into inventory.
The base cost and base fee significantly effect the general ledger
and accounting.
Open the Products window. For more information on opening the Products
window, go to Opening the Products Window on page 224.
Select a product or service from the Product Type drop-down menu.
Note
Frame and lens add-ons are included in the Other and Lens
Treatment product types.
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