How do I?|Adding a New Style|Style Grid
Basics
Many retailers sell merchandise that is grouped into
styles. . A style is a means of grouping inventory items that share the
same basic item information but differ in one or two item traits, such
as size, color, pattern, etc.
For example, a line of clay pots might be carried in
three sizes (one-gallon, two-gallon, and five-gallon) and three colors
(red, green, and natural). . This line of clay pots, with nine distinct
items, constitutes a style.
When viewing your inventory or planning a vendor purchase,
it can be very helpful to view and work with all the members of a style
on a single screen. . Point of Sale makes this easy with the use of the
Style window and the style grid. . To view and work on the Style window,
select Add/Edit Style from the
item form or from the inventory I Want To menu.
Our clay pot style, as viewed in a style grid look like
this:
About the Style window
A style grid allows you to see on-hand quantities for
each item in the style (each cell represents a size/color combination),
as well as the total quantities for each color and size, and all items
combined. . You can quickly spot out-of-stock items (natural two-gallon)
and slow moving items (red five-gallon). . Accessed from a purchase order
or other document, the grid can be used to enter the quantity to order
or process on the document. .
From a data standpoint, every item belongs to a style,
though that item may be the only member of the style if the item is unique
in its Department and Description
1 values. . This one item, which constitutes an entire style, can
be viewed and worked on in the Style window.
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Style Templates
Imagine that you carry 20 different shoe lines, all
of which tend to have the same or similar size and color combinations.
Having to re-enter the same sizes and colors for every shoe you carry
would quickly become tedious.
Enter the style
template. . A style template is a user-defined array of item attributes:
sizes, colors, patterns, material, etc., that can be used repeatedly to
quickly add a style to inventory. . Each template can be used for an unlimited
number of styles.
Define and save a style template with the repeated sizes
or other attributes along the x
and/or y axes
of the style grid. . When you add a new line of shoes, select the style
template to quickly set up the grid. . You can edit an individual grid,
as necessary, for variations from the template.
The use of style templates is particularly well suited
to lines of merchandise that vary only in size, color, pattern, or some
other item trait. . Typical examples include
·
Apparel | ·
Housewares |
·
Footwear | ·
Linens |
·
Luggage | ·
Furniture |
Learn more about using style
templates
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