If necessary, you can set up styles for the products that you sell. This allows you to create a further subset of your sub-classes. This is particularly useful if you sell a wide range of similar goods. You can differentiate between different designs of similar products. For example, as a clothing retailer, you could set up a style for the types of trousers that you sell, creating styles for jeans, casual and formal trousers.
Open: Retail > Merchandise > Merchandise Hierarchy.
Details.
Enter the settings in the Item Classification, Trading settings, Item status, Manufacturer details, Costing method and Item Description if necessary. Some of the information is entered automatically.
If you select Items use batch or serial numbers, the Batch/Serial Numbers tab appears.
Batch/Serial Numbers.
Use this tab to set up your batch serial number details for this sub-class.
For more information about how batch and serial numbers are used in your Sage 200 accounts system, refer to the Stock Control help.
Analysis.
Enter any search categories that you use and the nominal codes where transactions will be posted to.
If your company despatches goods to or receives goods from other countries in the EU and your company is eligible, you must also include the Intrastat details.
Suppliers.
Enter the supplier details for the style. These details will be added to the Prices tab.
Units of Measure.
Set up the selling or buying units for the sub-class you are creating. A single stock item in a transaction may refer to a single box, a single crate or a single item.
For more information about Units of Measure, see the Stock Control help.
Alternatives.
If the style has an alternative item that you use when this style is out of stock, select the alternative stock item here.
Locations.
Enter the warehouse or store where this style is located.
Attachments.
Use this tab to add a file to the style record.
Memo.
If necessary, you can add additional information to the style. To record the information, enter the details here.
Comments.
Add text to all Picking Lists and Despatch Notes that have this style listed on them.
Set up your stock item variations here. For example, if you sell clothing which comes in different sizes and colours. The drop-down lists are automatically selected from those that have been set up in the Dimension Setup option.
This shows the price information for the style record.
Landed Costs:
You will only see this if your product group (sub class) is set up to Use Landed Costs in the Stock Control Settings window of the Stock Control module.
If you are using landed costs, select whether it is a Percentage Based or Value Based landed cost. Enter the Percentage or Value of the landed costs.