Stock and Purchasing

In any business there are two general ways in which you work with stock items and inventory management.

The first is through purchasing new stock to replenish supplies or fulfill your customer orders. The second is the sales interface to take stock back out of your inventory.

Of course there are a few additional ways your stock levels can change such as through returns, stock take adjustments, etc.

In Martial Class™ there are 2 main interfaces that relate to these two main functions. This section deals with Purchasing stock to increase your inventory "on hand"

Before purchasing:

1.

To order items you first need to describe them, to do this, you need to ensure all items you are about to order are visible in your Items Window. To create new items if they don't yet exist see the Stock Item Editor Window. The description you use for these items should match the product description generally used for suppliers, such as Macho Canvas Uniform, or Wesley Design Hat Pin, etc. The default purchase price is that which you expect to pay at most suppliers, this can be overridden on a per supplier basis.

2.	The Second step is to ensure your supplier details are entered in Martial Class™ and are current. For more information, see Managing Information about your Suppliers.

3.

To further customise the system, you can optionally specify different ordering information for a particular supplier through the Supplier Details Window. This includes setting a buy price for that particular vendor, and a catalogue code that refers to the code they use to specify the items. For more information on this functionality, please see Managing Information about your Suppliers.

For more information about the purchase order lifecycle (the purchasing process) in Martial Class™, please see Purchase Orders.