Item Basic Procedures

  1. Double-click graphics\INVENTORYICON16.gif. The Item window opens, displaying information for the last item selected.

Tip: Click the Location box and enter the location for the item, if it is not already displayed. If the Location box is not displayed in the toolbar, right-click the toolbar and select Location.

Note: If you select a location other than location 1, make sure the item already has column pricing set up for location 1 and enter N for this location in the Default To Loc 1 for "I-COLUMNS" field in the (LE1) Inventory Parameters continuation screen. For more information, see Parameters.

  1. Select the item for which you want to add column pricing. If you need instructions, see Selecting an Item.

  2. Click the Assortment box and enter a user-defined code for assortment pricing. To set up items for assortment pricing, assign the same assortment code to like items. Assortment pricing is set up in the Item Master tab or through a contract.

Note: To use assortment pricing, you must specify Y in the Assortment Pricing field in the (LG3) Order Entry Parameters screen. To use assortment pricing with contracts, you must complete the Contract Break Assortment Pricing Contracts field in the (LG3) screen. For information about the (LG3) screen, see Parameters.

  1. Click the Loc box and enter the General Ledger (G/L) location for which you are setting up column pricing.

  2. Click the arrow next to the Price Method list box and enter the appropriate option from the list. The option you enter specifies how to calculate column prices; as a system-calculated selling price, or by manually entering a specific price.

  3. Click the arrow next to the Discount list box and enter the appropriate option from the list. The option you enter specifies whether the customer's discount is applied in addition to the quantity price breaks. (The customer discount is assigned in the Discount Type and Percent boxes in the Customer Order Entry tab.)

  4. Click the Qty box and enter the quantity or dollar amount the customer must buy to receive the specified discount. The quantity or dollar amount you enter is used with various combinations of Price Method, Discount and Assortment to determine pricing.

  5. Click the Percent box and enter the discount percentage the customer receives. The discount percentage you enter is used with various combinations of Price Method, Discount and Assortment to determine pricing.

  6. Click the Price $ box if you are using the Fixed Price option in the Price Method list box and enter the fixed price amount.

Note: If you are not using the Fixed Price option in the Price Method list box, the Price $ box displays a system-calculated discount price based on the entries in the adjoining Qty and Percent boxes. When the customer orders the quantity set in the Qty box, this system-calculated discount price is used.

See also:

About Column Pricing