New Product Dialog
This dialog lets you enter information about a new product. It is opened from the
products menu or from the
context menu in the
table of the products screen. The shortcut CTRL+P can also
be used to open the dialog.
The product is not added to the database until you close the dialog by clicking on the OK button.
The supplier must be one of those specified on the suppliers screen.
The ID is a reference number assigned by BookStore. On the other hand, the Product ID is the reference
which your supplier uses. For books, it might be the ISBN number, for example.
The Supplier RRP is the price that the supplier recommends you sell the product at. If the
supplier uses a different currency than your business, then this price is shown in their currency.
Price is the price you are currently selling this product for. It is in your own currency. It may
be the same as the Supplier RRP, or you may choose to set it differently. During a product import,
the supplier RRP is examined (and if required exchanged into your own currency). If it lies outside
of the threshold you set in the configuration,
it is automatically updated and a
warning on this product is set, which tells you what the old and new price are.
Supplier Stock State is an indication about the suppliers stock of this product. Some suppliers
publish this information and it can be useful for you being able to gauge if they hold enough
stock for you to be able to order it in to fulfil your
sales orders.
Lower and Upper Age Limits are indicators to you as to the suitability of a product. For example
fireworks should not be sold to young children! Similarly an encyclopedia is not normally an
interesting present for a 2 year old child.
The "In Catalogue" checkbox can be used to show you if you are currently selling this product. If
it is not in your catalogue, you cannot sell it to customers. If during a product import, it is
determined that you have no stock of a product, and that product is no longer found in the import file
(which your supplier might give you), then the product is automatically marked as not in the catalogue,
because it is not possible for you to sell it to your customers.
The Notes field is where you can make notes about this product.