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Everything you need to know about how price lists work is contained in the information below

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Note

Remember it is product and quantity which are checked to validte whether to use the specific price list.

We have a pricing structure which all sales orders utilise when working out the price for a product.

The flow diagram on the left shows

what we will check first and assuming we find the price no where else we will end up with the product price which is generally the highest price for the product.

The product must exist on the price lists for it to be used, therefore you can have a price list with only some products on the price list.

Stages we go through

  • Does the customer have their own customer contract prices, use this otherwise

  • Does this product exist on a price list that the customer is set to use, use this otherwise

  • Use the product price

    the order in which we check the price lists for the product you entered on the sales order, we check first at the top of the diagram.

    We then work our way towards the bottom, the product price.

    The steps the process will go through:

    1. Does the customer have their own customer contract prices, if so check those lists for the product enterers, if that exists and the quantity is within the range we have prices then then use that price, otherwise goto step 2

    2. Check the customers price list, does this product exist on that price list, if it does and the quantity being requested is between the ranges with prices then use that price, otherwise goto setup 3

    3. Use the product price

    Tip

    If you are sending orders via EDI then we will use the price provided on the EDI and we will not lookup the price lists.

    To try to simplify the process, a video on how pricing works is below, we suggest you watch this prior to reading about pricing in the tabs below

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    titleGeneral Information about price lists

    Deleting or Archiving

    You cannot delete a price list you can only mark the price list as archived. To do so remove the check/tick from the LIVE check box on the price list form.

    VAT Inclusive Pricing

    Note

    We strongly recommend that you always use either VAT inclusive price lists (via the tick box) or VAT exclusive price lists.

    Break Prices

    This allows you to set prices based on the quantity specified on each order line, so you can offer discounted prices the more a customer purchases of a product, or it could cost more when the product becomes rarer.

    Where a price band exists you need to set a start and an end number, the start and end number represents the total singles being ordered (i.e. an order line quantity of 1 case with 6 singles per unit + 2 singles equates to 8 total singles). Each band should increase and you should have no overlaps of quantities, the final quantity should set itself to 999999.

    Tip

    If you only want a single price for any quantity of a Product simply insert a 1 into the Quantity From column and tab over the Qty To field (a value of 999999 will be entered automatically)

    The prices you enter will then apply based on the quantity of the sales order for the product.

    Note

    There is no validation on setting prices (so that you have full control).

    It is your responsibility to ensure that the price for every Product and price band is correct.

    EP Price Lists - to be removed during 2023………….

    These are currently set in the standard price list with just a tick box which is used to differentiate these price lists from standard price lists.

    Only items on the list can be ordered for the EP Campaign and only those purchased can then be sold on EP Sales orders.

    Price List Groups

    Before you set up a price list you need to have a price list group available or you may need to add one.

    Within the customer, you will set up which price list group the customer will use.

    The groups are used to allow you to define a standard price list and perhaps a promotion list.

    You should not have more than one standard and one promotional price list per group in use at any one time, but should you do this then the system will still use it but it will take the first price it finds for the product.

    Tip

    In situations where you wish to split a Trade price list out into different producers or countries you could in theory have one for each producer, this will work but try to ensure the same product does not appear in multiple lists.

    Price Lists

    The simplest way to obtain an overview of the price lists is to use the menu options in the sales admin menus, either option the price lists OR the customer price lists and you will see a list of the available lists beneath it.

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    If you choose to VIEW a price list it will open in the maintenance screen allowing you to edit and save the list.

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    titleViewing the Price List for Maintenance

    When you open the price list you will be presented with the form below, which has three distinct sections

    • Header - with the name, type, expiry date

    • Products - a list of the products on the price list, and when you select a product you will see the prices

    • Price Window - only shows when you select a product, details the prices, and the bands those prices will apply.

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    Tip

    You have to set the price list up before you set up a new customer to use the price list. When adding a new customer you then specify the price list group that the customer will use. See the price list group tab for more information on what the price list group is.

    Option

    How to use this field

    Live

    Ability to archive a list, if you do not wish to use the list then you simply mark it as NOT live by leaving the box unchecked.

    En Primeur

    If this is an EP price list you need to tick this box.

    Promotional

    You can have a main and a promotional price list for any price list group.

    Promotional prices tend to operate particular dates and will be checked first before a standard price list in the group.

    If you have for example Trade Special (with Promotional ticked) and Trade price lists both set upin the Trade price list group and a customer is assigned to the Trade price list group then the promotional list (Trade Special) will be used in priority over the non promotional list (Trade) providing the product is on the special list and the dates are valid.

    Vat Inc Prices

    Note

    We strongly recommend that you always use either VAT inclusive price lists (via the tick box) or VAT exclusive price lists.

    If you need to have a price list which includes VAT then use this check box but we recommend this only for ePOS sales

    Price Format

    This is a mandatory field that you have to set on each list, it lets the system know how to calculate the prices.

    Option Name

    Description

    Range Price

    Standard Use (used by 98% of customers)

    Quantity from and quantity to and use the value provided in the fields

    Range % Discount

    Quantity from and to and provide a discount of x% from the product standard price

    Range Price Discount

    Quantity from and to and provide a discount of £0.00 from the product standard price

    Cost plus %

    Use this one with caution.

    Product purchase price plus a %

    Web Price Group

    You can specify multiple price lists for the web extract, which are marked as Web price lists in just the same way as we do with a normal list, and this field just aids the identification of the price list for your web developer.

    Choose from

    • A - Web Price

    • B - Web Special Price

    Outputs

    We can generate a price list containing all the prices in the list, this will produce a PDF document containing several pages

    • Introductions

    • Contacts

    • Price Lists are in Producer order and contain producer notes, region notes, product notes as well as descriptions and pricing.

    Tip

    Ensure the introduction for this is loaded into the system (witihin system configuration) and that the users you wish to see on the contacts are switched on in the user login table.

    A PDF will be emailed to you and you only need to decide whether to

    Update UB Price Button which will auto calculate the UB for the line when the DP prices are modified.

    Customer Price Lists (Contract Pricing)

    The setup of a customer price list is nearly exactly the same as a normal price list setup with the following differences.

    • You can not have promotional price lists.

    • You have to specify a specific customer that whom this price list is being used.

    Within Commerce you can open the customer-specific pricing list, this is a complete list of all the customers own price lists available with the ability to search and filter and the option to then VIEW an individual price list

    A customer should only have a single price list and these price lists can be in different currencies to your base currency

    Tip

    A customer should only have a single price list

    Info

    The price list does not have to be in your base currency

    The form when opened will show a list of all the price lists that you have available on the system.

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    When you open the form you can maintain the customer contract price list, expand the section below to learn more about this :

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    titleCustomer Price List Maintenance

    When you open the price list you will be presented with the form below, which has three distinct sections

    • Header - with the name, type, expiry date

    • Products - a list of the products on the price list, and when you select a product you will see the prices

    • Price Window - only shows when you select a product, details the prices, and the bands those prices will apply.

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    The ability to replicate customer price lists is available, you simply have to specify the new customer to whom this price list will apply to.

    Price Maintenance Form

    We provide an overall view form that allows you to see information about product prices or price lists. This is a single screen allowing you a much better overview of the pricing, along with key information on the costs and charges, the concept was to allow you to have a better idea before you start updating prices.

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    titleUsing the Price Maintenance Form

    This form provides you with global access to all the prices on a single screen allowing you to edit the sales price for the product.

    There are two options available you either maintain the prices for

    • Product (the standard product price)

    • Price List (a specifically named price list)

    Once you decide what you wish to maintain select your option and search and you will see the products listed below

    Tip

    There is an UPDATE PRODUCT COST option on the bottom left of the form, this will update the product purchase prices to be the prices from the LAST purchase of the goods. So if you have not been maintaining those prices, this will refresh those to what you last paid for the goods.

    For product price maintenance a full list of all products will appear

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    or if you pick a price list then you will only see those items on the price list and then you are able to update the NEW SALES PRICE field based on the information displayed on the forms

    Once you have finished remembering to hit the SAVE button, do not just close the form otherwise nothing will be updated.

    Info

    Remember you can always use the price list export functionality where you can output in excel and reload the price list directly back into the system.

    Field Explanation

    Field Name

    Description

    Product Code

    This has to be a unique product code for the product.

    Description

    Description of the product (50 characters maximum)

    Remember do not include the vintage, pack sizes, item sizes, brand, producer as those are all within their own fields.

    e.g. Wine Name

    SPC

    Singles per case

    SS

    Single Size e.g. 75.00 for standard wine bottle, 1.00 for marketing material

    Vintage

    Vintage or the Year You can also enter NA or NV

    Last Landed Price GBP

    The price at which the goods were last received

    Last Landed Date

    The Last Date this stock was receipted

    Last Ex Cellar Price GBP

    The Last Price used for Back to Back or Ex Cellar Orders.

    Last Ex Cellar Date

    The Last Date a Batch to back or Ex Cellar Order was placed.

    Product UB Cost GBP

    The Current Underbond Price for the Product.

    DP Sales Price

    The Duty Paid Price.

    Suggested DP Price @ Margin

    Based on the global standard margin factor, this is the Suggested Duty Paid Price Margin.

    Suggested Ex Cellar Sales Price @ Margin

    Based on the global standard margin factor, this is the Suggested Price Margin for Ex Cellar Orders.

    New Sales Price

    Your new standard sales price for the product per case, we will work out the single and underbond pricing automatically.

    Duty Per Unit

    Excise duty expected for this case at this time

    CCT Per Unit

    Customs duty expected for this case (at this time)

    RHD

    From the warehouse group, this is the cost to receipt this case into the warehouse

    Rent

    From the warehouse group, this is the cost per case per week for storage rental charges

    Freight

    Based on the Country or the Region this would be the price per case for the freight, usually defined as standard pricing

    Insurance

    Based on the country or the region this is the proce per case for the insurance, generally this is a common value for all countries based on your goods in transit insurance divided by number of cases per annum