This section deals with the product creation and maintenance, all the fields within the product form, what they all do and how you can use them.
There is a considerable amount of information in this section so you can use the quick links below which take you directly to the product maintenance form.
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There are also some further sections below which will also help you, quick links are below.
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What is a product?
A product is an item you offer for sales whether you purchase the item or a substance which is manufactured or refined for sale. Products are used throughout Commence for purchasing and sales.
Creating a Product
You can access this through the product icon on the menus, there is one located in the Purchasing creation menu and there are a number of creation options available on the Stock creation menu.
This is the icon you would look for click on to create a new product.
Product Maintenance
Edit an existing Product by searching for it in the Navigation Pane under Maintenance \ Product.
What needs to be setup set up before I create a product?
The following items are mandatory that the user has to setup
Producer
The following items should already be setup within the system.
Country Code
Duty Code
Product Type
Commodity Code
Region Codes
Group
Type
Style
Optional Items you may wish to use, if you do you need to set them up.
Product Variant
Supplier
Product Form
This is an image of the product formPlease see the below screenshot of the Product forms General tab.
For more details about the form and how to complete it then goto got o the Introduction and Header.
Can a product be removed?
Product Codes can never be removed from the system. but you can De-list them. This is to enable us to keep sales information for a long period of time without having to store all the information in another table.
Are there any restrictions
It is not possible to receipt receive (land) any stock against a De-Listed product.
Product code lengths should be kept to 20 characters or less.
Changes made to the Product form will only affect new transactions for the product. For example, you are in the middle of entering an order and you decide to modify the product. You add it to the order (as a new line); be aware that you may get different results between the two lines using the same product code.