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Chapter 5. Inventory
Non-Lumber Items
You can set up the unique number system in any manner to accommodate
non-lumber items. Take into consideration the following:
Miscellaneous Items
Every group must have 2 miscellaneous type items as the last 2 item numbers in
the group (i.e., 34999998 and 34999999). These items would be set up as non-
perpetual and allow you to enter the description and price at POS. One
miscellaneous item requires you to enter a cost and the other will calculate a cost
automatically. They can also be set up at the section level. Then if you try to sell
an item with no item number set up yet, you can sell it as the miscellaneous item
for the appropriate group/section and still get a fairly accurate sales analysis by
group. However, no quantities are relieved or tracked.
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Number according to size, such as drill bits or screwdrivers, starting
with low item numbers for small items and increasing the item
number as the item gets bigger.
Increment the item number by 5 or 10 so you can insert new items
later in the appropriate area.
IMPORTANT: Once you are maintaining a perpetual inventory for the items within a group or
section, the miscellaneous item number should only be used for special order
items.
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