The sales analysis figures are available in different formats. The accumulated format provides total sales and total cost figures, as well as, gross margin and gross margin percentage information in different accumulated periods.
Branch number is used throughout the FACTS system. Branches may be referred to as stores or profit centers, divisions within an organization. The system will default various branch prompts to the branch set up in System Management Terminal F/M for each user. The posting tables for each module may be set up so that the branch number is automatically inserted into the General Ledger Account number when the system creates its journal entries. Inquiries and reports may be run by branch.
The sales analysis figures are available in different formats. The comparison format provides total sales and total cost figures, as well as, gross margin and gross margin percentage information for different period breakdowns. The system prompts for the number of periods to use in the comparison and for the range of beginning and ending periods to compare.
Price-Cost/(Cost or Price) The calculation uses either Cost or Price based on the option you select in Company Maintenance.
Item classes are created/maintained through Inventory Control Item Class F/M. Item classes are used to group items.
An item that when received or sold must be assigned a lot number per unit. Multiple units may be assigned to the same lot. Examples of lots are reels (wire, etc.). Lot items must be flagged as such in the Item F/M.
A means of identifying and tracking a group of items all manufactured at a particular place and time, such as cans of gray floor paint, reels of copper wire, etc.
The sales analysis figures are available in different formats. The multiperiod format provides total sales and total cost figures, as well as, gross margin and gross margin percentage information per sales period.
A means of tracking and identifying an item and usually assigned by the manufacturer.
An item that when received or sold must be assigned a serial number. Examples of serialized items are laser printers, power tools and floor cranes.
Ship-To records are set up through Accounts Receivable Ship-To F/M. Invoices can be sent to the customer’s address stored in the AR Customer File or to a different billing and shipping address.
Temporary items are goods offered to your customer as a value added service but are not carried in inventory. Temporary items do not exist in the item file.
Vendor classes are used as a way of categorizing groups of vendors. A General Ledger table is associated with each class. This GL table will be used as a default entry when using Vendor F/M.
The space allocated for the storage of merchandise.
For sales order line-items which are warranty replacement, the portion of the line which is not under warranty can be posted to Sales Analysis. The Sales Analysis Static Control flag, Post Warranty Replacements (Y/N), controls this feature. For example, if an item originally sold at $100 and it was replaced at 75% warranty coverage, a sale of $25 would be posted to Sales Analysis.