Merchandise Hierarchy
Every retail organization, regardless of its size, will have a merchandise reporting hierarchy. A Merchandise Hierarchy is a reporting structure under which sales and inventories of products are tracked and managed.
With the introduction of Merchandise Hierarchy, users can do the following:
•Define multiple Merchandise Hierarchies in the system
•Attach more than one Merchandise Hierarchy to individual products.
•Top down reporting at all Merchandise Hierarchy levels
Following is an example of a typical Merchandise Hierarchy:
To open the window, choose Operations > Inventory > Merchandise Hierarchy.
Search Screen
Field
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Description/Activity
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Search Criteria
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Id
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Enter the code of the Merchandise Hierarchy to be searched.
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Description
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Enter the description of the Merchandise Hierarchy to be searched.
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Is Enabled
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Select an option from the drop down to be searched
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Search Results
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Id
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Displays the code of the Merchandise Hierarchies searched.
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Description
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Displays the description of Merchandise Hierarchies searched.
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Is Active
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Indicate whether the Merchandise Hierarchy is active or not
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Setup Screen
Field
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Description/Activity
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Header Columns
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Id
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Enter the code of the Merchandise Hierarchy. A unique code of 20 alphanumeric characters can be entered.
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Description
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Enter the description of the Merchandise Hierarchy. A description of a maximum 100 alphanumeric characters can be entered.
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Maximum Hierarchy Level
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Enter the levels of the Merchandise Hierarchy. Merchandise Hierarchy of 15 levels can be setup.
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Is Enabled
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Check the field in order to make this Merchandise Hierarchy as active.
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Attribute Details
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[Add Root Node]
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This should be first node on the hierarchy. Click the button to add a root node and then enter the description for the added node.
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[Add Child Node]
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Adds the child node to the selected node. Once child node is added then enter the description of the newly added node.
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[Delete Node]
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Deletes the selected node along with it child node.
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[OK]
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The button updates changes to the database and closes the screen.
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[Cancel]
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The button does not save any changes and closes the screen.
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 Once the merchandise hierarchy is defined, then this can be applied on the products. To see how it is done please refer to the product setup section.
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