In an auto parts store, it is difficult to keep records using only the product name. One part may have several catalog numbers, analogues, different manufacturers, compatibility parameters, dimensions, and links to specific car brands. If the product database is filled in chaotically, it becomes harder for a manager to quickly find the right spare part, check stock, offer an alternative, or create a customer order.
In this videocast, we show how to organize inventory accounting in an auto parts store using Torgsoft: from creating an incoming invoice and entering opening stock balances to setting up categories, product types, dynamic characteristics, manufacturers, analogues, and catalog numbers.
We also cover:
- how to properly fill the product database,
- which characteristics to create for auto parts,
- when to use the string or Boolean data type,
- how to work with the «Analogues» field,
- how a manager can quickly search for products in Stock Status.
The videocast also shows how to import an invoice from a supplier, enter purchase and retail prices, update prices from a price list, sell products by dynamic characteristics or catalog number, create an order for a product, and control pre-orders.
This material will be useful for owners of auto parts stores, managers of retail outlets, auto parts sales managers, and entrepreneurs who want to bring order to the product database, speed up part search, reduce sales errors, and better control stock balances, suppliers, and customer orders.
00:00 — Introduction
00:50 — How to start working with Torgsoft inventory software in an auto parts store
02:35 — How to create an incoming invoice
04:50 — Opening stock balances
07:00 — How to add a new product in an incoming invoice
09:50 — When to create categories and product types
13:40 — Which dynamic characteristics should be created
15:20 — How to choose a data type
16:00 — How to fill the database by categories
21:40 — Manufacturer directory
22:40 — How to add a new product characteristic
24:35 — Why you should choose the string type
25:20 — Why to use the Boolean type
28:00 — How to add parameters
34:20 — How to choose a data type for location
39:40 — How to enter the product price, purchase price, and selling price
41:30 — How to add other products
44:30 — The Analogues field
49:10 — Manager’s work with product search
50:20 — Dynamic characteristics in Stock Status
54:35 — How to import an invoice from a supplier
57:00 — Is it relevant to use a product barcode for an auto parts store
59:30 — Can a catalog number be entered in the Barcode field
1:00:00 — Example of selling a product in an auto parts store
1:01:40 — Example of selling by dynamic characteristics
1:06:30 — Option for selling by catalog number
1:10:50 — Is it necessary to add product photos for an auto parts store
1:12:20 — How to update prices from a supplier’s price list
1:16:25 — How to create an order for a product
1:20:55 — Where to see the number of pre-orders
1:23:50 — What information can be specified for a customer
1:27:00 — Additional customer information
1:31:10 — Summary
Software for an auto parts store
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