HiFinance 5


 

SECTION 3.4.2 - PRICE LIST & COST

 

USAGE: To print a list of Inventory items with their sales and/or cost prices. This is normally used for producing a hard-copy price-list for distribution to personnel who do not have on-line access to the computer system.

 

DISCUSSION: When you choose this report, HiFinance will firstly ask you in which order you wish to print the items. The screen will appear as follows:

 

 

Choose the order you wish to print the report in by pressing the number next to the option. If you choose to print BY OTHER KEYS, another menu will open to allow you to specify which of the three OTHER KEYS you actually require.

 

The report is similar irrespective of report order, however certain sort orders allow page breaks (eg by GROUP). Also if you intend to limit the report to a range of Inventory items, it is more efficient to print the report in that order, because HiFinance can then optimise the search pattern.

 

When you enter this program, the following questions will appear:

 

USE LONG FORMAT REPORT     If you are using wide stationery, reply Y, otherwise reply N. This question will only be displayed if the relevant option is set to A, see SECTION 7.1.2.

 

START A NEW PAGE ON CHANGE OF KEY Certain sort options will sub-total at the end of each group, eg GROUP. If you wish HiFinance to insert a page break at the end of each group, reply Y. Otherwise the report will flow on continuously.

 

Next you are asked to specify the columns on the report. HiFinance gives you extensive flexibility in choosing the report format and the program will remember how you setup the columns so that can reprint the Price List without having to setup the parameters again. The screen displays as follows:

 

 

The above is an example of how a typical price list is setup.

 

CHOOSE WHICH FIELDS YOU WISH IN EACH COLUMN Here you must enter a number next to each price you wish to have printed on the report. The number you enter is the column (starting from the left) that you wish the price to be printed. You can leave blank columns and you can repeat prices in different columns. There is no requirement to put the columns in any particular order, eg you can print Price 4 in column 4, followed by the last-purchase-price in column 2, followed by Price 1 in column 3. You must, however, not define more than one price in any one particular column and the maximum column number is either 6 for narrow format reports or 10 for wide column reports.

 

INCLUDE TAX IN PRICE          If you wish the price list to show ex-tax prices, enter N here, otherwise enter Y.

 

SHOW TAX RATE    If you enter Y here, HiFinance will print the tax rate on each line of the report.

 

SHOW TAX BASIS If you enter Y here, HiFinance will print the tax basis on each line of the report.

 

The following question asks you to enter both a lower and upper limit. The upper limit must not be less than the lower limit. The default answers define the extreme limits of the field. You do not have to change all of these limits. Only change the ones you wish to, and tab past the others.

 

CODE RANGE   This is the Inventory’s code.

 

GROUP RANGE This is the Inventory Group.

 

BARCODE           This is the primary barcode field.

 

OTHER KEY RANGE           This may appear as a different literal depending on how you have defined the field in SYSTEM PARAMETERS.

 

QTY ON-HAND RANGE      This is the total units on hand (for all locations).

 

VALUE ON-HAND RANGE This is the total value on hand (for all locations).

 

YTD QTY SOLD RANGE   This is the total units invoiced in the current year (for all locations).

 

YTD VALUE SOLD RANGE          This is the total value invoiced in the current year (for all locations).

 

LAST SALE RANGE           This allows you to limit the report to a range of last sale dates. Eg you might wish to only report on stock that has been sold recently or has not been sold for a long time.

 

LAST PURCHASE RANGE This allows you to limit the report to a range of last purchase dates. Eg you might wish to only report on stock that has been bought recently or has not been bought for a long time.

 

SUPPLIER RANGE This allows you to limit the report to a range of Suppliers. Eg you might wish to only report on stock that has been bought through a specific Creditor or a range of Creditors.

 

INCLUDE OBSOLETE ITEMS     If you enter N here, items that are flagged as obsolete will be excluded from the report.

 

INCLUDE NON-OBSOLETE ITEMS       If you enter N here, items that are not flagged as obsolete will be excluded from the report.

 

INCLUDE STOCKED ITEMS        If you enter N here, items that are flagged as normally stocked will be excluded from the report.

 

INCLUDE NON-STOCKED ITEMS          If you enter N here, items that are flagged as normally non-stocked will be excluded from the report.

 

INCLUDE ASSEMBLY ITEMS     This question will only appear if you are using Bill-of-Materials. If you enter N here, items that are defined as assemblies will be excluded from the report.

 

INCLUDE NON-ASSEMBLY ITEMS       This question will only appear if you are using Bill-of-Materials. If you enter N here, items that are not defined as assemblies will be excluded from the report.

 

INCLUDE COMPONENT ITEMS   This question will only appear if you are using Bill-of-Materials. If you enter N here, items that are used as components will be excluded from the report.

 

INCLUDE NON-COMPONENT ITEMS     This question will only appear if you are using Bill-of-Materials. If you enter N here, items that are not used as components will be excluded from the report.

 

To start the report, press <Enter> through each field or simply press <F10>.

 

The report itself will detail the Inventory code and Description. If you have chosen the option, the Sales-tax rate and basis will then be printed. Next the prices chosen in the order you have specified will be printed (with or without tax, as per your choice). The Long Format will also print Inventory Group and Unit-of-Measure.

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