41. Units of Issue, Pack Sizes and Price Per Datafile Software Units of Issue, Pack Sizes and Price Per Stock is usually maintained in units. However, a unit to the stock system can itself have a quantity attribute. We might stock, and wish to record stock, of packets of twenty cigarette... Read More
42. Forecasting and Stock Replenishment Datafile Software Forecasting and Stock Replenishment A stock system can pay for itself if it helps to avoid the "lost sale” — the situation where you haven’t made a sale because you had not got the item in stock. An example of thi... Read More
43. Ideal Buying Quantity Datafile Software Ideal Buying Quantity The next judgement is — how much to buy? Your supplier may have minimum quantities and pricing breaks to encourage you to buy more at one drop. If you do not buy enough, you may have to re-order quic... Read More
44. Over-Stocking and Slow Moving Stock Datafile Software Over-Stocking and Slow Moving Stock Where only manual methods of stock control are used it is common to find that fast-moving items are under stocked (greater risk and frequency of out-of-stock situations) whereas slower-moving... Read More
45. Assemblies and Parts Explosion Datafile Software Assemblies and Parts Explosion Many companies not only stock complete units, but also the components which are used to make complete units. A jam manufacturer, for example, would need to stock jam-making materials, empty bottle... Read More
46. Multiple Locations Datafile Software Multiple Locations The Datafile Software stock system caters for multiple location stock; whether this is just different areas of the same plant (such as raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods stores) or geographic... Read More
47. Standard Costing Datafile Software Standard Costing Standard costing is a technique used particularly in manufacturing industries whereby a cost is calculated for each manufactured item to include parts, labour, and even the costs of the machinery needed to prod... Read More
48. Currency Considerations Datafile Software Currency Considerations The foreign currency application, available on Datafile Diamond and Premier, allows sales and purchases in currencies other than Pound Sterling (or more correctly your base currency). Whilst stock contro... Read More
49. Batch Tracking Datafile Software Batch Tracking The Batch Tracking accessory, available on Datafile Diamond and Premier, allows you to record the serial and batch numbers of stock items and track their movement.Information about the batch/serial number is held... Read More
50. Transferring from Existing Stock Control Datafile Software Transferring from Existing Stock Control You are probably transferring your stock control from either a computer or manual system onto the computer, or you may be formalising your stock control for the first time. The usual ste... Read More