A ‘Class’ can be allocated to a Product to ‘tag’ it for reporting purposes. Class codes may be used in Inventory and Sales reporting to group products together. It is available as a user “filter” on almost all Product reports in the system. Take a look at the Sales Analysis Schematic for a good visual representation of where Product Classes sit in the overall hierarchy. Note that Classes can cut across Product Divisions, Categories, Groups and Models when used in reporting.
Example
The original concept behind the ‘Classes’ tag was to provide a mechanism to allow products of a certain classification to be recorded as such for use in report selection. For instance, it could be used to record Dangerous goods details against stock lines. Another example of use would be the recording of quality ratings as Classes so different stock lines could be tagged for quality reporting.
These are just examples. You can use this for any purpose you see fit. In fact we have seen clients apply several uses within the same Classes list where the use relates to different Products. That is because a Product can only be allocated to one class at any point in time.
Minimum Requirements
The use of product Class is optional so you do not need to set any up..
Changing Established Data
Add new product classes and change products assigned to classes at any time.
Panel Options
- Standard panel features
- Maintenance
- Views
- Audit – lists an audit of data changes made over time to the product class currently being viewed
- Where Used – lists products currently assigned to the product class being viewed
- This Month’s Sales – shows sales for the current month for the product class being viewed
- Reports
- List Product Classes