Inventory: Alternate Barcodes & SKUs

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Overview

• The Inventory: Alternate Barcodes & SKUs screen synonymous with the Microsoft Access Form object or graphical user interface (GUI) is where the user can create, view, or edit alternate barcodes or SKUs associated with a given product.

• This feature is helpful when the same product is sold at various Web sites using different barcodes or SKUs at each location. By entering all of the different SKUs that are used at various web sites (shopping carts) into the Alternate Barcodes & SKUs tab for the given product, OMS can recognize orders for those Web SKUs and translate them into the Primary product SKU the abbreviation for Stock Keeping Unit; a unique identifier used to track product inventory as orders are imported. (LocalSKU)

• The original SKU used at the Web site is stored in a field called Web SKU, which is visible at the Orders screen by scrolling to the right in the Order Details section of the screen.

• Likewise, if the same item is purchased from multiple suppliers and each supplier vendor uses a different barcode for the item, each of the supplier barcodes can be entered on the Alternate Barcodes & SKUs tab of the product record. When the different supplier barcodes are scanned, OMS recognizes each of them as the Primary product (LocalSKU).

• Beginning in OMS V7.011, SubSKUs can have Alternate SKUs assigned to them.

• Alternate SKUs cannot be selected as line items when placing a Manual Order or when revising line items on orders.

• This screen is accessed via:

Main Menu>Accordion>Manage My Inventory>View & Manage My Inventory>Alternate Barcodes & SKUs

Description of the Screen

Alternate Barcodes List Box

• this box contains any alternate barcodes that have been defined for the current product

• refer to topic, Alternate SKUs, for more information

Delete Button

• select to "left-click" the mouse on an object, usually a row in a table, in the context of Monsoon OMS documentation an entry in the Alternate Barcodes list and click the Delete button to disassociate the selected barcode from the current product record

Alternate SKUs List Box

• this box contains a list of Alternate SKUs that have been associated with the current product record

Add Button

• click this button to define a new Alternate SKU

Edit Button

• select an Alternate SKU from the list and click this button to edit the properties of the Alternate SKU

Delete Button

• select an entry in the list and click this button to remove the selected Alternate SKU from the list and disassociate it from the current product record

Replaces this old SKU

• if the current product record is taking the place of another SKU that is no longer available or discontinued, enter the SKU that is being retired into this field

Folder Button

• click this button to use the Search Inventory/Select a Product screen to locate the SKU that is being retired

• this button is inactive unless the inventory record is opened for editing (click Edit)

Associated Shopping Carts List Box

• alternate SKUs can be associated with a particular instance of a shopping cart an e-commerce software system that allows a retailer to sell products on the Web. In the context of Monsoon OMS, it refers to the settings that describe a merchant's web store to the program, allowing it communicate with the online shopping cart and import orders and other information system for which inventory synchronization is enabled
• double-click on a shopping cart definition to associate or disassociate it with the current Alternate SKU

Product Data Override

• the fields in this section are used to override the values of these fields found in the Primary SKU record
• if no value is entered in these fields, the Alternate SKU will inherit the values of the Primary SKU record

Additional Information

Created: 1/11/11

Revised: 3/28/13

Published: 04/14/16