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Apparel
capabilities are woven
throughout CounterPoint.
CounterPoint offers the ease
of use, integrated features,
and merchandising
information essential for
profitable soft goods
retailing.
In
soft goods, a single
inventory item (a "style")
can be stocked in multiple
colors and sizes (or
lengths, widths, patterns,
etc.).
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Grids
Apparel
grids can be one-, two-, or
three-dimensional, with an
unlimited number of colors
and sizes (or lengths,
widths, heights, etc.). An
item can have thousands of
unique color/size
combinations, each of which
is called a cell.
Items can be viewed,
processed, and printed in
grid format throughout
CounterPoint, including
adjustments, receivings,
purchasing, transfers,
physical counts, and ticket
entry.
When
a new item is set up, its
grid (color/size) layout is
also established. New grids
may be set up by copying a
grid from an existing item
to reduce errors and speed
up the entry process.
You
can track information for
each cell, including
quantity-on-hand,
quantity-committed,
quantity-backordered,
quantity-on-PO's, min/max
quantities, and more. You
can also specify which cells
are stocked (or not-stocked)
for each location.
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Oversize Pricing
With
the Advanced Pricing Option,
you can charge more or less
for specific cells (colors
or sizes). For example, you
could charge $3 more for
Extra Tall or 15% less for
Plaid.
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Barcodes
Each
cell of a gridded item can
have a unique barcode with
multiple barcodes per cell,
if needed. This feature
allows goods to be scanned
throughout CounterPoint,
reducing entry time and
errors. Cell-specific
barcodes may be manually
entered, automatically
assigned, or imported from
the vendor (using
CounterPoint's Database
Import utility).
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Purchasing
In
Purchasing, gridded items
can be quickly placed on
order and easily tracked.
Reorders may be entered
manually or calculated
automatically to meet
model-stock levels. PO forms
can print color/size
information in a list or
grid format. Receivings are
quick—only the exceptions
are entered.
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Merchandising Reporting
CounterPoint includes
valuable reports for
comparing, summarizing, and
analyzing merchandise so you
can make decisions on
whether to reorder specific
merchandise.
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Sales Analysis by Group—A
flexible and powerful
reporting tool that
analyzes your hot and
cold sellers based
on your performance
indicators (quantity
sold, quantity returned,
average selling price,
profit dollars/percents,
and more).
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Inventory Analysis—See
how well your inventory
is performing (analyze
gross profits or see
which items will sell
out in the next two
weeks).
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Inventory Status—Shows
you the "when's" and
"where's" of your
inventory (including
quantity on hand for one
or more locations).
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Stock Status—A true
exception report that
prints just the items
stocked above the
maximum, below the
minimum, out of stock,
etc.
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Management History -
Item Category—A high
level comparison of your
gross profits during
different time periods
that clearly separates
your profitable
categories from the
unprofitable ones.
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Merchandise Analysis—Classify
and rank merchandise
using criteria you
choose. Analyze
merchandise at the item
level, or get the bigger
picture by grouping
inventory by vendor,
category, subcategory,
etc.
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Sales Analysis by Group—A
flexible and powerful
reporting tool that
analyzes your "hot and
cold sellers" based on
your performance
indicators (quantity
sold, quantity returned,
average selling price,
profit dollars/percents,
and more).
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