NCR Counterpoint 8.5 Kits/Bills of Materials Enhancements
NCR Counterpoint now allows for the use of the following features:
Grouped Tag-along Item Kits.
NCR Counterpoint now allows you to define and sell grouped tag-along item kits. As with tag-along item kits, the components of a grouped
tag-along item kit "tag along" with the parent item when you sell it, but are priced independently of the parent item. Also, you can define
prompts for each component of a grouped tag-along item kit to allow users to decide, at the time of the sale, whether to add the component
to the ticket.
When used this way, the components of a grouped tag-along item kit do not appear as individual lines when they are added to a ticket. Instead, all of the kit’s components are grouped together below the parent item, allowing you to easily determine which items belong to the kit being sold.
You cannot modify the components of a grouped tag-along item kit or substitute other items for them once they are added to a ticket. However, you can remove a component of a grouped tag-along item kit from a ticket if the component is not designated as Required.
Sales of grouped tag-along item kits are tracked by parent item and by component item, for inclusion on relevant sales reports. Further, accounting and cost distributions are generated for the parent item and for all component items of a grouped tag-along item kit.
Including Non-Inventory and Service Items in bills of Materials.
You can now include Non-inventory and Service items in bills of material and quick assembly transactions. This enhancement allows you to easily add labor, service charges, assembly materials (e.g., nuts, bolts, glue, or packaging), or other miscellaneous items to a bill of material and include their cost in the assembly of finished goods. To add a Non-inventory or Service item to the list of components in a bill of material, enter or look up its Item number on the on the Bills of Material window, and then enter the default Quantity of the component that is required to assemble of unit of the parent item.
Including Return Lines in Tag-along Kits
NCR Counterpoint now allows you to include return lines in tag-along item kits and grouped tag-along item kits. For example, an auto parts dealer that levies a "core charge" as part of a car battery kit could include an optional return line to refund the core charge for customers who exchange their old batteries. To designate a component of a tag-along item kit or grouped tag-along item kit as a return line, select the component item and click the Is Return Line button on the Sales Kits window (Inventory > Sales Kits). The component’s Quantity changes to a negative value and is highlighted in red to indicate that the component represents a return line.
Using Field Names in Kit Component Prompts
You can now include field names from the VI_INV_PRC view in component prompts for tag-along item kits and grouped tag-along item kits. This feature allows you to display the field’s current value in the confirmation dialog for a kit component. For example, you could include the INV_PRC_1 field in a component prompt to display the component’s current price when a user sells the kit’s parent item, or the QTY_AVAIL field to indicate how many of the component are left. To insert a field name in a component prompt, enter %[FIELDNAME] in the Component prompt field, where FIELDNAME is the name of the field.
If you would like more information about adding the Kills/Bill of Materials option to your existing NCR Counterpoint installation, please call the CCS Sales Department.
– John