Department categories are used to link products that are in separate departments. Categories can also be used as a filtering tool on some reports.
Following is a list of most of the areas where categories are used in Agvance:
- Product Selection Screen
- Inter-Company Transfer
- Product Synchronization
- Replicate Prices
- Consolidated Inventory Report or any report with an Across Locations option, such as Inventory Book, Undelivered Booked Product, Sales/Purchase Summary, etc.
- Customer Quotes - company wide
- Purchase Orders - company wide
- Bookings - company wide
- Customer Price Lookup/ Across Locations option
- Product Lookup
- Replicate Products
- Batch Add Products/checked to add to all departments with matching category
- Tonnage Tax Report - Product Setup - Save All Location Products button
Before changing department categories, consideration may need to be given to these areas if they are currently being utilized within the program.
