Subdepartment Master

Documentation

In addition to providing a way to sort inventory, sub-departments can substantially speed up the entry of new items. By entering a sub-department, while setting up a new inventory item, the defaulting attributes defined in the sub-department, will immediately be set.

Name

The name of the Sub-Department.

Department

The name of the department that the sub-department is linked to.

Number

The number assigned to the sub-department.

Type

Generally defines default information for the items linked to this sub-department. Defines if the items are purchased, sold and inventoried or any combination of the three. The accounts required will be displayed dependent on the combination selected.

Purchased

Toggle on or off. Toggle on if the items will be purchased through Quasar's purchasing and receiving functions.
Sold

Toggle on or off. Toggle on if the items will be sold through Quasar's sales functions.
Inventoried

Toggle on or off. Toggle on if the items will be inventoried through Quasar's inventory functions.
Expense Account

Defines the account the items are to be expensed to when they are purchased.
COGS Account

Defines the cost of goods sold account that will be posted to when the items are sold.
Income Account

Defines the income account that will be posted to when items are sold.
Asset Account

Defines the asset (inventory) account for the item.
Loyalty Rate

Defines the rate at which loyalty points are assigned to customers. If "1" is entered then there is one point assigned for every dollar of purchases by a customer. If "2" is entered then there is two loyalty points assigned for every dollar of purchases by a customer...etc...

Main

Price Zone

Set price zone for the defaults.
Purch Tax

Set the default purchase tax code for each zone.
Sell Tax

Set the default selling tax code for each zone.
Target

Set the default target margin for the each zone.
Variance

Set the default allowed margin variance comparing the actual margin to the target margin.
Price Inc Tax?

Select "Y" or "N". Select "Y" if the price includes the taxes. Select "N" if the price does not include the taxes.
Price Inc Dep?

Select "Y" or "N". Select "Y" if the price includes the container deposit. Select "N" if the price does not include the container deposit.
Cost Inc Tax?

Select "Y" or "N". Select "Y" if the cost includes the taxes. Select "N" if the cost does not include the taxes.
Cost Inc Dep?

Select "Y" or "N". Select "Y" if the cost includes the container deposit. Select "N" if the cost does not include the container deposit.

Default Sizes

Force use of listed sizes?

Toggle on to force the user to use the default sizes.
Default Size

Enter the default sizes for the sub-department.

Note - In the event that you make changes to the zone defaults, upon filing, Quasar will ask you if you would like to update all linked items or only those values matching the old defaults.

If you are managing the changed attributes by subdepartment, then you will want to select "Update all". However, if you are managing the changed attributes by item you will want to select "Update matching". If you select cancel no items will be updated with the new defaults.