Adding Merchandise to a Warehouse

Add merchandise to a warehouse via the Warehouse Profile. Locate the Products child form and click the Add icon.

Use the add product dialogue box to specify the product to add to the warehouse along with the quantity, unit cost, and receive date.

• Product: Use the product drop-down to select the merchandise you want to add to the warehouse. Only products with the Track Inventory check box selected will appear in this drop-down.
• Activity Type: The activity type defaults to received because the warehouse is about to receive the product you are adding to it.
• Quantity: Specify the quantity of the product that you are adding.
• Unit Cost: The Unit Cost is how much the warehouse owner paid for product not how much you are going to charge the customer to purchase the product – recall this price is assigned at product/merchandise setup. It is important to put an accurate Unit Cost in for each product so that Cost of Goods (COGS) can be calculated correctly when products are sold.
• Receive Date: The date that you expect the merchandise to arrive at the warehouse.
• Purchase Order: The Purchase Order/Vendor number assigned to the purchase of the merchandise. Because this is a required field, if you do not have the PO number when you are adding merchandise, you can create one based upon the business rules you decide upon when adding merchandise to a warehouse.
• Notes: Any additional notes you may want to add about the addition of this merchandise to the warehouse.

Notice that all fields are required with the exception of the Notes field.

Once you have your warehouse supplied with merchandise, you can also specify to be notified when inventory is low. View the Help topic on Adding a Low Inventory Notification to a Warehouse for more information.