Product Manufacturers Overview

It is often seen that many brands can fall under one manufacturer. Creating the product manufacturers correctly in the control center will ensure the easy inventory management.

With FTx Cloud POS, you can select and add a manufacturer name and then add all the brand names under that manufacturer. This will help the cashier to easily search and navigate all the products/brands produced by that single product manufacturer.

For Example: Altria (formerly known as Philip Morris International) is a cigarette manufacturing company. Some of the several product brands produced by this company include Marlboro, Red & White, Chesterfield, Lark, Muratti, etc. So if you are adding this company’s product to your inventory, you can add/select “Altria” as the manufacturer. Then, while adding a new product, under “Altria” manufacturer, you can also add all the product brands associated with this company.

This article focuses on creating a new manufacturer, editing, and deleting the existing product manufacturer in the Control Center.

Reaching "Product Manufacturers"

To reach "Product Manufacturers," follow the below steps:

1. Step 1: Log into Control Center
   
2. Step 2: Choose Point of Sale
   

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1. Step 3: Choose Pricebook
   
2. Step 4: Choose Products
   
3. Step 5: Choose Manufacturers        
   

Understanding "Product Manufacturers" Module

By clicking "Product Manufacturers," you can see its page with various fields.

 

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1. Adding a New Product Manufacturer

1. Click the “Add New” button in Figure B above to add a new product manufacturer. 
   
2. The form highlighted in Figure C will appear on your screen.                 
   

1. Manufacturer Name: Enter the manufacturer's name to use in the product tree. Manufacturer names will show in different categories.
   

2. Manufacturer Description: Enter a brief description of the manufacturer to describe the types of products they would sell.
   

3. Force License Scan: This is a toggle that, when turned ON, will require the scan of a license when buying a product from the manufacturer.
   

4. Save & Close and Cancel Buttons: These buttons are used to save, close, and cancel the changes made in the form. Enter the name of the manufacturer and click on the "Save" button to save the product category. Click on the "Close" button to discard the changes and go back to the Product Manufacturers page.

These created categories are a very important part of the FTx system. Categories allow you to group products together, allowing for easy manipulation via the Mass Update tool. Think of it like a tree: you have the main root (categories) and then large branches (manufacturers) and smaller branches (brands), followed by the leaves (individual products).

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2. Empty Product Manufacturers

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                                     Figure G

3. Editing the Product Manufacturer

1. Click the “Edit” button highlighted in Figure B above to edit the existing product manufacturer.  See Figure B.
   
2. The form highlighted in Figure H will appear on your screen.
   

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1. Input the required information into the mandatory fields, and then click on "Save," "Save & New," or "Save & Close" using the highlighted buttons as shown in Figure H.
   

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