Setting Up an Item to Automatically Sell with Another Item

Use the following procedure to set up an item(s) to automatically sell with another item. Some examples of "Sells With" items are 1) redemption value on a soft drink, 2) a tint charge on paint, or 3) an environmental fee (for environmental fees, you must set the option "This store posts 'sells with' that are an environmental fee" [ID# 8625] to Yes in Options Configuration). You link the Sells With item(s) to a parent SKUA parent SKU is simply an item that has a "sells with" item linked to it.. You can have up to 900 Sells With items per parent SKU. In POS, whenever you sell the parent SKU, the Sells With item(s) automatically posts on the transaction.

Important: This procedure assumes you have already set up options and security for Related Items.

1. Display the Inventory Maintenance window.

2. Click Misc, and select W-Related SKU Maintenance Viewer.and in the Maintain section , click Related SKU Maintenance Viewer.  

3. In the Related SKU Maintenance Viewer, in the SKU field, enter the parent SKU (the item that will have another SKU linked to it). For example, enter the SKU for the soft drink that will have a redemption value attached to it.

4. Click Add. The Add Related Item dialog displays. Select 4— Sells With"Sells With" automatically posts the Sells With item when the parent SKU is sold in a sale transaction. For example, if a customer buys a soft drink, you can set up the "redemption value" as a "Sells With" item.
   
   Important: if the parent SKU is rung up as a credit, the system will not automatically credit the "Sells With" item. or 5— Sells/Credits With"Sells/Credits With" automatically posts the Sells With item when creating a sale or a credit. For example, if an additional fee (i.e. redemption value on drinks, tint charges on paint, etc.) must post each time the parent item sells and must be credited if the item is returned, set up the additional fee as "Sells/Credits With."

5. Click OK. Another dialog box displays.

Fill in the fields. For more information about a field, click any of the following.

6. Related SKUEnter the SKU of the fee that you want to automatically post when the parent item is sold. In our example, this would be the SKU for "redemption value."
   
   Multistore: An SKU from any store is valid, but the SKU will only post as a related item in POS if it exists in the selling store.

7. Suggested QuantityThe suggested quantity to sell of this related item. In POS, you can use checkboxes to tell the system to use the suggested quantity. Or, you can enter a different quantity.

8. Compute Quantity

   Use this field to determine how the system should arrive at the suggested quantity to display in POS.

   1. • Suggested Qty— the system suggests only the value entered in the Suggested Qty field in POS.

      • Quantity Sold X Suggested— the system takes the quantity sold of the parent SKU and multiplies it by the value in the suggested quantity field, and displays that value in POS. (For example, if you always want the system to suggest the same quantity for the related item as the quantity sold of the parent SKU, select this option and set the suggested quantity to 1.)

9. Compute Price  

   This field displays if you selected type 4, 5, or 6 in the Add Related Item dialog in step 4. This field tells the system how to compute the price of the related item.

   1. • Customer’s Price— use the price this customer would normally pay for the related item. Note:  If the Related SKU’s Keep Prices is set to No, the clerk will be prompted to enter a price.

      • % of Parent SKU's Price— calculate the related item's price based on a percentage of the parent SKU's price (you'll enter the percentage in the "% of Parent SKU's Price" field)

      • Fixed price— the related item's price is a pre-determined fixed price that you specify in the Fixed Price field.

      • No Charge/Free— the related item will be sold at no charge to the customer.

   Note: No Charge/Free is not supported on type 5-"Sells/Credits with" or type 6-"Credits with" (see step 4 in this procedure for more information on types 5 and 6).

10. % of Parent SKU's PriceThis is the percentage of the parent SKU's price that will be charged for the related item. For example, related item Y is linked to parent item X; the price for item Y is this percentage of item X’s price entered in this field..

11. Fixed PriceThis is the fixed price that will be charged for the related item. For example, related item Y is linked to parent item X; the price for item Y is the fixed price entered in this field.

12. To add more Sells With items to the parent SKU, repeat steps 4 and 5.

13. To change a Sells With item, click Change. The system takes you through the same dialogs you see when adding Sells With items to the list, except this time you are in View/Edit mode. Change the fields as desired.

14. To delete a Sells With item, click the item to highlight it, then click Delete.