Setting Up Quantity Break Pricing

You can set up quantity break pricing so that each time a certain quantity of an item is sold at POS, a quantity break price is calculated and given to the customer. You determine which items have quantity break pricing by setting the Qty Break Code field in Inventory Maintenance, the Codes tab.

Note:  You can use CPP (Category Pricing Plans) to give you greater flexibility when setting up quantity break prices.  Click here for more information.

Setting Up the Quantity Break Pricing Grid

  1. Display the Quantity Break Maintenance window.
  2. Fill in your quantity break pricing values to the right of a quantity break code (available codes are 2-999).  For example, to set up a quantity break where you give a 10% discount if a customer buys 10, a 15% discount if they buy 50, and a 20% discount if they buy 200, set up the quantity break like this:

There are many other ways you can set up quantity breaks, depending on what you enter in the "Type" field. For more information about the Type field and the other fields on the screen, click here.

  1. Click Change.
  1. Assign the appropriate quantity break code to items in your inventory. Assign the code directly to an item in Inventory Maintenance (IMU) or use the Item Code Update Report (RICU) to assign a code to a range of items.
  2. You can use the direct method, or RICU, or a combination of both, to update the Qty Break Code field. Continue with step 5 for instructions on how to directly update the code in IMU. Go to step 6 for instructions on how to use RICU.
  3. To assign a quantity break code to a single item, display the Inventory Maintenance window, display the appropriate item, click on the Codes tab, and enter the quantity break code in the Qty Break Code field. Click Change.
  4. To assign a quantity break code to a range of items, use the Item Code Update Report (RICU) as described in steps 7 through 12. Always have a current backup available before using RICU, because it is easy to make mistakes. Complete the following procedure slowly and carefully. For more information about RICU, click here to go to the help topic.
  5. From the Eagle Browser, click Applications. From the list that displays, click Reports Menu, then Inventory Reports, then Item Code Update Report (RICU).
  6. From the page, review the default entries in the fields and make changes if needed. For a definition of each field, click here.
  7. Click . On this page, type the code in the Qty Break Code field that you want to assign to the range of items. This is a product code that you have already set up in the Modify Quantity Break window (MQB).
  8. Click . On this page, fill in the from and to ranges to determine the items selected for the report. These are the items that will be updated with the Product Code you entered in the previous step. Review the from / to range you've entered, then set the From/To Range is Correct field to Y (Yes). For a definition of each field on this page, click here.
  9. Click . On this page, fill in the desired fields to include or exclude groups of items. For a definition of each field on this page, click here.
  10. Click Run. The report processes and the Qty Break code field is updated for the range of items you specified.