What You Will Learn in This Guide
To track loose screws and boxes of screws (useful for a hardware store) by using the Composite Inventory feature.
Important Note
This guide only applies to StoreHub POS, not QR Order and Pay / Beep Delivery.
How to Track Loose Screws / Boxes of Screws
Scenario
Assume you're selling Screws in boxes & Loose Screws at the same time / only sell loose screws.
Loose Screws are taken out from boxes.
Track your Screws in Boxes
1. Create a new product (Screw - Box) & track under Simple Inventory Type.
2. Key in the selling price / set selling price as 0 if you do not sell Screws in Box.
3. Set the stock quantity & save to complete the settings.
Example: Number of Screws in 1 box is use to track the stock quantity for this case. 1 box of Screws = 100 Screws.
Refer to this article for more details.
Track your Loose Screws
1. Create a new product (Loose Screws), set the selling price & track under Composite Inventory Type.
Note: Select Save before you proceed to next step. The component table appears upon saving.
2. Add components and link to the Screw - Box Product.
Example:
Loose Screws are taken out from a Screw - Box. Whenever Loose Screws are sold, stock deduct from Screw - Box.
Based on this example, the Screw - Box should be added as the component.
3. Set Default Usage. Default usage refers to the quantity of Screw needed to take out from Screw - box for individual sale.
Example:
With every sale of 1 Loose Screw, 1 will be deducted from the Screw - Box.
Set Default Usage of the component (Screw - Box) as 1.
4. Save to complete the settings.
When you sell 1 Loose Screw, this is how it will reflect in the BackOffice for your Screws - Box product quantity that you created in Step 1.
If you would like to learn more about stock movement via the Audit Trail. Refer to this article for more details.