Stock Control
Efficient stock control is core to any business in its balance to minimise the required stock at any depot without running out of product. TOPS not only helps to organise the control and movement of stock but is also integrated with sales and order processing to prompt reordering.
Features
Stock can have various properties to aid in dealing with managing stock and making stock queries. User-defined stock denominations suitable for manufactured, organic or fluid stock Every product can have its own serial number 6 Separate lines for price label printing that are independent of the product description itself and can depend on customer and outlet Any number of locations can be supported, each with its own stock and reordering levels, quantities and pricing Any number of different suppliers, each with their own reorder codes, can be associated with a product for where similar stock has multiple sources
Capability
TOPS offers a powerful tool for stock control with many variable, linked and independent parameters. Multiple depots can appear on single documents such as order entry, delivery control and invoicing Stock transfers are complete from a single transfer input Full reconciliation for live stock to be normalised to stock take Powerful product structuring capability allows categories so that queries and profitability reports can be made on different types of product
Integration
Stock control is fully integrated with the sales and reordering processes. Automatically calculates stock from movements processed since previous stock take True balanced average and last-cost prices for all stock Stock file carries on order information which is flagged up automatically when an order takes the stock level past its stock out limits Automatic purchase order generation Stock reorder parameters can be calculated automatically from turnover data
Reports and queries
As with all aspects of TOPS, standard reports and queries are available and any new requests are provided by the inhouse software developers. The perpetual inventory stock system can be run for all forms of stock movement over any period and the corresponding value calculated