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Benefits of organizing your inventory - Microsoft RMS

Benefits of organizing your inventory

In a large store, the benefits of organizing inventory into departments might seem obvious, with each department effectively acting as its own store. For example, purchasing for the Juniors department might be handled by the buyer for the department, separately from the purchasing for the rest of the store. Also, sales in the department might be tracked separately, with management interested in the performance of items in a number of categories within the department, such as clothing, dresses, and footwear. It only makes sense for the items in the store database to reflect this physical and practical organization in the store.

But even small stores will enjoy benefits with an organization scheme. For example, a wine shop owner might create departments for wine groups, such as Reds and Whites, with categories for varieties such as Cabernet and Riesling. Alternatively, the owner might prefer a department for each wine-producing region, such as Washington, Italy, and France, with categories for specific vineyards. In either case, this organization will provide an improved overview of the store’s inventory and sales.

In addition, the departments and categories in Microsoft Dynamics RMS provide some practical benefits within the software. When using certain features in the program, you can pinpoint your actions so that specific departments and categories are included, or in some cases excluded. You can do this when you:
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Ring up sales
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Perform bulk updates with the Inventory Wizard, such as assigning taxes or changing item prices or costs
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Generate reports, such as sales reports and item lists
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Create purchase orders and inventory transfers
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Perform physical inventory counts
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Move inventory into or out of offline inventory
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Search for items
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Print item labels
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Associate suppliers with items
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Perform SQL operations on the database