To open the Settings: Sales form, go to: Administration > Settings > Sales.
Note. Any changes made on this form are applied immediately.
The Settings: Sales form
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The options in this section are enabled only if the Order Management option is selected on the General Settings form. In this section, you can choose whether to use custom sales order statuses and define the default statuses.
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Issue Goods for Consignment Sales | Selecting this option enables your company (as a consignor) to register sales made via another company, which is a consignee. Also it makes the Consignee Report available in the Sales module and adds the following transaction types:
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Enable Discounts and Markups in Consignment Sales | Select this option to enable discount application to consignment-related transactions. This option can be selected only if the Enable Discounts and Markups in Sales Documents option is selected. |
Note. If you have the accounting data in the application, you cannot turn off any of these options.
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Setting | Description |
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Calculate Cost of Goods Sold in Credit Notes | Select this option if you want the system to automatically calculate the cost of goods sold for items returned from customers. If this option is not selected, calculation of the COGS for returned items is performed during the nearest month-end closing. |
Show Costs in Sales Documents | With this option selected, the users will be able to view costs and prices on sales documents. |
Use Sets for Sales | This option enables the sales of sets. Items can be defined as Sets on the Items form. For each set, you can create a specification which is a list of components (other items) with specific quantities defined. When a set is sold, all its components are issued from warehouse. |
Default Sales Payment Terms | This option is available if the Enable Payment Terms option is selected on the Administration > Settings > General Settings form. The selected payment terms will be used as the default payment terms for documents in the Sales module. As the default terms, you can select the payment terms that are used more often or for most customers. |
Use Additional Sales Price Factor | In this field, you can select an additional price factor that affects the prices of items and services from the following options:
Once the price factor is selected, you will be able to create different price lists for different values of the selected factor. In sales documents, a column for the price factor will become available. |
Show Supplier Prices in Quotations and Customer Orders | (This option is enabled only if the Order Management option is selected on the General Settings form.) This option allows you to view the costs from purchasing documents and estimate gross profit in quotations. |
Enable Sales Forecasting | With this option selected, you can plan sales and compare to actual data. |
The Retail Management section
If your company operations include retail sales, select the Enable POS Interface option and select or create the default retail customer. All the retail sales will be performed on behalf of this default customer.
Once the option is selected, the following reports and service tools will become available in the Sales module:
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