Tradebook Management
Tradebook Management
Tradebook Partner is designed to meet the specific needs of large tradebook
departments. It allows for separation from general merchandise and
textbooks with real-time and accurate inventory. Tradebook Partner streamlines the tracking of rapidly changing stock mix.
Not only does Tradebook Partner enable complete publisher integration with
the Store Control System, but it also provides a special order module, which
saves time and unnecessary costs by limiting on-hand inventory while maintaining
full margins.
Features include:
- Tracks publisher discounts: the system automatically suggests order
quantities needed to qualify for higher discount levels.
- Minimizes non-returnable titles by tracking return dates by vendor.
- Bookland and NACS barcodes supported
- Customized book tags can be created
- Effective in a single-store or multi-store environment
- Updates the SCS POS System whenever changes occur to tradebooks-new books, price changes, receiving, returns
- Changes in Tradebook Partner updates the store's stock ledger
- Can specify minimum and maximum stock levels for easy reordering
- EDI capabilities with Ingram and Pubnet
- Interfaces with Books in Print to allow electronic download of new book information to your system
- Interfaces to bookstores accounting system for invoice payment and returns credit tracking
Ordering
- Pending order capabilities
- Purchase orders can be manually entered or modified at any time prior to receipt of the order
- User defined discount tables can be set up for all vendors enabling you to view the current discount percentage and the quantity needed to reach the next discount level
- Customized instructions can be set up to print on purchase orders
- Optional Pubnet ordering capabilities
- Send orders via FTP and automatically receive purchase order acknowledgements
- Interfaces with bookstores accounting system for invoice payment and returns credit tracking
Receiving
Sequoia Retail Systems, Inc.'s software updates in real time giving you the ability to know exactly what your current inventory is at all times
- Receive an invoice for single or multiple purchase orders: system determines which purchase orders to assign to each title
- Specify a minimu margin for books either system wide or by class
- Print book tags for all books or specified books at the times books are received
Reports
Sales
Daily sales by publisher or class
Daily suggested purchase order sales by publisher
Monthly sales by publisher or class
Bestsellers for current or previous month
Orders
Ordering Register
Status report for all titles from selected vendors
Books on order by publisher
Suggested orders
Pending orders, specifying which books are on pending orders that have not yet been released
Invoice summary
Returns
Suggested returns by publisher or class
Suggested returns by vendor
Inventory
On hand by class reports inventory for each book
On hand by publisher reports inventory for each book; can run by specific publisher
Books In Print Interface
Bowker's Books In Print® database has over 4 million titles. Sequoia has designed
an interface to allow the import of Books in Print information directly to
your system. This reduces data entry and ensures accurate book information transfer
into your database. With this interface:
Electronically search Books-In-Print from any enabled register or computer terminal
Automatically download information from Books In Print to build new items
Speeds special orders, making them easy to find and order
Available inventory is quickly identified and located
Ingram PrimeSource
Tradebook Partner is integrated with the Ingram PrimeSource program. With this integration:
Orders can be sent via FTP to Ingram
Purchase Order Acknowledgements and Advanced Ship Notices are received from Ingram
When shipments are received, receiving personnel simply scan the ASN barcode on the boxes to receive the books into the store's inventory
Ingram will pre-tag the books for you at your request
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