How to use different Units of Measure, Packages, or Packaging

The sale of packages or combos is now applied by many companies. From the customer’s perspective, it helps them to save costs, and delivery time, making them feel the benefit of buying many products at an affordable price. From the seller (or supplier) point of view, they can sell goods faster and consume more goods.

Viindoo Inventory Management module supports you in:

  • Apply different units of measure for each product;

  • Packages;

  • Product Packagings.

Units of Measures

For more information, refer to the Activate different units of measure article.

Product Packagings

The product packaging feature is used when you want to buy products in bundle. e.g: package of 10 units, 20 units, etc.

To activate this feature, you navigate to Inventory ‣ Configuration ‣ Setting, check on Product Packagings and hit on Save.

Activating Product Packagings feature in Viindoo Stock Management module

For example: A customer places an order for 200 monitors, packed in packages, each package includes 10 units. You should navigate to Inventory ‣ Products ‣ Products, choose the product needed to be packaged, and click on the Edit button.

Searching the product in Viindoo Stock Management module Adding the product's information in Viindoo Stock Management module

Next, you have to configure the packaging for the product.

Configuring the product packaging in Viindoo Stock Management module Inputing the product quantity on Package type form in Viindoo Stock Management module

Configuring the packaging specifications on the product makes it convenient for the salesperson to fill in the right information on sales orders.

Now you create sales order and select the package of products.

Picking the way for product packagings on sale order form in Viindoo Stock Management module

Click Confirm to confirm the sales order. At the delivery order, you will see all the products with lot number.

Checking Stock delivery order in Viindoo Stock Management module Confirm Stock delivery order

Click Confirm to confirm delivery order. Then you can create customer invoices and register payment.

Packages

When customer buys various products in one order, you can pack them together in a package or box for delivery. You can also define the amount of items in each box.

To activate this feature, you navigate to Inventory ‣ Configuration ‣ Setting ‣ check on Packages and click on Save.

Activating Packages feature in Viindoo Inventory Management module

With this function, you can perform:

Delete First you create and confirm a sales order. At the delivery order, you need to fill the product quantities that need to put one package and then click on Put in Pack.

Product Packagings in Viindoo Stock Management module

The system will automatically create a new package that contains selected lot/serial number of products. You will do the same with the remaining products.

In case several products need to be packed separately into another package for shipping, warehouse staff can also choose to switch packages right on the delivery order.

Flexibility in changing pack of product on Stock delivery in Viindoo Stock Management module

After putting all products into packages, you confirm the stock delivery order. On the delivery order view, you can track the history and check package’s information related to that stock moves.

Checking package information in Viindoo Stock Management module

You can also print the package’s barcode directly from the system to control the stock moves of each product.

Printing the barcode in Viindoo Stock Management module

Viindoo brings you the feature of creating and choosing different ways to pack a product, which support salesperson and warehouse staff in simplifying the sale process and managing the stock deliveries.

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