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Price Codes

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1. When to use the New Vendor Button in Price Codes file
   Use the New Vendor grey side bar button when you are entering a new Price Code item and can't find the appropriate vendor in the Order From list. 1. Click on the New Vendor button, left hand side of Price Codes file. 2. Enter the Company name and your account # with them. (If you do not have an ...
2. How to Perform a Price Comparison in Price Codes File
   There are three ways to locate the set of records you need to use with the Price Comparison feature. Using a group button: 1. In Price Codes file, click Glass side bar button. The list view appears with your found set. 2. Click Price Comparison side bar button. 3. Your items will be displayed. Y ...
3. Order From Side Bar Button in Price Codes file
   Clicking on the Order From side bar presents this dialog box for all groups except Supplies. 1. Select the Supplier to whom you wish to link a Vendor. Supplier can be a manufacturer, a product line, or a local distributor. For example: Order your Bainbridge matboard from Happy Framer Supply Co. ...
4. Code Tables Side Bar Button in Price Codes file
   The Code Tables side bar button allows you to view, create, or modify your tables. See the related articles below for full instructions.
5. Price Comparison Side Bar Button in Price Codes file
   The Price Comparison side bar button compares retail prices for a selected group of items. This is another tool for adjusting your pricing between related items. i.e. types of glazing. The price comparison list is always made up from the found set. So you have to perform a Find first before clic ...
6. Supplies Side Bar Button
   The Supplies group in the Price Codes file is used to store miscellaneous items, such as, tape, v-nails, screws, hooks, etc. It is NOT used by the work order for data entry. It may be used by the Frame Order function for ordering items on the next frame order. It may be viewed both in form or l ...
7. What is "Set Price"?
   set price = optional dollar amount added to the calculated price. It is a one time dollar value that is applied to each piece sold. The amount in this field will not vary with the amount of stock used. The set price can be used to cover minimums, shipping, waste, labor, etc. This is an optional ...
8. Basic Pricing Options
   The chart below lists the various groups and the options available for pricing. Essentially, they can be broken down into six basic options. 1. pricing by the linear foot 2. pricing by the square (inch , foot , Yard ) 3. pricing by the linear yardyard 4. pricing by the UNITED INCH 5. pricing by ...
9. Inventory List View
   Price Codes file > Auto Inv tab > Inventory List button in top right hand corner. The Inventory List button will take you to another screen which presents your inventory in a list format. The list displays additional fields that may be used when doing a physical inventory.
10. Price Code File Form View - Screen Buttons
    1. Perform Last Find looks up the previous search. 2. Sort button. You will be presented with a Sort Records screen. 3. Duplicate Record button can be used to enter repetitious data. The button will create a new record duplicating all fields but leave the Item # and UPC fields blank. You canno ...
11. Price Codes File Manual Inventory Tab
    Price Codes file > Form View > brown Manual Inv tab. The Manual Inv tab identifies inventory levels and storage locations for manually entering and removing moulding and matboard. IMPORTANT: Do not use these quantity fields when the automatic inventory feature is turned on. 1. Qty fields ...
12. Matboard & Fabric Group - Form View
    Most of these fields are described in the Moulding Form View Screen therefore only ones unique to Matboard and Fabric groups will be covered here. 1. Thickness of the matboard or fabric. This will affect Required Rabbet Depth alert message on the Work Order screen. 2. Cost is the list price sup ...
13. Price Codes File Glass, Mounting, Mat Design, Hardware, Extra and Fitting Group - Form View
    Most of these fields are described in the Moulding Form View Screen therefore only the ones unique to these groups will be covered here. 1. Item can be the number supplied by the vendor or a descriptor created by you. E.g. Anti-reflective glass = AR 24x36. 2. Order Num is the catalogue number o ...
14. Price Codes File List View
    1. Unmark All finds all records and deselects the X. 2. Mark Found Set puts an X in the Marked field of all the records that make up the current found set. Be sure to unmark previously marked records prior to marking your new set or the newly marked records will be added to the group when your ...
15. Price Codes File Image Tab - All Groups
    MOULDING GROUP: Many moulding companies have web sites where you may capture catalog profile images. Having them in your FrameReady program allows the cutter in the back room to double check the selection of a moulding on a certain work order. Click Insert Picture to import a JPEG or TIF file o ...
16. Glass Usage Report
    There is no report available to automatically provide the information on glass sizes and quantities used when the Glass items in the Price Codes file have only one listing for all sizes. However, the information is in FrameReady and here is how you can extract it. Although it is not ideal, it i ...
17. How to delete a vendor from the Price Codes file list
    If you no longer carry moulding from a certain supplier, or a particular vendor has gone out of business then you may want to clean up your Price Codes file by removing them from your list. 1. Navigate to Price Codes file. 2. Click Find. 3. In the Supplier field, select the vendor name from the ...
18. Customizing Lists in the Price Codes File
    One of the first steps in setting up your program is to make sure you have the drop-down lists in the Work Order file set up correctly. The framing components appear in the Work Order screen but the data is entered in the Price Codes file. For the groups of: Mat Design, Mounting, Hardware, Glas ...
19. Tracking Discounts in the Price Codes file
    There are certain rules which govern the application of discounts in the Price Codes file: A discount may only be applied in the Automatic Inventory (Auto Inv) tab. It is primarily for tracking large volume buying of moulding and matboard, indicating how much you actually paid for your raw mater ...
20. Framing Materials Inventory - Manual vs Automatic
    Tracking inventory for custom framing is one of those procedures that either works or it doesn’t, depending on the commitment level of the person in charge. It requires a rigorous discipline of checking inventory in and out. Fortunately, FrameReady can make the task a lot easier. Some of t ...