Managing Products
Managing products effectively is essential for keeping your inventory organised and running smoothly. Supply'd makes managing your products simple.
The Adding & Updating Products document describes how to add a product to Supply'd. This document describes how to manage the products in your product list, including:
Product Page details
Additional Options for editing, managing etc.
To bring up your Products list, select Products from the main menu. This list shows you the Product, the SKU, Category and the Price.
The All Products tab lists all of your products.
The Pricing tab lists all of your products with upcoming price changes.
The Marketplace tab lists any products you have that are available to sell on the Marketplace.
Product Page
Clicking on a product will show that product's page with all the information on that product.
On the left you have :
Product Photo
A photo of the product.
Locations
A drop down box where you can select the location you would like to see the product information for. Choose from 1 location or choose All Locations.
Your Stock (Available)
The number of that product that you have.
On Order (Units)
The number of units of that product that you currently have on order.
Predicted Sales (14 Days)
Predicted sales for the product based on past sales figures.
Suggested Order (Units)
The suggested number of units of the products to order to fulfil the predicted sales.
Actual Sales (14 Days)
The number of the product you have sold in the last 14 days.
Rate of Sale (Actual)
How many on average you sell per day at the current time.
Rate of Sale (Predicted)
How many on average the system forecasts you will actually sell per day.
Yellow Rectangle
How much and when you last ordered the product.
On the right:
Product Name
The product brand, name and size.
Supplier(s) (If product is bought)
Name of the supplier(s) you purchase this item from. Expanding the details on a supplier will show additional information:
SKU
Unit Cost
Unit Sell Price
Unit Margin
Clicking the - 0 + allows you easily add this product to your order list.
Pricing (If product is sold)
The pricing for this item on the various selling platforms you may use, such as Supply'd, Shopify etc., as well as the margins for the pricing on these platforms.
Details
Details for the product that were entered when adding the product, such as, Category, Tags, SKU, Barcode, etc. Clicking the arrow (^) to the right of the"Details" will show/hide these details.
Ingredients & Nutrition
If you have added the ingredients, nutrition etc. to a product, this section will show the ingredients, allergens and nutritional information associated to this product.
This section may say Bundled, if this is a bundled item, and will list the contents of the bundle. If this is a bundled item and you have entered the ingredients, then there will be both a Bundled section and an Ingredients and Nutrition section. The same applies to Recipe and Production items. For more details on product types, please refer to the Product Types types document.
If you have set any custom fields in your Product Settings, you will also have a Custom Fields section.
Additional Options
Clicking on the 3 dots in the top right corner, brings up a menu with the following options.
This may vary slightly, or have less options, depending on your account type and other variables.
Edit Product
Opens the Edit Product page.
Change any fields required in the same way as when Adding & Updating Products.
Duplicate Product
This will create a duplicate of the product in order to create a new product. This is very useful and time-saving if you want to create a similar product, using some of the same information, such as, the same product but in a different size or flavour. Click on Duplicate Product and simply change any fields required for the new product, such as, names, barcodes (must be unique), descriptions, pricing etc.
Manage Stock
This is where you can record stock numbers, locations, use by dates, batches etc. This is fully described in the Managing Inventory document.
Download > Label
Template* [required]
The template to use to generate the label, if you have a template set up for it. See Templates for more details. Select the template from the drop-down menu.
Batch
The batch code to print on the labels. Select from the drop-down menu.
Copies* [required]
The number of copies to print.
Customisation:
Fill out this section to include extra details on the label. If left blank, only the product name and barcode will be printed. For price labels, the product name, price, and barcode will be included by default.
Font* [required]
Select the desired font from the drop-down menu.
Barcode
Whether or not to include a barcode on the label. If including which barcode type would you like to use and include. Select a barcode from the drop-down menu. Select "None" to not print a barcode on the label.
Logo
The label logo to use for printing. Select from the drop-down menu. Only applies to templates which utilise the logo_image.
Custom Text
Custom text to include on the label. Maximum of 20 characters. Only applies to templates which utilise custom text.
Download > Spec Sheet
Template* [required]
The template to use to generate the spec sheet. Select from the drop-down menu.
Customisation:
Font* [required]
The font to use when generating this spec sheet. Select from the drop-down menu.
Logo
The logo to use on the spec sheet for printing. Only applies to templates that utilise the {{logo_image}} tag. Select from the drop-down menu.
Actions > Attach File
Allows you to attach a file to the product for storage.
Options in the drop-down menu are:
Product Information
Certificate
Recipe
Photo
Invoice
Other
Actions > Recalculate Sales
Recalculates the sales data on the left side if it becomes out of sync.
View > Recent Sale Orders
Will bring up a list of all recent sale orders for the product.
Remove Product
Will remove the product. You will be asked to confirm.
Filtering or Searching the Products List
The 3 lines beside the 3 dots in the top right-hand corner on the Products page allows you to filter the Products list, while the magnifying glass lets you search for specific items.
Clicking on the magnifying glass, you can search the products list by product name or word.
Clicking the three lines opens the Filter Products form, where you can access all available filtering options.
Brand
Select the brand or brands that you would like to filter the list by from the drop-down menu.
Category
Select the category or categories that you would like to filter the list by from the drop-down menu.
Tags
Select the tag or tags that you would like to filter the list by from the drop-down menu, eg. gluten-free, vegan etc.
Name
Enter a name to search for in your product list.
SKU
Enter a SKU to search for in your product list.
Barcode
Enter a barcode to search for in your product list.
Buy/Sell Status
Filter your products by Buy for products you buy, or Sell for products you sell.
Product Type
Filter your products by their type, such as, Standard, Recipe, Gift Card etc.
Marketplace Visibility
Select the Marketplace that you would like to filter the list by from the drop-down menu:
Any
In Marketplace
Out of Stock
Not Visible
Specific Customers
Product Status
Select the Status that you would like to filter the list by from the drop-down menu:
Active
Removed
Actions
The Actions button on the Products page gives you further options - Bulk Edit, Print Shelf Tickets, Remove Products.
Ticking the square beside the ACTIONS button will select all products on the list.
Use the Filter Product Pricing form to narrow the list by specific criteria if you want to perform actions on matching products.
Bulk Edit
This will open the Bulk Edit Products form which is a very useful feature if you need to update multiple products with the same changes - such as price, supplier, category, availability etc. This allows you to apply consistent changes across a range of items all at once, saving time and reducing the chance of errors.
For full details see the Bulk Editing Products document.
Print Shelf Tickets
Will open the Print Product Tickets form allowing you to print shelf tickets for the selected items.
See the Templating document for more information on creating templates for labels.
Remove Product
Will remove the product(s). You will be asked to confirm.
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