Fred Office Plus
There are a number of ways to both set up and manage discounts in Fred Office Plus: Account Discounts, Ordering and Rebates, Transfer Out Discounts and Surcharges, POS Till Discounts and Promotions.
Account discounts
Discounts can be applied directly to Accounts by entering a flat “Discount” percentage or accounts can use a set Pricing Level.
Discount promotions
There are a number of ways to configure this option based on the number of items you wish to place onto promotion/discount and for how long. For instance:
- Global Discount Schemes can be configured from the Tools menu by selecting Item, then Discount Schemes, and then applied to individual items in bulk via Quick Actions.
- Discount Schemes can be configured for individual items via the item stockcard by going to Pricing & Discounts, then Discounts.
- Discount Schemes can be configured over a date range by going to Pricing, then selecting Promotions in Fred Office Plus.
Discount schemes
Discount Schemes are configured by going to Pricing, then selecting Promotions.
Discount Schemes are: Mix and Match (Unit Price), Mix and Match (Percent Off); Buy X and Get Y for Z (Unit Price) and Buy X and Get Y for Z (Percent Off). See Promotion: Buy X and get Y for Z% off for an example.
Ordering and rebates
Other Costs assist in managing extra costs or rebates associated with invoices.
- See Other costs and net in-store cost (in the Ordering section).
Transfer out discounts and surcharges
Transfer Outs, discounts or surcharges can be applied across all items by dollar value or percentage. Alternatively a discount or surcharge can be added by single product via the columns (available via column chooser if not displayed).
POS till discounts
When selling items at the POS till, you can discount a single item or an entire sale. By default, this is set to discount by percentage, however you can select to discount the retail price by dollar value.
- Discount a single product
- Discount an entire transaction
Items can also be set to be not discountable at the register from the item stockcard by going to options, or in bulk using Quick Actions.
Promotions
In Fred Office Plus, you can create promotions and campaigns by going to Pricing, then selecting Promotions (suitable for reporting).
- See Promotions.
When would I use it?
- Apply staff discount.
- Use other costs to enter an invoice rebate.
- Apply a discount or surcharge to a transfer out.
- Apply seniors discount at the POS till.
- Import a promotion file and apply.