When S2k first connects to the POS we download all items and departments into S2k and this includes the current retail price that is being used on the POS system. There are a number of issues with this system:
1. The is often a lot of garbage numbers as the users did not enter the data correctly
2. There is no cost on these items
3. The description is often very short due to limited description on the POS
S2k will eventually have enough sales data to allow you to delete from S2k the bad SKU’s but that will take approx 3 – 6 months to get an accurate list.
The costs can be input in 3 ways:
1. By using the dept profit that the user entered in S2k and let S2k figure out each items cost based on this, or
2. By inputting from the vendor invoices electronically or manually into invoices
3. By using the S2k hand held scanner at the time of delivery.