Often your supplier can give you a list of items that you are buying and this is a very quick and efficient way to get the data into S2k. Here is the data we usually need:
1. The scanned SKU number (can be UPC E (short bar code number) or UPC A but must be complete
2. The item description
3. Whether the item in 1) is a parent or child (i.e. carton or pack) and if a parent what is the child UPC code and how many items in the carton.
4. The vendor’s department code and sub department code. Usually vendors use numbers and that is fine, but try to get a cross reference list from the, like Dept 10 sub dept 3 = generic cigarettes. This enables S2k to build a more complete and intelligent database.
5. The pack quantity
6. The cost and quantity in that cost i.e. $ 15.00 for a pack of 24, we need both numbers
7. The suggested retail.
This list can be in any readable data format but we suggest excel or ASCII noting we do not want a lot of headings etc, the list must be one list, no headings and sub headings just column labels.
Once S2k has this list it normally takes us about 24 – 48 hours to get this into your system. The retail price needs to be decided as S2k can take the cost and multiple by each departments profit setting and then put a 9 or 5 at the end of each item to create the retail, however care needs to be taken in this regard that the items are marked in the store with the same price as the register so we normally suggest using the suppliers suggested retail until you can fine tune the system.