Overview

The product contains the most general information about a product. The product id, product name etc. 

Most of the more variable information about products is on a separate set of lists including: 

• Sell prices are held on a list of product price levels allowing unlimited sell price levels. 
• Costs are held on a list of suppliers for the product. Allowing unlimited suppliers and different costs and units for each supplier, 
• Alternate codes such as bar codes are held on a separate list of alternate product codes. Allowing unlimited bar codes, supplier codes etc. for each product. 

A product's status controls how it can be used in Readysell:

• 'Active

and Obsolete products can be entered onto any transaction.
• Discontinued products cannot be entered onto purchase orders, but they can be entered onto any another transaction (including sales and supplier credits).
Archived products cannot be entered onto a transaction.

• Products' products, those that are currently used, 

• 'Discontinued products', product is no longer manufactured, 

• 'Obsolete', product is no longer sold, 

• 'Archived products', product is no longer displayed on any screens. Can't be purchased or sold. Use this status to flag a product as deleted. 

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