E-Catalog Functions

Lookup Item

Lookup Item is an electronic catalog search engine by item details, descriptions, or vendor fineline. Results are displayed by default by Item Number, but you can change that to a variety of options. The Clear button at the bottom will erase previously entered information to allow for a new search.

UPC Update

Select or enter the vendor's name of the electronic catalog to be checked for up-to-date UPC codes.

Confirm the Update UPCs process.

Cross Check

Cross Check will list all vendors with matching UPCs numbers for the selected item's search criterium. Items are listed with catalog costs and retail for comparison. Note: These comparisons are based on the current information of the vendor catalogs in your ECatalog.

Margin Master

This function allows the importing/exporting from Margin Master for Variable Price Control. The process is simple and is laid out on the screen.

Step 1:

Create a file for Margin Master from the ECatalog. Clicking the Create Export File button will allow you to choose a vendor. Once the vendor is chosen, the export file for Margin Master will be created.

Step 2:

Make changes within Margin Master and create a file for TransActPOS. Once the changes have been made and exported from Margin Master, clicking this button will look for the file "NewRetails.txt" in the C:\MarginMaster folder. If the system cannot find this file, it will let you know.

Step 3:

Return to this menu and import the price file created in Step 2. Once the file has been imported, click the Update ECatalog button to update the ECatalog with the information in the import file.

Step 4:

Print and Update Prices from Imported file.