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Cash Register Express
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Your Inventory
Inventory Track Express
Every store must take physical inventory periodically, even when using a point of sale system. It is
important to compare how much of each item you really have as opposed to what the computer tells
you. By doing physical inventory, you will find where inventory shrinkage occurs. You may also find
areas of your store that are more prone to theft. Tracking your inventory closely will actually save lots
of money as a result.
Inventory Track Express is a tool that has been incorporated into Cash Register Express that acts like a
physical inventory control panel. You can do a physical count by selecting the Print Worksheet button,
which will print a list of all inventory with the stock level in CRE, and a place to enter the actual count.
You may use portable data terminals (Handheld units), for fast and easy inventory counting.
pcAmerica has created a program called Pocket Inventory for these handheld units. Pocket Inventory
has 3 main functions:
Count Inventory
A quick, point and scan, inventory counter. Just point the Handheld’s bar code
scanner to the bar code and scan it. Pocket Inventory will then prompt for the
number of this item is in your inventory.
Edit Inventory
You can download your inventory from CRE to Pocket Inventory. This feature will
allow you to be out in your store, bring an item onto the portable unit's screen
and edit the description, cost, price, tax status, and quantity.
Purchase Orders
You can download the open Purchase Orders from CRE to Pocket Inventory. You
can also create new Purchase Orders as well as DSDs (Direct Store Delivery).
Once the PO shipment arrives, you may use Pocket Inventory to bring up the
purchase order information, scan the items on the shipment to mark down what
was received.