An outlet is a retail store or sales location: a physical place, tied to a warehouse location, where retail orders originate and point-of-sale terminals are managed. It is how the system models your shops alongside your online stores.
- What an outlet represents
- How it ties to a location
- The status of point-of-sale checkout
Anatomy of the screen
An outlet has tabs for its Main details, Settings, the Users (staff and operators) assigned to it, and its POS Terminals. It carries a code, name and description, links to a warehouse location, and an active flag.
How it behaves
An outlet maps to a location, so the sales it makes draw from that location's stock and a shop's inventory is the location behind it. It holds the staff who operate it and lists the point-of-sale terminals that belong to it, giving each physical store a place in the system that retail orders can be attributed to.
Edge cases and good practice
- One outlet per real store, each tied to the location holding its stock.
- Do not expect a till yet; enter counter sales as retail orders for now.
- Assign staff to outlets so sales can be attributed to operators.
Related
- Reference: Retail Order
- Reference: Locations (an outlet's stock)