Product Catalog

Feature, display, demonstrate and sell your organization’s products online. Define an unlimited number of product categories and hierarchy of sub categories. Enter detailed descriptions, categorize products, display pictures, setup inventory and selection by colors and sizes, enter initial inventory quantities, attach full featured multimedia product brochures, and track inventory manufacturer, purchasing and cost information.

Items Management and Product Catalog feature benefits include

• Ability to create online shopping catalog storefront, complete with categorized product pages, product search feature, shopping cart, shopping cart viewer, visitor registration, online order entry, online payment entry, real time online credit card approval, automated emailed copy of order, and more.
   
• Provides the visitor with a feature rich shopping experience that includes the ability to search for products using keywords; browse products by categories; access products via direct links from documents and brochures; from highlighted specials displayed on the site’s home page; by direct links from targeted email broadcasts sent by PortalProdigy; and by browsing a colorful online product catalog.
   
• Shopping features are fully integrated with the back office features such as Inventory Control, Order Fulfillment, and Payment Processing.
   
• Stores the details for each Product or Service that your organization offers as an Item record in an Items table for easy administration update.
   
• Select from a variety of data elements for describing products and services; including narrative description, pictures, brochures, classifications, and keyword categorization.
   
• Highly customizable product view pages including placement, color schemes and image management.
   
• Attach brochure documents or digital demonstration files such as video to specific items.
   
• Designate relationships between main products and accessories to push up selling.
   
• Products & Services are automatically formatted into sleek Product Catalog without user intervention required. An Advanced Product Catalog feature can be enabled to provide full control over your Product Catalog including many advanced features.
   
• Customize customer registration forms to collect the information required by your organization.
   
• Administrators can display special promotion items from catalog in the home page mini-browser with a simple click.
   
• Classify products by gender, name, accessories, product codes, manufacturer, vendor, brand, quantity, color, models, sizes, etc.
   
• Manages purchasing and reorder information.
   
• Implement Average Cost, Specific Cost, LIFO or FIFO costing methods.
   
• Automated promotion and reminder broadcasts capability for consumable and recurring order items.
   
• Complete terms management facility for payment periods, grace days, discount days, discount rates, etc.

Some of the components, fields and settings of the Items Management and Product Catalog feature are
 

• Search for Product Items page
• Feature
• All
• Ad
• Event
• Exchange
• Membership
• Press Release
• Product
   Classification
   Product ID
   Gender
• Product Name
• Accessories
   Include
   Ignore
   Limit To
   Exclude
• Product Code
• Consumables
   Include
   Ignore
   Limit To
   Exclude
• Manufacturer
• Vendor
• Brand
• Display in Mini Browser
• Created Date Range
• Modified Date Range –
• Product Type
• Product & Inventory Feature Management page
• Initial Inventory Entry
• Prompt Customer for Partial Shipment
• Display Out of Stock Items
• Always Show First Level Categories (SM Only) .
• Default Product Image
• Product Brands
• Product Classifications
• Product Types
• Unit Types
• Detail Categories
• Cost of Goods Sold
• Inventory Account
• Inventory Adjustments
• Purchases
• Receivables Account
• Revenue Account
• Product Brands Management page
• Description
• Active
• Product Classifications Management page
• Description
• Active
• Product Types Management page
• Description
• Active
• Unit Types Management page
• Description
• Active
• Product Details Category Management page
• Description
• Sort Order
• Display Section

• Below Product Name
• In Product Details
   Include in Search
   Include in Sort
   Active
• Item Management page
• Item Description
• Feature
   Event
   Exchange
   Membership
   Press Release –
   Product
  o Item
  o Service
  o Discount
  o Adjustment
• Item ID
• Product Description
• Product Name
• Product Code
• Product Type
• Manufacturer
• Manufacturer Model Number
• Manufacturers Product Code
• Colors
• Long Description
• Price
• Cost
• Product Sub Type
• Unit Type
• Shipping Weight
• Costing Method
   Average Cost
   Specified Cost
   LIFO
   FIFO
• Sizes
• Options
   Taxable
   Inventory
   Limit Order to Qty on Hand
   Display in Mini Browser
• GL Accounts
   Cost of Goods Sold
   Inventory Account
   Inventory Adjustments .
   Payables Account
   Revenue
• Purchasing
   Preferred Vendor
   Preferred Vendor Product Code
   Avg. Reorder Frequency
   Minimum Reorder Quantity
• Product Details
   Category/Label
   Keyword/Value
• Instant Publishing
• Descriptions
   Update Large Picture
   Update Small Picture
   Resize to Fit?
   Gender

•  Brand
   Classification
   Price Rating
   Quality Rating
   Value Rating
   Accessory
   Consumable
• Brochure
• Other
• Responsible Group
• Created By
• Modified By
• Active
• ChapterID
• Topics
• Inventory -
• Inventory Management
• Sub Code
• Mfr. Sub Code
• Color
• Size
• Qty On Hand
• Qty Committed
• Qty Committed BO
• Terms Management page
• Description
• Net Days
• Grace Days
• Discount Days
• Discount Rate
• Active
• Product Catalog Management page
• Category Name
• Short Description
• Long Description
• Update Image
• Sort Order
• Show Category Image On
• Product Listings
• Product Page’s View
• Show Products List
• Show Products List
• Background
• Show Product’s Image
• Show Product’s Name
• Show Product’s Code
• Show Product’s Colors
• Max Products in a Row
• Max Rows with Products on a Page
• Max Product’s Colors in a
• Row
• Sub Categories List
• Alignment
• Products Category
   Category Name
   Short Description
   Long Description
   Picture
   Update Image
   Sort Order
• Copy Category Options
   Copy All Sub Categories
• Copy Products