Vauxhall GME Menu Pricing Interface in Point-of-Sale

The Vauxhall GME Menu Pricing interface enables you to search for a menu in Point-of-Sale (POS) and negotiate the price before you load it onto the WIP. This topic assumes that you are familiar with standard POS operation.

Raising an Estimate

Open a new WIP.
Ensure that the correct Department code is entered on the Codes tab of the WIP.

Note: The department code is held on the Main tab of the POS parameters. A default value for the terminal number is normally used, and is not changed by the user. You can also identify a unique labour franchise code and labour rate code for each department on the Department tab of the parameters.
Ensure that the RTS company in the New product group box is set to GM.

Note: It is possible to set up a franchise as the default RTS company.
Click the Ellipsis button in the New product group box, and select the Menus command from the shortcut menu.

Tip: Alternatively, enter an asterisk (*) in the field and press the TAB key.

The Vauxhall Menu Pricing form is displayed, and Point-of-Sale starts communicating with GM-E.

You will get one of the following results:
1. If no vehicle is loaded onto the WIP, you must identify the vehicle in GM-E.
2. If a vehicle is loaded onto the WIP that exists in the Autoline CRM database, the vehicle is loaded in GM-E.
3. If a vehicle is loaded onto the WIP that exists in the GM-E database, the vehicle is loaded in GM-E.
Select the required jobs/promotions.

Note: For details on the operation of GM-E, refer to the Vauxhall GM-E documentation.
Transfer the menu back to Point-of-Sale.

You may get any of the following results:
1. If the vehicle is not found on the Autoline CRM database, the GM-E Vehicle Creation form is displayed with the message: The selected vehicle has not been found on your marketing database, together with the prompt Would you like to create it? Click OK to create it.
2. If the vehicle is found on the Autoline CRM database but is not currently loaded onto the WIP, the Customer Search form is displayed. Select the Vehicle, Customer and Account, and click OK. (If any information is missing in the CRM Customer, Account or Vehicle records, you are prompted in the normal way.)
3. If the vehicle details on the Autoline CRM database do not match the details on the GM-E database, the GM-E Vehicle Update form is displayed with the message: Some details on your marketing database do not match the details in GM-E. You must identify which chassis number or registration number you want to use to update your Autoline CRM database. Do the following:
  1. Select one of the following radio buttons to indicate which chassis number you want to use:
    - MK chassis number
    - GM-E chassis number
  2. Select one of the following radio buttons to indicate which registration number you want to use:
    - MK registration number
    - GM-E registration number
The vehicle is loaded and, if necessary, created or updated on the Autoline CRM database.

If any parts contain a surcharge value, the Surcharge credit form is displayed for each part, prompting you to create a surcharge credit, if you want.
Do one of the following:
1. Click Yes if you want to create a surcharge credit.
2. Click No if you do not want to create a surcharge credit.
  
  Pricing is displayed for negotiation in the Vauxhall GME Menu Pricing Negotiation form.
Negotiate the menu price. It is possible to:
- Apply a discount or fixed price to the menu
- Apply a global or line-by-line discount to parts
- Apply a global or line-by-line discount to labour
- Change the default labour rate
- Apply any alternative prices that exist against the menu
Click OK to load the menu onto the WIP.
Do one of the following:
1. Select the Fixed-load option to load parts and labour onto the WIP at a fixed single price.
2. Select the Itemised-load option to load parts and labour onto the WIP as an itemised menu.
Do one of the following:
1. To save all the details and print an estimate, click the Action button on the WIP toolbar to display the Action form. Click one of the following buttons in the Estimate group box:
  - To print the estimate to the currently selected printer, click Print.
  - To print the estimate to file (Quiet estimate), click File.
    
    Note: If a CRM customer is linked to the WIP, it is possible to create a contact record in the CRM database when you produce an estimate. To do this, ensure that the Estimate contact code and Tie estimate/customer fields are completed on the Printing tab of the POS parameters.
2. To hold/save the WIP and record all details without printing a document, click Save.
Click OK.