Calculation Groups

Calculation Groups are groups that can be used to divide the stockfile in groups. For every different group different calculation factors can be set to calaculate the retail prices from the costprices.

Fields in the calculation groups:

Calculation Group - The two characters long group code.

Desciption - Description of the Calculation Group.

Costprice Base - From what costprice the calculation is done. V = Vendor Nett Price (from master price file), L = Last costprice (from stockfile) or A = Average costprice (from stockfile).

CIF Factor - The safetyfactor used to multiply the costpice with to calculate the retail price.

Uplift % - Percentage that is added to the costprice.

Create a new calculation group

When you want to add a new calculation group, press the Add Group button and fill in the fields above.

To save your changes to the parameter record, select the save button.

Assign calculation groups to the parts

After you have set the Calculation groups, you must assign the groups to the parts in the pricefile. As explained before, the calculation groups determine what percentages ans uplifts are used to calculate the retail price from the cost price.

To assign the calculation groups you must:

• Select the Assign calculation groups icon from the Toolbar.

• It is also possible to select the select this option from the File menu.

  The Assign Calculation Groups screen is opened.

• Enter the calculation group and the selection criteria for the calculation group.

• Select the Assign button.

  The parts that match the selection criteria are updated with the calculation group.

Note: Continue this process untill you have assigned all the calculation groups.