Item Lookup Code - best practices

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Posted on by Tim Paris

Hi, I'm new to RMS and I'm setting up a new store. The store is a retail clothing store and the items we sell do not have a barcode when we receive them. We're planning to print our own labels for each item. What is best way to create/generate item lookup codes. Does RMS have a "next item code" option? I couldn't find one. We can come up with our own numbers, but once we have a lot of items how do we know what the next code is.

Just looking for some direction on this. All help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

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Tim Paris 25 on at

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Re: Re: Item Lookup Code - best practices

Thanks for the information. We went with a similar scheme.
EdgeR 40 on at

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Re: Item Lookup Code - best practices

FYI: Use the item wizard whenever you add an item, its the easiest and fastest way.
We create a two letter abbreviation for each of our supplies. For example, if we are receiving products from a company named Molock, we would name it MO, MC, etc.
For item look-up codes, we add the style number after the supplier. So if we order part number AJ292KD from Molock, we would create our item look-up code to be MOAJ292KD.
If this specific item look-up (AJ292KD) has variations, we create it to be a matrix item, which then Microsoft RMS to automatically assign unique look-up codes to the variations. For example, if part number AJ292KD comes in blue and white and you configure this as a matrix Item, RMS may assign unique look-up codes to be AJ292KD0101 and AJ292KD0201.