UPC codes

[School Uniforms]

I would like to use UPC codes to identify style/color/size to help with inventory reports. Is is possible to UPC codes in Actinic V8?

[leehack]

Not sure what UPC codes are, but i'd gamble that you could use the product reference field for that part?

[School Uniforms]

UPC are numbers used to generate the bar codes. Each item has a bar code (number) that identifies each product (style + size +color) so an inventory report can tell us what is in stock and what is out.

[leehack]

If less than 19 characters, use the prod ref field then, sounds the best and obvious thing to use in this case. You can set whether they show on the site or not in business settings.

[School Uniforms]

Looking at the product reference field, it appears one can add a number to the style, but how would it be able to associate the style with a color, and then the size. I have general style numbers, and each style has 2 attributes (size and color) and within each attribute there are a number of choices. Each style/size/color will have it's own UPC code, we want to determine if style XXX in color NNN in size 10 is in or out of stock. Is this possible, and if your suggestion can do this, please direct me where to find this field?

[leehack]

You'd need to create a product for each combination of a product and add the prod ref to that product yourself. When stock control is needed on things such as clothes, the only way it can be done is to create a product for each combination and associate that to the attribute list via permutations.

You will need to merge colour and size options into one list to make this feasible.

[School Uniforms]

Thank you for your help and suggestions. We'll take a look at doing that.

[Mark H]

I would be tempted to add UPC (EAN in Europe) codes as a custom variable rather than a product code. Firstly they are difficult for a customer to read over the phone (a jumble of 13 numbers) and also, you could then use product codes which give you a good idea of what the product is when the code is read to you, eg:

ABC-skblu13

ABC could be the code for the manufacturer, sk is a skirt, blu is the colour, 13 is the size etc etc.

After a bit of practice you could even give customers and colleagues the product reference for an item off the top of your head, which you would never be able to do with a UPC/EAN code.

[leehack]

That makes good sense Mark, although in this circumstance as the products are only firing a list and not displayed as products in their own right, noone will ever get to see them online.