Pricing Wizard Screen

This help topic is applicable to the following TireMaster applications:

TireMaster Point of Sale

TireMaster Plus

TireMaster Corporate

The Pricing Wizard includes tools for updating price information and inventory settings. For information about using the Pricing Wizard, see Pricing Wizard.

Item

Description

Price Change

Lets you implement price changes or update items' settings.

Sale

Lets you put items on sale.

Begin Date

Defines the starting date for a sale.

End Date

Defines the ending date for a sale.

Base Site

Used only in TireMaster Corporate environments when updating A–E price levels. Lets you define the site whose cost or price source field entries will be used to calculate updated price levels.

Note: The Base Site selection is used when the Field to Update is set to Price Levels and the Source Field is set to a cost (last, next, or standard) or a price (base, parts, or labor). The Base Site selection is disregarded when both the Field to Update and the Source Field are set to Price Levels.

Operation 1

Lets you define criteria for the first change you’ll make to the selected item or items.

Operation 2

Lets you define criteria for the second change you’ll make to the selected item or items.

Operation 3

Lets you define criteria for the third change you’ll make to the selected item or items.

Source Field

Lets you base a price update on one of the following:

Last Cost

Next Cost

Base Price

Parts Price

Labor Price

Standard Cost (in TireMaster Plus and TireMaster Corporate)

Price Level (A, B, C, D, or E parts or labor price level)

The Source Field drop-down is available for each of the three operations.

Field to Update

Lets you update one of the following for one or more items:

Sale Parts

Sale Labor

Parts Price

Labor Price

Base Price (the item’s cost)

Last Cost

Standard Cost (in TireMaster Plus and TireMaster Corporate)

Price Level (A, B, C, D, or E parts or labor price level)

Min Stock

Max Stock

Factor

Matrix

Color/Spiff

The Field to Update drop-down is available for each of the three operations.

Percentage Change

Lets you update the price of one or more items by a percentage. The Percentage Change field is available for each of the three operations.

Note: For an increase, type a positive number. For a decrease, type a negative number (such as -5).

$Amount Change

Lets you update the price of one or more items by a fixed dollar amount. The $Amount Change field is available for each of the three operations.

Note: For an increase, use a positive number. For a decrease, use a negative number (such as -5.50).

Ending in Cents

Lets you end the prices of all updated items with the same amount after the decimal point. For example, the prices of all updated items could end with 99 cents ($5.99, $34.99, and $199.99). The Ending in Cents field is available for each of the three operations.

Note: Type the cents amount without a decimal.

Item Factor

Lets you update the price of items assigned factor calculations. The Item Factor field is available for each of the three operations.

Value

Lets you define the following:

The minimum stocking level for items

The maximum stocking level for items

The factor for items

The Value field is available for each of the three operations, but it's visible only when Min Stock, Max Stock, or Factor are selected from the Field to Update drop-down.

Unlabeled Drop-Down

Lets you assign a price matrix to items. This drop-down is available for each of the three operations when Matrix is selected from the Field to Update drop-down.

Prod. Code

Displays the product code for each of the selected items.

Size

Displays the size of each of the selected items.

Name

Displays the descriptions for each of the selected items.

Cat

Displays the inventory categories assigned to each of the selected items.

Add-On

Displays the add-on codes assigned to each of the selected items.

Price By

Defines whether markups or margins are calculated by base price or last cost for each of the selected items:

B = Base Price

C = Last Cost

Base Price

Displays the base price for each of the selected items.

Percent

Displays the relief percent for each of the selected items. If there is no relief percent, TireMaster displays 0.

Parts

Displays the parts price for each of the selected items.

Labor

Displays the labor price for each of the selected items.

Sale Price

Displays the sale parts price for each of the selected items.

Sale Labor

Displays the sale labor price for each of the selected items.

Sale Begin

Displays the beginning sale date for each of the selected items.

Sale End

Displays the ending sale date for each of the selected items.

Inventory

Lets you look up the items to which changes will be made.

Print for Review

Lets you preview the pending changes on a report.

Load Configuration

Lets you reuse the parameters from a previous update.

Save Configuration

Lets you save the parameters from an update so they can be retrieved and used for future updates.

Apply

Lets you implement the changes you’ve defined with the Pricing Wizard.

Close

Lets you exit the Pricing Wizard.