EDA Purchase
The Purchase application allows you to enter proposed order quantities to upload to your inventory control program. After using the Purchase application on the EDA, you must go to your inventory control software and process the proposed orders there.
How to Use Purchase
Touch the Purchase icon .
Touch Configure to configure your login. For detailed information on how to configure your login, refer to the “Logging into an Application” section of this document.
Once you have configured your login, touch Purchase. If necessary, touch the Location to change location.
Scan the XREF/SKU or enter the XREF/SKU using the keyboard. If searching for a book, you can also enter the ISBN.
Scanning a General Merchandise Item
The item will appear on the screen.
The order quantity will default to 1. Enter the quantity you wish to order. When the quantity is correct and you want to transmit it to PrismCore, touch Update.
If you wish to clear the information without transmitting it to ICS, touch Clear.
After you touch Update, the screen clears and returns to the XREF/SKU field.
Reminder: Touching Update does not automatically create a proposed order in your ICS program. You must access your ICS program and perform the necessary function to accept information from the EDA for proposed orders.
Scanning a Textbook/Tradebook
If the item is a textbook, the item will default to show the item record for whichever text was scanned, i.e., new or used. In the sample screen, the XREF for the new book was entered.
For PrismCore, you can toggle between new and used. To switch to the other SKU, touch the New/Used TextBooks field and select the type of record you wish to view.
Once selected, information for the item will display.
When you have the record that you wish to order on the EDA screen, enter the order quantity in the Qty field. Touch Update to send the order information to PrismCore. If the information is incorrect, touch Clear to remove the data from the EDA without transmitting it.
After the order quantity is entered, the XREF/SKU field will appear. You can proceed with entering the next textbook to be ordered.
Processing the Orders
When you are done ordering on the EDA, touch OK. To process the ordered created the EDA, access your ICS program. Use the option “Include items from EDA” at 202 Autogen Proposed Orders.
Purchase – Lookup
When an item is scanned for purchase and the item information is displayed on the EDA screen, is displayed on the right side of the screen. You can
touch this button to see detailed information about the item, if desired.
Once in Lookup, you can touch I to display product information or P to display the inventory information. With both types of information, you can use the scroll bar on the right side of the screen to view more information. When you are finished reviewing the information, touch OK to return to the Purchase Screen.