HOW TO SELL IN DIFFERENT UNITS IN PROKIP #
In Prokip you can sell a particular product in different related units. What this means is that a product (A) can be sold in pieces, sachets, and packs, and all these units are related to each other.
The video and articles below show how you can sell in different units on prokip:
Steps to follow: #
1. Create the base and related sub-units
2. Adjust settings to accommodate the new related units
3. Add or edit your product with the new units
4. Make sales with the new units
Create the base and related sub-units #
a. Login, locate, and click on “Products”
b. On the top menu bar, locate and click on “Units”
c. On the “Units” page, you will see all existing units, and you can create new units here also.
For the purpose of this teaching, we intend to set up and sell a drug (A) in pieces, sachet (12 pieces) and pack (10 sachets)
d. To achieve this, click on “Add” new units
The unit “Pieces” is already created by default in Prokip, so we shall be creating “Sachets”
i. For the unit name key in “Sachet(s)”
ii. For short name key in Sac(s)
iii. For allow decimal, choose “yes” (This means you can sell half or other fractions of a sachet)
iv. Check the “add as multiple of other units” box, on the corresponding drop-out option, key in the number of base unit that makes this multiple unit (in this case 12, since there are 12 pieces in a sachet)
v. Lastly, choose your desired base unit (in this case “pieces”) and save
vi. Repeat the same above process to create the unit (Pack), but for the “add to multiple of other units” 1 Pack = 120 Pieces
Adjust settings to accommodate the new related units #
Adjust settings
a. Return to your dashboard
b. Click on the profile picture on your right and select “Settings”
c. On the settings page, locate and click on “Products”
d. On the product settings page, enable “Sub Units” and click on “Update Settings”
Add or edit your product with the new units #
Next, you either add the new product with the units created or edit existing product details to accommodate the new units
To add a new product (Go through the “Add product” article)
When adding or editing the units for the product, kindly note the following
a. For units, pieces was used
b. For Related sub-units, pieces, sachet(s), and pack are used, this implies that sales can be made using any of the listed units.
Make sales with the new units #
Next, proceed to the “POS” to make sales
On the POS page, the product “A” is selected
On the units bar, you can toggle between different units and the corresponding quantities and prices will also appear
Pieces Sales
Sachet Sales
Pack sales