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What's new...
EZ Business has been changed some. The changes are described below.
* The start up routine has been changed. When you enter: ez, you get
a menu of the modules. You then enter 1, 2, 3, or 4 to start them.
* A report of your profits on the sale of stock items has been added.
It uses a new field in the stock item file named: mycost. Mycost
is the cost to you for an item. The difference between that cost and
the invoice price will be the profit.
Total profits and profits by stock item are computed. You can view or
print the report.
* Also, your margins on sales of stock items are shown. They are based
on your costs, and the average sale price of items.
* You can get the total cost of all items in the stock data file.
* A second comment line has been added to the bottom of invoices and
estimates. It can be used to add comments or customer messages.
* You can make up estimates for "products" made up of multiple parts.
The estimates can be duped, changed, and converted to invoices.
* You can modify and add other line items to these "product" estimates.
* You also can add other point-of-sale line items to the invoices made
from the converted "product" estimates if there is room for them.
For example, you make a "product" that is made up of several parts.
The name of the product goes on the top line.
The parts and the quantity of each part are listed on the other lines.
The quantity of each part and its price are multiplied to get the total
cost for each part.
The part quantity and description will show on the screen and print.
The price and cost will show on the screen, but they won't print.
The costs for all parts used to make up one product will be totaled
and added to the top line as the price for one product. The product
price is then multiplied by the product quantity to get the total cost.
The product price and total cost will print on estimates and invoices.
* If stock items are included, stock amounts will be reduced at invoice
time by the number of items needed to make up the quantity of product
entered.
For example, if 2 each of part number xxxx go into 1 product, and the
product quantity entered is 2, the stock quantity on hand for part
number xxxx will be reduced by 4 at invoice time.
* A minus quantity entered on an invoice for a "product" made up of
multiple parts, will be treated like other returns, and increases
in stock quantities will be made.
* When you convert a "product" estimate to an invoice, the product
quantity and tax status can be changed.
* Also, you can add items to the invoice. They will treated as separate
line items. The cost for each new item will be added to the total sale
amount. The price and cost for added items will print on the invoice.
* You will need to set up as account named SAMPLES for use when making
"product" type estimates. Also use that account to control other
estimates you may want to duplicate from time to time.
* Make up estimates for all of your "products" in order. Then the estimate
numbers, which are used to call them up for use, also will be in order.
Also, make up a few extra "dummy" ones for modification later.
* A listing of current "product" estimates can be printed from the screen
listing estimates for the SAMPLES account.
* When the cost or price of a stock item changes, estimates containing
that item may need to be updated.
* A "product" estimate that also contains additional line item entries,
can not be totally updated. Only the lower portion which contains the
added line items can be updated.
Operating tips:
* Discounts can be added to estimates and invoices. Enter -1 in the quan
block, describe the discount, and enter the amount in the price block.
* When adding stock items to the stock data file, remember that the
description field is indexed and used to find or "look up" stock
items. So, if you want to use catagories of items, enter a category
number, name or letter, and then the item name. (car - Buick, truck -
Ford, mice - color, modem - 2400, misc - gizmo, etc.)
* If you want to set up a practice system, make a directory named money,
(cd \ - md \money). Then copy the \ezmoney directory files to that
directory. (copy \ezmoney\. \money) To use the practice system, move
to the \money directory (cd \money). Then, type and enter: ezmoney or
ezstock for practice. To set up a practice area for the other modules,
make a \pay directory, then copy the \ezpay files there. Move there.
Then type and enter: ezpay or ezx for practice.
* You may need to keep track of the cost of items like machines, desks,
buildings, etc.. Copy the \ezmoney files to another directory. Move
there. Type and enter: ezstock to run the stock module. Then add the
items you want to keep track of as "stock" items.