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This learning pathway has been designed to share advanced stock management knowledge for Stock Controllers and Retail Managers. We recommend that you complete the Stock Management Essentials learning pathway prior to starting this course. 

Divided into digestible topics, each lesson or segment includes written materials and video demonstrations. Handy links that you may wish to save and refer to later are also highlighted.

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Advanced Stock Management Learning Pathway

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Module 1 - Advanced Ordering Tools

This topic provides an overview of advanced ordering tools in Minfos. You will learn how to: 

  • Edit and create order templates
  • Schedule recurrent orders
  • Create orders with the Minfos ePad
  • Create promotion orders
  • Print proposed orders
  • Merge orders


Module 2 - Stock Transfers

Learn how to confidently manage incoming and outgoing stock transfers in this topic. It will demonstrate how to:

  • Create a customer to send transfers to
  • Create and send a stock transfer
  • Create a supplier to receive transfers from
  • Receive and complete incoming stock transfers


Module 3 - Product Quick Fix

This topic will demonstrate how to use Minfos Product Quick Fix to easily make bulk changes to product attributes. You will learn how to:

  • Navigate to Product Quick Fix
  • Search for products requiring changes
  • Make bulk product changes


Module 4 - Advanced Product Tools

This topic introduces products tools that make it easy to communicate product specific information to your team. Learn how to set up and manage:

  • Companion products
  • Product Info Notes


Module 5 - Stock Management Reports

After completing this topic you will know how to generate various stock and sales reports that may help you to identify process problems and make data driven stock management decisions. Reports demonstrated include:

  • Negative Stock On Hand report
  • Stock Out report
  • Exception reports
  • Dead Stock reports
  • Top/Worst Selling Products report
  • and more!


Module 6 - Keeping a Clean Database

Learn how to keep keep your product database clean and up to date - helping to minimise ordering and stock on hand issues. This topic will show you how to:

  • Identify and remove duplicate PDEs
  • Import and action MNPN product merges
  • Merge duplicate products in Product Maintenance


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