This page allows you to modify the assortment category. By default, there are 10 assortment categories that are predefined by the system. You can modify the description for the assortment categories.
Assortment categories are groups of assortment properties that have common characteristics and properties. For example, an assortment such as bicycles can be further grouped into mountain bicycles, racing bicycles and city bicycles. You can also group bicycles according to their colors such as red, blue and green. These different types of bicycles and colors are the assortment properties for the assortment called bicycles.
You can use assortment categories such as ‘Type’ to describe the group of assortment properties such as mountain bicycles, racing bicycles and city bicycles. Similarly, you can use ‘Color’ to describe the group of assortment properties such as red, blue and green.
To modify assortment categories, go to Logistics/Setup/General/Assortment: Properties, and then click the assortment category description.
To modify the item assortment category, function right 13 – Maintain Item assortment names is required. Users with the Item management role have this function right.
For more details on what you can do with function rights or levels, go to System/Setup/Security/Function rights, select the required module, and then click on the relevant ID. To find out the functions you can perform with a particular role, go to System/Setup/Security/Roles, type in the description, click Refresh and then click the required link under the Role column.
Click this to save the assortment category information.
Click this to exit.
By default, the number displayed is the code that is created by the system upon installing a new database. This information cannot be modified.
Type a description for the assortment category to relate to similar characteristics of the assortment properties that are grouped under the assortment category.