Selling clearance items

To continuously clear out slow-selling merchandise, some retailers use a discounting strategy in which a batch of items are sold with a discount that increases over time until the items sell out. The Advanced Store application minimizes the effort of manually re-tagging clearance merchandise with a new price by enabling retailers to embed the clearance code on the item bar code and then linking the clearance code to a discount that is created in AMS Logix.

To sell clearance items, the following conditions must be satisfied:

• The application is integrated with the NCR Advanced Marketing Solution (AMS) application. For more information, refer to AMS Integration.
• The retailer has configured the POS to scan and accept the bar code format and type. For more information, refer to Configurable Inputs (Input Validation).
• The retailer has entered the bar code parsing information. For more information, refer to Validation Definitions.
• The retailer has embedded the clearance code in the item bar code. For more information, refer to the Product Prices API or consult with an NCR Representative.
• The retailer has created the discount offer in AMS Logix. For more information, consult with an NCR Representative.
• The retailer has linked the clearance code to a discount offer in AMS Logix. For more information, consult with an NCR Representative.

Configurable features

The POS application can be configured with the following features.

• Scan and accept the bar code format and type. Refer to the following option:
  • Configurable Inputs (Input Validation) > Input Type
    Note

    The POS currently supports 17-digit and 13-digit SKU bar codes only.

• Configure a set of input validators with the following options:
  • Define the length of the clearance level that is embedded in the bar code.
  • Specify where the item code starts.
  • Define the length of the item code.
  • Specify the required length of the input field being validated. Refer to the following options:
    • Configurable Inputs (Input Validation) > Maximum Length
    • Configurable Inputs (Input Validation) > Minimum Length
  • Specify the range of lengths acceptable for the input field being validated.
  • Specify the modulus to be used for check digit validation. Refer to the following option:
    • Configurable Inputs (Input Validation) > Check Digit Modulus
  • Specify that a new check digit should be calculated for the item code that was previously extracted from the clearance bar code.
  • Specify the weights to be used for check digit validation. Refer to the following option:
    • Configurable Inputs (Input Validation) > Check Digit Weights

Clearance item sales receipt