COWIS Article Management – All Important Information at a Glance

Article management is the basis for the business-related entry into modern article management. COWIS offers you, among other things:

Article Master Data

• Central data pool for all article data
• Immediate retrieval of all article data (information about the entire inventory)
• Clear presentation of essential information
• Display in the form of an article file with two views: list and detail.
• All processes (such as planning, ordering, goods receipt and distribution, sales, analyses) rely on this data.

Article List

• Clear display of e.g. stock levels, sales figures, and open orders
• Flexible moving and sorting of information
• Simple and flexible filtering of displayed data.

Comprehensive Number Ranges

• Supplier article number (order number)
• COWIS article ID
• COWIS EAN code
• Manufacturer's EAN code

Article Functions

• Freely definable size, length and color tables per article
• Automated price calculation
• Automatic rounding according to various criteria
• Automatic and manual price changes
• Standard proposals based on product groups
• Freely nameable statistic and analysis fields
• Base articles (NOS articles)
• Article history (life cycle of the article with every single booking)
• Permanent inventory

Additionally, the COWIS article management offers:

• Article detail view: comprehensive information about all data related to the article – simple and clear in tabular form
• Article images: automatic or manual image assignment in different sizes, multiple images per article, automatic synchronization with the DdD COWIS Online Shop (add-on module), article lists and catalogs with images

Extended Article Master Data

• Article long texts for creating detailed article descriptions (also multiple per article)
• Price groups (e.g. for stores, major customers, eCommerce)
• Product group articles and articles without inventory management (e.g. for small parts, services)
• Additional statistic and analysis fields
• Real single ID (individually selectable)
• Manufacturer EAN code
• Size-related prices, special prices with validity period, recommended retail price
• Separation of base articles (NOS articles) and seasonal articles
• Multiple suppliers per article

Order Processing

• Storage locations
• Quantity discounts
• Price lists for customer groups and article groups
• Customer-specific prices