Here's an example of an accumulation deal.

Cases Level 1 through Level 5: You can enter up to five quantities/levels for each deal. In our example, we have three different products comprising the accumulation. This is just our example. You could have an accumulation that has several quantity discounts for the same item. Enter the quantity you have to purchase in order to get that level's deal price.

Invoice Level: This is the level that corresponds to the way the vendor will invoice you. For example, if the vendor invoices you at the front line price, the Invoice Level is left blank. The vendor is assuming you won't make the deal. If the vendor invoices you at the 15 case level, enter a 3 as the Invoice Level. The vendor is assuming you will make the deal.


Accum Level: This is the level that corresponds to the deal you are trying to make. If you are shooting for the 15 case deal, enter 3.

PCD1 through PCD5: The Per Case Discount for each deal/accumulation level defined in the top portion of the screen. In our example, we have three levels. If we meet that quantity within the time period defined for the accumulation, we get that amount of discount off each case. For example, if we purchase any combination of 15 cases of the above products, we get a 10.56 discount off the front line price. The front line price is the cost per case without any discount. So if we only purchase 1 case during the accumulation period, our cost is 57.08.

When you create the purchase order, notice the INVOICE price is $57.08-the front line price. If you make the accumulation, you are entitled to a CREDIT of $10.56. Spirits 2000 keeps track of the credits due you. When you actually receive the credit at the end of the accumulation period, you can reconcile the credits for each vendor. Now when you print checks using Spirits 2000 A/P module, the stub of the check shows the front line invoice amount and the detail of each credit received.

As you can see, Spirits 2000 is not just another "general purpose" POS system. It was written by liquor retailers specifically for the retail liquor business.