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Part 1 of 4 · 16. What is possible, what is not, and the limits

Two kinds: configuration, our connectors and outside apps; then an extension point or a manifest (chapters 7 and 9), which you build and test on your sandbox. The list is built from the catalogue's cards whose verdict is Ready or Ready, with limits; by area: prices · stock · customers · till · documents · reports · integrations · setup.

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With configuration, our connectors and outside apps

The customer asks Verdict Door
Alerts before expiry and below the minimum stock, and a draft stock transfer request made from them Ready, with limits (7) Outside app
A branch sees the stock of its own store and the head office's, no other Ready, with limits (6) Configure
A cashier creating a customer whose mobile number is already on another one gets the existing customer, not a duplicate Ready, with limits (4) Configure
Cashiers count the drawer without seeing what the till expects Ready Configure
A coded reason when a cashier voids, returns or discounts Ready, with limits (3) Configure
A column the retailer wants on a record's list Ready, with limits (2) Configure
A coupon can be redeemed only so many times in a store Ready, with limits (3) Configure
Customers earn and spend loyalty with iVendNext's own programme Ready, with limits (1) Configure
Documents numbered our way Ready Configure
An e-mail at each approval step with the purchase order's PDF attached, and the uploaded CSV Ready, with limits (4) Configure
Each pack carries its own printed code; check it when stock is received, moved, counted and sold, and tell a lost pack from a sold one Ready, with limits (9) Configure
Each role sees and does only what it should Ready, with limits (2) Configure
Each store's purchase orders or transfers are approved by that store's manager Ready, with limits (2) Configure
Every booked sale earns loyalty points in our own programme Ready, with limits (2) Outside app
Filter the product list to the products on promotion Ready, with limits (3) Outside app
A gift card for a spend over a threshold, spendable after a hold Ready, with limits (5) Outside app
A gift receipt with no prices Ready Configure
Head-office reports and our BI tool fed with sales and stock Ready, with limits (2) Outside app
Members pay less, by tier Ready, with limits (5) Configure
Offer an add-on when an item is scanned or suggest another item with it: gift wrap, a case with a phone, a warranty Ready, with limits (5) Configure
One more detail on a line, for goods with no serial number Ready, with limits (2) Configure
Open quotations cancelled every night; a report sent every morning Ready, with limits (1) Outside app
Orders from our own web store come in; stock and prices go out Ready, with limits (1) Outside app
Our Acumatica ERP receives sales, stock moves and purchasing Ready, with limits (3) Our connector
Our CRM sees our customers and their sales Ready, with limits (2) Outside app
Our ERP and iVendNext kept in step: items, prices, stock and purchase orders Ready, with limits (3) Outside app
Our loyalty provider's members earn on every sale and spend their balance at the till Ready, with limits (4) Outside app
Our order-management or warehouse system linked to the stores Ready, with limits (1) Outside app
Our prices, promotions and coupons Ready, with limits (3) Configure
Our service makes the stock transfer from a material request, or the delivery note or invoice from a sales order, as Desk's Create menu does Ready, with limits (3) Outside app
Our service runs one of the retailer's reports, with filters, and reads the rows Ready, with limits (4) Outside app
Our system hears about every sale, return and stock move Ready, with limits (2) Outside app
Our WooCommerce web store linked to the stores Ready, with limits (2) Our connector
A price checker shoppers use on the shop floor Ready, with limits (1) Outside app
Purchase orders or transfers over an amount need approval Ready, with limits (1) Configure
Receive goods and count stock with a handheld scanner Ready, with limits (3) Configure
Record the IMEI of every phone sold, and never sell one twice Ready, with limits (2) Configure
A reminder per store when its stock falls below a set level Ready, with limits (4) Configure
A report of each member's cash balance for any dates, with the opening and the closing figure Ready, with limits (3) Outside app
Reprint a receipt for a past sale Ready, with limits (1) Configure
A selling price list worked out from another (a multiple of the buying list, wholesale as a share of retail) and kept in step Ready, with limits (7) Outside app
Send our delivery orders to our local delivery company's app and see where each one is Ready, with limits (3) Outside app
Staff buy at the till at a staff rate, and each may take only so much discount a month Ready, with limits (4) Configure
A statement of what each customer owes, printed and sent on a schedule Ready, with limits (3) Configure
Three extended warranties (1, 2 or 3 years, each at its own price) to choose from when a laptop is scanned; sell an extended warranty with a product Ready, with limits (6) Configure
The till sells the batch that expires first Ready, with limits (5) Configure
Track batches and their expiry dates Ready Configure
Walk-in customers have their mobile number captured at the till, so that later marketing can reach them Ready, with limits (8) Configure
When a maker recalls units by serial number, find the serials sold and the customers who bought them, and stop the rest being sold Ready, with limits (6) Configure

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