The [i]merchant retail inventory software system will provide
reports in a variety of ways. All of the find screens which result in a
grid-like display of products, customers, vendors, purchase order information,
to be ordered lists, etc. can be extracted to a .csv format for use with any
spread sheet program. These same grids can be printed out as they appear on
screen via a Quick Report. Because the sort criteria behind these look ups can
be specified by the user and can involve any number of properties associated
with the item, they double as a report that could show all titles by a specific
publisher, or all fiction books with greater than zero on hand, or a list of
available music arranged by a specific individual, or all customers with a
specific zip code for a mailing.
The point of sale sub-system has the ability to run sales summaries through
the receipt printer as part of the end of day processing and as specific
reports. The Product Sales report shows sales by specified time frames and can
be set to summarize/total the data in numerous ways. There is also a Sales and
Receipts summary which shows products sold, taxes, tenders used, etc. which is
like an end of day summary but over a larger time frame. There is also a battery
of reports available through PCCharge which provide details about the credit
card activity.
The third type of reporting available through [i]merchant is specifically
designed reports. An example would be an On Hand report for inventory or
purchasing reports detailing items on order or waiting to be ordered. These
types of reports are being developed continually based upon customer needs.