The Consultant Key

In CARAT, at least a surcharge must be entered, with which the list price The list price in CARAT designates the price that was deposited by the manufacturer in the CARAT catalogue data., meaning the value stored in the catalogue data, is multiplied Multiplication (from Latin: multiplicare = multiply, also know as times) is one of four basic operations in arithmetic., so that a selling price can be calculated. The purchase price is automatically determined from the condition of the respective calculation group In a calculation group are arranged any quantity of items that have an item specific similarity. So typically all items, e.g. furniture parts, but also worktops, sinks, or electrical appliances, are consolidated into appropriate named calculation groups.. If no condition is entered (condition = 0), the list price is automatically used as purchase price. For the selection of the desired surcharge, is the so-called Consultant key The Consultant key is a three digit string, with which you can assign a plan the necessary surcharge factors and conditions. Every calculation group is always assigned one of the three digits. Normally these are: 1st digit wood parts, 2nd digit accessories, 3rd digit electro. available, a three-digit number.

As soon as a new plan is created, a consultant key must be indicated, among other things. To begin with is in the initial setting of CARAT the digit sequence 111 automatically used.

However, the consultant key can also be changed during planning at any time. For this, please call up the relevant dialogue Dialogue, dialogue windows or dialogue fields are special windows in software applications. Dialogue windows are displayed by application programs in different situations to request input or confirmation from the user. in the menu ribbon by clicking Typically the LEFT mouse button is pressed once quickly, if not specified differently. Clicking will either mark an object, or when clicking on a button, the execution of the desired activity (e.g. OK, Cancel, Close). on the option The word option (from Latin: optio = free will) used in computing means a choice. In CARAT it is normally used with a list box. Consultant on the index card Some dialogue windows are too voluminous, therefore the functions are separated into indexed groups. The subgroup names typically appear on the tab of the index card at the top of the dialogue and can be selected by clicking on the appropriate tab. Planning comm..

With the consultant key you can enter a surcharge for each of the three standard material groups By using a standard material group you have the possibility to combine several calculation groups together in a group. In CARAT there are three standard material groups (Wood, Accessories and Electronics) at your disposal. (Wood, Accessory and Electro). Based on the following graphic, you can recognise which correlation exists between the three digits of the consultant key and the three standard material groups.

  • The 1st digit of the consultant key controls the wood (W) standard material group.
  • The 2nd digit of the consultant key controls the accessories (A) standard material group.
  • The 3rd digit of the consultant key controls the electric appliances (E) standard material group.

In the condition scheme, the standard material groups W, A and E are also always available to the right of the surcharges. You can assign the stand material group to the particular calculation groups by using the checkbox A checkbox is a standard element in a graphic user interface. A checkbox has, in most cases, two states (set or not set). These usually correspond to a yes/no selection. in the corresponding column.

The special advantage behind the three-digit number consultant key, is that you are not compelled to use three similar numbers. Thus, you can input different surcharge factors, for each standard material group (W,A ad Addition (in Latin: addere) is one of four basic operations in arithmetic. In primary school and in common language it is the expression used for the adding of two or more numbers. E) and consequently for the assigned calculation group, at any time before or during the planning. Provided that you have stored multiple surcharges with factors, you can in a simple way change the selling price of particular articles contained in the particular calculation groups.

The following example should show this.

  • Here, the first digit of the consultant key, which correlates to the standard material group W (wood), gives the surcharge 5. Hence are the sales prices of all articles whose calculation groups are assigned the standard material group W (wood), calculated with the factor that is entered for the surcharge 5.
  • The second digit stands for the standard material group A (accessory) and correlates to surcharge 3. Hence are the sales prices of all articles whose calculation groups are assigned the standard material group A (accessory), calculated with the factor that is entered for the surcharge 3.

In the following graphic we would like to explain the correlation of the consultant key with the corresponding surcharge factor ion more detail.