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Appliance store daily routine: sales, deliveries, dues

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A routine for an appliance showroom with a warehouse, a delivery team and installers. Adjust it to your own hours and team.

  1. Cashiers open their cash registers in the POS.
  2. Check Sell › Shipments for deliveries with status Ordered or Packed, and assign a Delivery Person.
  3. Check Repair › On-site visits › Today for installations and service visits, and confirm times with customers.
  4. Check Reports › Payment by Age for instalments that are due or late, and call those customers.
Shipments list filtered by location with invoice numbers, customers, phone numbers and delivery person
Sell › Shipments: today's deliveries and who takes them.
  • Sales: serial number on every big-ticket line, warranty on the invoice, installation and delivery added as services (step 4).
  • Instalment sales: down payment only, plan in the sell note (step 5).
  • Instalments received: Add payment on the original invoice, never a new sale.
  • Deliveries: update the shipping status to Shipped and Delivered, attach the signed delivery note.
  • Service calls: a job sheet for every complaint, on-site visit for the technician (step 6).
  • Stock: purchases received at the warehouse; transfers to showrooms.
  1. Close each cash register and compare cash with the expected total.
  2. Mark finished installations Completed with the result.
  3. Check Reports › Sell Payment Report for the day’s instalment payments.
When Check Where
Weekly Low stock per showroom and warehouse Reports › Stock Report
Weekly Late instalments Reports › Payment by Age
Monthly Sales by category and brand Reports › Product Sell Report
Monthly Profit per location Reports › Profit / Loss Report
Season start Best sellers last season Reports › Trending Products

Frequently asked questions

What should the showroom manager check every morning?

Today's deliveries and installations (Sell › Shipments and Repair › On-site visits › Today), instalments due (Reports › Payment by Age) and low stock in the showroom.

How do I collect an instalment quickly?

Search the customer with Ctrl K or Contacts › Customers, open their page, click Add payment, enter the amount and a note such as Instalment 2 of 3.

When should I move stock from the warehouse?

When the showroom runs low or before a delivery that leaves from the showroom. Create a stock transfer and complete it when the units arrive.