These PROMPT users range in size from three workstations and two printers to ten workstations and five printers. One common denominator is all have a paint department. The color formula is entered on the sales invoice as a comment line that allows for instant retrieval if this information is needed in the future. Past sales invoices are accessed by the name of the customer and PROMPT immediately points to the most recent invoice and one keystroke shows the invoice lines. If you are not sure which invoice you are looking for one keystroke shows the lines of the previous invoice, therefore it is easy to research sales by customer, by invoice over time.

Also, where a customer wants to purchase the same items they previously purchased but are not quite sure of the date, the above feature allows you to easily find the previous sale and by using the *MERGE feature of PROMPT you don't even have to retype the order. A few keystrokes and you have the customer out the door and on their way.

The same order search screen allows entry of a SKU number and the display of each customer and the order number when they purchased the item. In other words, it is a "who bought it" analysis!

Have you ever processed a sales invoice to the incorrect customer? PROMPT allows this to be easily corrected! First you do a *MERGE getting a duplicate of the invoice to the wrong customer. Next, you turn these values negative using the *CREDIT feature. You don't even have to type the credit memo. You simply merge the original order and reverse the values. Next you start an invoice for the correct customer and *MERGE again from the original invoice to bill the correct customer and you are done!

Please see Electrical and Building supplies - Wholesale and retail for an explanation of the pricing and purchase order features of PROMPT used by these businesses. Also see Computer and Network Equipment, Software, installation and support for an explanation of preparing quotes because the exact same approach applies to the Home Improvement business organizations.

It is important to understand that these PROMPT Business System users also enjoys the other features of the software explained under all other industry segment headings of this web page and on the Products web page.