Rental Production Work Flow

The actual day to day operation of the WinTPS production system will commence once it's operational set-up is complete.

The Production work flow is outlined within this topic. Operation of the WinTPS system requires discipline. Each step within the work flow should be completed before the following step can be started. Trying to shortcut or skip steps will result in the system not providing the increased work efficiency it is designed for.

Order Entry: There exists two methods to create orders, a) via the Point of Sale features of WinTPOS for retail end-user customers and b) from the Wholesale Order Entry form for wholesale only type accounts.

Check Overbookings: TPS will allow production management to see into the future those rental inventory items that are overbooked. A operator should enter the quantity to sub-rent or purchase new inventory.

Print Production Tickets for the desired period & store/accounts.

Assemble/QC the orders contained on the Production Tickets

Ship the Orders for wholesale accounts and remote stores (optional for local store)

Return items from orders. Retail customers Return items from Orders via the TPOS; customer return functions. Return items from wholesale accounts and/or remote stores via the TPS Production Return module.

Send to Laundry those items that need cleaning (optional step)

Return from laundry those items coming back (required if send to Laundry was used)

Follow-up with late orders, via the Late Order Report.

Mark orders Lost and charge the customer/wholesale account the replacement cost. Automatically done via the TPOS; customer return function for retail customers. Use the Process Lost Orders function to convert wholesale account late items to Lost & to ring up replacement charges on invoices.

Maintain proper inventory on-hand levels via Rental Inventory maintenance. Receive/Add new inventory, add serial/id numbers for tracked items or quantities for non-tracked items. Mark tracked inventory available/not available for rental as needed