How to Create Products in Aronium POS? A Very Detailed guide with Images

Creating products in aronium is very simple. In this article you are going to learn how to add product groups, products, editing and deleting products, and generating barcode for products

Create product group in Aronium

Open Aronium POS and go to Menu. The menu is marked with an arrow.

Go to the Management section which is marked with an arrow.

Click on Products tab which will open products page. Currently, we have no products.

Next, click on New group.

Give your group a name. This will be a subgroup of Products.

If you are using visual mode then it's better to use image and colors for your groups.

You can also add as many subgroups as you want, but be careful not to make it too complex.

Below is an example.

You can edit an existing group by selecting it and clicking the edit group button.

You can rename it or make it a subgroup of another group or simply make it a single group.

A group can be deleted , if it is empty or not used for any products. To delete a group you simply select the group and click the delete group button.

create products in Aronium POS

From the products page click New Product button.

A side page will open with different fields and options to create a new product. Only Name field is required, others are optional. Options have default value, but you can change them.

Name:

This is where you write the name of the Product.

Code:

You can give your products a manual code too. If you do not change it manually, it will create one sequentially for each product after the first given code. I entered a code for this product, I would let other products be coded by the application.

Barcode:

You can type a product's barcode here or use a scanner to add the barcode. If your product doesn't have a barcode use Generate barcode button to add a unique barcode for your product. In the example below I have used this option to generate a barcode for my product.

Unit of measurement:

Use this field to define a unit of measurement of for your product. For example; each, bottle, Kg, ...etc.

Group:

Select a group or a subgroup for your product.

Active:

To be able to buy or sell a product you have to keep this option active. And, when a product is no more used, you can turn off this option for that product.

Default quantity:

This indicates at least one. If you turn off this option, you will have to type the quantity each time you make a sale. Always keep this option on.

Service (not using stock):

Turn on this option if your product is a service product.

Age restriction:

Use this option if you really have to, because every time you sell a product with age restriction defined, it will tell you to confirm the customer's age.

Description:

Add any necessary information about the product in this field.

This is how I filled the necessary information on the first page of adding a new product.

Go to the next page of adding a new product.

Taxes:

If you have predefined taxes, it will appear here. You can select one for your product.

Cost:

Add the cost price of the product in this field.

Markup:

You can add the markup manually or when you add the sale price it will calculate it automatically.

Sale price:

Sale price can be automatically entered based on the cost price and the markup or you can just type it in.

Price includes tax:

Keep this option active if your sale price includes tax, otherwise deactivate this option.

Price change allowed:

Be careful with the use of this option too. Once you activate this option, it will keep popping up every time you are going to sell the product.

This is how my page looks like after filling the necessary fields.

Go to the Stock control section.

Supplier:

If the product is going to be bought from a specific supplier, then select it here. Leaving this field with default value (none) is better.

Reorder point:

At what quantity level do you want to reorder the product? Specify it here.

Preferred quantity:

How many of the product do you want to have in stock, preferably. Specify it here.

Low stock warning:

If you Aronium to warn you once the product reaches a certain quantity, then activate this option. Below the option, there is a field for the quantity to write.

It will start warning you when the stock level of the product is lower than 24.

These are the changes I have brought to the Stock control section.

Now, go to the next section of adding a new product.

Enter comment:

This is where you write your comment on the product and add it to the box below using Add button. After you have no more use for the comment, you can delete it using Delete button.

I really wouldn't recommend using Comments, because they will be shown every time you add the product for sale. So, only use it when you have to.

I haven't made any changes to this section, therefore, my page would look this.

Finally, go to Image & color section.

This section is better to be used in visual mode.

Color:

Choose a color for your product from the list of available colors.

Image:

Browse an image of your product from your computer and add it to Aronium.

After adding an image of your product it will be shown on the same page. Using the Clear button you can delete the image.

I have entered all of the information required to record a new product, now I am going to save it.

Save:

Click this button to save new product.

Click cancel to discard the operation.

Finally, we managed to create a product. It would seem hard to create a product, but it is really easy. You just have to type in the name of the product. That's all that is necessary to create a product in Aronium. But, in order to buy and and sell a product, you must specify the cost and sale price too.

After saving the product, it will be shown in the page.

Edit a product:

Select the product and click the edit product button to edit it. You can also double click a product and edit product window will open.

Once the window is open, you can alter all of the previous information, including name, barcode, cost and sale price. Editing a product is an important function, specially in regards to price change. You'd have to change the prices every now and then.

For example I am going to change the above product's cost and sale price, I will also edit it's name.

Before edit:

After edit:

Before edit:

After edit:

Delete a product:

Deleting a product is only possible if it has got no transactions attached to it. You have just created a product and you haven't bought or sold that product you can delete it. What you can do is, make the product that is no more in use inactive. That way you won't have to deal with it anymore. And, when you need it again, you can activate it.

To delete a product, just select it and click the delete button.