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Core Inventory

Bookstore Manager's RMS Gold and Platinum packages include a means by which vendors can communicate to stores which products are most crucial to carry. These are referred to as "CORE" products. As of January 2005, there are over 900 CHRISTIAN retail stores getting monthly updates from us and using RMS for inventory management. By sending us your core product file, you are communicating this important information to all those locations.

Please remember that this is a CORE inventory list, and should NOT list everything you currently have in print. If you need to provide full product information to us to be included in the Christian Books & More ® database, please contact us at database@bsmgr.com or 325-690-5596.


Core title information should be sent in a line sequential ASCII file with the following format:

Field Contents Field Size
Primary Item Number 17 bytes alphanumeric
Title / Description 33 bytes alphanumeric
Author/Artist 30 bytes alphanumeric
U.S. Retail 99999.99
CPC Code 9 bytes alphanumeric
CB&M Vendor Code 5 bytes alphanumeric
Core Level 1 byte alphanumeric
Carriage Return / Line Feed 2 bytes (0D0A hex)


 

DEFINITIONS

CPC Christian Product Category Code. You can find the list of current CPC codes on the CPSG web site www.cpsg.org.

Bookstore Manager codes each product with a Christian Books & More ®  vendor code. The vendor codes are available on our web site . If you need help determining your company's code(s), please contact us at database@bsmgr.com or 325-690-5596.

Core Level Remember, this file is only your core products. This field further breaks down the core list by importance.

  • "A" - the most critical items that all stores, no matter the size should carry
  • "B" - very important items that most stores should carry
  • "C" - important items that a majority of stores should carry
  • "D" - items that larger stores should carry

When ready, please send your CORE inventory file to Shane@bsmgr.com. The first file will be checked to make sure it is properly formatted. Once you get the file creation routine working, please do not change it.

 

 
 
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