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NetSuite for Consultants - Second Edition

By : Peter Ries
Book Image

NetSuite for Consultants - Second Edition

By: Peter Ries

Overview of this book

ERP and CRM consultants can effectively implement NetSuite for a client organization with the aid of NetSuite for Consultants, revised with the latest features and best practices for NetSuite 2023. After reading this book, you’ll have a thorough understanding of how to configure the NetSuite ecosystem for any business. You’ll learn how to apply new features such as the Manufacturing Mobile application, NetSuite budgeting features, and tools for handling rebates and trade promotions. This edition also includes expanded coverage of technical topics such as SuiteQL and the SuiteTalk REST API. Understanding what a business requires is a crucial first step toward completing any software product deployment, and this NetSuite guide will teach you how to ask meaningful questions that ascertain which features, basic and new, you will need to configure for your client. Most importantly, you’ll not only learn how to perform a NetSuite implementation; you'll also learn how to prepare clients to use the software confidently, which is the true test of a great consultant.
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
1
Section I: The NetSuite Ecosystem, including the Main Modules, Platform, and Related Features
5
Section II: Understanding the Client’s Organization
11
Section III: Implementing an Organization in NetSuite
21
Section IV: Managing Gaps and Integrations
25
Other Books You May Enjoy
26
Index
Appendix: My Answers to Self-Assessments

Defining purchase prices and sales pricing for items

You can establish the prices your client will pay their suppliers for each item and the prices they want to charge at the same time as you import items. I have found, however, that many clients have more complex requirements around these two topics, so we typically do this as a follow-up exercise. We define the basics about the items first and then export those item lists from the account as CSV files. Then, we use those files as the starting points for the purchase price and sales pricing updates we make next.

Purchase prices can be defined per item in several different ways, and how each client wants to do this will vary depending on the item’s type, their business needs, and more. The native Purchase Price field is available on every inventory and other item type screens if the client is OK with having just one price per item within the account. Populating this field is optional, though; if we do not set it per item...