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Creating & Editing PLUs
Price Look Ups (PLUs) are the basic stock units of the LS-100 scale
and are also referred to Stock Keeping Units (SKUs); however, these
are really the same thing. PLUs have several properties which can be
programmed by the user. The LS-100 can have up to 1000 PLUs.
Please carefully read the following guidelines for PLU Creation.
PLU Creation Guidelines:
The most important PLU property is its number; this is how the user
can reference or “call-up” a PLU for use in Sales mode. For more
commonly used PLUs, the LS-100 has 60 Speed Keys which can be
programmed to automatically call-up a PLU. This saves time and
increases throughput because less keystrokes are needed to call-up a
PLU by Speed Key than by direct call-up. Because PLU numbers are
usually 4 to 6 digits long, using direct call-up can take up to 7 key
strokes! Using the Speed keys allows you to lower the keystroke count
to 1 no matter how long the PLU number is. Careful consideration
should be taken when deciding on PLU numbers. This can be
especially true when you require the use of barcodes; if done
incorrectly, you may have to reprogram ALL your PLUs on the LS-100
or your electronic cash register (ECR) or point of sale (POS) system!
Because there are so many makes and models of cash registers and a
myriad of POS software packages, it is not possible to denote a
“works-for-all” instruction set for numbering PLUs. Instead, there are
some simple principles you can follow:
Try to keep the scale’s PLU number the same as the ECR/POS
PLU number. This ONLY applies to scale items that the
ECR/POS must scan.
Try to keep each PLU’s UPC Code the same as the PLU number.
Consequently, the
PLU #
=
UPC Code
=
ECR/POS PLU #
. The
LS-100 makes the UPC Code the same as the PLU number for all
new PLUs.
The second most important PLU property is PLU Type. Food can only
be sold 1 of 2 ways: by count or by weight. This is why there are also
2 PLU Types.
