Furniture Store: Special orders, deposits and deliveries for furniture stores
BridgeERP takes the deposit in the showroom, orders the chosen size and leather from the vendor, schedules the delivery and keeps the balance on account until it is paid.
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Sold in the showroom, delivered later
Big pieces are sold at the showroom till for delivery, and a deposit holds the order.
Point of SaleA sofa, a coffee table and a lamp
Rachel Goldberg bought a Bernhardt Austen sofa, a walnut brown Flexsteel coffee table and an Uttermost lamp: $3,737.00 plus $383.04 sales tax.
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Point of SaleHalf now, half before delivery
Erik Lindqvist paid half of a $4,188.40 Stressless chair by card; the other $2,094.20 went on the customer account until delivery.
Explore Point of Sale →By the numbers
What ships inside
Counted in the product.
- 4
- kinds of payment method at the till: cash, card or bank, customer account for balances, and online payment
- 3
- ways a product is supplied: taken from stock, ordered for the customer, or taken from stock and ordered when it runs out
- 3
- ways a price list sets a price: a fixed price, a discount, or a formula on the cost or another price
- 2
- kinds of bill of materials: a kit sold as one item and delivered as its pieces, or a product that is made
Inside the app
What is inside
The apps a furniture store runs on, and what each does for the day.
Sold for delivery
The till records the delivery date, and each order becomes a delivery reserved from stock or waiting for the vendor.
Deposits and balances
Part of an order is paid by card or cash and the rest goes on the customer account until it is paid.
Special orders
Pieces set to be ordered for the customer become requests to the vendor as soon as they are sold.
Promised dates
Each vendor has a lead time, and the confirmed order keeps the vendor reference and the date the goods will arrive.
Sizes, leathers and finishes
Every size, leather, fabric or finish is a variant with its own price, reference and stock.
Sets
A dining or bedroom set is sold as one item and taken from stock as the separate pieces.
Design trade prices
Interior designers get their own price list, such as 20% off everything, chosen for their orders at the till.
Delivery schedule
Open deliveries are listed by date, with what is ready to go and the date anything still missing arrives.
Step by step
From the showroom to the customer's home
How a furniture order moves through BridgeERP, and which app does each step.
- Step 1
Sell
The design consultant sells the piece in the size and leather chosen and sets the delivery date.
Point of Sale - Step 2
Take the deposit
The customer pays part now by card or cash, and the rest stays on the customer account.
Point of Sale - Step 3
Order from the vendor
Special orders go to the vendor, who confirms each one with a reference and an arrival date.
Purchase - Step 4
Receive
The arriving piece is checked in and reserved for the customer who ordered it.
Inventory - Step 5
Collect the balance
The balance is paid before delivery and clears what is left on the customer account.
Accounting - Step 6
Deliver
The delivery team takes the piece out on the scheduled day and the delivery is validated.
Inventory
Special orders go to the vendor
A chair sold in a size and leather that is not in stock becomes a request to the vendor, with the date it will arrive.
PurchaseYesterday's chair, already on a request
Erik Lindqvist's Stressless chair became a request to Norrland Seating Imports on its own: Large in Paloma New Cognac, due 23 October if ordered by 18 September.
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- Purchase
Every special order, with its date
Norrland confirmed each special order with its own reference and arrival date, and each order names the showroom sales it was placed for.
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- Purchase
Arrived a day early
Hannah Schmidt's chair, confirmed by Norrland as NSI-48234 and expected on 15 September, arrived on 14 September.
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Sizes, leathers and finishes
Each size, leather or finish a piece comes in is its own item, with its own price, reference and stock.
Point of SaleThree sizes, three leathers
The Stressless Mayfair comes in Small, Medium and Large and in three Paloma leathers, so the one chair has nine variants with their own references.
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InventoryOne mattress, six sizes
The Tempur-Adapt 2.0 Medium is priced by size, from $1,799 for a twin to $2,999 for a king, with the stock of each size.
Explore Inventory →Sold as a set, delivered as pieces
A dining set has one price at the till, and the table and chairs leave stock as separate pieces.
ManufacturingA table and six chairs
The Archives dining set is a kit of one table with two leaves and six upholstered side chairs, each counted in stock on its own.
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- Point of Sale
One line at the till
Priya Patel bought the dining set as one line at $7,553.00 and paid $8,327.18 with the sales tax.
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- Inventory
Delivered as a table and six chairs
The delivery for order Showroom/0150 lists the table and the six chairs separately, reserved and ready for 19 September.
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Balances collected before delivery
What is left to pay stays on the customer account, and the payment clears it before the delivery goes out.
AccountingWho still owes a balance
The aged receivable report lists each customer with a balance to pay, $73,892.24 in all, most of it from the last 30 days.
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AccountingThe balance, paid before delivery
Hannah Schmidt paid the $2,039.07 left on order Showroom/0012 on 14 September, before the chair goes out.
Explore Accounting →Trade prices for interior designers
Designers buy through their own price list, chosen for their orders at the till.
Point of Sale20% off for the design trade
The Design trade price list takes 20% off every product, and the showroom till can switch an order to it.
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Point of SaleA designer's order at trade prices
Marlowe & Finch Interiors ordered two Flexsteel Dana sofas at $1,879.20 instead of $2,349 and two Eleana nightstands at $1,079.20.
Explore Point of Sale →Sales by room, stock on order
The analysis shows what each room sold, and the next deliveries from the vendors are already confirmed.
Point of SaleFive weeks by room
Living room furniture sold the most since 8 August, ahead of dining rooms, then bedrooms and mattresses, with lighting and decor far behind.
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PurchaseMattresses due on 24 September
Queen, king and twin mattresses from Tempur and Sealy were ordered from Lakefront Bedding Wholesale on 14 September, $12,533.16 due on 24 September.
Explore Purchase →Who uses it
Who uses it, and what they see
One system for the showroom, the warehouse and the books.
Store manager
Sets the price lists, the sets and the vendor lead times, and follows sales by room.
Design consultants
Sell in the showroom with the customer's size, leather and delivery date, and take the deposit.
Warehouse and delivery team
Receive vendor deliveries, keep special orders reserved for their customers and take the day's deliveries out.
Bookkeeper
Follows open balances on the aged receivable report and records the payments that clear them.
Works with
Runs with the rest of BridgeERP
Apps a furniture store draws on.
In your country
Your currency, payments and taxes
Set to the country the store trades in.
Company currency
Prices, vendor costs and balances are kept in the currency of the company; the demo store trades in USD.
Sales tax added or VAT included
Sales tax can be added on top of the price, as the 10.25% rate is on the demo, or VAT included in it.
Accounting by country
Accounting packages for more than 100 countries set up the chart of accounts and the taxes for the store.
Getting started
Getting started
How a furniture store moves onto BridgeERP.
Load the catalogue
Import products with their sizes, leathers and finishes, references, shelf prices, costs and vendors.
Mark the special orders
Set the pieces ordered for each customer to go to the vendor, with the vendor's lead time.
Open the showroom till
Create the till with card, cash and customer account payments, delivery dates and the trade price list.
Build the sets
Make each dining or bedroom set a kit of its pieces, so the set sells as one item.
Questions
Questions about Furniture Store
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Can a piece that is not in stock be special-ordered from the vendor?
Yes. A piece set to be ordered for the customer becomes a request to the vendor when it is sold, and the confirmed order keeps the vendor reference and the arrival date.
Can customers pay a deposit and the balance later?
Yes. Part of the order is paid at the till and the rest goes on the customer account; the balance is paid before delivery and clears the account.
Can the delivery date be set at the till?
Yes. The till records the delivery date, and the delivery is scheduled for that day, reserved from stock or waiting for the vendor.
Can a dining set be sold as one item?
Yes. The set is a kit of its table and chairs: it sells as one line at the till and leaves stock as the separate pieces.
Can interior designers get trade prices?
Yes. A price list such as 20% off everything is chosen for their orders at the till.
Does it handle sales tax and VAT?
Yes. Sales tax can be added on top of the shelf price, as on the demo, or VAT included in it, depending on the country.
Tax compliance
Invoices your tax authority accepts
In Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and Zambia, each invoice, receipt and stock movement goes to the tax authority's own system when you post it. Ghana and Pakistan come next, and we connect 73 more countries on request.
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EBMS OBR
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Smart Invoice ZRA
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