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Chapter 10. Publications

A Tour of the Publication Listing

  1. Up to a maximum of 6 characters can be used. It is best if you can readily identify the publication from the code.
  2. You must group your main publications for the following reason:
  3. Daily Run Sheet: The characters that are entered under will capture as the headings on Page 1 of the Daily Run Sheet. Publications without a group code will appear on Page 2. Publications that have multiple publication codes such as The Australian, Tab Forms, The West, Sunday Times etc. should have identical codes. See More on Group Codes below.
  4. What is entered here will show on your Sub Agent and Home Delivery invoices. There are space restrictions on sub agent invoices so keep the name as short as possible.
  5. Add a new publication.
  6. Search for a publication.
  7. Will change to when the search function is initiated. You must click on this to close the search function.
  8. Deactivated publications.
  9. Lists the publisher. It is critical that all WAN and Sunday Times publications has the correct publisher attached to them.
  10. Lists the publisher publication code.
  11. Publication price.
  12. This price needs to be per unit and is used in the Sales Report to calculate the profit.
  13. Delivery fee.
  14. Sub Agents wholesale price.
  15. Delivery days.
  16. (Available): You must check this box when a publication is not to be regularly charge, such as a Woman’s Weekly or other monthly magazine that is not received on a particular day.
  17. (Match Supply): You must check this box to match returns to supply for the Quokka and Countryman. Ticking this box will manipulate the WAN return by delaying the supply to the following return.
  18. (Global Adjustment): You must click on this box to include the publication if it is likely to be delivered on Xmas Day, Good Friday or if it is not available for any other reason. This will enable a credit to be passed to the customers account when the Global Adjustment function is initiated.
  19. (Active): You must click on this box to activate the publication. You click on the tick to deactivate the publication and the details will transfer to history.
  20. (Return at Current Price): This box must be ticked for your weekly papers so the program knows that the sub agent return credit is at the current price and not the old price which is does for magazine returns.
Last edited: 8th January, 2009

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