{"id":1674117,"date":"2016-06-16T08:19:14","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T15:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/?p=1674117"},"modified":"2016-06-16T09:11:03","modified_gmt":"2016-06-16T16:11:03","slug":"retail-pro-prism-training-now-available","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2016\/06\/16\/retail-pro-prism-training-now-available\/","title":{"rendered":"Retail Pro Prism Applications Expert (RPPAE) Course Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RPU-header.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1674119\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RPU-header.png\" alt=\"RPU header\" width=\"600\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RPU-header.png 600w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RPU-header-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RPU-header-500x218.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RPPAE.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1674118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/RPPAE.png\" alt=\"RPPAE\" width=\"200\" height=\"72\" \/><\/a> Retail Pro International is pleased the announce the availability of the new Retail Pro Prism\u00ae Applications Expert core product knowledge course!<\/p>\n<p>Learn everything you need to know about Retail Pro Prism (v1.4.0.172) features and functionality \u2013 from handling sales transactions and returns to setting up promotions and touch menus!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What You&#8217;ll Learn<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #666666;\">System Overview<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_129171779.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1674122\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_129171779.png\" alt=\"shutterstock_129171779\" width=\"700\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_129171779.png 700w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_129171779-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_129171779-500x200.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How to access Retail Pro Prism and get it ready for use. You will learn how to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Access Retail Pro\u00a0Prism<\/li>\n<li>Setup default store, price and tax<\/li>\n<li>Switch between different Retail Pro\u00a0Prism Themes, Layouts and Views<\/li>\n<li>Customize the various data grids and search screens found throughout Retail Pro\u00a0Prism<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Employee Management<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_174118562.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1674124\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_174118562.png\" alt=\"shutterstock_174118562\" width=\"700\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_174118562.png 700w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_174118562-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_174118562-500x200.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How to use employee and security-related features in Retail Pro Prism to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Establish Retail Pro\u00a0Prism-specific security permissions<\/li>\n<li>Override another user\u2019s security restriction<\/li>\n<li>Automatically logout a user completing a transaction<\/li>\n<li>Force users to select associates involved in a sales transaction<\/li>\n<li>Check-in\/Check-out<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Point-of-Sale<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_259754249-PRISM_600x250_2-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1674126\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_259754249-PRISM_600x250_2-01.png\" alt=\"shutterstock_259754249-PRISM_600x250_2-01\" width=\"700\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_259754249-PRISM_600x250_2-01.png 700w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_259754249-PRISM_600x250_2-01-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_259754249-PRISM_600x250_2-01-500x200.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Point of Sale Basics<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How to use basic features and functions of the Retail Pro\u00a0Prism Point-of-Sale module to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lookup\/list items on a transaction<\/li>\n<li>Handle a sales transaction<\/li>\n<li>Check stock levels<\/li>\n<li>Manage customer accounts<\/li>\n<li>Give discounts at Point-of-Sale<\/li>\n<li>Determine what tender types are available for use at Point-of-Sale<\/li>\n<li>Hold a transaction<\/li>\n<li>Handle pending transactions due to an unexpected disruption<\/li>\n<li>Discreetly capture information at Point-of-Sale using POS Flags<\/li>\n<li>Charge a fee for the sale of services<\/li>\n<li>Track shipping and handling charges<\/li>\n<li>Capture miscellaneous information that cannot be overwritten by future inventory changes<\/li>\n<li>Track employee commissions<\/li>\n<li>Track Salesperson Incentive Fees (SPIFs)<\/li>\n<li>Capture Serial Numbers<\/li>\n<li>Capture Lot Numbers<\/li>\n<li>Sell and Break Kit items<\/li>\n<li>Sell Package items<\/li>\n<li>Sell Non-Inventory items<\/li>\n<li>Plan the future sale of merchandise<\/li>\n<li>Process the sale of an item at one store and fulfill the transaction at another store<\/li>\n<li>Handle merchandise returns and exchanges<\/li>\n<li>Track certain non-sales-related activities that impact funds in the register<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advanced Point of Sale Features<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>How to use more advanced features and functions of the Prism Point-of-Sale module to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Establish different sets of prices for different stores and customers<\/li>\n<li>Track taxes using the different tax methods (plus Detax and Tax Rebates)<\/li>\n<li>Use a Centrals Server to centrally lookup customers, handle merchandise returns and manage gift card\/store credit payments<\/li>\n<li>Browse inventory to check stock levels, prices and price tags<\/li>\n<li>List items on a transaction by selecting or \u201ctouching\u201d a button<\/li>\n<li>Setup promotions<\/li>\n<li>Email a receipt to the customer<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #666666;\">X\/Z-Out Reports<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_147239912.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1674123\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_147239912.png\" alt=\"shutterstock_147239912\" width=\"700\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_147239912.png 700w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_147239912-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_147239912-500x200.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How to use X-Out and Z-Out reports to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Check on sales activity throughout the day<\/li>\n<li>Reconcile the register<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Purchasing &amp;\u00a0Receiving<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_239982376.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1674125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_239982376.png\" alt=\"shutterstock_239982376\" width=\"700\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_239982376.png 700w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_239982376-300x137.png 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/shutterstock_239982376-500x228.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How to use Purchasing- and Receiving-related features in Retail Pro Prism to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Order merchandise for the store<\/li>\n<li>Handle the ordering of cases (case-packs)<\/li>\n<li>Handle trade discounts when ordering merchandise<\/li>\n<li>Receive merchandise into the store<\/li>\n<li>Determine how cost is assigned to inventory<\/li>\n<li>Incorporate additional costs and discounts into the costs of goods received (and sold)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #666666;\">Physical Inventory &amp; Transfers<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7002.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1674121\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7002.png\" alt=\"700\" width=\"700\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7002.png 700w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7002-300x120.png 300w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/7002-500x200.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>How to go through the Physical Inventory process and use transfer-related features in Retail Pro Prism. You will learn how to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Conduct with a physical inventory or cycle count<\/li>\n<li>Transfer merchandise out of the store<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #f7941e;\">Considering Retail Pro Prism or using it now?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Find out how you can leverage the features and functions in your Retail Pro Prism\u00a0that are critical for modern retail \u2013\u00a0with training from Retail Pro University!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Get more from your Retail Pro\" href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/include\/eng\/Submit-Training-Request\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1674060 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Get-more-from-RP-25.png\" alt=\"Get more from RP-25\" width=\"349\" height=\"47\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Get-more-from-RP-25.png 349w, https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Get-more-from-RP-25-300x40.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 349px) 100vw, 349px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Retail Pro International is pleased the announce the availability of the new Retail Pro Prism\u00ae Applications Expert core product knowledge course! Learn everything you need to know about Retail Pro Prism (v1.4.0.172) features and functionality \u2013 from handling &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/2016\/06\/16\/retail-pro-prism-training-now-available\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,44,48,47],"tags":[139],"class_list":["post-1674117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-specialty-retail-management-and-operations","category-point-of-sale-software-systems","category-retail-technology-and-security","tag-retail-pro-training"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1674117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1674117\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1674117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1674117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retailpro.com\/News\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1674117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}