| One of the biggest problems many jewelry | | | | Your jewelry software can add an image of |
| stores have with repair services is not | | | | efficiency. |
| overcharging, but undercharging. By making good | | | | Use your jewelry software to organize the |
| use of your jewelry software, you can create a | | | | take-in process. By creating and printing out an |
| menu of repair services based on actual time and | | | | estimating menu for repair work, you will have |
| materials that will take the guesswork out of | | | | already taken the first step. |
| estimates and charges. | | | | Jewelry software can, also, be used to generate |
| Use the record-keeping ability of your jewelry | | | | a receipt for the repair item and at the same |
| software. | | | | time create a work order. By having much of this |
| Use your jewelry software to track all costs on | | | | done automatically by your jewelry software, you |
| all repair jobs. This includes labor, materials, as well | | | | will look efficient and capable in the eyes of the |
| as, a percentage of your overhead. | | | | customer. |
| Don't hesitate to subdivide your repairs into | | | | This is important. Repair customers like dealing |
| categories. Any good jewelry software program | | | | with well organized and efficient merchants. It's an |
| will easily allow you to design a database for | | | | image that will reflect favorably on your entire |
| many different types of product repairs, such as: | | | | store. |
| - Watch repair | | | | Tie the work order in with your jewelry software |
| - Clocks | | | | repair-tracking program. |
| - Rings | | | | By using the flexibility of a good jewelry software |
| - Necklaces | | | | program, you can set up the tracking of a repair |
| - Broaches | | | | job at the same time you key in the work order. |
| - and other product types | | | | Then you, or whoever handles the repair, will be |
| Within a short time, depending on volume, you'll | | | | ready to enter time and materials when the job is |
| soon have enough reliable information stored in | | | | started. |
| your jewelry software to take much of the | | | | Stop undercharging for your repair services and |
| guesswork out of most repair estimates. | | | | turn them into a profit center. This is only one |
| For convenience, you may want to organize this | | | | example of how the flexibility of a good jewelry |
| information into an easy to use pricing menu and | | | | software program can add dollars to your bottom |
| print out copies. This is a job most jewelry | | | | line. |
| software programs can handle with ease. | | | | |