D365 Business Central House-Hasson Compatible POS

What this delivers

• Support for the House-Hasson load tape file used to load a POS with item information
• Ability to work with a full catalog load or purchase history-only load, depending on the dealer’s House-Hasson setup
• House-Hasson item fields for item number, UPC, description, ship unit, stock pack, retail pack, department, weight, do-not-break flag, average monthly purchases, retail, and cost
• Catalog file support for new items, changed items, and discontinued item flags where discontinued items may contain only a SKU number with no other data

Why it matters

• Eliminates manual item creation and cleanup
• Prevents outdated or mismatched House-Hasson item data
• Ensures cashiers and buyers can find House-Hasson items accurately
• Helps dealers understand the difference between full catalog, purchase history, maintenance, new item, and catalog file workflows

What this delivers

• Support for the House-Hasson maintenance file download named with the customer number and .MNT extension
• Maintenance file processing for items from invoice files and item data that changes
• Support for assortment load items created when a store purchases an assortment directly from a vendor and House-Hasson buying department requests bin tags for the new assortment
• Ability to add items that were not purchased from House-Hasson but are planned for future House-Hasson purchasing

Why it matters

• Eliminates manual item creation and cleanup
• Helps capture items tied to invoices and assortment loads
• Prevents outdated or mismatched House-Hasson item data
• Ensures cashiers and buyers can find House-Hasson items inside the POS and ERP

What this delivers

• Maintains House-Hasson item records in Business Central using supplier file data as the operational source
• Supports item identity fields such as item number, UPC, description, department, weight, and packaging information
• Provides a foundation for adding images or eCommerce presentation data where separate product image sources are available

Why it matters

• Enhances POS usability and eCommerce readiness without changing the House-Hasson file-driven item workflow
• Creates consistent item records that can later be enriched with image or web content

What this delivers

• Uses the House-Hasson load tape sample file, such as s_load.txt, to load POS item information
• Supports full catalog loads for new stores or stores with many direct items
• Supports purchase history-only loads for stores that want only warehouse-purchased items, noting that history data does not contain drop ship items

Why it matters

• Keeps the POS aligned with House-Hasson item data
• Reduces duplicate work and manual file interpretation
• Helps stores choose the right starting file strategy for initial POS loading

What this delivers

• Assigns and maintains House-Hasson department data within the Business Central item master
• Uses packaging fields such as ship unit, stock pack, and retail pack to support operational item classification
• Supports do-not-break handling where the House-Hasson file indicates Y for DNB or N for not DNB

Why it matters

• Provides cleaner reporting, better merchandising, and more accurate filtering for purchasing and POS
• Helps ensure stock pack, retail pack, and department data are visible to buyers and store personnel

What this delivers

• Creates House-Hasson purchase order files named with the customer number and .PO extension
• Supports fixed-width, left-justified purchase order files with each record ending in a carriage return
• Supports House-Hasson header record 0050 with customer number, contract number, PO number, back order, dating, future code, ship via, run override, cash payment, and future order date fields
• Supports House-Hasson detail record 0056 with customer number, quantity, item number, and retail price fields
• Preserves the House-Hasson instruction that multiple orders can come in on one transmission

Why it matters

• Improves visibility into House-Hasson purchase order activity
• Reduces duplicate entry and connects purchasing activity to inventory and accounting
• Supports dealer-specific House-Hasson file requirements such as customer-number-based file naming
• Helps prevent sending retail prices when House-Hasson manages the store retails

What this delivers

• Automatically downloads or processes House-Hasson electronic invoice files named with the customer number and .INV extension
• Supports invoice fields such as customer number, invoice number, invoice date, invoice due date, purchase order number, item number, item fill code, positive or negative indicator, order quantity, ship quantity, item cost, line cost extension, suggested retail, retail pack quantity, multiplier, UPC, and temporary cost indicator
• Supports House-Hasson item fill codes including invalid stock number, item filled, unfilled out of stock please reorder, and unfilled to be discontinued

Why it matters

• Streamlines receiving and invoicing, ensures accurate inventory and costing, and removes manual invoice entry
• Supports review of filled, unfilled, discontinued, and invalid stock number results
• Recognizes that negative items currently cannot be reconciled electronically and that credit purchase orders or adjustments may require manual posting

What this delivers

• With Microsoft’s FREE Shopify connector, sell House-Hasson catalog items, services, and any other supplier items maintained in Business Central
• Any supplier items and any services in Business Central can be sold on Shopify
• With world leading Shopify, your House-Hasson dealer website can rank locally and showcase your store brand
• Don’t be held back by supplier-hosted eCommerce that restricts item listings or does not guarantee local search ranking
• Use the easiest tools in the eCommerce industry to showcase your brand

Why it matters

• Your store can be hosted by a leading eCommerce provider while Business Central remains the business control system
• Your items, images, and special pricing can be available for sale on your eCommerce store
• You can provide special pricing to B2C customers and B2B contractors

Visit Shopify E-Commerce page for features and pricing

What this delivers

• Processes House-Hasson price update files named with the customer number and .PRC extension
• Uses House-Hasson price change fields such as item number, cost change, unit of measure, promo flag, effective date, and retail price
• Supports promo flag values where Y indicates a promo change and N indicates a regular price change
• Staff can:
• Review cost and retail changes
• Analyze margin impact
• Validate unit-of-measure behavior
• Print shelf and bin labels before prices go live

Why it matters

• Prevents surprise prices at the register
• Keeps House-Hasson Compatible POS pricing and shelf labels in sync
• Maintains pricing discipline and customer trust
• Eliminates manual House-Hasson price file review and keystroking changes

What this delivers

• Supports House-Hasson retail unit of measure and purchasing unit cost logic
• Recognizes that retail is based on House-Hasson’s retail unit of measure and has two decimal places
• Recognizes that cost is in purchasing units, not retail units, and has two decimal places
• Supports the House-Hasson rule that selling cost is obtained by dividing cost by retail pack
• Works naturally with POS unit prompts, stock pack, ship unit, retail pack, and pricing rules

Why it matters

• Critical for hardware, lumber, fasteners, pipe, and bulk items
• Prevents margin erosion caused by unit mismatches
• Improves POS speed and cost accuracy

What this delivers

• House-Hasson invoices are received into Business Central:
• Accounts payable creation and item quantity updates
• Accurate item cost updates directly into Business Central
• Visibility into order quantity, ship quantity, item cost, line cost extension, suggested retail, retail pack quantity, multiplier, UPC, and temp cost indicator
• Supports investigation of fill codes, quantities, positive and negative indicators, and cost differences when needed

Why it matters

• Ensures last-direct cost stays accurate
• Feeds pricing and margin tools correctly
• Reduces reconciliation and accounting discrepancies

What this delivers

• Supports purchase history-only and full catalog strategies for House-Hasson warehouse item visibility
• Supports new item file downloads named with the customer number and .NEW extension for warehouse items that are new in the House-Hasson catalog
• Supports catalog file downloads named with the customer number and .CAT extension to maintain a catalog with new items, changed items, and discontinued item flags

Why it matters

• Improves customer service
• Reduces backorders and surprises
• Increases buyer confidence

What this delivers

• Loads House-Hasson promotional pricing through the price update file when promo flag is Y
• Separates promo changes from regular price changes where the price update file identifies Y for promo and N for regular price change
• Allows promotional price information to be reviewed through Business Central controls before affecting store strategy

Why it matters

• Ensures promotions are executed accurately at POS and purchasing aligns with current vendor programs
• Eliminates repetitive House-Hasson file review for promotional pricing, ordering, and quoting

What this delivers

• Supports order planning and review using House-Hasson purchase order and price change file data
• Helps validate item numbers, quantities, purchase order numbers, retail price fields, future order dates, and shipping instructions before transmission
• Supports House-Hasson testing practices where purchase order uploads should be coordinated before test orders are sent

Why it matters

• Gives visibility into special deal purchases and future orders
• Helps validate costs and plan inventory around promotions
• Reduces order file errors before House-Hasson receives the transmission

• House-Hasson remains the authoritative source for House-Hasson load tape, purchase order, price change, electronic invoice, maintenance, new item, and catalog file data
• Free Shopify connection gives you a world class House-Hasson dealer website that includes your other products and services
• Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central remains your control system for:
• Pricing approvals
• Margin protection
• House-Hasson Compatible POS accuracy
• Operational discipline
• This integration is built from real store experience, not theory, so it supports how your team actually works every day
• View the Hardware Store ERP and Lumber and Building Material Store ERP pages to get the big picture
• Lumber and Building Material Dealer ERP
• Hardware Store ERP

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