Stored Items (寄貨)
Also known as: Items in storage · Held merchandise · Awaiting collection
Goods the customer has paid for but is keeping at the shop for later pickup. Inventory is decremented only at pickup; the client's account reflects "awaiting collection".
Full definition
Stored items (寄貨) are goods the customer has purchased but physically left at the shop — perhaps the package was too bulky to take home, perhaps they wanted to try another product first, perhaps packaging is being prepared. Ownership has transferred at sale; physical custody has not. The accounting model: revenue is booked at sale, inventory is decremented only at pickup. Partial pickup is supported (e.g., bought 6 bottles, took 4, left 2 stored).
Why this concept matters
Beauty shops frequently sell take-home products (shampoo, masks, skincare). Sometimes the client buys more than they want to carry, or wants to try another sample first. A system without stored-items concept forces an awkward choice — either the client must take it now (inconvenient) or you defer the sale until pickup (revenue recognition delayed, inventory mismatch). Stored items resolve both: book revenue on sale day, decrement inventory at actual pickup.
How MeiYe Zhan handles it
MeiYe Zhan keeps a clear record for every stored item your customer leaves behind: the day they bought it, which visit it belongs to, which product it is, how many they paid for, and how many they have already collected. Inventory only goes down when the customer actually picks the item up — so the bottles sitting in your back room still count as stock until they walk out with them, and your shelf count never goes wrong. If you ever delete the service record, any items still waiting to be collected are tidied up automatically, while ones already handed over stay on file as history. On the customer's page you can filter by "awaiting pickup" or "picked up" to see at a glance who still has goods waiting for them.
Concrete example
A client buys 6 shampoo bottles for NT$3,000 (revenue is booked the same day). She takes 4 bottles home and leaves 2 stored at the shop. Inventory: -4. The stored-item record shows 2 still waiting for pickup. 3 weeks later she comes back for 1 more → inventory -1, and the record updates to "picked up 5 of 6". A month later she takes the last one → the whole record is marked picked up (kept on file as history).
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