Akada's costume management feature allows you to efficiently oversee all aspects of the costume ordering process. This includes managing vendors, posting costume charges, and creating purchase orders for your suppliers. By taking some extra time to understand the necessary steps and properly set up your vendors and costumes, you can save yourself work hours in the long run. Additionally, this will help to minimize confusion for your customers.
When on the Manage Costumes screen, it's best to follow the steps from left to right. Below is a summary of each step for your reference. Click on the name of each step to access complete instructions.
To get to the Manage Costume page:
Click on the Performances Tab.
Click Manage Costumes on the left.
This will automatically direct you to the Vendors screen.
Vendors—Use this option to add your vendor's information, including their size chart. The vendors are the companies from which you order your costumes.
Add/Edit Costume – After entering your vendor, you will use this option to add the costumes or accessories you plan to order from the vendor.
Entering Measurements—You will use this screen to enter or view your students' measurements by class. You may also enter measurements from the class info page or the individual student's information page.
Assign Costumes– This page will allow you to assign costumes to an entire class or specific students enrolled.
Edit Sizes – When assigning costumes, Akada will automatically assign the students the appropriate size based on the vendor's size chart. Some students, however, don't always fit perfectly into a size category. In these cases, you can use the Edit Sizes screen to edit those between kids to get the best-fitting costume manually.
Post Costume Charges—You can record costume charges in your accounts here. Costume, vendor, or class can post charges.
Reports—The costume reports page provides the reports you need to manage, order, and distribute your costumes.