Product catalog overview

There are several categories that you should familiarize yourself with before beginning entry of your product catalog into LabStar.  Here is an overview:

Product Type (Product icon) - Refers to whether a restoration is a crown, bridge, removable, implant, coping, or appliance. There are also 4 user-defined icons which are all customizable. 

Design Groups - Items are organized into parent groups called Design Groups, which determine what kind of designs and additional features are available during case entry.

**For example, Design Group "Full Cast" will not require user to enter shade, translucency, porcelain design options, etc.

Item - The specific item you are manufacturing; this is the product name that appears on the invoice

 **For example, within the Design Group "Full Cast", you might have High Noble Yellow Gold, High Noble White Gold,  the names of the products you offer (remember: the Design Group will not be a part of your product name on invoices and client pricelists, so name your products accordingly)

Additional Feature - add-ons to a restoration (usually carry a charge)

**Examples: porcelain butt margin, metal occlusal, extra clasp

**Additional features can be linked to an Design Group

Additional Product - Any item that does not go through manufacturing

**Examples: chair-side consulting, equipment lease, model carrying case

**Additional products are "shippable", which means it will pass through shipment center, "unshippable" which will go straight to ready for invoice

Alloys - You can assign alloys to restorations, so that an extra billing line item will be added automatically

 To see how to create Alloy Prices, Click here