Departments Categories Sub Categories Setting up Departments, Categories and Subcategories for Retailers In Retail POS systems the structure of grouping that you will give your inventory and departments are extremely important. In that respect the design of the DCS (Department, Category, and Subcategory) structure is very important to the system for long-term data analysis (sales, inventory, promotions). Once the DCS (Department, Category, and Subcategory) structure is created it is difficult if not impractical to correct or greatly change your Department Category Subcategory (DCS) structure once items are created. You use your DCS (Department, Category, and Subcategory) to help you identify where
