E-WMS

Control centre non guided counts

Introduction

Via the Control centre non-guided counts you can perform all action related to WMS inventory process. When you want a user only to be able read back from the scanner you can decide to not grant them rights on the control centre but only on the menu paths for reading from scanner.

you can start the control center non guided counts via [WMS, To be processed, Inventory counts, Control centre].

The available buttons also indicate the different process steps:

• Create new stock inventory
• Read from scanner
• Compare
• Process

Description

Section Range

Warehouse
Select a warehouse to show only the counts in which the selected warehouse is used.

Item group
You can use these fields to filter on an item group or range of item groups.

Item code
You can use these fields to filter on an item or range of items.

Section Extra

Status
Filter on the status of the transaction. The status determines which actions can be performed and which buttons are available.

In the center of the screen all stock transactions which comply with the section criteria are shown. Here you select the transaction for which you want to perform an action. Per transaction some information is shown. Which columns are filled depends on the status.

Count
This column shows an unique sequence number for the created count. You will will only see lines (and a sequence number) for status 'New' when you've checked the option 'Compare based on range' when creating the count. When this option is unchecked you will only see the sequence number after reading back in status 'Scanned' or later.

Reference
This column displays the reference of the count.

Reference date
This columns displays the date of the count.

Warehouse
This column displays the warehouse which the count applies to.

Item code / Description
These columns display the item code and item description of the item the count applies to.

Scanner
This columns shows the scanner on which the count is registered.

Order picker
This column shows the order picker which registered the count.

Stock / Scanned / Scanned less / Scanned more
These columns will be filled after comparing (button 'Compare'). These columns show the stock in the company, the counted stock and the difference between those two.

Item group / Description
These columns display the code and description of the item group of the counted item.

On the bottom of the screen the following buttons are available:

Refresh
This button refreshes the data shown in this screen.

New
After (or before) you have counted the stock (in a part of) the warehouse, you can create a new stock inventory. This can be done via the button 'New'.

In this screen you enter a selection of items which are counted. This can be done based on various selection criteria such as a range of warehouses, locations, item groups and items. It's also possible to filter in the status of an item. Further you have to enter a reference date. This is the date on which the count is performed.

Reference
Here you can enter a reference that will be used as description in the created entry.

Project  / Toewijzen
The setting 'Allocate' is available is the setting 'WMS allocations projects' in the general WMS setting is enabled and the setting 'Generate WMS allocations' in the WMS Inventory settings is enabled. When enabled the counted stock is assigned to the project during the comparison step after reading back. When disabled the project is only used for reporting purposed after processing the count. For more information about WMS allocations, see E-WMS - WMS Allocations. 

General ledger
Define the general ledger account that should be used as offset account for the entry. If no general ledger is defined the cost of goods sold account ogf the item is used

Compare based on range
When creating a non-guided count in WMS the option 'Compare based on range' can be enabled. When the setting is enabled the item stock during the compare step is not checked on the picked location(s) but on all locations within the created count range. Example:

Item 'ACHAIR' has stock in warehouse 'MAIN' on the following locations:

• LOC1 - 100 pieces
• LOC2 - 50 pieces
• LOC5 - 5 pieces

A new non-guided count for ACHAIR is created for the complete warehouse 'MAIN'. During this count the following stock is counted: 

• LOC1 - 75 pieces
• LOC2 - 100 pieces  

When the count is compared after reading back, the following result will be displayed:

Location	Old	New	Difference
LOC1	100	75	- 25
LOC2	50	100	50
LOC5	5	0	- 5

Despite LOC5 seems not counted it is still included in the comparison and the stock is adjusted accordingly. 

After entering the selection criteria press 'Start'. When the inventory is created successfully a message will be shown. When pressing 'New' again you will see that all filed are grayed out and can not be edited. If needed you can remove the count via the button 'Delete'.
the next step is reading from scanner.  

Delete
This button offers the possibility to remove a count which has been read back.

Read from scanner
After registering a count on the hand terminal it has to be read back in the company. This can be done via this button or via [WMS, Te be processed, Inventory Counts, Read from scanner]. After reading back it's possible to edit the transaction via the button 'Open'.

When reading from scanner a screen with the default communication method is shown (depending on the setting 'Ask user' in the WMS Inventory settings) is shown. In this screen you can select the communication method and file name (only applies to communication method 'File').

Compare
Use this button to compare the stock for each warehouse/location/item which is available in the company with the stock which has been counted. It depends on the setting is two reports are being printed. One report shows errors in the counted stock (difference between the stock in the company and the counted stock) and one report with the correct counted stock.

After this you return to the control centre in which all items with differences are shown. The columns 'Stock', 'Scanned', 'Scanned less' and 'Scanned more' are now filled.

Process
This button only applies to status 'Validated'. Via this button the count can be processed.

Close
Press this button to close this screen.