FUNCTIONALITY OVERVIEW
The TrackID Creation application has been developed mainly for the initial take on of inventory into the DATASCOPE WMS software during the project go live. Once the software is running this module should be very seldom used unless you have some transactions that take place in SYSPRO only and this function is used to generate the match stock label.
The module allows a user to setup up to five different label formats. this is useful if you have different pallet types or if some stock needs to be labeled differently to others.
Track ID Type - Here one can select the TrackId type. Most track Id's will be set to Normal. These are typical Track ID's for stock in your warehouse. Pick face Track IDs are used to allocate a track Id that will never become inactive. these are typically given an ID number equal to the pick face bin location. One only really needs to use this is normal bulk location bins are being changed into pick face locations. Picking type TrackID's are used during the picking process. These pallets are automatically created when a picking slip is assigned to a picker but in the case that there is a system failure one can use this function to create the Track ID.
Set Track Id to Bin - this will force the track ID you are creating to have the same code as the bin location you enter. This is useful when creating Pick face labels as you will want then to match. This is also used if you want to give a typical bulk bin location a Track ID that is equal to the bin so that you can scan product directly into the bin (where the bin is effectively a shelf)
Track ID - this can be selected if you want to enter your own track ID number
Bin - Enter the bin that this Track ID will reside in to start with - it can be moved on from this bin later
Stock Code through to Quantity fields can be entered and added to the grid multiple times if the track ID has more than one stock code on it.
Supplier reference is a free text field which can be used for the purchase order number or any such data.
No of copies - this field needs to be managed with care! Often a company want each pallet to have two identical labels so that one can be placed on the front and one on the back of the pallet. However if these labels end up on different pallets the software will assume they are both the same pallet as they have the same reference number.
No of New Tracking ID's - this is useful when tacking on stock for the first time in preparation for a go live. often you will have a large number of pallets all with eh same stock code on them . You can setup a single label with this correct stock code and set the quantity to zero. then change this field to create many of the same labels each with a different Track ID reference number. During the stock take the quantity will be counted and the quaint updated automatically.
A note on the Quantity field:
Directly after a go live the warehouse setting to block the enter of a quantity must be set on. This will allow a user to generate new labels but only where the quantities are zero. creating labels with a positive quantity in a live environment will create new inventory in DATASCOPE WMS and this will then show on your balance report as an out of sync situation with SYSPRO.