Palm RDC Cycle Counting Overview

Use Palm RDC to cycle count inventory at your warehouse branches. By collecting cycle count data with Palm RDC, you can automate some of the Eclipse cycle counting functionality.

For example, you do not need to manually populate the Physical Count Load-In screen. Instead, upload and process the RDC cycle count data to have the system automatically populate this screen.

To use the Palm device for cycle counting inventory at your warehouse branches, do the following:

Verify that the User Defined Upload Processing Routine has been defined.
Define branches in which to perform RDC cycle counts.
Generate a count control file.

Note: It is not necessary to generate a count control file prior to performing a cycle count with Palm RDC. You can create the count control when you process the collected cycle count information.

Cycle count products with the RDC Palm device.
Upload the cycle count data to the system.
Process the cycle count information by either mapping it to the existing count control file or by creating a new count control file with the uploaded count data.
Review the processed cycle count data.
Run the Count Variance Report to find any quantity discrepancies.
Update physical on-hand quantities.