Performing RF System-Directed Cycle Counting

From the Check Counts screen, perform system-directed cycle counting. You can then choose the order in which you want to count items, but you should always count immediate cycle count items first because they are the items with identified discrepancies. After you cycle count the immediate cycle count items, select to count all items or ranked items. If you select to count all items, the system displays each item individually on the screen, listed in sequence with the layout defined in Zone Maintenance. You should count all items in the queue each day, so it is not necessary to select ranked items unless you want to.

To perform a cycle count, go to the product to be counted, scan the item and location, and enter the quantity at the location. The RF system leads you through the steps you must take to complete the cycle counting process.

Note: You must be assigned level 3 of the PRD.LOCATION.MAINT authorization key to make adjustments in RF cycle counting and RF Location Maintenance.

Note: If theAllow Vendor Consignment Modifications Through RF Cycle Countcontrol maintenance record is set to N, you cannot decrease consigned inventory using RF cycle counting. You cannot ever increase consigned inventory using RF cycle counting. Use Product Location Maintenance to adjust consigned inventory when you cannot do so using RF cycle counting.

To perform system-directed cycle counting:

From the Whse Mgt > RF Applications menu, select Cycle Count to display the Check Counts screen.
In the Br field, edit the branch you are cycle counting, if necessary.
In the PID field, verify that your user ID is displayed and press Enter.

The system displays the first item to check in the Desc field, along with product information in the following fields:

Field	Description
All Cnts/Immediate Cnts/ Rank Cnts	The quantity of items in that cycle count group to check.
T	The product's status, such as S for stock. Note: Locations which contain stock, tagged, and consignment inventory display as S only.
Location	The location that needs to be checked.
Stat	The product's location status, such as P for primary.

Go to the item's location defined in the Location field.

Use the Skip To hot key to skip forward to a different entry or location. At the prompt, enter one of the following.

E – Skips forward to the line item that you enter.

For example:

The All Cnts field displays 0300, which indicates that there are 300 line items to check. Enter 0150 to skip to line item 150 and start your cycle count half way down the queue.

L – Skips forward to a different location that you enter.

Note: Use this hot key when multiple operators are cycle counting.

Scan the product.
Scan the location and lot, if necessary.

Physically count the number of items at the location and enter that number in the Qty field.

One of the following occurs:

The quantity that you count and enter matches the current quantity. The system updates the cycle count date for that location. Continue on to the next item.
The quantity that you count and enter does not match the system's quantity for the item. The system displays "Are you sure count is #? (Y/N)." Enter Y if the count is correct. Either complete related counts to find the variance or, if you are authorized, select another option from the list that displays.
Depending on your authorization level, the system forces you to count the remaining locations for that product before continuing to the next item. The RF Cycle Count Dollar Cutoffcontrol maintenance record must also be activated and the quantity you enter must be outside of the defined dollar cutoff range. If the dollar amount is within the cutoff range, then the system makes the adjustment and you can continue cycle counting as usual.

Press Esc to continue to the next item to count.
Repeat this process for all items queued to be cycle counted.
After cycle counting, press Esc to save updates and exit the screen.

Note: From the Whse Mgt > Reports menu, access the Adjustment Variance Report to view completed RF cycle counts.