Adjusting Items in Inventory

Item quantities can be adjusted in Inventory. In this recipe, we will use miscellaneous transactions to adjust Items. Let's try to enter transactions on some of the controls we have set up. We will try and enter a Miscellaneous Transaction for five paper widgets into Inventory.

How to do it...

1. 1. Navigate to Transactions | Miscellaneous Transactions.

2. 2. In the Type field, select Miscellaneous receipt from the list of values.

3. 3. Click on the Transaction Lines button to enter the receipt.

4. 4. Search for the PRD20001 Item in the Item field.

5. 5. Select the Subinventory list of values and the field should be automatically populated with ACME-FG.

6. 6. In the Locator field, enter A1.1.2.

7. 7. The system should display an Error message to indicate that an invalid locator has been entered.

8. 8. Click on OK and enter A1.1.1 the system should accept this value.

9. 9. Enter a value of 5 in the Quantity field.

10. 10. In the account field, enter 01-000-1410-0000-000. This is the account that will be charged for the Inventory transaction.

11. 11. Select the Lot / Serial button.

12. 12. Enter the Lot number LN10001.

    Note

    The expiration date is generated based on the setting in the Item definition.

13. 13. Enter the quantity of 5.

14. 14. Click on the Serial button.

15. 15. Enter SN10001 in the Start Serial Number field and press Tab on the keyboard.

16. 16. The SN10005 should be automatically populated in the End Serial Number field.

17. 17. Click on the Done button.

18. 18. Click on the Done button again in the next screen.

19. 19. Save the record.

There's more...

Let's search for the Items in Inventory.

Searching for Items

We will use the material workbench to search for the Items:

1. 1. Navigate to On-hand | Availability | On-hand Quantity.

2. 2. Enter PRD20001 in the Item / Revision field.

3. 3. Click on the Find button.

4. 4. Expand the Organizations tree to show LN10001.

5. 5. Review the Item details.

6. 6. Close the form.