Cycle Counts?

[Paul]

On my home screen I have something that says "There are required cycle counts". When I select it a window comes up entitled "SKU Onhand Adjustments". There are 10 items that it seems to want a new count. Why is this happening? (did EM place cameras in my shop and determine that the counts are a little off?)

[Jonah Coleman]

There is a section in the announcement email about this:

o   New cycle counts home screen search and functionality.
      Will create home screen search to count each sku within a certain number of days.  This will help maintain inventory accuracy.  To enable this, you will need to assign the permission “Home: Cycle Counts GLOBAL” to a user role (probably an inventory control role).
      Maximum number of days to go before a cycle count is required is Settings->Module: SKU->SKU Cycle Count After Days (default is 30).
      Maximum number of SKUs to display in a given cycle count is Settings->Module: SKU->SKU Cycle Count Maximum Per Session (default is 10).
      Prioritized by time since last count, then attempts to keep SKU class/sub-class together.

The purpose is to ensure inventory accuracy by counting each stock SKU on a cyclical basis.

You could disable this by setting sku count after days to a very large number (it would need to be > 999 due to some internal stuff).

[Paul]

I missed that when I skimmed over it, sorry.

[Jonah Coleman]

Not a problem. I actually think this will be a very important improvement, and I recommend you use the system.

You can also check the "include skus from sub category" box where it makes sense- for example, if it calls for you to count a drawer guide sku, it probably makes more sense to just count the entire sub-category (all the different sizes).