Execute Simultaneous Item Driven Cycle Count Tasks for a Location

To provide you the flexibility in executing multiple item driven cycle count tasks in large locations, we have enhanced the item driven cycle count flow to support simultaneous counting for the same location. You can now count various items at different instances, even if there are cycle count adjustment records pending for that location.

This helps you to:

Quickly count various items in a single location through multiple cycle count tasks, irrespective of any pending cycle count adjustment records for that location.
Perform precise inventory cycle counts, ensuring accuracy even in large locations.
Prioritize counts based on attributes such as velocity code of item at different instances.
Optimize counting schedules and avoid delays, resulting in a smoother cycle count process.

Now, the system allows executing multiple item driven cycle count tasks for a location, as long as the same item is not pending for cycle count approval.

By default, for a location that has an item driven cycle count approval pending, if you execute a CC-LOC-BY-ITEM task for the same location, the system displays a new error message “Cycle Count approval pending for the Location Do you wish to proceed with the count?”. You can set this error message as a warning, to continue with the count, if desired.

If you want to execute multiple item driven cycle count tasks for a location, irrespective of in-progress cycle count tasks for the same location, set the error message “A CC-LOC-BY-ITEM task is already in progress for this location” as warning.

After configuring the above hard error messages as warning messages, you can accept the warning messages and proceed with the cycle count tasks. Simultaneous cycle count is supported through both RF and Cycle Count List API.

On completing the tasks, the system updates the inventory or creates the cycle count adjustment records in ascending order of task execution (if there is no item concurrency). The system creates multiple CC Adjustment header records per executed tasks. You can review the counted item inventory details in the cycle count adjustment details screen.

NOTE: The system allows creation of multiple CC Adjustment Header records only for CC-LOC-BY-ITEM tasks. In case a location has cycle counting task/cycle count adjustment records pending for the entire location (location driven count), the system doesn’t allow you to create/execute item-driven cycle count task for that location.

Points for Consideration

Inventory updates are limited to the counted items within a location.
The system updates inventory or creates cycle count adjustment records based on immediate or deferred mode.
The system creates multiple cycle count adjustment records for the same location (with different group numbers) when counts are from different cycle count run.
Standalone location-level deferred counting is not permitted if the location has pending cycle count tasks or cycle count adjustment approvals.
You can multi-select the cycle count adjustment header records and perform approve/reject/cancel actions from the Cycle Count Adjustment Header. However, approving or rejecting a single header record may not release the CC Lock on the location, since multiple header records are created for a single location.

Steps to Enable

To enable simultaneous cycle counting, you must configure the following messages as warnings:

A CC-LOC-BY-ITEM task is already in progress for this location
Cycle Count approval pending for the Location Do you wish to proceed with the count?

NOTE:

By default, the above error messages are set as hard error messages.
Simultaneous cycle counting is applicable only for CC-LOC-BY-ITEM tasks.