Adjust On Hand

The Adjust On Hand option in the main menu is used in situations where there is currently none of the required item on hand, so inventory needs to be added into stock, or when previously misplaced or lost inventory needs to be added back into stock. When performing adjustments from the main menu, users will need to specify the Facility, Location, and in some cases the lot for the material to be adjusted.

Users may also perform inventory adjustments from within various inventory reports such as the Lot or Locations reports. The advantages of performing adjustments on these reports is that specific lots and locations will already have been selected on the adjustment form which means less information will need to be entered and the potential for mistakes can be reduced.

When performing an adjustment, anytime there is a difference in item attributes, cost, or location, Deacom will create a new system lot to go with the chosen user lot. It is important to be careful when adjusting that you understand this concept. In certain situations it may cause an undesired result. For example – in a situation where you wish to make an adjustment for the sole purpose of changing the lot value – then care must be taken not to change the location or attribute fields otherwise a new system lot will be created.

Additional items to consider when adjusting inventory include:

  • Security - The security setting "Inventory — adjust on hand" controls the ability to adjust inventory in or out both from the main menu and when using the "Adjust On Hand" button in the Inventory reports. For WMS, the security setting "WMS -- adjust on hand" is required.
  • Serialization - If an item is marked as "Unit Serialization" or "Container Serialization" on the Properties tab of its' Item Master, users will be required to verify or specify a serial number or container number when adjusting.
  • Location and Location Type defaults - When adjusting in inventory, the following records/preferences are checked when populating the default location and location type on the adjust inventory form.
    • Facility override on the Item Master.
    • Item Master default location, if that location belongs to the facility on the job.
    • If the Item Master location does not belong to the Job's Facility, pull in that facility's default Location/Location Type, if any.
    • Otherwise blank.
  • The Item Master > Properties tab contains a "Require Expiration Date" flag. If checked, the system will prevent inventory adjustments, production, or receipts if the selected part's Expiration Date is blank. If this occurs, the user will be prompted with the following message: "This item requires an expiration date".
  • When adjusting in inventory for an existing lot, the system keeps the Expiration Date.
  • The "Adjust On Hand" button in inventory reports is disabled when the "Display" combobox on the Inventory Reporting pre-filter is set to "All" or "Inactive".
  • Users have the ability to Group By container number when generating physical inventory worksheets.

System Navigation

  • Inventory > Adjust On Hand
  • Inventory > Inventory Reporting > "Adjust On Hand" button via various Report Types
  • WMS > Adjust On Hand

Inventory Adjustment form

Field/Button

Description

Apply

Click to commit the changes and complete the adjustment.

Part History

Displays the History Summary report (also available via Inventory Reporting) for the part depending on the Facility selected.

Part Number

Select the appropriate part number using the search box. This field will be grayed out if making an adjustment from the Inventory "Lots" or "Locations" reports since the Part and Lot will have already been selected.

Description

Part number description. Populates after a part has been selected.

Master Lot

Defines the Master Lot name/description that is being adjusted. Read only

  • Provides the ability to adjust out Master Lots using this transaction or via the "Adjust On hand" button on the Master Lot inventory report. This features allows companies to adjust master lots at once instead of the need to de-issue individual system lots first before performing adjustments on the de-issued lots. The security setting "Inventory -- adjust out master lots" controls access to this feature.

Stock Pricing Factor

The stock pricing factor for the item being adjusted. Defined as the number of stock pricing units per stock unit.

  • Example: Take an item that has a Unit Weight of "50" on the Calcs tab of the item, a Stock Unit of "Each" with a Factor of "1", and Stock Pricing Unit of "Pound" with a Factor of "1", the system will calculate the Stock Pricing Factor on this form as the item's Unit Weight (50) divided by the Stock Pricing Unit of Measure Factor (1). In this case the Stock Pricing Factor would be 50.

Stock Pricing Unit

The stock pricing unit for the item being adjusted.

On Hand

Displays the part's on hand quantity depending on the Facility, Location, or Lot selected on this form.

Stock Unit

Read only. Stock Unit of the item being adjust based on the Stock Unit indicated on the Item Master record.

Value

The part's value depending on the Facility, Location, or Lot selected on this form.

Currency

Read only. Currency is based on the Facility; if there is no Facility currency, the default system currency is used.

Adjust

Pick list used to select how the transaction will change the part's quantity and value. Options are:

  • Quantity and Value
  • Value Only - Designed to work when running in Actual or Average cost modes only.

Transaction Date

Defaults to today’s date, but may be changed.

Lot Date

Optional. When this field is set and inventory is getting adjusted into the system, the new lots will have lot dates equal to the lot date on this field.

  • The expiration date will be derived from the lot date field, if the lot date field is populated, as [Lot Date + Shelf Days = Expires Date]. If it is not populated, it will be derived from date the "Transaction Date" as [Transaction Date = Shelf Days = Expires Date].
  • For Value Only adjustments, the Lot Date will be read-only and blank.
  • If adjusting from a Lots report, the Lot Date will be blank and set to the modified lot's lot date.

Reason Code

Search field used to select why the transaction is occurring. Reason Codes are maintained in Inventory > Maintenance > Reason Codes.

Facility

Search field used to select the Facility in which this transaction is occurring. If making adjustments from a Lots or Locations report, this field will be grayed out since the Facility has already been defined. 

Location Type

Search field used to select the Location Type.

  • When adjusting from the main menu, the system sets the Location Type and Location from the Item Master defaults.
  • If the Item Master default Location Type is not in the Facility specified on this form, the Location Type is set to the default Location Type in that Facility instead and the Location is cleared.

Location

Search field used to select the Location. 

Quantity

Enter the amount to be adjusted.

Container Unit

The Unit of Measure for the Container that holds the selected part.

Container

This will auto-fill when coming from a lots report.

Unit Cost

Defines the unit cost of the lot, in the Currency specified, as a result of the adjustment. Specifically, the system checks the following items, in the order listed:

  1. The most recent last cost of purchased or produced material in the Facility specified on this form.
    • Note: This Facility-specific Last Cost value is retained by the system, though it is not visible anywhere. Regardless of if there is a Facility Part Cross Reference, this form will use the Last Cost for the Facility selected.
  2. If no purchased or produced inventory exists for the selected Facility, the "Acct. Std. Total" from the Facility Part Cross Reference is used (if one exists and its "Use Costs" flag is checked).
  3. If no Facility Part Cross Reference exists, the "Acct. Std. Total" from the Item Master is used.

Example:

  • Material is purchased in Facility 1 for Part 1 with a Cost of 1. This results in the Last Cost in the Item Master being 1.
  • If Facility 1 is selected on the Adjust On Hand form, the Unit Cost will load as 1.
  • Material is purchased in Facility 2 for Part 1 with a Cost of 2. This results in the Last Cost in the Item Master being 2.
  • If Facility 1 is selected on the Adjust On Hand form, the Unit Cost will still load as 1 (even though this last cost of 1 is nowhere visible in the system).
  • If Facility 2 is selected on the Adjust On Hand form, the Unit Cost will load as 2 (per the most recent purchase for that Part in that Facility).

Note: This field is always enabled when performing adjustments, including negative adjustments.

Lot

Defines the user lot that will be created as a result of the adjustment.

  • If making adjustments from the Inventory "Lots" or "Locations" reports, this field will be grayed out since the Facility has already been defined.
  • If the Part requires that users specify a lot number, this field will display the words "Lot required".
  • If the item does not require users to specify a lot number this field will display the word "System".
  • The security setting "Inventory - edit user lot when adjusting inventory" controls if the "User Lot" field is disabled when adjusting in inventory.

System Lot

Defines the system lot that will be created as a result of the adjustment.

  • If making adjustments from the Inventory "Lots" or "Locations" reports, this field is grayed out since the system lot was defined previously. In these cases, the system checks to verify the specified system lot does in fact exist and that it uses the same part number as the one being adjusted.
  • When populating this field, the Expiration Date and Lot Date will be derived from the "Lot Date" field, if it is populated, as [Lot Date + Shelf Days = Expires Date]. If it is not populated, it will be derived from date the "Transaction Date" as [Transaction Date = Shelf Days = Expires Date].

Expires

Expiration date for the item lot selected on the form. The different calculations used by the system to calculate this date are as follows:

  • Adjusting from the main menu and selected item has no Shelf Life - the Expiration date will be blank
  • Adjusting from the main menu and selected item has a Shelf Life - the Expiration date will be the transaction date + Shelf Life days as defined on the "General 2" tab of the Item Master.
  • Adjusting from the "Lots" report via Inventory > Item Master - the Expiration date will be the Expiration date of the lot selected.

Notes:

1. This field is required (marked in blue) if the item selected has the "Require Expiration Date" flag checked.

2. Changing the transaction date causes the expiration date to be recalculated when adjusting from the main menu.

Attributes 1-3

30 character text fields available for company-specific lot and inventory information. The captions for these fields is maintained in Captions.

Density

Option to enter the actual density of the lots when using the Produce Assemblies transaction. The ability to enter values in this field is controlled by the "Measured Density" flag on the Item Master Properties tab.

Inventory Account

The inventory account as defined on Item Master Accounts tab.

  • The security setting "Inventory -- adjust on hand inventory account" controls access to this field.
  • If making adjustments from the Inventory "Lots" or "Locations" reports, this field will be grayed out.
  • In WMS, the account on the item master will be used by default, and an error will be displayed if there is no applicable account. User cannot change via WMS.

Adjustment Account

Expense account to which inventory adjustments are debited. The default for this field will be supplied by either the "Inventory Adjustment" account specified on the "Reason Code" selected, or, if the Reason Code does not contain an account, the item's "Inventory Adjustment" account. If both the reason code and item do not contain an account, it will keep what is currently selected. The default may be overridden if necessary.

  • The security setting "Inventory -- override adj account" controls access to this field.
  • In WMS, the adjustment account of the item will be used by default, and an error will be displayed if there is no applicable account. User cannot change via WMS.

Notes

Optional memo field to describe detail regarding the adjustment. 

WMS Specific Buttons

Adjusting On-Hand via WMS will display everything above except "Inventory Account" and "Adjustment Account". Note that the security setting "WMS -- adjust on hand" is required. Also includes:

Field/Button

Description

Apply

Attempts to adjust in or out the quantities specified.

  • If the user chooses a transaction date in the past, they will require security setting "Accounting -- backdate transactions".
  • If an item requires an expiration date, it must be entered or changes will not be applied.
  • If the user attempts to adjust a lot with quarantined items, they will require security setting "Inventory -- adjust onhand from quarantine".

Exit

The user will be sent back to the main WMS menu.

Find

Opens the Find form, which will allow the user to search for inventory and select it to populate the lot and part information into the adjustment form.