Last update 28/05/02
STOCK CONTROL FAQ

Directory of Topics
Stock Recalculation
Stock Availability Errors
Stock History Cleardown
Stock Taking
"Stock Item Missing"

STOCK RECALCULATION - Why do I need to re-calculate my stock.

Inventory Control is accessed by a vast number of the programmes, Sales Orders, Works Orders, and Purchase Orders to name a few. As a direct result there are lots of ways in which the data held in Inventory Control can be influenced or changed. Because of this data errors can sometimes occur. To overcome this Recalculate Stock was introduced, and should be run from time to time to check for errors. If a significant number of errors have occurred, you will need to run the full programme. At a time when all users are off the system, and you have taken a system backup, run Recalculate Stock, you will need the password for the day. It is a good idea to consult with your reseller during this process.

View online a document that explains how Stock Availability Errors occur and how you can reduce the possibility of such errors happening in the future.

STOCK HISTORY CLEARDOWN  - View online a fact sheet for the process.

STOCK TAKING - When running a report for the stock taking of serial controlled stock, can zero batches be excluded?
Response - Zero batches will be excluded if they are before the cut-off date specified in field (excl_date), with the stock card selection ranges. Field (excl_date) can be defaulted to today's date by specifying an initial date of '?' on the form.

Any other Stock Code comes up with "Stock item missing" 
Go to Inventory Control, Enquiries, Stock

Put in a warehouse which you know you have, and put in part of a stock description, F2 browse, and select Filter Product Description. It will return a list of anything with the search string you entered. You may then select one of the available stock records.

If you come out of here and go to the Stock File Maintenance screen. You will find that you are only able to put in a stock code which came up in your search. Any other record comes up with the error "Stock item missing"

The only way to prevent the above from happening is to exit totally from stock after the enquiry, and then re-enter.