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Set up
Setup must be run by Roll Master. All available accumulator items will be moved into a 08/08 inventory
item and any existing inventory locations will be created in that 08/08 item. During the set up process
you can choose a default bin location that the system will use when receiving accumulator items via the
“Receive Entire PO” function. In the example below there were available items in the location MR710
and those have been moved into a newly created 08/08 item and given the location where they came
from. If a 08/08 item already exists, then the available product will be added to it and any location
information of the products will be created in that 08/08 multi bin view.
Inventory
Note location on main inventory page will show MULTI if product is in more than one location,
otherwise it will show the single location in the Loc column.
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If you highlight the inventory line, you can right click and view the multi locations without having to go
into the item itself.
This will take you to the main Multi Bin screen. This screen is constant throughout the program with any
differences being in the lower right area that have specific information and functionality depending on
what module of the program you are working with. Please note that boxed items will show the boxes in
the last column.
On the multi bin screen you will see all locations that a product is currently in.
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You will also notice that there is an area across the top of the white box where items in transit and
unpicked reserves are listed. Unpicked Reserves are reserves that are assigned to specific jobs but have
not been allocated to a specific bin location by the work order. By clicking the View unpicked reserves in
the upper right of the screen you can see what jobs have these unpicked reserves.
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Items inside the white box in the reserve column have already been assigned to a specific bin via the
work order. From the view multi bin screen you can move location of any of your available product to
either an existing bin or a new bin by clicking on the move location button. It will default to moving from
the top location or you can highlight any location you want to move product from and then click the
move location button.
You can then select to move a quantity from the available amount in that location to any of the current
locations by either highlighting the location you would like to move them to, or by typing in the location.
You can also type in a new location and the new location will be created. Once you type in the quantity
and location the “Move Loc” button will be active and you can click it to move the product. The program
will ask you to confirm the move and then move the product to its new location.
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You will note that you can either move an item by choosing the quantity or you can select the “Box”
option and move product by the number of boxes. Box quantity must be filled in on the main inventory
screen in order for box quantity to function.
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When you enter into the Edit Inventory Item screen when multi bin is turned on you will notice that the
on hand box is no longer accessable. Any changes to the quantity on hand will need to be made from
the bin location itself and will be updated to the onhand box automatically. You will also see a box count
beside the onhand, reserved, available, used, and W/O’d areas if the item has a box quantatiy entered.
To make changes to a bin location you will use the “view multi” button. This will take you to the “View
Multi” screen where you can highlight the location you need to add or subtract inventory from. After
you enter the quantity that you need to show as on hand for that bin and hit the continue button you
will be asked to enter a comment and a date the same as any inventory adjustment, and the overall
onhand quantity will be updated.
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Transfers
When you enter into an inventory item to create a transfer, make all of your selections for the transfer
and click the transfer button, the multi bin distribution window will be displayed and allow you to select
what actual bins you wish to take the items from to be transferred. This process will be similar when
printing work orders. You will see in the lower right of the screen in this case there is a quantity of 100
units or 4 boxes left to pick from the bins in the white box to complete the transfer. You can either
highlight a bin you want to pull all or some of the product from and click continue or you can type in the
quantity and location and then select continue. You can also toggle back and forth between quantity
and boxes.
In this example I select to take 50 from bin 2. You will see that after you hit the continue button there is
still a quantity of 50 left to fill our transfer. After you select the next 50, the program will prompt you for
the date and then complete the outgoing part of the transfer.
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When receiving in the transfer on the other end, you will see a similar screen that allows you to select
what bins you want to place the product into and you can create new bins if needed. Select or type in
the location and amount and select continue and the transfer will be complete.
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Receiving
When receiving items that are stored in multiple bins, “MULTI” will display as the bin location.
You can view what bin location the inventory is in by click the Multi View button.
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After you enter the quantity and select save, then select save for the reserves if there are any, the multi
bin screen will again pop up and you will be able to distribute the quantity you have received to any
existing bin or you can create a new bin location. You will again notice that it will let you know how
many units or boxes you have left to distribute into a location. After you have finished distributing all
the items received you will be returned to the receiving screen to continue receiving or prompted to
close the PO.
If you split the receiving into multiple bins, the receiving report will show that information.
If you receive items using the receive entire PO function, then the inventory will be located in the
default bin that was chosen when setting up multi bin.
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Work Orders
When shipping multi bin items using a work order, after selecting the F2 to edit the ship now quantity,
the multi bin location screen will appear and allow you to select how much product you want to ship
from what location. You will note that it defaults to the total quantity remaining to be shipped.
You can select the amount you would like to ship from what location and then select ship, you can then
select the next amount and bin and click ship again until you have shipped the amount you would like to
with this work order.
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After you have selected all you want to ship, you click the continue button and will be returned to the
work order to continue shipping more items.
If you have selected F1 to ship all products for a work order and there are one or more multi bin items
on the work order, the multi bin screen for each item will come up and allow you to ship the desired
quantity from the desired locations. And then return you to the work order to print that work order. A
new sheet will print with the work order showing the quantities and bin locations for each multi bin
item.
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The locations also print on the work order below the labor section.
You can also ship items by the box quantity if you enter into a line and hit the F5 key.
This will pop up the following screen where you can enter the number of boxes you wish to ship. Then
you will be taken to the multi bin distribution screen where you can select the bin to ship from.
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Returns
When on a line in the work order you can select the F5 key to return items that have been shipped out
for that job. Once you have select whether or not it will affect the job cost and whether you want to
return it in boxes, it will take you to the multi bin screen where you can choose what bins you would like
to put the returned product into. Once you highlight one of the current bins you can select how much
you need to return and to what bins.
I selected to return 1 box to bin 3 and click the return button. I can then chose to return the second box
to bin 4 and click return again. The screen will then show that I have no remaining products to return
and I can hit continue to return to the work order page.
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Inventory Valuation
When making an increase to the quantity on hand in the inventory valuation, the multi bin screen will
pop up and you will be able to choose what bins you need to increase the quantity In. Again, you can
either type in the quantity and the location or you can highlight the location and then type in the
quantity.
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After completing the increase, you will be asked to enter a comment and date, then returned to the
valuation screen. The same process is followed for decreasing the quantity.
Inventory List
Items in multiple bins are listed showing a total row and then all the bins listed below that total row.
Audit Report
Bin location changes can be seen on this report