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To start counting inventory, go to ''Inventory → Inventory Counting'' tab. You will see a list of all your items that can be counted. You can count items by [[Barcoding | scanning]] them with the rear camera of your phone, finding them on the list and typing in new quantities, or combining these two methods (scanning an item once to find it and then editing the new quantity).
 
To start counting inventory, go to ''Inventory → Inventory Counting'' tab. You will see a list of all your items that can be counted. You can count items by [[Barcoding | scanning]] them with the rear camera of your phone, finding them on the list and typing in new quantities, or combining these two methods (scanning an item once to find it and then editing the new quantity).
  

Latest revision as of 17:04, 3 June 2022

Inventory counts can be sped up considerably using HandiFox, especially when barcoding is involved. More than that, counting can be parallelized by having multiple employees count different parts of your stock with their mobile devices.

Counting Inventory in the Web App

To start counting inventory in the web app, go to Inventory → Counting Sessions and click Hfo-plus-button.png.

A new counting session in the web app

You can add items to the counting session by selecting them from a list, scanning them in (use the Scan Barcode field) or combining these two methods (scanning an item once to find it and then editing the new quantity).

You can also check the Show All Items checkbox to show all your inventory parts in this counting session. Then you can browse and enter new quantities only for the items you have counted.

If you need to count your entire inventory (on the given site), use the Full Inventory Count option. It will add all your items to the counting session and set all their quantities to zero, meaning that if you haven't counted some item, then it is not in stock and the new quantity of this item becomes 0.

You can change the site on which you are counting inventory by selecting a new site from the Inventory Site dropdown.

You can optionally set a reference number for this counting session in the corresponding field, and edit the Memo field for any notes you wish to include for the rest of your team or for history.

Finally, you can search among items already added to the counting session, using the search field in the upper part of the page. Search is possible by item names, descriptions, and SKUs.

When you are finished, or if you need to take a break, click Save to record the counting session in its current state.

Saving your counting session will not modify any quantities on hand just yet. You can go back later and add some more items to it.

To finalize your counting session, find it on the Counting Sessions page and click on it to view. Depending on your company settings and your own permissions in the system, you can either click Submit to Review, so a manager can review and approve your counts, or Apply your counting session right away. In the latter case, your new counts will take effect immediately.

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Counting Inventory in the Mobile App

In the Android app

Inventory Counting Screen of the Mobile App

To start counting inventory, go to Inventory → Inventory Counting. You will see a list of all your items that can be counted. You can count items by scanning, finding them on the list and typing in new quantities, or combining these two methods (scanning an item once to find it and then editing the new quantity).

Info-sign.png If you have over 5000 items, this screen will not list all of them and will work as a lookup instead. In this case, using a barcode scanner is highly recommended, since finding items by filtering can take a long time.

A reference number can be specified for a counting session in the Ref. No. field, but it is not required.

You can Save your counting session if you need to leave it and continue later.

If you wish to discard the counts you have entered so far and start over, you can tap Clear.

To force a full inventory count, select the Full Inventory Counting checkbox. This will reset the quantities for every single item to zero unless you enter a new quantity for it.

When you are finished with all the items you needed to count, tap Apply to finalize and submit your counting session. After that, it will be sent for manager approval.

Warning-sign.png After a counting session has been applied, a new one cannot be started right away. The existing counting session has to be approved/refused by a manager in the web app, and the mobile app has to learn about this status change through synchronizing before a new counting session can be started.


In the iOS app


IOS inventory counting.gif

To start counting inventory, go to Inventory → Inventory Counting tab. You will see a list of all your items that can be counted. You can count items by scanning them with the rear camera of your phone, finding them on the list and typing in new quantities, or combining these two methods (scanning an item once to find it and then editing the new quantity).

A reference number can be specified for a counting session in the Ref. No. field, but it is not required.

You can Save your counting session if you need to leave it and continue later. To save the session, tap IOS ellipsis menu.jpeg in the top-right corner of the screen and tap Save in the pop-up window. If you wish to discard the quantities you have entered so far and start over, you can tap Clear in the same pop-up window.

To force a full inventory count, tap IOS ellipsis menu.jpeg in the top-right corner of the screen and tap the Full Inventory Counting button in the pop-up window. This will reset the quantities for every single item to zero unless you enter a new quantity for it.

When you are finished with all the items you needed to count, tap IOS ellipsis menu.jpeg in the top-right corner of the screen and tap Apply to finalize and submit your counting session. After that, it will be sent for manager approval.

Warning-sign.png After a counting session has been applied, a new one cannot be started right away. The existing counting session has to be approved/refused by a manager in the web app.


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Printing out Inventory Counting Results

In the web app

First, go to Inventory → Counting Sessions and find the counting session that interests you (possibly using search and filtering). Click on the counting session to view it, then click Print.

In the mobile app

In the Android app, you can print the results of a counting session by tapping Print on the Inventory Counting screen at any time. Printing is possible for a counting session in progress as well as the one that has already been Applied (as long as it can still be viewed on the device).

In the iOS app, you can print the results of a counting session by tapping IOS ellipsis menu.jpeg in the top-right corner of the screen and tapping Save & Print.

Inventory Count Review and Approval

By default, HandiFox demands that all new inventory counts done on mobile devices or in the web app are reviewed and accepted by a manager before they take effect.

This behavior can be disabled under Hfo-gears.PNG → Settings → Inventory → Manager Approval is Required. In this case all counting sessions will take effect immediately after they are applied.

Counting sessions pending approval will be listed in the web app, under Inventory → Counting Sessions (and also in the Dashboard). By default, counting sessions for all inventory sites are displayed, but they can be filtered by site.

A newly submitted counting session being listed on the Counting Sessions page


To start reviewing counting results, mark one or more counting sessions using the checkboxes in the leftmost column, then click View. You will see the items counted in all sessions you marked with their old and new counts.

Viewing the results of a newly submitted counting session


If the same item was counted more than once (on different devices), all the counts will be added up in this list (provided that you are reviewing all the counting sessions together).

Use the checkboxes to select all item rows for which you want the counting to take effect, then click Apply. All other rows will be discarded!

You can also discard a counting session completely by selecting its checkbox on the Counting Sessions page and clicking Void.

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