Creating a request to count

Overview

In addition to automatically generating cycle counts for items in the warehouse, the application lets you manually generate cycle count tasks for specific owners and items. A Request to Count is a user-requested cycle count task that can be released to the Task Manager/RF-directed task queue. Just as application-generated cycle counts can be released, the option allows you to focus on items that require special attention.

Select Execution > Cycle Count > Count Request.

Item and location combinations are added to the Request to Count table if a pick is shorted during RF picking process. If multiple short picks are entered against the same owner/item/location/lot combination, the Request to Count is not duplicated. This type of Request to Count functions the same as a user entering a specific owner/item/ location/lot combination in the Request to Count screen.

Releasing a Request to Count releases cycle count tasks generated in the following circumstances:

• On the Request to Count screen
• When you use a Task Manager Reason Code and the Do Cycle Count field on the Task Manager Reason screen is set to Yes.

  For example, an associate performing an RF-directed pick short picks the task and enters a SHORT reason code. On the Task Manager Reason screen, if the reason is SHORT and the Do Cycle Count field is set to Yes, the application generates a Task Manager cycle count task.

See the Infor Supply Chain Execution Configuration User Guide for more information on reason codes.