Empty count

The end-of-day cycle count includes any empty bins present in the cycle count waves, which are created by the count. You can select the location status on the RF and set a cycle wave on the RF for locations that contains only empty bins. The RF lists those locations for you. With the RF, you can move to one of those locations. and visually verify the bin is empty. Then, enter a validation of the empty bin. A cycle count transaction entry is created in TWL so that the count can be reviewed in TWL Execution-Cycle Count-Inquiry. One of these two messages is displayed:

• This is an Empty Count location, manually adjust correct levels for any stock found: There may be inventory in the location. If so, follow internal procedures to do a manual stock move or stock adjustment to get the location to the correct inventory levels.
• Stock found in Empty Count location, verify system counts manually: The only time you need to verify system counts manually is when stock is put away or moved to the location after you scheduled the cycle count.

After the message is displayed, the next cycle count is displayed. A transaction record of CS is created for the cycle count. A CS record indicates that you attempted to count the location. If an empty count item is flagged for a count, but a stock adjustment is accidentally performed on the item, then two actions occur. First, the adjustment clears the cycle count flag on the inventory record. Second, the record is removed from the cycle count. Although no CS transaction record is created, a TWL Execution-Cycle Count-Inquiry shows the transaction detail for a stock adjustment (AS).

If the record has no quantity, then the empty count inventory record is removed. In most cases, the record should be removed. An audit trail is created in TWL. We recommend that you track the location and product.

If the inventory record is not removed because there is quantity, then the inventory record cycle count complete record is updated. The product in the empty location may not exist in TWL. If not, then the product is automatically set up as a nonstock product to associate the product with the location during the cycle count.

The starting and ending times on the cycle count record are updated with the times the cycle count record needs to be applied. This is so tracking against the cycle count progress continues. TWL Execution-Cycle Count-Inquiry tracks open counts against the inventory records and the closed counts, counts and discrepancies, against the transactions files.