Returning Items from Production (Return Material)

Use the Return Material transaction to return items to inventory that were previously issued to a production order.

Return Material is a transaction belonging to the Production Sub-Menu on the Warehouse Mobility icon based and list based menus.

On the Production Sub-Menu:

  1. Select Return Material.
  2. Specify or review this information:
    Order Number
    Scan the number of the production order from which the material is being returned.
    Item Number
    Scan the item number to return. The item description is displayed.
    Position
    If applicable, specify the position of the item on the order. The position may be specified by default.
    Warehouse
    Specify the warehouse to which the items are being returned.
    Lot Number
    If applicable, scan the lot number.
    Quantity
    Specify the quantity to return to inventory.
    Location
    Specify the location to which to return the items.
    Generate HU?
    Specify whether to assign a handling unit to the returned items. This field is only displayed if the Allow Handling Unit Input parameter is selected for this transaction.
    Handling Unit
    Scan the handling unit to which to assign the returned items. Optionally, leave blank to generate a new handling unit. This field is only displayed if you specified Yes in the Generate HU? field.
  3. Select Process.
  4. If you need to manually scan serial numbers, or the item needs to be assigned a lot number, the Serial/Lot Entry screen is displayed. On the Serial/Lot Entry screen, specify or review this information:
    Item number
    The item number and description are displayed.
    Quantity remaining
    The quantity that needs to be assigned serial or lot numbers is displayed.
    Generate Serials?
    To generate new serial numbers for the items, select Yes. To scan existing serial numbers, select No. This field is only displayed if the item is serial-controlled, it is possible to generate serial numbers for this transaction, and you have not scanned any serial numbers.
    All Serials?
    Select Yes to indicate that all serial numbers for this item at the current stock point are being used in the transaction. Selecting Yes in this field removes the need to individually scan each serial number. This field is only displayed if the item is serial-controlled and you are performing a transaction using all the items in a stock point.
    Lot Number
    If applicable, scan a lot number to assign to the item. This field is only available if the item is not serial-controlled and needs to be assigned a lot number. If the item is serial-controlled, the item lot number displays in this field after you scan the first serial number.
    Serial Number
    Scan a serial number. This field is only displayed if the item is serial-controlled, you are not generating new serial numbers, and you did not select Yes in the All Serials? field.
    Quantity
    Specify a quantity to assign to the specified lot number. This field is only available if the item is not serial-controlled and needs to be assigned a lot number.
  5. Select Process. The scanned serial number or lot number is processed. If there are additional serial numbers or lot numbers to scan, scan them. Optionally, press X to view serial or lot numbers that you have scanned. Optionally, press Y to reset all scanned serial or lot numbers, so you can re-scan them.