Issuing Material to Work Centers

Use the Work Center Material Issue transaction to issue material to work centers or to recall previously issued material. There are two ways you can use this transaction:

  • to issue material from inventory
  • to recall issued material

The warehouse mobility icon based menu and list based menu comprises of the Make It. Work Center Material Issue is listed as a transaction under the Make It module.

On the Make It module to issue material to work centers or recall previously issued material:

  1. Select Work Center Material Issue.
  2. Specify or review this information:
    Whse
    Your warehouse is displayed.
    Work Center
    Specify a work center. The work center description is displayed.
    Employee ID
    If applicable, specify your employee ID. This field is only displayed if the User Input Employee parameter is selected for this transaction.
    Employee Name
    Your employee name is displayed. This field is only displayed if the User Input Employee parameter is selected for this transaction.
    Note:  Employee number is displayed, when user is associated with a valid employee.
    Type
    To issue material from inventory, select Issue. To recall previously issued material, select Reverse.
  3. Select Next.
  4. Specify or review this information:
    Item
    Scan the material to issue. The material description is displayed.
    Location
    Select a location from which to issue material.
    Lot
    If applicable, scan the lot number.
    Available
    The available quantity to issue is displayed.
    Qty
    Specify the quantity to issue. If the issue type is Reverse, you can specify any positive quantity. If the issue type is Issue, you cannot specify a quantity greater than the available quantity unless negative inventory is allowed for this transaction and for your ERP system.
  5. Select Process.
  6. If the item is serial-controlled, you are prompted to scan serial numbers for the items. In the Serial field, scan or select a serial number for each item. The total quantity of serial numbers to scan is displayed. The Scanned field shows how many serial numbers you have scanned. When you have scanned the required quantity of serial numbers, click Process. Optionally, select Show List to view a list of available serial numbers, or select Clear List to clear all scanned serial numbers.

    If the transaction is configured to automatically print labels, the labels are printed.

  7. If the transaction is configured to manually print labels, the Label Printing screen is displayed. Specify this information:
    Printer
    Select a printer.
    Label Per Box
    Specify the number of labels to print for each box.
    Qty Remaining
    The number of remaining labels to be printed is displayed.
    No of Boxes
    Specify the number of boxes for which to print labels.
    Qty Per Box
    Specify how many items are in each box.
  8. When the quantity of remaining labels to print is zero, select Print to print the labels. Optionally, select Clear Labels to clear the No of Boxes and Qty Per Box fields.
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