Data Verification Toolset

The Data Verification Toolset programs provide a way for you to ensure that your inventory quantity data is consistent and accurate. These programs are designed for Inventory Control customers. The programs scan database records in the Warehouse application to determine if incomplete or inconsistent records exist. Consequently, they help you to verify the accuracy of the inventory quantities within Lawson Distribution Management.

There are many reasons why inconsistencies may exist, including software problems, system crashes, power surges, and interfaces from other systems. You can use these programs to report on and update any inconsistencies found, and get the source documents (requisitions, customer orders, purchase orders, intransit receipts, and work orders) in sync with their respective demand and shipment files.

These programs make sure that your stock on hand and stock-on-hand detail are in sync. They do not handle issues with available stock, costs, or inventory valuation.

If you have one of these situations, then you need these programs:

• Purchase orders and requisitions with no open lines that will not close.

• You cannot process shipments because of missing demand records.

• Stock is reported as allocated but there are no open document lines to support the demand.

• Stock is on hand but none is available to be allocated.

• Stock on hand detail quantity is out of sync with the item location quantity.

Two kinds of programs are available in the Data Verification Toolset, report and update programs. You need to review the information on the reports and verify that the information to be updated is correct. The report programs let you see if a need exists to install and run the update programs.

Update programs actually correct data. They are powerful programs and require certain expertise and training before being run.