Select ID

A select ID (selection identifier) is a selection of inventory items that you want to count for a specific inventory purpose. You can have multiple select IDs that are used for different kinds of inventory assessments.

If you want to conduct a complete inventory assessment, you can select every item at a location to be counted under a single select ID. You can also define a select ID that identifies items to count for a particular bin group or movement class. Conversely, select IDs can be set up to not require the entry of counts, items with zero stock-on-hand quantities, and items with no unit cost.

Other reasons to define a select ID are to:

  • Select items with a high turnover rate

  • Select a count accuracy less than a specified percentage

  • Select items not counted in a specified number of days (cycle counts)

Item counts are updated to inventory when you run Update Variances (IC175) in update mode.

How do I count only one or two items during a physical inventory?

The best way to update stock-on-hand quantities for just one or two items is to use Adjustments (IC24.1).

Inventory adjustments represent transactions that cannot be classified as issues, receipts, or transfers. For example, returns, salvage, miscounts, theft, damaged goods, and so on.

You can select individual items to count when you create the selected ID. These items are included with other selected items based on selection criteria.

What is the recount option?

You can select items for counting by the number of transactions created since the items were counted last. When you manually enter the number of transactions since the last count, items with more transactions than this number are frozen.

How do I select counts by movement class?

Up to three movement classes are available for counting selection, plus a special movement class. Within each movement class, you decide whether to include items:

  • with an accuracy less than a percentage that you specify

  • not counted for a specified number of days

  • maximum number of items to count

You must assign the movement class to the item location before the physical count begins.