STOCKTAKE USING A PDE

The general stocktake procedure is:

In the stocktake section of CONTROL (Stock->Stocktake),

1. Press "Record Pre-Stocktake Quantities"
2. Transfer the stock file from CONTROL to the PDE
   1. Plug the PDE into the COM port of server.
   2. Exit to the main menu of the PDE.
   3. In CONTROL's main menu, select Stock.
   4. Select Stocktake.
   5. Select PDE Stocktake Operations (Optional)
   6. Select "4. Generate Stock file for PDE"
   7. Select the default options It will tell how records it created. Make sure this looks alright.
   8. CONTROL will ask you if you want to "Transfer stock file to PDE". Choose 'Y'.
   9. On the PDE, press "Download Master File". The PDE and CONTROL should now display a rapidly increasing number. Wait for the numbers to finish and the file should be transfered.
3. Scan your stock. If the PDE complains about "No Record Found", take note of the barcode, item and its location.
4. Transfer the data from the PDE to CONTROL
   1. Plug the PDE into the COM port of server.
   2. Exit to the main menu of the PDE.
   3. In CONTROL's main menu, select Stock.
   4. Select Stocktake.
   5. Select PDE Stocktake Operations (Optional)
   6. Select Retrieve Counts from PDE
   7. The system will ask for a filename. Press ENTER.
   8. From the main menu of the PDE, press "3. Upload Counts". The PDE and CONTROL should now display a rapidly increasing number.
   9. CONTROL will ask you if you want to "Import stock counts into CONTROL". Choose 'Y'.
   10. Print off any errors that the system may have detected.The PDE will ask you if you wish to delete the data. Choose YES.
   11. On the computer screen, press "Generate Stocktake Count Transactions"
   12. Wait a minute or two while the transactions are posted. 1.If the system printed off some errors, you may need to adjust some of the counts.
       1. To do this you will need to press "Enter Stocktake Counts" and enter the corrections manually.
5. Press "Stocktake Variance Report"
6. If you are satisfied with the results, Generate Stocktake Adjustments.
7. On the PDE, choose the "Delete Menu" and choose to delete the "Count File".

NOTE: If you run the steps 6 and 7, there is NO going back.

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