Application Extension Focus
- Improve the overall accuracy of computer inventory balances using bar code inventory counting for physical inventories.
- Decrease the time spent doing physical inventory counts with reduced manpower for data collection and data entry.
- Real-time data collection using Radio Frequency data collection devices
Overview
Using portable hand-held computer scanners, physical entries are performed by scanning part number labels and entering the quantity in the location. Laser scanning allows the user to easily read hard to reach part labels or bin locations. The standard Epicor version of the PI process is aimed at making the physical count match the computer. The BPI version makes the computer match the physical count. This is accomplished by counting what is in the warehouse and matching it to the system rather than taking the tags printed by the system and attaching counts. Data captured from the portable readers is loaded directly into the Epicor system to perform adjustments to computer on-hand balances. Since keyboard data entry is all but eliminated with this method, counting is done with improved efficiency and accuracy.
The BPI Application Extension is fully integrated with the appropriate modules within the Epicor ERP system®.
Features and Functions
- Lot tracking / Serial number and license plates supported.
- Blank tag support for items not found in database. Blank tags are created on the fly – no need to pre-create blank tags.
- Tags do not need to be printed or manually entered at all.
- Support for the License plates (using Alternative’s Advanced Barcode LP module).
- Dynamic freezing of inventory ensures accuracy during continued business activity.
- Blind audits, cross-reference id, and other advanced auditing features to make a paperless physical inventory acceptable to external or internal auditors.
