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Introduction

This document provides instructions on how to match the quantity on hand (in the system) to the physical lens count in the inventory. Use these procedures to adjust your quantity on hand, report on the count that has been changed, and adjust costcosts.

Procedure

Print Physical Forms and take a physical inventory count. This will show step shows how much you have in stock and its value. 

Physical inventory is another important a necessary procedure that the lab cannot be overlookeddisregard. It is important crucial for the system to ‘know’ how many lenses are available for picking and min/max reasons. Optifacts has a few different methods of obtaining a physical inventory count, but they all involve you actually physically counting all those lenses.

If you have there are a few terminals computers with barcode readers attached, the counting of inventory can be made simpler by utilizing these stations. Remote or portable scanners are also available that make inventory a breeze. Some labs move lenses, a drawer or bin at a time to a station, count it, and return it back to the inventory area, repeating this until all lenses have been countedthe counting of all lenses is complete.

When doing your the first physical inventory with Optifacts, it might be a good idea to have Optifacts support reset all lens counts to zero (0) quantity right before you start the counting starts. You can then use Use a scanner to scan and count all lenses, incrementing SKU counts as you proceed. For all physical counts after this, you will be able to can print discrepancy reports, showing any quantity differences in pre and post physical count quantities.

Cycle Counts are Counting is one of the most important essential functions of Inventory Management. This procedure ensures that the actual number of lenses on the shelf match matches the inventory in the system.

Performing an inventory count is a multi-step process as follows:

  1. Clear out any previous counts.

  2. Print cycle count sheets that list the lens SKUs, bins locations, and (expected) quantity on hand.

  3. Physically count the inventory.

  4. Print the Variance Report. The Variance Report lists any changes to the inventory that

    were found

    differs from the current count in the system.

  5. Update the system’s inventory to reflect the changes.

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 9 - Inventory and press enterEnter.

Type 3 – Inventory Procedures and press enterEnter.

Type 10 – Physical Inventory Menu and press enterEnter.

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Step 1 - Clear Inventory Forms

  • Type 1 – Clear Inventory Forms from the Physical Inventory Menu and press

    enter

    Enter.

OK

.

to Continue (Y/N)?

  • Type Y and press

    enter

    Enter to clear the file.

  • Type N to return to the menu.

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  • Press

    enter

    Enter to return to the Optifacts Lens Inventory Physical Inventory Menu.

Step 2 - Generate Forms

  • Type 2 – Physical Inventory Forms from the Physical Inventory Menu and press

    enter

    Enter.

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  • Type the starting bin location in the Bin Start field or type * to designate all bins and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the ending bin location in the Bin End field or type * to designate all bins and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type Y in the Order by Bin Location? (Y/N) field and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the style code or type * to designate all styles and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the Seg. Size or type * to designate all seg sizes and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the Material code or type * to designate all materials and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the Color code or type * to designate all colors and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the Lens Type code or type * to designate all types and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the beginning diameter or type * to designate all diameters and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the ending diameter or type * to designate all diameters and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the beginning base or type * to designate all bases and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the ending base or type * to designate all bases and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the beginning cylinder or type * to designate all cylinders and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the ending cylinder or type * to designate all cylinders and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the beginning upper add or type * to designate all upper adds and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the ending upper add or type * to designate all upper adds and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the beginning lower add or type * to designate all lower adds and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the ending lower add or type * to designate all lower adds and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type 0 for regular thickness or 1 for extra thickness, and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Type the mfr code or type * to designate all manufacturers and press

    enter

    Enter.

Has the data been printed correctly(Y/N)

  • Type Y if it printed correctly.

  • Type N to repeat the

    process

    steps.

Store the entries into the physical inventory file (Y/N)

  • Type Y and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Press Escape to return to the Optifacts Lens Inventory Physical Inventory menu.

Step 3 - Verify and Enter Inventory Count

Manually verify the physical inventory in the bins and write the quantity on the report.

  • Type 3 – Physical Inventory Entry from the Physical Inventory Menu and press

    enter

    Enter. (

    Your

    The lab may

    be configured

    have a configuration in place to take you directly to the entry form from this menu option as shown in the following diagram).

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  • Type 2 - Enter

    counts manually

    Counts Manually from the Physical Entry Menu, and press

    enter

    Enter. (

    you will

    You see only

    see

    the menu options as shown in the following diagram if

    your lab is configured as such

    the lab has a configuration in place to do so).

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  • Once the Inventory Physical Entry form displays, type 1 in the page # field and press

    enter

    Enter.

Note:
Info

The page numbers in the printed report and the page numbers on the screen do not always match. The best method is to start with page 1 on the screen

and

. Then, put a check-mark next to the listings on the printed report, as they are verified.

  • Press Enter past the SKU field.

The first entry

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  • Type the number of lenses from the manual verification of physical inventory in the Counted field and press

    enter

    Enter.

The next SKU displays automatically

displays

.

  • When all changes are complete, press Escape to exit.

Note:
Info

If you go back through Physical Inventory Entry without reprinting the Physical Inventory Report, the screen does not reflect the changes you made

will not be reflected onscreen

even though the system has stored the change. The Physical Inventory Report is not a real-time report. It is only as valid as the last time that the forms

were run

ran. To see the most recent changes, rerun the Physical Inventory Report.

Step 4

Step 4 - Variance Report

  • Type 4 – Physical Count Variance from the Physical Inventory Menu and press

    enter

    Enter.

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Output to Screen Only? (Y/N)

  • Type N and press

    enter

    Enter to print the report.

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  • Press Enter to return to the Optifacts Lens Inventory Physical Inventory Menu.


Warning

 *** Before  Before moving on to the next step, review the Physical Count Variance Report for “no count” errors and overall correctness. If edits are required, perform Step Steps 3 and 4 above again. ***

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Step 5 - Update Inventory

Once the Physical Variance is completedcomplete:

  • Type 5 – Update From Physical Form and press

    enter

    Enter.

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  • Enter the Bin Start location or leave * for all locations and press enterEnter.
  • Enter the Bin End location or leave * for all locations and press enterEnter.

Would you like to begin this procedure? (Y/N)

  • Type Y to continue and press enterEnter.
  • Type N or Escape to return to the menu.
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If you typed Y to continue, the inventory will be updated updates, and the Update Process Complete message will displaydisplays.Image Removed

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  • Press any key to return to the Optifacts Lens Inventory Physical Inventory Menu.

Step 6 - Inventory Valuation Report

This is the report to use if you need to send inventory results to Essilor.

From the Optifacts main menu:

Type 9 - Inventory and press enterEnter.

Type 2 - Inventory Reports and press enterEnter.

Type 7 - Inventory Valuation Report and press enterEnter.

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Use WinSCP to Access the Reports

  • Open and log on to WinSCP with your assigned user name and password. Typically, the username is ‘reports,’ and the password is ‘reports.’ Check with Optifacts Support or lab management to confirm. (Refer to the WinSCP Instructions for Monthly Manufacturer Reports document for full details.)
  • Go to the following directory: Optifacts/Share/mfr_reports (Once set, it will automatically open opens in that directory next time.)
  • Delete any previous invt.txt files in WinSCP from both the Optifacts/share/mfr_reports folder (right side of the screen in WinSCP) and your local folder (left side of the screen in WinSCP)
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Now go back to the Optifacts screen.

You can run Run a complete report for all product products, or you can specify a product(s) by entering any of the criteria shown in the Inventory Valuation Report diagram shown abovepreviously.

  • To run the report for all productproducts, leave the ( * ) asterisk pressing enter Enter until you reach the Print Items Only with Zero Cost/Without Zero Cost/Both (Z, W, B) B  field. This field defaults to B (both), but you can change it to Z (with zero cost) or W (without zero cost).
  • The Print Stocked/Non-stocked/Both (S, N, B) B  field defaults to B (both), but you can change it to S (stocked) or N (non-stocked.
  • The Print Summary only or Detail also (S, D) S field defaults to S (Summary), but you can change it to (detailed).

Detailed Report

First run a Detailed report.

  • On the Print Summary only or Detail also (S,D) S line, change the S to a D and press

    enter

    Enter.

  • Wait for the report to process and print.

Now go back into WinSCP

  • Refresh the screen by clicking the green arrows (as shown in the diagram below)

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You should now see the report

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The report displays in the right side window. It is currently named invt or invt.txt.Image Removed

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  • Click on the file and drag it over to

    your

    the local folder on the left side of the screen.

You will now see it in your The report copies over to the local folder on the left side of the screen.Image Removed

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  • Immediately Right Click on the file name in

    your

    the local folder on the left side of the screen, and then click on Rename.

    You can change

    Change the name

    to 

    to something that makes sense. (For example

    "invt

    ‘invt_count_

    date

    date’).

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After renaming the file, it is ready to email to Essilor.Image Removed

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Note

 *** Make sure to Delete the file in the mfr_reports folder on on the right-side of the WinSCP screen. ***

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Summary Report

Repeat the steps shown above process for the Summary Report

  • The only

    thing you need to do, is

    difference is to leave the S in the Print Summary only or Detail also (S, D) S line.

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Note

 *** After renaming the second file, remember to delete the invt,.txt file on the right-side of the WinSCP screen. ***