Introduction

This document provides instructions for assigning, moving, and adding bin locations by SKU or product group.

Procedure

From the Optifacts main menu:

Select Option 9 - Inventory and press Enter.

Select Option 1 – Editor Utilities and press Enter.

Select Option 13 – Bin Location Entry and press Enter.

Update Bins by S: SKU or G: Group:

Enter “S” to assign by SKUs, or “G” to assign a bin location for a group of products.

Change Bin Location by SKU

Enter the option to set the stock status.
- “S” Stocked - Identifies this bin as an inventory stocked lens.
- “N” Non-Stocked - Identifies this bin as an inventory non-stocked lens.
- “D” Don’t Change - Identifies that the bin status is not changing.

The active cursor moves to the SKU field.

Enter or scan the SKU number.

The field populates with the number, and the cursor moves to the next field—the lens information displayed in the lower section of the form. If there is currently a bin assigned to the item, it gets displayed in the Old Bin Loc field.

Enter the new Bin Number.

Save the new location (Y/N)?

Enter “Y” to save the data.
Enter “N” to return to the form. The changes won’t save.
Pressing Escape exits the screen.

Change Bin Location by Group

Enter the option to set the stock status.
- “S” Stocked - Identifies this bin as an inventory stocked lens.
- “N” Non-Stocked - Identifies this bin as an inventory non-stocked lens.
- “D” Don’t Change - Identifies that the bin status is not changing.

The active cursor moves to the Old Bin Loc field, represented by an ( * ) asterisk.

Change Bin Location for All Items in a Specific Bin

To change the bin location for all items in a specific bin to a new bin, perform the following:

There could be multiple types of lenses in a specific bin location. This process changes them all, no matter the design or type.

Enter the old bin location and the new bin location.

The items in the old bin location display in the lower half of the screen.

Save the new location (Y/N)?

Enter “Y” to save the data.
Enter “N” to return to the form. The changes won’t save.
Pressing Escape exits the screen.

Change Bin Location for a Set Group of Items in a Specific Bin

To change a bin location by entering specific lens data, perform the following:

Enter the old bin location or leave as the default * and press enter.
Enter the manufacturer code and press enter
Enter the applicable data pressing enter after each field.
Mfr: Enter the desired manufacturer code.
Style: Enter the desired style code.
Seg Size: Enter the desired seg size code.
Mtl: Enter the desired material code.
Color: Enter the desired color code.
Type: Enter the desired type code.
Diam: Enter the desired diameter code.
X-Thick: Enter 0 if the lens is not extra thick, or enter 1 if the lens is extra thick.
CT: Enter the lowest center thickness range.
To: Enter the highest center thickness range.
Base from: Enter the lowest base of the range. Note: If the product is a finished lens, then enter the sphere power from the lowest power to the highest power.
To: Enter the highest base of the range.
From: Enter the lowest cylinder of the range.
To: Enter the highest cylinder of the range.
Add-U from: If the product range includes a product with an upper end, enter the lowest range.
To: If the product range includes a product with an upper end, enter the highest range.
Add-L from: Enter the minimum lower add. (Single Vision has no Add power. For Single Vision, Press Enter twice to move to the Side: field.)
To: Enter the maximum lower add.
Side:
- Enter “L” - left lens only, or
- Enter “R” - right lens only, or
- Enter “B” - single vision product only, or
- Leave the asterisk (*) - all products.
Enter the new bin location and press enter (alpha or numeric characters, up to 6 digits).

Save the new location (Y/N)?

Continue to enter “Y” until you have viewed the entire inventory listing.

Pressing Escape exits the screen.

To view and download these instructions as a PDF file, click on the following document image.

Click here to return to the top of the page.