PMX Bar Code Interface Module

PMX’s Bar Code Interface is built into the optional Inventory module. This interface uses barcodes and a hand-held data collection device to count items for physical inventory or to record stock requisition issues out of inventory. PMX updates inventory records to reflect new inventory balances.

Features of the Bar Code Interface include:

• PMX’s Bar Code Interface allows you to print bar code labels to be used in the physical inventory count or to record stock requisition issues. These labels may also be created with another system of your choice. The Percon hardware can, by default, read common industry bar codes such as code 39 or 128.


• You can perform physical inventory counts using the Percon data collection terminal. After each item number is scanned and quantities are entered, the inventory count is uploaded from the device to PMX. Count information is held, pending variance review.
  
  Variances are printed and manually analyzed. Items may be recounted or updated in PMX’s Inventory master file.
  
  Once inventory counts have been validated, PMX may be updated to reflect new inventory totals.
  
  Note: While the physical inventory count is in process, all inventory operations should be
  suspended. Invalid inventory balances will result if on-hand quantities are changing while the count is being performed.


• Stock requisitions ready to be issued can be selected for printing of pick tickets. The pick tickets can be reprinted in various report sequences with either detail lines or total lines.
  
  A portable scanner is used to record the items issued out of inventory for the stock requisitions on the pick ticket report. For each total line on the pick ticket, an item number is scanned, and the total quantity issued is entered.
  
  After each pick ticket item number is scanned and quantities are entered, the scanned issue count is uploaded from the device to PMX. Then, PMX will generate an inventory issue transaction record for each stock requisition-line that has been picked. All pertinent information from the stock requisition will be applied to the inventory issue transaction. Stock requisition totals will be updated with the quantity issued.