Once the cycles are created and the parts are assigned to each cycle, use this program to generate tags, print tags, void tags, and other tag functions. 

NOTE:  Operations owns generating & printing tag and count tag entry, but Finance is in charge of Posting the count. 

Follow the path: Xmc>Material Management >Inventory Management >General Operations >Cycle Count Maintenance

1. You are now ready to run the tag functionality. To do this, click the Actions menu.

Open

2. Select Generate Tags to create the count tags for a specific cycle within a warehouse. This program generates the tag numbers for all parts assigned to the cycle. Before you can run this program, either the Part Selection Process (found within Cycle Count Schedule Maintenance) or the Initialize Physical Inventory process must be run.

3. Select Print Tags to print copies of the generated tags. The tags are printed in tag order number. When the tags are printed, this window saves these default settings. They cannot be updated, so if you need to reprint the tags, the original settings are used again.

4. Run Reprint Tags to reprint all or some selected tags which were previously printed. You can filter the tags to reprint by sheet or by tag numbers.

5. Select Void Tags by Part to void cycle count tags for a specific part. The process voids all tags for the selected part and indicates the part is voided for this cycle. It then moves the part to the next scheduled cycle for the warehouse. This option is not available for a physical inventory cycle.

6. Choose Void Blank Tags to void all unused, blank cycle tags or specific blank cycle count tags. Only blank tags that have an Open status or are assigned to a part, but not completed or posted, can be voided.

7. When you select Start Count Sequence, you freeze the pre-count inventory quantities and in preparation for the physical count. You must generate the tags for this cycle before you run this process. This program sets the count status to Started and records the date/time.

8. Launch Reverse Start Count to undo a start count sequence you generated. As long as the cycle count status has not progressed beyond Started, you can use this command. It clears the frozen quantity and cost values from the tag records and resets the cycle status back to Tags Generated.

9. Select Print Unreturned/Voided Tags Report to generate a tag report. Any current unreturned and voided tags display on this report.
Run Count Variance Calculation/Report to generate this variance report. This report displays variances between the frozen On-Hand Quantity and the quantity counted for items within a specific count cycle.

11. Select Generate Recount Tags to create new tags for parts selected as out of tolerance by the Count Variance Calculation report.

12.Run Print Count Parts Not Posted Report to generate this count report. This report displays any parts for a specific cycle which are not complete yet. It also identifies the possible reason so the user can correct the problem and post the count results.

13. Select Post Counts to record the count adjustments to inventory. The parts included in the post process are defined as complete for the cycle. The transaction date defaults to the current date. A part is ready for posting when all of its open tags have count data, it is processed by the variance report, and the final count of the part is either within tolerance or a Cycle Discrepancy Reason (CDR) is entered for the part. Y

Important: For parts that are allocated, included in a cycle count, and ready to post, parts counted with equal or greater numbers post and adjust inventory quantities. For allocated inventory part with numbers below the allocated amounts, a notice is posted in the log to prompt a user to make a change in the inventory amount to fulfill the allocation.

14. Select Print Inventory Movement to print a report of inventory movements.

15.Select Cancel Cycle to cancel and close a physical inventory or cycle count sequence if tags have been generated but not posted.