Significant reporting enhancements have been made to FACTS in version 7.8 as a result of the AIM initiative. They serve as helpful tools for the buyer and inventory control specialist to monitor inventory in the replenishment cycle. These enhancements include:
The Adjustment Register (ICR210), Shipment Register (ICR320), Quick Transfer Adjustment (ICE350) programs were updated to record usage. In the Adjustment Register, a negative adjustment records a disbursement in the ICRDST table and the Update Usage value is carried to ICRDST and processed to the ICUSED table; a positive adjustment records a receipt in ICRCPT. The Receiving Register (ICR330) and Quick Transfer Adjustment (ICE350) programs now update ICRCPT to record incoming items available for disbursement.
The Item Activity Report (ICR810), Flagged Item Report (ICR830), Warehouse/Item Listing (ICR740), Inventory Turns Report (ICR725), Stock Status Report (ICR710), Surplus Stock Report (ICR715), and Static Control F/M (ICF980) were enhanced so that movement class was deleted from process and replaced with Rank range information. If the IC static control drop box is Rank then these screens have been changed from Movement Class to Rank and for beginning and ending range.
A Rank range can be set at the company level, alone, or, it can also be set at a warehouse level. When the rank is set at the company level, the rank information is displayed in the header of the report (and indicates what the type is, either ‘Percentage’ or ‘Hit Count’) and the range that makes up each of the 5 possible entries (A – E). When the warehouse level is set, the warehouse level rank over-rides the company level rank with its own rank values and type of hit count. The Warehouse Rank value only prints on the report when a rank range is specified at the warehouse level.