The Reactor Physical Inventory Module allows you to perform inventories efficiently and easily on mobile devices. This includes processing inventory journals and inventory orders. With the scanning functions, users can select bins and items, enter quantities, and make real-time adjustments directly in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central, greatly simplifying the inventory process.

Setting up the module

To be able to use the module, you need our Reactor Client and the BE-terna Reactor Platform Core App (AppSource). Please see the help page in the BE-terna Reactor Platform Core App AppSource offering to get and install the client, or contact us if you need assistance.

In order to use the module, please add it from the AppSource to your Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central environment. Now you can customize the app to your needs. To do this, search for the “BE-Mobile Fusion Setup” in Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central and use the settings in the “Physical Inventory” FastTab.

Physical Inventory Journals

Overview

The Physical Inventory Journals feature allows users to create and manage journal entries for physical inventory counts. This includes scanning warehouse bins and items, counting the quantities, and directly editing the journal lines to reflect the inventory status. 

Please note that item tracking is not supported for inventory journals. Other restrictions include the requirement to specify bins and the use of a unique location.

Creating and Managing Journal Entries

Selecting a Physical Inventory Journal

1. Select the Physical Inventory Journals tile from the main menu.
2. Now select the journal you wish to work on.
3. After selecting a journal, you can begin scanning bins and items to update the journal.
   Scanning Warehouse Bins and Items

Scanning Warehouse Bins and Items

After selecting a journal, you can begin scanning bins and items to update the journal.

1. Scan Warehouse Bin: Start by scanning the bin barcode where the inventory items are located. You can also manually enter the barcode into the scanbar and hit enter. The app will display the relevant bin information from the journal.
2. Set Quantity Recording Mode and Quantity: Set the Quantity Recording Mode (increment, replace) and the quantity you like to add (increment mode) or to replace (replace mode).
3. Scan Item: Scan the item barcode to update the journal line for that specific item. The quantity of the item will be adjusted accordingly. If you like the user to have an extra check on the scanned item and its quantities, enable the "Show Record Line after Scan" setting in the BE-Mobile Fusion Setup

Delete items

Delete scanned items by hitting trash can symbol on the right site in the items list.

Physical Inventory Orders

Overview

The app provides an overview of the Physical Inventory Orders and allows mobile processing of the inventory records. The module ensures that users can track and edit the status of inventory counts while on the go.

Working with Inventory Records

Selecting Warehouse Bin and Items

1. Select the Physical Inventory Orders tile from the main menu. Depending on the setting, "Start Phys. Inventory Orders" in the BE-Mobile Fusion Setup orders or records are shown.
2. Choose an order/recording to start the inventory count.
3. After that, you can begin scanning bins and items to update the recording.
    

Scanning Warehouse Bins and Items

1. Scan Warehouse Bin: Start by scanning the bin barcode where the inventory items are located. You can also manually enter the barcode into the scanbar and hit enter. The app will display the relevant bin information from the journal.
2. Set Quantity Recording Mode and Quantity: Set the Quantity Recording Mode (increment, replace) and the quantity you like to add (increment mode) or to replace (replace mode).
3. Scan Item: Scan the item barcode to update the record line for that specific item. The quantity of the item will be adjusted accordingly. If you like the user to have an extra check on the scanned item and its quantities, enable the "Show Record Line after Scan" setting in the BE-Mobile Fusion Setup.

Scanning items with a serial or lot number

If a serial or lot number is required for an item, a further dialog is displayed after scanning the item. A serial or lot number must be entered in order to add the desired quantity for recording.

In to simplify the scanning process for this type of item, the serial or batch number can be entered directly in the barcode, eliminating the need to enter a number in the additional dialog. A regular expression must be defined in the “BE-Mobile Fusion setup” for this purpose:

For this example, barcodes are recognized that contain the article number (group 1) and optionally a serial or lot number (group 2 and 3). An  example would be “1000#SN0001”.

Delete items

Delete scanned items by hitting trash can symbol on the right site in the items list ("Show Scanned Records" must be enabled in the BE-Mobile Fusion Setup).