Stock Wastage

Wasting a product

If a product has to be scrapped as broken, faulty, or in the case of fresh goods say past its sell by date –

• Type \\SWAS and Enter
• In Product box type the PLU / Description, or part of it, hit “? ” and you will get a list of possible matches from which you select your product. Bar codes can be scanned in the product box also.
• Ensure the Stock Location is set correctly from the drop down
• Enter Nominal from drop down, if there is one for your product. Often there isn’t one and the box can then be left blank
• Enter number of products (value will calculate automatically if a cost price is set for the product), a reason, serial number if there is one (often not, can be left blank)
• Press OK to save

A quantity of 1 will be taken from the number in stock on the stock edit screen, with the narrative “Wastage”

Adding/editing stock wastage categories

If you need to add or edit stock wastage categories for your organisaiton please follow the steps below –

• Type \\LSWC and Enter
• If you wish to add a new category, click add, type in the title and description (if required), click OK and then finally click OK to close the stock wastage categories screen.
• If you need to edit a category, click on the category you wish to edit and then click the edit button. You can now change the title and/or description and then click OK and OK to close the stock wastage categories screen.