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Chapter 4 • Sample Applications
We have included a few sample worksheets so you will have a basic idea of
how KwikCount RF might be used in real-world applications such as Physical
Inventory and Shipping/Receiving. Remember that these are simply exam-
ples, and your methods for Inventory and other applications will most likely
be different. The important thing is to see how flexible KwikCount RF is and
how you can incorporate it into your application.
Inventory
There are at least three "modes" you can use for counting inventory:
• Physical is the process of counting your stock. That is, what is on the
shelf. The sample application below demonstrates taking a
physical inventory.
• Receiving is the process of counting receipt updates to inventory. This
is new stock being added to the physical inventory.
• Shipping is the process of counting issue updates to inventory. That
is, stock that has been sold or otherwise removed from Physical
inventory.
KwikCount RF will let you operate in all three counting modes. This is accom-
plished be setting the Data Options in the Receive dialog. Accumulate would
be used for Receiving or Physical. Overwrite could also be used for counting
your Physical inventory. Subtract would be used for Shipping.
Preparing for Inventory
Use Existing Labels or Print New Labels
KwikCount does not provide for printing bar code labels. It is
assumed you either already have labeled inventory where the bar
codes match an item ID stored in a column in Excel or you have the
resources necessary to print new bar code labels.
Item ID length and Generating an ID column
If you already have bar code labels and Item IDs to match, skip to
the next Consideration. On the other hand, if you need to print new
labels, you must have Item IDs in your Excel worksheet that are suit-
able for bar coding.
Two things are important here: data length and data content.
Data length should be a minimum of 5 characters. Restrictions on data
content will depend on what bar code symbology you intend to use. For
example, Code 39 is restricted to numerals, upper-case letters, and a
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