When the count ends, the numbers should already be current
In most warehouses a stock count is an event: a list is printed, the team spreads across the aisles, paper comes back, and someone keys it all in afterwards. Throughout that window the warehouse either stops or the shelves you already counted move again — either way the result is questionable from day one. The real problem is not the counting; it is the delay between counting and the system knowing about it.
- Cells counted
- 9 / 12
- With variance
- 1
What that means in practice
The warehouse waits
During the count, receiving and dispatch either stop or corrupt the count.
Results age
By the time paper reaches the system, part of what you counted has already changed.
Variances get argued
When a variance appears, nobody can tell whether it was a counting error or a recording error.
You count twice
A result nobody trusts usually means a second round.
How counting works in iyibir WMS
Counting moves off paper and onto the mobile terminal. The person counting scans at the shelf, and the record is created right there — not typed in later.
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Start a count with a scope
You do not have to count the whole warehouse. Open a count by warehouse, by location, or for a single product, and narrow the scope to what you actually need.
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Count with barcodes in the aisle
The team scans at the shelf on a mobile terminal. No hunting for the product, memorising codes, or finding a row on a list.
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The variance is checked against a threshold
When the manager opens a count plan on the web, the count is blind by default: the counter does not see the system quantity. If a variance exceeds the plan's threshold, a recount task opens for the same shelf; after the last round the remaining variance goes to the manager for approval. Threshold and number of rounds are set per plan.
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Post the result to Logo Edge
The approved count is written to Logo Edge. There is no separate data-entry round, so the gap between counting and recording disappears. A count with no variance stays on record too: Count results on the web show over, short and matching lines with their documents.
What counting covers
Transaction types available in the iyibir WMS counting module:
- Warehouse Count
- Location Count
- Product Count
- Reset Count
- Blind count
- Recount round
- Risk-based cycle count suggestion
- Count results
See it in your own warehouse
Open your iyibir Cloud account, start with 5,000 free credits and see how a count runs on the mobile terminal and how the result returns to Logo Edge.