Smart Count Dashboard

The Smart Count dashboard provides a summary of the inventory count activities performed in a location. It includes reminders, count summaries, count variance charts, and reports to analyze and effectively manage inventory.

If you have the Administrator role or Smart Count Inventory Manager role, you can access the dashboard and run the SC MR Compute Dashboard Data script. A user with the Administrator role can view this page for all subsidiaries.

The Smart Count Dashboard page lets you run the SC MR Compute Dashboard Data script to reduce the page load time for the following portlets:

On the SC MR Compute Dashboard Data script record, you can define the schedule when you want to run the script to process dashboard data. The script runs as per schedule to get data and displays it on the Smart Count Dashboard page along with a banner message. To view the real-time data, click Refresh on the banner message.

You can use the script only if you have set the Schedule Dashboard Data Processing preference on the Smart Count Preferences page.

Note:

The SC MR Compute Dashboard Data script uses the time zone set at the company level when running the script.

To schedule and run the SC MR Compute Dashboard Data script:

  1. Go to Customization > Scripting > Scripts.

  2. Beside the SC SS Count Review Data script, click View.

  3. Click the Deployments subtab.

  4. Click SC MR Compute Dashboard Data.

  5. Click Edit.

  6. Under the Schedule subtab, set the schedule when you want to run the script.

  7. From the Save menu, select Save and Execute.

Smart Count Dashboard Portlets

The following table lists the portlets available on the Smart Count dashboard.

Portlets

Description

Examples

Filters

This portlet contains the Location field that lists all the locations accessible to a role. All other portlets display data based on the selected location.

Reminders

This portlet displays item counts pending approval and items due for count in the current day and last 30 days.

Approval Summary

This portlet displays a summary of approved, pending, rejected, and recounted items.

  • Approved – Indicates the number of approved item counts in the current day.

  • Pending – Indicates the number of item counts that are in tolerance error or pending approval in the current day.

  • Rejected – Indicates the number of rejected item counts in the current day.

  • Recount – Indicates the number of item counts for which recount is suggested in the current day.

Smart Count Summary

This portlet provides the following information related to inventory counting:

  • Counted – Indicates the number of counted items in the current day.

  • Approved – Indicates the number of approved item counts in the current day.

  • Rejected – Indicates the number of rejected item counts in the current day.

  • Recount – Indicates the number of items selected for recount in the current day.

  • Due – Indicates the number of items due for count in the current day.

  • Delayed – Indicates the number of items due for count for past seven days, excluding current day.

  • Scheduled – Indicates the number of items scheduled for count in the next seven days, excluding current day.

  • Value Change – Indicates the total amount variance in the counted items in the current day.

  • Quantity Change – Indicates the total quantity variance in the counted items in the current day.

Average Count Variances by User

This portlet provides a graphical representation of average count variance. The graphs display cycle count difference percent against the accuracy of the inventory counter in performing the count.

The following formulas are used to count average count variances:

Inventory Record Accuracy =Number of Approved Records / (Number of Approved Records +Number of Recount Suggested Records +Number of Rejected Records) * 100

Cycle Count Difference % =[{Sum of (Actual Count -Count End Quantity on Hand)}] / {Sum of (Count End Quantity on Hand)} * 100

Note:

To calculate cycle count difference, all count records are considered except records with the following statuses:

  • Paused

  • Canceled

  • Count Superseded

To understand how cycle count difference is calculated, refer to the following examples.

  • Case 1 – When actual count is 0, quantity on hand at count end is 50.

    Cycle Count Difference =(50 -0) / 0 * 100 =0%

  • Case 2 – When actual count is 100, quantity on hand at count end is 50.

    Cycle Count Difference =(100 -50) / 50 * 100 =100%

  • Case 3 – When actual count is 50, quantity on hand at count end is 100.

    Cycle Count Difference =(50 -100) / 100 * 100 = -50%

  • Case 4 – For item A, the actual count is 190, quantity on hand at count end is 100. For item B, the actual count is 50, quantity on hand at count end is 100.

    Cycle Count Difference =(190 -100) +(50 -100) / 100 +100 * 100 =20%

Count Variance Analysis

This portlet provides a graphical representation of count variance analysis.

For every inventory counter, the graph displays the percentage of item counts that is over the tolerance, within tolerance, and has zero variance.

Note:

To calculate the percentage of item counts, all item counts are considered, except the counts with the following statuses:

  • In-progress

  • Count Superseded

  • Canceled

To understand the graphical representation of count variances, refer to the following examples.

Case 1 – When item count is over the tolerance limit, the parameters are as follows.

  • Tolerance limit (not defined) =0

  • On-hand quantity =10

  • Counted quantity =>< 10

  • Variance is >< 0

Case 2 – When item count is within tolerance limit, the parameters are as follows.

  • Tolerance limit (defined) =10

  • On-hand quantity =10

  • Counted quantity =0 to 20

  • Variance is >< 0

Case 3 – When item count has zero variance, the parameters are as follows.

  • On-hand quantity =10

  • Counted quantity =10

Count Variance by Location

This portlet displays variance quantity or variance amount for Today, This Week, This Month, and This Quarter based on location and variance type. You can select the variance type from the Variance field at the top right corner of the portlet.

To calculate variance, the sum of quantities or amounts in the inventory adjustment records of approved item count records is considered.

The portlet includes the following columns:

  • Location

  • Today

  • This Week – It is based on the setting in the First Day of Week field on the Set Preferences page.

  • This Month – It is based on calendar setting.

  • This Quarter – It is based on the current fiscal year following the quarter setup in the accounting periods.

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