Return Material from Mobile Work

Explanation

Use this activity to register material planned for return and to return planned or unplanned material to inventory.  It is possible to return parts to the main (central) warehouse using a transport task or to own stock (i.e. user's default remote warehouse). If parts are returned to main warehouse using a transport task, it is possible to execute the transport task at the same time. If parts are returned to own van stock,  these parts can be moved over to the main warehouse directly at a later stage. Use the action Move to Main Warehouse in My Stock to move these parts.

Planned material for return are displayed under Planned Returns. Return lines that have been completely returned are excluded from this list. Use the Return action on planned return line to return parts to inventory. Once planned material is returned to inventory , it is listed under Returned Parts.

Quick Returns action allows returning parts without prior planning.  User device has to be online to perform unplanned returns. Parts returned using  Quick Returns will not be visible in Returned Parts. 

Part Valuation considerations

For parts to be returned to inventory, the correct cost structure must be defined. Some valuation methods require user to enter cost/cost structure manually when part is placed into inventory. Mobile users cannot be reasonably expected to know cost of a part, so parts costed with those methods are not allowed to be returned in Mobile Client.

These are parts with Inventory Valuation Method set to:

• FIFO (First In First Out)
• LIFO (Last In First Out)
• Weighted Average - with exception of parts with Inventory Part Cost Level set to Cost per Condition

It is still possible to register Planned Return for those parts, but it is impossible to actually return parts to inventory either from Planned Return or from Quick Return. The system will return an error

Parts with Inventory Valuation Method set to:

• Standard Cost
• Weighted Average  with Inventory Part Cost Level set to Cost per Condition

can be successfully returned in Mobile Client providing Cost structure or Estimated Condition Cost (for Cost per Condition parts) are defined. If it is missing, then the system will create Failed Transaction (when Return transaction is received in server) for Planned Return execution or it will return an error immediately for Quick Return

Prerequisites

• Part cost structure should be defined for the parts to be returned to inventory
• User device should be online to perform Quick Returns
• Employee must have no Workflow Configuration applied, or Workflow Configuration applied must have action Allow Handover of Parts from My Stock enabled to move parts returned to own stock to main (central ) warehouse.

System Effects

• If parts are returned to own stock, My stock will be updated with the returned parts.
• If parts are returned to main (central ) warehouse, a transport task gets created. If executed at the same time, returned parts will be moved to the main (central ) warehouse
• Inventory transactions are updated in the Work Task\Costs tab in IFS Cloud.