Standard Operational Procedures for Stock take using NS WMS

Client requirement is to document the steps to take a stock take in the warehouse using NS WMS

Features to be enabled in account: Inventory Count

Cycle counting Release steps in Netsuite

1.Change to Warehouse role

2. Click on Warehouse

3. Using the Warehouse role, go to Inventory > Cycle Counting > Cycle Count Plan > New.

4. Click on Cycle Counting

Click on Cycle Counting

5. Click on Cycle Count Plan

6. Click on new

7. Click on customform

8. In the Account field, select the account to which you want to post variances, typically, an expense account. By default, the account you set in the Default Inventory Count Account field on the Accounting Preferences page appears in this field. See Setting Up Inventory Count.

In the Account field, select the account to which you want to post variances, typically, an expense account.  By default, the account you set in the Default Inventory Count Account field on the Accounting Preferences page appears in this field. See Setting Up Inventory Count.

9. In the Plan Name field, enter a unique name for the count plan.

In the Plan Name field, enter a unique name for the count plan.

10. Select the subsidiary

11. In the Location field, select the warehouse location to which the items belong.

12. Click on  List

13. Click on BBC, choose the location

14. Click on ITEM CLASSIFICATION

15. Select the bin

  • If you want to include items with an on-hand count of zero, check the Count Bin Rows With Zero Quantity box.
  • If you want to sort items by bin number, instead of the default sorting by item name or number, check the Sort Rows by Bin box.
    Apply this setting to count all items in a specific area of your warehouse.
Select the bin

16. Click on GENERAL

17. Click Save.

Click Save.

18. Next Step will be Releasing the Cycle count Plan

After you create a cycle count plan, you can generate the inventory count record and release it for processing. When you release and start a plan, the associated inventory count task becomes available for processing on mobile devices. If you assign a count to a user, only that user can access and process it on a mobile device.

19. Using the Warehouse role, go to Inventory > Cycle Counting > Cycle Count Generate & Release.

20. Click on Cycle Counting

21. Click on Cycle Count Generate & Release

Click on Cycle Count Generate & Release

22. In the Plan Number field, select the cycle count plan number. This field displays a maximum of 1000 plans at a time. NetSuite WMS sorts the plans alphabetically, by name, and then includes the first 1000 plans in the selection list.

In the Plan Number field, select the cycle count plan number.  This field displays a maximum of 1000 plans at a time. NetSuite WMS sorts the plans alphabetically, by name, and then includes the first 1000 plans in the selection list.

23. (Optional) To count items within a specified period, in the Count Start Date and Count End Date fields, enter or select a date.

24. Click Display.

(Optional) To count items within a specified period, in the Count Start Date and Count End Date fields, enter or select a date.

25. In the Items sublist, check the box next to each item you want to count.

26. Click on Cycle Count Generation and Release

Click on Cycle Count Generation and Release

27. (Optional) In the Assigned To field, select the name of the user you want to assign to the inventory count.When you assign the plan to a user, the user’s name appears in this field by default.

(Optional) In the Assigned To field, select the name of the user you want to assign to the inventory count.When you assign the plan to a user, the user’s name appears in this field by default.

28. Click on highlight

29. Click on  List

30. Select the employee name who is going to do the stock count

31. Click on Name

32. In the Items sublist, check the box next to each item you want to count.

In the Items sublist, check the box next to each item you want to count.

33. Click Generate & Release.

Inventory counting and approval steps in NS WMS


1. Click on Inventory> Cycle counting >Enter cycle count> List

Click on Inventory> Cycle counting >Enter cycle count> List

2. Click on View

3. Click on startcount

Click on startcount

4. Select the SCM Mobile, Click on Select Warehouse

5. Click on INVENTORY

Click on INVENTORY

6. Click on CYCLE COUNT

Click on CYCLE COUNT

7. Click on Plan number released

Click on Plan number released

8. Click on Bin number

Click on Bin number

9. Click on Bin number

Click on Bin number

10. Click on Item to be counted or scan the item

Click on Item to be counted or scan the item

11. Enter the Quantity that the user have counted

Enter the Quantity

12. Click on Next Plan to start the next release plan

13. Navigate back to the Cycle count plan record and Click on complete count

Navigate back to the Cycle count plan record and Click on complete count

14. Click on Approve or reject the count after validation

Click on Approve or reject the count after validation

15. Click on Items subtab to see the items and quantity

Click on Items subtab to see the items and quantity

16. Click on approve if the manager wants to approve the count

17. Click on count quantity for view the counted quantity

18. Following screenshot will display the plan in approved status after the approval by the manager.

Click on APPROVED

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