Select “Material Processing Menu ” after material arrives at the warehouse and needs to be posted to inventory or processed into material to be posted to inventory..

Select “Add Material Processing Form ” to post material to inventory or to process received material into components to be posted to inventory.

We have entered our example AEC Customer ID and Customer Type. When we display the drop down list for the Lot Receiving Date only the Lots which were received but not been processed yet are shown. The Warehouse populates from the Received information as does the Origin of Material. The Total Misc Cost may be entered if any exist (ex. special packaging material for tubes removed from monitors),

The Total Received Net Weight is from the Receiving function. This is an important number used to balance against the Total Net Weight (total processed net weight) shown in the Lot# header and the Processed Skid Weight Totals (middle field at the bottom of the detail records). The Processed Net Weight Total should reflect the weight of the material received after what ever process occurred to transfer the inbound material into inventory material (a Complete PC CPU disassembled into components (power supply, hard drive, optical drive, motherboard, metal, plastic, etc). The total net weights should not differ substantially. There is a report which lists this variance. From this screen the User will push the Pick Receiving Skid to Process button to review the received skids in this Lot for processing. This allows for the tracking of received material and the subsequent material after processing. An Example – A skid of CPU’s are received, they are then processed into children components - power supplies, hard drives, optical drives, motherboards, metal, plastic, etc. The source of the hard drives, etc. may be traced back to the received skid of CPU’s all the way from the skid of hard drives shipped to a Customer. This is beneficial in resale and also in the case of hard drives destruction records (a skid is sent for destruction).

This is the screen which displays after the Pick Receiving Skid to Process button has been clicked. It displays the all the Received skids for the Lot and allows the skids to be processed individually, all at once or some processed individually and the rest processed all at once. In our example case it is apparent that we will have to sort out the Mixed Scrap into inventory material and we will have to sort the Computer Laptop Mix into inventory items such as: working re-use, working components and base commodities (plastic, metals, board trimmings, etc.). Once a skid has been selected it will populate the Prior Process Date to indicate it has been selected. It maybe selected multiple times to allow for the creation of the multiple children components (ex. 1st Mixed Scrap skid is selected 3 times once each for A/C Adapters, Monitors, and Power Supplies). In this manner we continue to know what received skid produced what material posted to inventory and then subsequently sold and shipped to a Customer.

In this case we will select the 1st skid of Mixed Scrap to sort and categorize the material. After the “Process This Skid” button is clicked the system moves the information to the Material Processing form, updates the Prior Process Date and returns to the Material Process screen.

In this case we selected the 1st skid of Mixed Scrap to sort and categorize the material. We will change the Product Name and Product Description and adjust the weights to reflect the material we processed from this skid. This maybe done on an aggregate level or on each skid individually (ex. Individually - Skid 1 produced 200 pounds of A/C Adapters, 200 pounds of Monitors, and 200 pounds of Power Supplies, Skid 2 produced 200 pounds of A/C Adapters, 200 pounds of Monitors, and 200 pounds of Power Supplies – a total of 6 entries, Or in Aggregate Skid 1 and 2 produced 400 pounds of A/C Adapters, 400 pounds of Monitors, and 400 pounds of Power Supplies, - 4 entries – one of the 400 lbs will be split between the two received skids to keep the Net Weight per skid correct. The individual skid process will be used for an example.

We updated the Product Name , Product Description, Weights and the Warehouse Skid Location. We also included a Note that the material was added to an existing Gaylord in the warehouse. The information message is displayed when you pick a Warehouse Skid Location which has existing inventory.

We updated the Product Name , Product Description, Weights and the Warehouse Skid Location after selecting the same skid of Mixed Scrap 2 additional times to establish the parent child relationship for the separate inventory items contained in the skid. We will do the same for the second Mixed Scrap Skid and for the 2 Computer Laptop Mix skids.

This is the message we get when we process like material from a second skid and change the Product Name and Description. You have the option of adding the material to an existing skid if there is room or beginning a second skid. In our case we choose “Yes” to add the material to the existing skid. Note the Received Skid #2 is using Processed Skid #1 and the same I-A1 location. This is done automatically when “Yes” is selected. The weights must be always be updated manually.

The Processed Skids Sheets are produced by printing them individually (or all at once). The Serial Number function is the same as when the items are Received. They maybe entered for those item which are set up to record the serial numbers. The Processing Form Report show the material which was processed for this Lot. Note that the net weight processed is the same as the net weight received. This helps track all of the material and reduce shrinkage. Note the number of Skids Processed refers to the number of Skids material was added to. Recall that the 2 Mixed Scrap skids added to 3 skids and the Computer Laptop Mix added to 2 skids.

After this process is complete the Services Purchase Order maybe updated by selecting the “Find Processed Material For This Po Line” button on the Services Purchase order screen. Note the material that shows up for selection. This is the original Service Order for our example company and Lot we have been working with.

These are the processed materials associated with the Services Purchase Order. Notice that the material includes all the skids processed for the particular parent Order Line. We will select all of them to update the Services Purchase Order Line for Mixed Scrap.

Here the lines have been added to the Services Purchase Order. We will add the processed material for the other Order Line and then display the Services Purchase Order.

Here the lines on the Services Purchase Order have their prices updated appropriately. The original material has had their price reduced to zero and the processed material from the mixed material skids have their current pricing updated.

Here are the original lines and the processed material children lines on the Services Purchase Order. This provides your Customers with exact, accurate information on the material they are being paid for.

Now back to Processing Material. The final step in the processing of the material is to post the information to inventory. This is a separate menu item selection on the Processing Materials Menu. It posts all of the material which has been processed into inventory and displays all of the process skids sheets (mostly as a reference to inform you of what posted).

Simple press the “Load Processed Items To Inventory” button.

All 5 Skid Sheets are displayed for reference and the material is posted to inventory.