Configuring the barcode scanner

You can speed up a number of processes in Profit using barcode scanners. You have to configure this first.

Note:

This functionality currently only works with scanners of Actemium, an AFAS partner.

If you want to use the barcode scanner functionality, you need to have a licence for at least Profit Logistics and Profit Connector.

Description

By using the barcode scanner, you save yourself a great deal of cumbersome and labour-intensive manual work (printing, typing, copying to Profit) which is involved in processing articles in the purchase and sales processes.

If your articles have barcode labels, you can use a barcode scanner to speed up the following processes:

• Process goods receipts
• Complete packing slips
• Enter, write off and transfer stock
• Stocktaking

You must authorise and configure these functions.

Note:

As yet the scanner does not work in combination with dimension articles, batch entry articles and 'length x width' articles.

Procedure

• Agree to a contract with Actemium

  Take out a contract with Actemium, an AFAS partner, and purchase their scanners.

• Activate the barcode scanner integration

  Before you can process packing slips using the barcode scanners, you must first activate the Barcode scanner integration functionality in the environment properties.

• General barcode scanner authorisation

  The person who uses the barcode scanner must be registered in Profit as an employee.

• Add barcodes to articles

  The articles that you scan using the barcode scanner must have a barcode. You can manually add the barcode per article or import barcodes in bulk using an Article import.

• Authorise goods receipt using the barcode scanner

  After you have activated the barcode integration and the users are set up in general for using the barcode functionality, you still need to authorise the users for the goods receipt functions.

• Configure packing slips using the barcode scanner

  The configuration of the Packing slips for the barcode scanner consists of the activation of the functionality, the authorisation of the menu function and the authorisation of the various actions. You can also specify if you want to report the packing slip ready automatically once the entire packing slip has been scanned.

• Configure stocktaking with the barcode scanner

  By using the barcode scanner you can perform 'paperless' stocktaking. However, you must configure the authorisation and views first.

Also see

• Add barcodes to articles

  The articles that you scan using the barcode scanner must have a barcode. You can manually add the barcode per article or import barcodes in bulk using an Article import.

• Process incoming goods (barcode scanner)

  You can also register incoming goods using a barcode scanner and convert them to goods receipts in Profit.

• Prepare packing slips for scanning

  You can use the barcode scanner to pick packing slips. The scanner software directs the warehouse employee and the employee himself does not have to make any choices. Profit determines which packing slip needs to be processed and which articles need to be picked. The user cannot change this on the barcode scanner.

• Enter stock entries using the barcode scanner

  Using the barcode scanner you can enter, write off and transfer goods. You can start these actions on the barcode scanner yourself, no action from Profit is required.

• Stocktaking using a barcode scanner

  You can do stocktaking with a barcode scanner instead of entering the quantities on the printout manually.