Exchange bars

You can exchange bars from within the Inventory and from the Production Console. You can replace a bar that has been selected for cutting with another identical bar. This is useful, for example, when the original bar is inaccessible in the stockyard.

1.            Search the Inventory for the bar to be exchanged.
See Search the inventory for more information.

2.            On the Inventory Search form, select the Display individual instances check box. Without this selected the option will not be available.

3.            Select the bar and click the Actions button.

4.            Choose Exchange Bars.
The Exchange Bars screen is displayed.

The screen shows basic information about the exchange; it also has two grids. The top grid shows the bars to be exchanged. The bottom grid has an Add Bar button, which allows you to choose a replacement bar. Replacement bars are then displayed in the bottom grid. The following instructions tell you how to exchange bars in more detail.

5.            Fill in the required information:
Type text into the Description field to identify this exchange. The description that you type here is displayed when you carry out an Inventory Transactions Search.
The Date defaults to today, but you can change it if necessary.

6.            In the top grid, select the bar to be exchanged.

7.            Click Add Bar.
The Item to Exchange screen is displayed.

It lists the bars that are available as replacements. Only bars that do not have a preexisting allocation are shown. To look for stock in the Inventory search screen that are available to be added to the exchange see the Free tab.

8.            Select a replacement bar and click Add, then Close.
You are returned to the Exchange Bars screen and the selected replacement bar is listed in the bottom grid.

9.            Click Save.

10.       Click Complete to finalise the exchange.