Backstock Features

(I am combining a few small things that all relate to Backstock)

* Ability to set a "Default" Location - We have a location titled "Next to Go Out" used for planning when we need to put a lot of bins to the floor, so it flows from Warehouse >> Next to Go Out >> On Floor. When adding a new bin to backstock, the default option is "Next to Go Out" - so if they aren't paying attention, sometimes they accidentally create new backstock and mark it as needing to go out. I would love a way to designate a default location, so new bins would be set to "Warehouse" by default unless they need to change it. (Maybe there is a way to do this and I just don't know how)

* Prevent Filters from Resetting - Sometimes I want to filter/sort to view a subset of bins, and take action on several bins at once. But as soon as I make a change, it resets back to viewing all bins/all locations, sorted by date. So then I have to reapply the filter each time. For example, I may have applied filters to view only Men's Long Sleeves at Storage and have searched for "PFF," and I want to mark 10 or so bins as "Bring From Storage." It will reset all the filters after I change the location of the first bin, and then you have to filter again to find the next.

* Expand Mobile View - Right now when you pull up backstock on a phone or tablet, you only see the Bin # and next action button, which was confusing for some of our staff at first who kept thinking that was the current location. Our employees would pull it up on a tablet, see "Next To Go Out" and put bins out to the floor, when really they are just bins in the Warehouse whose next action would be marking them Next to Go Out (or see bins they thing are supposed to be brought from storage, etc.). It may not be possible to squeeze any additional columns on the mobile view, but having a column for the current location might be helpful if possible, or maybe just labeling the current column as "Next Action" or "Quick Action" or something to eliminate confusion. :)

Thanks for everything you guys do to make managing inventory easier and more efficient!

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Jackson Miller

October 21, 2017 19:15

Sarah (and others), there is a way for us to manually change the order of your categories on the back end.

I went ahead and changed the order for your two stores so that "Take to Storage" should now be the default. We will provide a way for you to manage this in a future update.

The expanded mobile view is tough. It may be that we need to have a location name as well as a button name for each location. So that the location may be "Next to go out", but the button says "add to go out list" or something.

Sarah Van Dyke

October 30, 2017 20:04

Thanks Jackson! :)

I haven't seen the change to the default location yet, it still shows up as "Next to Go Out" right now. Do I need to do anything to make the change go into effect?

I figured the expanded mobile view would be difficult.. One thing that would be awesome is if the columns could expand in landscape mode on a phone. On the tablet our employees use, it usually expands to show more details when rotated to landscape, but (at least for me) not on a phone. Even just the Category and Location would be great, if it couldn't fit Notes and Age.

Another thought on the suggestion about filters/sorting - maybe an option to select multiple bins at once? So you could click to select a few bins and update the location of all of them to "Bring from Storage" or something in one go. Right now I end up sorting/filtering to find bins I want, writing down the bin numbers, then typing in the numbers one at a time and updating the location (rather than reapply the filters).

As always, appreciate everything you guys do!

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