{"id":12917,"date":"2022-02-28T15:07:40","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T20:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/?p=12917"},"modified":"2023-12-08T14:51:19","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T19:51:19","slug":"transfer-between-locations-sites","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/knowledge-base\/transfer-between-locations-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Transfer Inventory Between Locations (Sites)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You might want to transfer items between stores for a variety of reasons. Maybe you want only one location to sell certain items, or you\u2019re low on stock (or out of stock) at another site and want to replenish stock there. Whatever the reason, transferring quantity on hand is easy in Artisan.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Transfer Inventory Menu<\/h3>\n<p><em>Click the images to enlarge, if necessary.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From the &#8220;<strong>Main Menu<\/strong>,&#8221; click on &#8220;<strong>Inventory<\/strong>,&#8221; then &#8220;<strong>Inventory Transfers<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Select the site you want to transfer inventory <strong>from <\/strong>(ex. 001).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h31_30.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17438 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h31_30.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"773\" height=\"406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h31_30.png 802w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h31_30-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h31_30-768x403.png 768w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h31_30-800x421.png 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, select the site you are transferring inventory <strong>to <\/strong>(ex. 002).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h31_07.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-17437 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h31_07.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"468\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h31_07.png 468w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h31_07-260x300.png 260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 468px) 100vw, 468px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artisan will then open the inventory list for the site you are transferring from.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h32_35.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17439\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h32_35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"985\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h32_35.png 985w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h32_35-300x205.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h32_35-768x525.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"before-you-begin\"><\/a>Before You Begin<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Before you begin transferring items, it&#8217;s important to consider the following prerequisites to help you with this process:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If you have a large inventory (ex. 40,000+ items), we recommend filtering your inventory list, then transferring similar items in batches.<\/p>\n<p>On the inventory list screen, click on the &#8220;<strong>Power Search<\/strong>&#8221; and select &#8220;<strong>Advanced Filters<\/strong>.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h30_15.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17436\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h30_15.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"941\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h30_15.png 941w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h30_15-300x39.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h30_15-768x100.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 941px) 100vw, 941px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select &#8220;<strong>Item Code<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>Starts With<\/strong>.&#8221; Add another filter, &#8220;<strong>Description<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>Equals<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h29_47.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17435\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h29_47.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"920\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h29_47.png 920w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h29_47-300x80.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h29_47-768x205.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 920px) 100vw, 920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This way, you can narrow down your results for similar products. You may also find it easier to add a filter for categories (ex. &#8220;HAT&#8221;) to pull up only items within the specific category, or by vendor purchase number.<\/p>\n<p>Then, you can start working in batches. For example, you might start with items that contain 01-08-008, then 01-09-008, and so on. The goal is to make your transfer list as simplified as possible so you&#8217;re not contending with thousands of item records.\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><a id=\"inventory-transfer-columns\"><\/a>Inventory Transfer Columns<\/h3>\n<p>The columns on the Inventory Transfer screen are rather straightforward and show information such as Item Code, Description, etc. However, there are some other new columns to pay attention to.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h34_38.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17440 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h34_38.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"824\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h34_38.png 870w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h34_38-300x219.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h34_38-768x561.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 824px) 100vw, 824px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;<strong>Source Quantity<\/strong>&#8221; column is this site&#8217;s QOH of the item.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Dest Site<\/strong>&#8221; is the site the item(s) are going to be transferred to.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the location the item(s) are going to already has items in-stock, these will show in \u201c<strong>Destination QOH<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201c<strong>Pending<\/strong>\u201d column shows any items on a purchase order that have a &#8220;<strong>Target<\/strong>&#8221; site different from the site the PO was created on. If you have this <strong>optional setting<\/strong> configured in Artisan (in &#8220;<strong>Configuration Settings&#8221;<\/strong>), when those items are received into Artisan, they will show up in this &#8220;<strong>Pending Transfers<\/strong>&#8221; column. This is useful if you want to purchase items for multiple locations at once, then transfer them to another location. For more information, view <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/multi-location-purchasing-and-receiving\/\">this article<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>Xfer Qty<\/strong>&#8221; is the quantity you are transferring to another location.<\/p>\n<p>To add any columns to this screen, select the &#8220;<strong>Configure Columns<\/strong>&#8221; button. Or, right-click, &#8220;<strong>Configure<\/strong> <strong>Columns<\/strong>&#8221; and add your columns.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong><a id=\"inputting-amounts-to-transfer\"><\/a>Inputting Amounts to Transfer<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>There are two different ways to input quantities &#8211; scan mode or manual entry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h41_10.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-17445 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h41_10.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"807\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h41_10.png 1114w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h41_10-300x202.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h41_10-1024x688.png 1024w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h41_10-768x516.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 807px) 100vw, 807px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong><a id=\"scan-mode\"><\/a>Scan Mode<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Most likely, you will be using a handheld device with a scanner, like a portable data terminal, or a traditional scanner, to perform inventory transfers. For information about manually entering quantities, click <strong><a href=\"#manually-enter\">here<\/a><\/strong> to jump to that section.<\/p>\n<p>Click on &#8220;<strong>Scan Mode<\/strong>&#8221; or F8 on your keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>Before you begin scanning, add the &#8220;<strong>Site QOH<\/strong>&#8221; column to this screen by right-clicking and selecting &#8220;<strong>Configure Columns<\/strong>.&#8221; This way, you can see the current QOH of the site you are transferring items from and catch any inconsistencies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Begin scanning the items you want to transfer to the other location.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h40_21.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17443\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h40_21.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1423\" height=\"699\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h40_21.png 1423w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h40_21-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h40_21-1024x503.png 1024w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_10h40_21-768x377.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1423px) 100vw, 1423px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you end up scanning an item you don&#8217;t have (ex. the Site QOH shows &#8220;2&#8221; but you have a third item in your hand), write down the Item Code of the item, search for the item in the &#8220;<strong>Item Records<\/strong>&#8221; list, and correct the item&#8217;s QOH.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_09h04_49.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17446 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_09h04_49-e1670341341611.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1415\" height=\"729\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_09h04_49-e1670341341611.png 1415w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_09h04_49-e1670341341611-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_09h04_49-e1670341341611-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_09h04_49-e1670341341611-768x396.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1415px) 100vw, 1415px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you are coming across <strong>multiple<\/strong> <strong>QOH inconsistencies<\/strong>, we recommend closing out of the Inventory Transfer process and performing a Physical Inventory Count. It is always easier performing inventory transfers with accurate QOH.<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re finished scanning the items you want to transfer, select &#8220;<strong>Process<\/strong>&#8221; or F10 on your keyboard. This will bring you back to the &#8220;<strong>Inventory Transfers<\/strong>&#8221; inventory screen, where you can choose to review the amounts you just inputted, or narrow down your search to continue transferring more items.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re ready to complete the transfers, press &#8220;<strong>Process<\/strong>&#8221; or F10 again on your keyboard. Artisan will confirm that you want to transfer these quantities.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_13h10_47.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-17468\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_13h10_47.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1121\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_13h10_47.png 1121w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_13h10_47-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_13h10_47-1024x444.png 1024w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-12-06_13h10_47-768x333.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1121px) 100vw, 1121px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong><a id=\"manually-enter\"><\/a>Manually Enter<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>To manually input the amount that is transferring from one location to another, select the item and press &#8220;<strong>Enter<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Type in the amount of each item(s) that will be transferred. For example, we want to transfer four blue birthday cards from Site 1 to Site 2, so we will select that item, press enter, and type in &#8220;4.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28_09h48_58.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-12919\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28_09h48_58-1024x253.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"940\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28_09h48_58-1024x253.png 1024w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28_09h48_58-300x74.png 300w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28_09h48_58-768x189.png 768w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28_09h48_58-1536x379.png 1536w, https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28_09h48_58.png 1695w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 940px) 100vw, 940px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That amount will show up in the &#8220;<strong>Xfer Qty<\/strong>&#8221; column.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28_09h58_44.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12921 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/2022-02-28_09h58_44.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"95\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Press &#8220;<strong>Process<\/strong>&#8221; or &#8220;<strong>F10<\/strong>&#8221; to tell Artisan to process your transfers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You might want to transfer items between stores for a variety of reasons. Maybe you want only one location to sell certain items, or you\u2019re low on stock (or out of stock) at another site and want to replenish stock there. Whatever the reason, transferring quantity on hand is easy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"ht-kb-category":[329,283],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-12917","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-inventory-transfers","ht_kb_category-inventory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/12917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12917"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/12917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20051,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/12917\/revisions\/20051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=12917"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certek.com\/kb4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=12917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}