Inventory count groups

Inventory count groups (ICGs) can be used to subdivide items in a storeroom into multiple groups so that count books can be managed more efficiently.

To use inventory count groups, you must create ICG identifiers for the PLUSTCB_ICG domain in the Domains application. The ICG identifiers are then available for associating with items in the Inventory application. They are also available for assigning to count books in the Count Books application.

You manually assign inventory count groups to items in the Inventory application. Use the Count Group value to assign a group identifier to multiple items. Using an inventory count group name that is common to a subset of storeroom items, you can select that group of items for a count book.

By subdividing the items in a storeroom into multiple count groups, you can create a series of count books with different inventory count groups for each. With this approach, you can count items in the storeroom periodically: daily, weekly, or monthly, for example.

You can also use inventory count groups to classify items by other criteria, such as Hazardous, High Value, or Critical Spare. You can define the count groups that match your business requirements.

Example for counting items every three months

Suppose that you want to count all items in a storeroom one time every three months (every 60 work days). And you want to count an equal number of items every day. Divide the items in that storeroom into 60 groups. If you have 1200 items in a storeroom, you can assign inventory count groups as follows:

items	Inventory count group
The first 20 items (1200 divided by 60 equals 20)	C1
The next 20 items, and the next 20	C2, C3®, ...
The last 20 items	C60

You can now specify C1 as an inventory count group in the Select items table in the Count Books application. The first 20 items in the storeroom are selected for counting.