Inventory Preferences

The settings on this tab govern inventory functionality. For cruise line companies, certain settings on this tab will be the default for new locations. Some of these settings can be modified for each location on the Workflow Preferences tab in the Location Details screen. For all other company types, the settings in this screen will apply to all locations.

Under the Corporate menu, click Preferences.
All tabs are visible by default. To show/hide a tab, click on the Menu icon and select the Tabs option. From the pop-up menu, check to show or uncheck to hide the desired tab(s).
Click on the Inventory tab.
Configure the desired settings on this tab as noted below, listed from left to right, top to bottom.

Physical Storage Quantity — This setting determines HOW negative quantities should be handled when inventory is populated "By Exception", depending on how Allow Save of Negative Physical Inventory is set. {Note}: The "Set All Values to Zero if Consolidated Total is Negative" setting will calculate theoretical "By Exception" quantities for the product in ALL storage locations and for ALL lots, even though some of those instances might not be contained in the current scheduled inventory.

Check for Missing Prep in Final for Post Inventory — When checked, Net-Chef will alert users to missing Daily Prep transactions when reviewing the Final for Post inventory. This setting will be inherited by new locations.
Do Not Use Intraday Quantities for Final for Post Inventory — This setting determines whether inventory counts entered and saved for the last intraday count on the Post Date will be used as default counts for the Final for Post inventory on that date. If you perform intraday inventories, you should check this box if the last scheduled intraday count is early enough that the saved quantities from this event do not reflect the end-of-day physical quantities (i.e. the inventory quantities have changed due to transactions completed after the prior count).
Allow Save of Negative Physical Inventory — This setting determines if inventory counts that include negative physical quantities are allowed to be saved. If checked, these counts are allowed to be saved. If not checked, inventory counts cannot be saved until all physical quantities are greater than or equal to zero.
Alert When Total + Variance Value > ___% — When a user clicks “Save and Close” in the Net-Chef Inventory “Review” screen and when attempting to Post, a warning alerts the user if the sum of positive variance values differs from the (Book – In Transit) Value by the percentage indicated.
Alert When Total – Variance Value > ___% — When a user clicks “Save and Close” in the Net-Chef Inventory “Review” screen and when attempting to Post, a warning alerts the user if the sum of negative variance values differs from the (Book – In Transit) Value by the percentage indicated.
Alert When Total Net Variance Value > ___% — When a user clicks “Save and Close” in the Net-Chef Inventory “Review” screen and when attempting to Post, a warning alerts the user if the sum of positive and negative variance values differs from the (Book – In Transit) Value by the percentage indicated.
Exclude Positive and Negative Value Variances < ___ — The amount entered here will be the default value for this filter in the Inventory Review screen in Net-Chef. When populated, that screen will exclude positive and negative value variances within this range. {Example}: If configured to exclude value variances < 25.00, the Inventory Review screen will be filtered to display only product rows with a value variance that is < -25.00 and > 25.00.
Allow Adjustments into Negative — If checked, when creating Inventory Adjustments, Net-Chef users can enter a quantity greater than what the system shows they have.
Display Min and Max Par Columns for Central Storage Locations on Sequence screens — This preference is obsolete; these columns are configurable in the NC Inventory Setup screen.
Validate Company Product and Recipe UPC values are unique — If checked, the Company Products screen and the Recipe screen will validate newly entered UPC values against all other stored UPC values to ensure uniqueness. This check will NOT be performed on existing UPC entries when the preference is initially enabled.
Allow Transfers of Non-Stock Items with Insufficient Available Quantity — When checked (default), Net-Chef users will be allowed to create a Location Transfer for a product designated as a "Non-Stock" Product Type and enter a transfer quantity that is greater than the quantity the application shows as Available. This will result in a negative On Hand quantity at the sending location.

If necessary, click on any other tab as needed to configure settings on that tab. If not, skip to the next step.
Click the Disk (Save) icon to save your changes.
When finished, click the X (Close) icon to exit the screen.