Introduction
Explains how the new scannable inventory works. The system provides merchandisers with the ability to add what products should be scannable. The kiosk works with a mix of weighted and scannable products as well as just using scannable products.
Prerequisites
The release required for all these systems to work.
- InventoryOS 1.188
- DataService: 0.403
Kiosk Setting
(Some users have the scannable system visible by default on their kiosks. So this step might not be needed for every customer who uses scannable products.)
For the scannable tab to show up you need to add IsScannable to the properties setting:
The KioskProperties settings is a comma separated list. So if you already have something set on it, you just add a comma and then IsScannable, example:
- KioskProperties: Value1,Value2,IsScannable
Kiosk - Merchandiser
The scannable products are setup from the normal Setup Inventory tab:
When navigating to it you will see something like this:
A new tab menu on the top of that page is visible with the scannable option:
Above the grid you have a search option and a show free filter:
- Search: When clicking on the textbox you are prompted with a keyboard so that you can search and filter the list based on what you typed in. Clear the search with the X button.
- Show Free: This is enabled by default and shows you free slots to add products to. This will be explained in more detail further on in the guide.
The grid will display all the scannable inventory:
It consists of the product image, product ID, product name and the current quantity for each product. The selected product row will be displayed in pale green.
Below the grid is a button named “ADD FREE SLOTS”:
When clicking that button, you will be asked if you want to add an additional 4 slots. (It will create 4 slots because the inventory is tied to the weighted system and those come in batches of 4 slots per shelves.)
So, you can manually add free slots here and then configure those slots accordingly, but if you are scanning in to refill or to add new products. Then the system will create the necessary slots for you. So, you only need to add free slots if you manually select which product should belong to each slot.
When you either select a product/free slot in the list or scan a new or existing item, the menu below the grid will show the selected slot information:
From this menu you can manually change the product and it’s quantity.
If you click the button “CHANGE PRODUCT” you will be prompted with the product selection screen, here you can either pick a new product, or clear the slot from a product making it “free” by pressing the “CLEAR SLOT” button:
Kiosk - Customer
Upon login, if the kiosk only has scannable products (no weighted products), the scannable category will be displayed. If it also has weighted, then it will work as it did previously by showing the “all categories” view.
A new category will be shown on the categories page if the kiosk has scannable products:
If the kiosk only has scannable products in it (no weighted products). Then the customer will be able to scan barcodes from the cart when logged in, and not requiring the customer to navigate to the add item page. But the add item page is still accessible in case the customer wants to manually add more or subtract items.
If the kiosk has both scannable and weighted products, then the customer will need to go to the add items page to scan barcodes (in order to add them to cart).
The add item page also provides a textbox so the customer can input the number of products they want to have in the cart:
When a customer checkout, the product count for the scannable products taken will be subtracted from the inventory.
Admin
Scannable products will also be submitted to the inventory report, which can be found here:
- Network -> Inventory -> Inventory Report
If one clicks on a kiosk one can upload a comma separated list of external article IDs and select if it's a new masterfile (replaces all existing scannable products on that kiosk) or an add on (adds the
products in the file to the list of scannable products) or a removal (removes the products in the
file from the scannable list). This data will then be synched down to the kiosk level and be applied on the kiosks. The sync interval is app. 5minutes.
You can hover over the fields on the page to get further information.
New products will have 0 quantity on the kiosk when synched down. So, a merchandiser will need to adjust that on the kiosk if they wish to keep track of the inventory levels.
App (Instant Inventory)
You can view and edit the scannable products from the app by navigating to the inventory tab and then clicking on the SCANNABLE button:
This system works the same way as it does on the kiosk. You will be prompted with a list of the available scannable products in the inventory:
Slots can be free meaning you can assign a product to them. On the right side you see the current inventory. To select a product, you simply click on it in the list and you can edit it below the list.
To add more free slots you can click the ADD FREE SLOTS button. If you wish to assign a product to a slot you can do so manually or press the SCAN button and you will be able to scan the products barcode:
Upon scanning it will either increase the quantity by one or add the product into the inventory in a existing or new slot.
When you have a product selected, you can manually change its quantity or change its product: