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General option with Fred Mobility

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General option with Fred Mobility

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The General options from the Fred Mobility main screen allow you to configure various item stock card options to update when using Fred Mobility.

Configure scan prompts

  1. Use Options to configure the options you will be prompted for when you choose Scan.
  2. Select the options you want to be prompted for or deselect the options not to be prompted.
    • Item Cost
    • Item Price
    • GST Status
    • Alias
    • Quantity on Hand
    • Quantity Committed
    • Quantity Available
    • Restock Level
    • Reorder Point
    • Print Labels
    • Queue Labels

You must tap Save for changes to take effect.

Update retail prices and queue labels

  1. Log into Fred Mobility using the default login or your Fred Office Plus username and password.
  2. In the main screen, tap General.
  3. In the next screen, tap Options.
  4. Deselect all options and select only the Item Price and Queue Labels options.

You may need to scroll up and down to check that you have the correct options selected. For example, you would need to scroll up in the image above to see the Item Price option.

  1. Tap Save, then tap Scan.
  2. Scan the item or enter a code for an item you want to scan.

  3. Enter the New Item Price and press Enter on your Fred Mobility device.

    Fred Mobility displays a confirmation message.

If no figure is entered, the Current Item Price is retained.

  1. To send the item to the Label Queue, tap Yes.
  2. Repeat the process for all items to be updated.
  3. Once complete, log out of Fred Mobility and return your device to the charger.

This option prints labels directly from the Fred Mobility device, rather than queue them for printing later.

  1. Log into Fred Mobility using the default login or your Fred Office Plus username and password.
  2. In the main screen, tap General, then tap Options.
  3. Select the Print Labels checkbox and deselect all other options.
  4. If required, tap Settings, then set the default number of labels to be printed.
  5. Tap Save.
  6. In the next screen, tap Scan.
  7. Scan the item or enter a code for an item you want to scan.
  8. In the Choose Label Format field, use the dropdown menu to select the label format.
  9. If the default was not set as described above, then in the Number of Labels field, enter the label count and press Enter on your Fred Mobility device.
  10. Repeat the process for all items you want to print labels for.
  11. Once complete, log out of Fred Mobility and return your device to the charger.

Queue labels

  1. Log into Fred Mobility using the default login or your Fred Office Plus username and password.
  2. In the main screen, tap General.
  3. In the next screen, select Queue Labels and deselect all other options.
  4. Tap Save.
  5. In the next screen, tap Scan.

  6. Scan the item or enter a code for an item you want to scan.

    Fred Mobility displays a confirmation message.

  7. To send the item to the Label Queue, tap Yes.
  8. Repeat the process for all items to be queued.
  9. Once complete, log out of Fred Mobility and return your device to the charger.

Update committed quantities

  1. Log into Fred Mobility using the default login or your Fred Office Plus username and password.
  2. In the main screen, tap General.
  3. Select Quantity Committed and deselect all other options.
  4. Tap Save.
  5. In the next screen, tap Scan.
  6. Scan the item or enter a code for an item you want to scan.
  7. Enter the committed quantity and press Enter on your Fred Mobility device.

The quantity entered will overwrite the Current Quantity Committed. If no figure is entered, the Current Quantity Committed will be maintained.

  1. Repeat the process for all items to be updated.
  2. Once complete, log out of Fred Mobility and return your device to the charger.

Set restock and reorder points

  1. Log into Fred Mobility using the default login or your Fred Office Plus username and password.
  2. In the main screen, tap General.
  3. In the next screen, tap Options.
  4. Select Restock Level and Reorder Point.
  5. Tap Save.
  6. In the next screen, tap Scan.
  7. Scan the item or enter a code for an item you want to scan.
  8. Enter the New Restock Level and press Enter on your Fred Mobility device.

The figure entered will overwrite the Current Stock Level. If no figure is entered, the Current Stock Level is retained.

  1. Enter the New Reorder Point and press Enter on your Fred Mobility device.

The figure entered will overwrite the Current Reorder Point. If no figure is entered, the Current Reorder Point is retained.

  1. Repeat the process for all items to be updated.
  2. Once complete, log out of Fred Mobility and return your device to the charger.

Update quantity on hand

  1. Log into Fred Mobility using the default login or your Fred Office Plus username and password.
  2. In the main screen, tap General, then tap Options.
  3. Select Quantity On Hand and deselect all other options.
  4. Tap the dropdown arrow and select a Reason Code.
  5. Tap Save.

To select a reason code, you must have a reason code set up in Fred Office Plus. From the Tools menu, select Reason Codes.

  1. Tap Scan, then scan the item or enter a code for an item you want to scan.
  2. Enter the New Quantity On Hand and press Enter on your Fred Mobility device.

The figure entered will overwrite the Current Quantity On Hand. If no figure is entered, the Current Quantity On Hand will be maintained.

  1. Repeat the process for all items to be updated.
  2. Once complete, log out of Fred Mobility and return your device to the charger.

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