Smart Count in NetSuite is an inventory management tool designed to streamline and automate the inventory counting process. It enables businesses to perform real-time cycle counts without halting inventory-related transactions, allowing operations to continue smoothly. Available to users of NetSuite’s Inventory Management or Warehouse Management (WMS) modules, Smart Count reduces the need for manual counting, improves accuracy, and minimizes disruption. It also supports mobile devices, allowing counters to perform counts on the go, which increases productivity and ensures more precise inventory records.
How to get Smart Count?
NetSuite Smart Count, a downloadable SuiteApp, is now available to all NetSuite Customers with the inventory module. Customers that purchase or have purchased the Warehouse Management Module
Smart Count Features and Functionalities
The Smart Count SuiteApp allows for inventory counts in real-time, during operating hours, without stopping any operations.
How it works
- When you begin counting an item, Smart Count records the on-hand value of said item.
- If there are any changes to the on-hand count during counting (such as a pick or replenishment), Smart Count sends a notification to the employee doing the count.
- Smart Count will then recommend appropriate actions based upon the changes.
Expanded Smart Count Features
- Administrator Control: Helps organizations manage counts without disrupting sales by enabling administrators to choose what happens if the on-hand quantity changes for an item during the count process.
- Advanced Visibility: Helps organizations automate the count process by providing lists of items that need to be counted using predefined criteria, business rules, and key drivers.
- Automated Recounts: Helps organizations minimize unnecessary replenishment by automatically triggering a count to check the accuracy of a given bin if the inventory level falls below the reorder point.
- Centralized Information: Helps organizations efficiently manage the cycle counting process by providing visibility into all the items due to be counted in a location.
- Mobile Access: Helps organizations increase count accuracy and minimize time required to complete counts by using a handheld mobile device and barcodes.
Smart Count Benefits
Smart Count can enable more to get done during the business operating hours, while minimizing the impact on daily warehouse and inventory operations. Benefits of Smart Count include:
- Simplifies and automates inventory count processes
- Allows for important inventory checks-and-balances during operating hours
- Lessens manual processes such as recounts and inaccurate counts
- Minimize interruptions within operating hours
- Minimize overtime for inventory counts after-hours