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  1. Shop-floor Tablet
  2. Material In/Out

Material in/out — AI recognition

On this shop-floor screen, you take a photo of a material label with the tablet camera, and AI reads the item information to prepare a new inbound or outbound record. For inbound, you can also register items that are not registered yet right here. The quantities you save are applied to stock by warehouse.

Screen layout

The middle of the screen shows the camera view, a frame, the Place the label inside the frame. guide, and the Capture button.

AI recognition camera screen with the label capture message and the capture button
AI recognition camera screen with the label capture message and the capture button
  • Camera view: Position it so that the item name and code on the label are inside the frame. Only the area inside the frame is saved as the photo.
  • Capture: Tap it to take a photo of the label.
  • Photo check: Shows the photo you took, the Photo captured. Tap analyze to continue. guide, and the Retake and Analyze this photo buttons.
  • AI recognition result: When the analysis is finished, the item name, item code, and item type that were read appear. If the item is not registered, This item is not registered. is shown.

The steps are label capture → AI analysis → AI recognition result → Inbound location (Outbound location for outbound) → Done.

Register with AI recognition

  1. In the Material in/out list, tap New inbound or New outbound.
  2. In the method selection window, tap AI recognition.
  3. Position the label so that its item name and code are clearly visible inside the frame, then tap Capture.
  4. If the photo came out well, tap Analyze this photo. If it is blurry, tap Retake. While the analysis runs, Reading label information. is shown.
  5. Check the recognition result. If it is wrong, tap Retake. If it is correct, tap Next.
  6. Check the item, quantity, price, planned date, and inbound date (outbound date), correct them with Edit if needed, and tap Next.
  7. Add warehouses with Add inbound location (or Add outbound location), and check the Current stock in each warehouse row.
  8. Split the quantity so that the total across warehouses equals the process quantity.
  9. Tap Next to save. On the completion screen, tap View details or Go to list, or wait 7 seconds to return to the list automatically.

Register an unregistered item (inbound only)

For inbound, if the recognition result shows This item is not registered., you can register the item right here and receive it.

  1. Check the Register a new item from the result. note below the recognition result, then tap Next.
  2. Check or enter the Item name. If needed, also correct the item code, item type, and spec.
  3. If the category, vendor, and unit name that AI read are in the registered lists, they are chosen automatically. If not, a message such as '…' is not in Category appears, so search for and choose them yourself.
  4. If the Unit name is empty, search for and choose it.
  5. The quantity and warehouse allocation after that are the same as in the registration steps above.

FAQ

Q. Recognition does not work well. Move to a bright place, position the label so that its item name and code are clearly visible inside the frame, and tap Retake.

Q. The capture screen does not turn on. If the camera view does not turn on and only Place the label inside the frame. is shown, allow camera use in the tablet settings, then try again.

Q. It says Enter an item name. or Select a unit. When you register an unregistered item, the item name and unit name are required. Fill in the empty fields.

Q. For outbound, a message says outbound is possible only for registered materials and asks me to register the item first. Ask someone to register the item first in New Item Registration on the office PC admin screen. If there is no material information at all, Material information is missing. appears.

Q. It says Allocated quantity exceeds the process quantity. The total quantity split across warehouses is larger than the process quantity. Reduce the quantities by warehouse so the total matches.

Q. It says The process date cannot be later than today. Choose today or an earlier date. The inbound date (outbound date) also cannot be earlier than the planned date, so check both dates together.

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