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View and manage an EPC

Filter the EPC list, view a unique unit’s location, route and history, and change its status with an audit reason.

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Every unique unit in Beam has an EPC: the code on its RFID label. EPCs shows all units at your working location, where they are and what has happened to them.

Filter the list

Filter by status: Stock, Picked, Written off, Pending or Printed. Count filters include Never included, Recently missed and Missed in last 3+. Sort by Last seen, Last updated or EPC code.

A unit missed in several counts may be a candidate for writing off.

The detail screen

Open an EPC. Its detail screen has these sections:

SectionWhat you see
Product informationThe product, variant and size.
Location & routeIts current position on the floor plan and the trail of recent movements.
Movement trailThe successive locations where the unit was seen.
HistoryEvery status change, with who, when and why.
StocktakesThe counts in which the unit was seen or missed.

Actions

  • Change status, Place on hold and Release hold work as described in putting stock on hold. Each change requires a Reason for stock adjustment.
  • Write off removes the unit from stock; Restore reverses a write-off.
  • Locate tag starts RFID search for this specific tag.
  • Move puts the unit in a different location.
  • View on floor plan opens the map with the location highlighted.
  • Open container details appears if the unit is in a container.
  • Copy EPC and Export history help with enquiries and evidence.

Scanned an unknown tag? A tag Beam does not know has no detail screen. First link it to a product through the scanning page.