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1. How to Recreate Lost Invoices and Orders in Solid Business Central
   If it should happen that something unfortunate happens to a route sales person’s handheld computer where the contents of Solid Sales Pro are wiped out, so too will be gone all the invoices they created since their last successful sync session. Although the first reaction may be to have th ...
2. How to Set a Handheld Computer to be Re-Initialized or to be Initialized it for the First Time?
   Answer: Re-Initializing an existing handheld computer, or Initializing a handheld computer for the first time, is a powerful process that first pulls any available unsaved data from the handheld computer, and then loads a completely new installation of the Solid Sales Pro software component. Be ...
3. How to Print Pick Lists in Solid Business Central
   Answer: Using Pick Lists allows warehouse employees to gather the entire inventory that a route sales person will need to deliver to fulfil the Customer Orders assigned to them. By having the route sales person’s inventory ready to be loaded onto their truck when they arrive back at the ...
4. Can Mobile Unit Records be Set to Sort and Display Items by Description Instead of by Part Number by Default in Solid Sales Pro?
   Answer: When manually adding inventory items to a transaction within Solid Sales Pro, such as on the '1131 Add Items' screen when making an invoice, the inventory list can be switched from being sorted by Part Code or Description by using the [Part] or [Desc] buttons respectively. It’s po ...
5. Can I Retrieve or Restore a Record that I Deleted by Mistake?
   Answer: Usually, when a record is deleted within a business system, it should be considered to be gone forever. For this reason it’s very important only to delete records that are positively no longer needed. However, there is a way in Solid Business Central that records can be restored, ...
6. How to Create and Assign an Adjustment Cost Center?
   Answer: Solid Route Accounting – Enterprise Edition uses Adjustment Cost Centers to track inventory quantities of items that are damaged and expired returns, and also all inventory differences when performing inventory counts. What makes this cost center unique among fixed and mobile type ...
7. How to Track Damaged and Expired Inventory Returns from a Handheld Computer?
   Answer: Damaged and expired inventory is unfortunately part of all distribution businesses. By monitoring returns from individual routes though, it may be possible to find areas where inventory returns can be drastically reduced, leaving more inventory at the customer sites, and more cash in th ...
8. How can Damaged and Expired Inventory be Partially Written Off as Credits are Received?
   Answer: Damaged and expired inventory returns from Solid Sales Pro will automatically be sent to that mobile cost center’s damaged stock adjust to cost center, as set in Solid Business Central in [Datafile / Cost Center / View]. As credits are received for damaged and expired product from ...
9. When Route Sales People Accept Inventory Returns, Where does the Inventory Go when they Sync their Handheld Computers?
   Answer: When considering inventory returns from Solid Sales Pro, the 'Return Code' assigned to those returns is the main factor that determines what action will be taken when synched back to Solid Business Central. The return code tells Solid Route Accounting the condition of the returned items ...
10. How to Filter Inventory Items to Prevent Them from Showing on the Handheld Computers?
    Answer: All Inventory Records created in Solid Business Central are by default all sent to the handheld computers. However we understand that situations can arise where it’s undesirable for certain inventory items to be sent to the handheld computers. It’s for this reason that Inven ...
11. What’s the Difference Between a Partial, Full, and Delayed Inventory Count?
    Answer: An important part of counting a company’s inventory is to understand the proper time to use each different type of inventory count available within Solid Route Accounting – Enterprise Edition. Although there are three types that an inventory count can be saved as, being Dela ...
12. How to Count Inventory for Any Cost Center by using a Delayed Count?
    Answer: Because using a handheld computer is the fastest way to enter items onto any transaction, and also because fixed cost centers cannot have handheld computers assigned to them, a delayed inventory count is the only solution to counting the inventory held in a fixed cost center, and can al ...
13. How to Create a New Mobile Unit Record in Solid Business Central?
    Answer: The handheld computers that route sales people use to create invoices while in the field are what really gives Solid Route Accounting business system owners a competitive advantage over their competition. Each handheld computer operates by settings specified in its mobile unit record, w ...
14. How to Delete an Inventory Item in Solid Business Central?
    Answer: Keeping inventory records up to date and accurate in Solid Route Accounting business systems will increase productivity, reduce search times, and make it easier to print reports and find needed information. Deleting unwanted inventory items is easiest to do if a business is already prac ...
15. Can a Truck to Truck Inventory Transfer be Created from Solid Business Central?
    Answer: Yes, it is possible to transfer inventory to and from any cost center using Solid Business Central. The only caveat though is that it’ll take two Inventory Transfers to accomplish it. However, thanks to Solid Business Central’s ability to copy, reverse, and adjust existing t ...
16. What is Cost Center 998 and Adjustment Cost Centers / Warehouses Used For?
    Answer: Cost center 998 is simply the default Adjustment Cost Center for Solid Route Accounting – Enterprise Edition. Adjustment Cost Centers can be though of as the garbage collector for inventory quantities. All damaged and expired returned goods, as well as all inventory adjustments th ...
17. Can I Print a Check List for Manual Inventory Counting?
    Answer: Inventory Counts are the best way to ensure that inventory levels are accurate, as well as monitor inventory shrinkage within the company. Using a printed inventory check list to perform a Manual Inventory Count is a great way to verify if a proper inventory count needs to be performed ...
18. How Can I See What Inventory is in Which Cost Center / Warehouse?
    Answer: In any company, it’s important for the administrative staff and business owners to be able to view what inventory is in which location at any given time. Solid Route Accounting – Enterprise Edition allows all inventory to be monitored accurately from one central location, at ...
19. How Can I Adjust the Quantities of a Delayed Inventory Count?
    Answer: Once Delayed Inventory Counts have been saved and synched back into Solid Business Central, their quantities can then be reviewed and adjusted, if needed, by an administrator. To view Delayed Counts in Solid Business Central, navigate to [Datafile / Cost Center / View] and display the ...
20. How to Create Inventory Transfers in Solid Route Accounting – Enterprise Edition
    Answer: An important part of Inventory Management is to monitor what inventory is transferred between which cost centers. The most efficient way to do this is by creating Inventory Transfers, from either Solid Business Central or Solid Sales Pro, which allow quantities to be transferred between ...