Barcoding & Warehousing v22

Sicon Barcoding & Warehousing is integrated in real time with the Sage 200 stock and order processing modules, plus it fully supports all of the Sicon additions including Job costing for issues and returns, works orders for picking and building assemblies, and distribution manager for pre-allocation of stock at goods in.

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220.72.0.32

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Zone selection toggle all button changed to select all.


Date applied: December 2, 2022

220.72.0.31

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Zone selection toggle all selections button added.
Populate traceable quantity only if quantity exists in scanned barcode.


Date applied: December 2, 2022

220.0.20

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Warehouse Transfer stock allocation fixes.
Only allocate transfer stock if it’s on a warehouse to warehouse transfer.
Warehouse transfer now creates any new ‘Picked:Transfer’ bins with picking bin priority, not bulk.
Fix SOP Despatch error ‘Issuing kit lines failed. Process was cancelled. The full allocation quantity cannot be issues as there is not sufficient free stock available’ for a kit item which has multiple/split stock allocations, Case 25653.
Fix SOP Despatch question ‘Is bin ‘xxxxxx’ now empty?’ appearing when there is still unconfirmed free stock in the bin, Case 24805.
Wave Picking performance improvements to increase speed and reduce ‘Timeout Expired …’ error in GetSalesOrdersByZones() error in large data sets.
Fix for multi item transfer missing items.
Fix SOP Despatch with Smart Picking & ‘Assign stock from bin with full allocation stock quantity available’ configured prompting users to pick from a bin based on the incorrect priority, Case 26026.
Tote Pack on the hand held device will now include sales orders on waves with pick status ‘partial’, Case 25505.


Date applied: November 29, 2022

220.72.0.30

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Populate traceable quantity only if quantity exists in scanned barcode.


Date applied: November 25, 2022

220.72.0.29

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix for complex barcodes not populating the batch list when scanned, Case 25637.


Date applied: November 25, 2022

220.0.19

Hot Fix Enhancements Important
Important Info

Devices must be updated to app. v220.72.0.28, or later, following installation (i.e. API v72).


Hot Fix Enhancements

Warehouse Transfers will now allocate stock while picked.
Fix for allocation existing after the transfer has been moved and completed.
Fix object reference errors when adding stock to existing transfers.
Fix for object reference error that occurs when picking with smart picking turned on, Case 25515.
Include the bin name in message if error ‘The quantity entered is greater than the total stock holding at the location’ occurs during a stock transfer.


Date applied: November 21, 2022

220.72.0.28

Important
Important Info

Fix faulty app. build, no functional changes.


Date applied: November 18, 2022

220.71.0.27

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix SOP Despatch/Pack batch/serial entry page appearing twice if a stock item barcode is scanned resulting in the quantity being incremented, Case 24261.


Date applied: November 18, 2022

220.71.0.26

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fixed problem when scanning a complex barcoding on the traceable list screen where the complex barcode did not have a quantity specified. The quantity on the app would remain at 1.
Added serial validation exception message back in because it needs to be there if serials are not valid.
Fix to validating serials. The App would crash if complex barcodes were scanned beyond the quantity in stock.
Stock traceable item attributes are no longer ‘view only’ during stock transfer, Case 25549.


Date applied: November 11, 2022

220.0.18

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix SOP Despatch ‘The null value cannot be assigned to a member with type System.Int32 which is a non-nullable value type’ error when loading sales order details, Case 25281.
Fix Receive Containers item quantities being multiplied by the number landed costs set against the PO & PO line.
Fix device despatch ‘object reference is not set’ error if box linked to items no longer exist, Case 25281.
Fix SOP Despatch ‘SiconWABBox with DbKey = 0 not found in method WABStockItemController.PostBoxesDespatched()’ error if despatching items with some in boxes & others unboxed, Case 25281.


Date applied: November 4, 2022

220.0.17

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Make warehouse transfers allocate stock so it isn’t available to allocate elsewhere.


Date applied: October 21, 2022

220.71.0.25

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix for duplicated sales orders appearing in the list when zone picking.


Date applied: October 19, 2022

220.71.0.24

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Warehouse Transfers will now allocate stock while picked.


Date applied: October 18, 2022

220.71.0.23

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

When validating batch/serial quantities at ONLY SOP Despatch (not pick/pack) calculate based on base/selling unit, Case 24599.


Date applied: October 14, 2022

220.71.0.22

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

When validating batch/serial quantities at SOP Despatch calculate based on base/selling unit, Case 24599.


Date applied: October 12, 2022

220.0.16

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fixed problem when no boxes are uses and an error would appear during despatch if the despatch messaging service is on. The error was’ Value cannot be null’.
Amended method for getting sales order to amend despatch on device to improve performance for large datasets.
Fix lit lines on SOP Despatch not filtering by Zone.
Fix object reference error when amending a sales return.


Date applied: October 11, 2022

220.71.0.21

Important
Important Info

No functional changes.


Date applied: October 10, 2022

220.71.0.20

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Changes required for Palletways Courier Integration works; prompt user to answer questions and enter number of boxes.


Date applied: October 5, 2022

220.71.0.19

Important
Important Info

No functional changes.


Date applied: October 4, 2022

220.0.15

Hot Fix Enhancements Important
Important Info

Remove change ‘Only allow Move To on non Despatch Bins’ as functionality no longer required, originally added v220.0.13.


Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix SOP Despatch ‘Could not load type ‘Sage.Accounting.DataModel.SiconKitLine’ …’ if Manufacturing module is not installed, Case 23581.


Date applied: September 30, 2022

220.71.0.18

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix SOP Despatch ‘Value cannot be null’ error when populating bin list.


Date applied: September 29, 2022

220.71.0.17

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

We now list the despatch bins on the Picked/To Despatch tab and the user can select the bin and move items in that selected bin to another location.


Date applied: September 29, 2022

220.0.14

Hot Fix Enhancements Important
Important Info

Added Smart Picking for Kits on sales orders.


Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix SOP despatch ‘Serial number quantity does not match selected quantity for item …’ when some traceable items are boxed but others for the same stock item are not, Case 22458.
Fix Update Companies ‘Subquery returns more than 1 value ..’ error when replicate despatch/receipt or sales order/return IDs from obsolete box header field to box items.
Fix replenishment creation ‘Cannot load file or assembly ‘Sicon.WM.Models, Version …’ error, Cases 23086 & 23165.
Fix SOP Despatch ‘Value cannot be null’ error if no boxes are used when the despatch messaging service is on.


Date applied: September 28, 2022

220.71.0.16

Important
Important Info

No functional changes, update to run test scripts.


Date applied: September 27, 2022

220.0.13

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix Update Companies ‘Invalid column name ‘Continuous’’ error if older version of WOP is installed and the Manufacturing SQL script has not already been run.
When processing a Move To function on SOP despatch on the handheld, we now only move stock that is not in a Despatch bin.
Replenishment ‘Picked:Replen’ are now created with Allocation Priority ‘8’ (i.e. Pick Bin), Cases 23086 & 23165.
Fixed problem with box details (e.g. weight) not appearing on Courier labels when the setting to ask the number of boxes is enabled.


Date applied: September 22, 2022

220.0.12

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Cache picking message added to confirm another user is processing the pick list (to avoid double-picking).
Fix Dynamic Stocktake issue which causes traceable stock to be added despite quantities matching current Sage stock levels, Case 24121.
Performance improvement when reading Tilted Wave Pick Items, to improve speed.
Tilted Wave Pick will now show service stock items correctly.
Fix Stock Shortage Transfer ‘Object reference not set …’ error if closing a new transfer without saving.
Fix to allow subassembly items to be visible when picking works order waves – Case 22554.
Fixed problem when picking the same batch across multiple bins into the same box.
Fix Put-Back picked items at SOP Despatch ‘Sequence contains no elements’ error if only putting back some picked items, Case 23971.
Smart Picking fix if there are 2 or more lines on a sales order for the same item. It would send the user to the same location despite insufficient stock, Case 23365.
Fix Put-Back picked items at SOP Despatch ‘Unavailable Batch Items’ error when putting back a quantity of items split over multiple stock allocations (i.e. put back 5, allocation of 2 + allocation of 3), Case 23971.


Date applied: September 16, 2022

220.71.0.15

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Stocktake item images reinstated, requires server v220.0.9.1 or later, Case 23689.
Fixed problem where scanning a complex barcode on the select traceable screen, but the complex barcode does not have a quantity. The quantity was always setting 1 but will increase for each scan.
Validate Put-Back batch/serial quantity before posting stock transfer to fix ‘Sequence contains no elements’ error if traceables not selected, Case 23971
Fix quantity to pick value on the SOP ‘Info’ tab sometimes holding the value of 0, Case 23299.


Date applied: September 15, 2022

220.0.11

Hot Fix Enhancements Important
Important Info

User maintenance toggle button no longer changes user enabled box and now updates all options tab boxes.


Hot Fix Enhancements

Fixed problem with reducing sales order line quantity for partially picked line.
Fixed problem where using carton quantities, and smart picking is on, it was sending the picker to the overflow bin instead of bulk storage.
Fixed problem with setting ‘Assign stock from bin with full allocated stock quantity available’. The issue was that if there was stock in a Despatch bin (because update on invoice is on), then there were occasions when the lines would not appear on the device to be picked. This was because the process would assume there was stock we could use in that bin, and then later it would be filtered out.
Works Order Book-in Finished Goods now passed traceable item use/sell by dates to the WOP build coordinator so dates can be set when stock added.


Date applied: September 9, 2022

220.0.10

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix for Dynamic Stocktake not recording duplicate batch numbers correctly when a unique duplicate number exists for the batch in the database – Server Side – Case 21301.
Fix ‘No stock bin location exists with StockItemDbKey xxxxx, WarehouseDbKey xxxxx and bin name ‘xxxxx” error when Issuing Stock To Works Orders.
Fix Works Order ‘Object reference is not set … (Server 500)’ error if picked locations don’t already exist for some components on the selected works order.


Date applied: September 2, 2022

220.71.0.14

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix Stocktake ‘Timeout expired …’ error when attempting to load stock item images (code removed temporarily), Case 23689.


Date applied: August 30, 2022

220.71.0.13

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix for Dynamic Stocktake not recording duplicate batch numbers correctly when a unique duplicate number exists for the batch in the database – App Side – Case 21301.
Fix stock items/lines not being linked to packaging in SOP Despatch if the ‘Pack All Picked Items’ option is used and user is not packing into boxes.


Date applied: August 24, 2022

220.0.9

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Various SOP Despatch packaging fixes related to picking/packing into different package types (e.g. pick into bags and then pack into boxes).
Added an Info button to the Sage 200 Amend Sales Order line screen to display message ‘This line is picked. Therefore, to reduce the quantity, use the reduce quantity button at the bottom of the form.’
Fixed problem when reducing line quantity of a sales order line to zero on one of the allocations on a picked sales order line.
Fixed problem when reducing line quantity of a sales order line when it is picked to update the total on the sales order header correctly.
Prevented increasing quantity of an allocation line when reducing line quantity of a picked sales order line.
If Smart Picking is enabled along with selecting traceable items at allocation don’t apply Smart Picking logic to batch/serial items.
Fix to hyperlinks in other modules if the pick grid column doesn’t exist – Case 22950.


Date applied: August 18, 2022

220.71.0.12

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fixed SOP Despatch problem with picking into a box and then when packing that box, resulting in the not appearing on the to Despatch tab.


Date applied: August 12, 2022

220.71.0.11

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Prevented “Action Failed Unavailable Batch Items” error from popping up when picking items that have a quantity below 1, this is done by not auto adding a 1 to the pick item quantity if the quantity is below 1.
Fixes purchase orders ignoring the buying unit set in the PO line when receiving into a bin via a container – Case 20288.
Separated the current box selection on the to pick tab and the to pack tab, so we now have a separate current box for each tab.
When packing all picked items, we now don’t change the package type the item was picked into if the package type is the same as what we are packing into. If item is picked into a box, we cannot pack into another box. We can pack onto a pallet though.


Date applied: August 12, 2022

220.71.0.10

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Login Failed error handler changes to display server URL and error message ‘title’ if found.
Fixed problem where user could not enter a quantity when picking a free text line.
Works Order book no longer allows booking-in quantity greater than the quantity remaining, unless works order is set to ‘Continuous’, Case 21209.
Fix Stock Transfer blank screen/logout required if an error occurs when attempting to add a new item/line to the transfer, Case 22001.


Software dependancies: Requires server Sicon Barcoding and Warehousing 220.0.8 (or later)

Date applied: August 8, 2022

220.0.8

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

If a hand held user attempts to process a works order currently in-use in Sage display message ‘This works order is being used by user ‘xxxxxx’ at work station ‘xxxxxx’ on their device, Case 22113.
SOP Despatch now writes Project Integration informational messages to the Web API log, Case 20940.


Date applied: August 5, 2022

220.0.7

Issues Resolved Hot Fix Enhancements
Issues Resolved

Changed the way we deal with reducing a sales order line quantity after the sales order line has been picked. Now a screen pops up asking which allocation to reduce as the user can no longer reduce a picked quantity.


Hot Fix Enhancements

Dynamic Stocktake now populates batch/serial use/sell by dates when received from the hand held.
Fix Amend Sales Order ‘Object reference is not set …’ error if the quantities option button is not shown on the screen, Case 21740.
Works Order book no longer allows booking-in quantity greater than the quantity remaining, unless works order is set to ‘Continuous’, Case 21209.
Fix box/pallets not saved if print content labels before saving, Case 22482.
Fix Update Companies ‘AccessVanPicker’ & ‘SiconWABStockHistory’ is already in use errors when trying to rename but the field/table has already been renamed.


Date applied: July 28, 2022

220.0.6

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

At SOP Despatch if projects is installed confirm despatch for any linked projects, Case 20940.
Works Order book no longer allows booking-in quantity greater than the quantity remaining, unless works order is set to ‘Continuous’, Case 21209.
Fix Replenishment (Stock Transfer) ‘Value cannot be null …’ error.


Date applied: July 26, 2022

220.0.5

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix SOP pick/despatch put items back if traceable items are assigned during allocation.
Updated data fix utility to remove allocation balance lines that should be for sales order lines but no sop allocation line exists.


Date applied: July 22, 2022

220.71.0.9

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix SOP pick/despatch put items back if traceable items are assigned during allocation, Case 21998


Date applied: July 21, 2022

220.0.4

New Features Hot Fix Enhancements
New Features

SOP Despatch package dimension entry can now be disabled when enter number of boxes is not selected, i.e. for manual box entry/creation.
Data fix utility now includes a new method to simply remove SOP allocations.


Hot Fix Enhancements

Box fixes for SOP picking/packing, don’t prompt for box dimensions when disabled in Barcoding Settings and fix ‘SiconWABBox with DbKey = 0 not found’.
Fix for wrong quantity booked in on a PO using a Units Of Measure conversion when it shouldn’t be.


Date applied: July 15, 2022

220.70.0.8

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Printing the correct label and prevent printing vastly more labels than specified if the ‘Use SOP despatch label instead of Ad Hoc label when picking SO’ setting is enabled
SOP Despatch now suppresses box dimension entry when configured in Barcoding settings
Don’t prompt user to enter box/package dimensions if disable in configuration and default any automatically generated packages to ‘boxes’ (instead of ‘bags’)


Date applied: July 13, 2022

220.70.0.7

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

On the Disassemble Kit screen when scanning a complex barcode the quantity will now increase correctly, case 20728


Date applied: July 4, 2022

220.0.3

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix Confirm Goods Received ‘Object reference not set …’ in Sicon.Sage200.WarehouseManager.Scripts.SOP.ConfirmReturnForm.Form_BeginSave when ConfirmPackagingWhenMovingStock is not configured.
Unpack/transfer change to stop the system creating box records with blank box/identification numbers if the box type on the box item record doesn’t match the box type ID stored
Icon fix.


Date applied: July 1, 2022

220.70.0.6

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix for ‘the barcode was not recognised as a bin’ error when scanning a complex barcode on the disassemble kit screen, Case 20728


Date applied: June 28, 2022

220.70.0.5

Important
Important Info

No functional changes


Date applied: June 21, 2022

220.70.0.4

Hot Fix Enhancements Important
Important Info

No functional changes.


Hot Fix Enhancements

Added WarehouseItemID to PickListItem. This is used server side only for smart picking in stock transfers


Date applied: June 15, 2022

220.0.2

Hot Fix Enhancements
Hot Fix Enhancements

Fix to last checking for smart picking on stock transfers / fix for issue resulting in showing the item to pick again after picking.


Date applied: June 15, 2022

220.70.0.3

New Features Hot Fix Enhancements
New Features

Prompt user to select component warehouse during WOP Backflush if ‘Use Sage SOP Stock Fulfilment Sequence’ is configured.


Hot Fix Enhancements

Fixed “Sequence contains no matching element” errors when scanning a complex barcode for despatching and receiving stock transfers.
Correct single item transfer stock quantity on handheld displaying double the actual in stock quantity.


Date applied: June 9, 2022

220.0.1

New Features Hot Fix Enhancements
New Features

Added setting for disabling the prompt for package dimensions when despatching an order.
Added a drop down for a courier label printer to be set to a user.
Prompt user to select component warehouse during WOP Backflush if ‘Use Sage SOP Stock Fulfilment Sequence’ is configured.


Hot Fix Enhancements

Improve error reporting if SOP despatch coordinator fails to set quantity, for example if insufficient stock is allocated.
Fix ‘Sequence contains no elements’ if nothing to despatch due to kit build failure.
Don’t attempt to create despatch notifications, print despatch notes or SOP invoices if no items despatched.
Fix ‘object reference is not set …’ error in GetKitLinesToDespatch() if pre-allocations have been deleted.
Fix SOP Despatch box/quantity corruption if picking into bags & then packing into boxes resulting in item quantity being split between separate pick/pack boxes.
Fixes purchase orders ignoring the buying unit set in the PO line when receiving via a container.
Fix bug that displayed the stock item base unit instead of the buying unit set in the PO line on the receive container list.
Fixed UI values not being properly displayed when deleting bins within Sage.
Fix for ‘an item with the same key has already been added’ message when despatching kit lines from 2 separate packages.
Fix Receive Purchase Order hand held device error ‘The null value cannot be assigned to a member with type System.Boolean which is a non-nullable value type. (Server 500)’ error (due to SiconWABStockItem boolean fields set NULL).
Dynamic Stocktake new method added to read traceable attributes for an existing batch/serial + set attributes & use/sell by dates passed from device when adding traceable stock.
Photos taken in the Sales order processing screen, are now being properly uploaded to Sage.

DespatchSOPLines Web API log informational messages added.


Date applied: June 8, 2022