Blending Inventory Lots (Stacking)
PRE-REQUISITE: You must have the inventory to be stacked in existing inventory lots.
Lot Blending Summary:
Blending lots in Seedtrakr allows you to choose inventory from multiple inventory lots (of the same variety) and combine them into a new blended lot.
Blending lots with units as the unit of measure (Hybrid Rye or Soybeans) isn't yet supported.
As of V4.5 lot blending records cannot be cancelled. Movements can be removed, cancelling the entire blend record will come at a later date.
When blending lots, the product selected on the blended lot will be the lowest pedigree that will be allowed to be added to the blend. For example: if the blended lot is Registered, only lots that are Registered or higher can be added to the blend.
Commercial inventory lots cannot be blended.
Lots do not need to be in the same unit of measure to be blended, inventory from all lots added to the blended lot will be converted to the blended lot's unit of measure.
Clean and unclean inventory can be mixed during blending, any storage location in the blended lot where this occurs will be marked as unclean.
A blend can be started from the inventory lot details screen of an existing lot or on the Lot Blending page under the Production menu.
To access the LOT BLENDING screen: Go to the PRODUCTION menu → LOT BLENDING screen
Watch the video below to learn about blending inventory lots
Blending Inventory Lots
Click Add to add a new lot blend.
The Blend Lots screen will appear where you can enter the details about the new blended lot.
Fields appearing in Pink are Mandatory, and must be entered.
New Blended Lot #: Enter the lot number for the blended lot that will be created.
Crop Cert #: Enter the crop certificate number for the blended inventory lot, if there isn't one just check the "No Crop Certificate?" checkbox.
Blended Lot Unit of Measure: This will display the unit of measure the blended lot will use. This field is read only and will be automatically populated by the lot selection below.
Crop Year: Enter the crop year for the blended lot. (This will default to the current year but can be changed).
Lot to add: Choose the lot with the Lowest Pedigree that you will be adding to the blend. This lot determines the product and unit of measure that the blended lot will use as well as lot ownership (which can be edited later on).
Note: When adding other lots to the blend, only lots that have an equal or higher pedigree to the lot selected here will be able to be chosen.
Once all the required information has been added, click Save to create the new blended lot and start adding inventory to it.
A confirmation dialog will appear, click Yes to proceed creating the blended lot.
Click No, you will return you to the Blend Lots dialog.
The Lot Blending Details page will appear. At this point the blended lot has been created and blending movements can now be added to it.
Click the + button to begin adding blending movements.
The Add Lot Blending Movements screen will appear where you can enter the details about the new blended lot.
Fields appearing in Pink are Mandatory, and must be entered.
Lot to add: Select the inventory lot that you want to add a movement from.
This list is limited to lots that are eligible to be added to the blended lot. (Same variety, equal or lower pedigree).
Source Location: Select the location the inventory will come from (from the lot to add).
Target Location: Select the location the inventory will be moved to in the blended lot.
If you check the "Use source location" checkbox, the entire source location will be moved to the blended lot. The quantity and unit of measure will be set to the quantiy and unit of measure on the location.
Quantity: Enter the quantity of inventory from the source location to be moved to the target location (in the blended lot).
Unit of Measure: Choose the unit of measure for the quantity to be blended.
This does not have to match the lot unit of measure, it will be converted when added to the lot.
When all the required info has been added, click Add Lot to Blend to complete the movement.
The movement will appear in the Lot Blending Movements page. The inventory can now also be seen in the blended lot, as the blended product. The quantity on the blend movement will have been removed from the source lot.
Continue adding the necessary movements to complete the blend. Once all the movements have been added, click Complete in the top right corner.
A lot blending report is available in both PDF and Excel formats.
To download the PDF report, click Report in the top right corner of the page.
To download the Excel report, click Download in the top right corner of the page.
Both reports show all blending movements as well as the blended lot's product, variety and crop type details.
Cancelling Blending Movements
Blending movements must be cancelled in the in the reverse order that they were added. (Only the most recently added movement can be cancelled).
If you are canceling an unclean blending movement, you will be asked to specify the clean/unclean status of the bin. This is because transactions outside of the lot blending record (inside the blended lot) may have changed its status.
Click Delete Lot Blending Movement beside the movement you want to cancel.
Note: The most recently added transactions must be cancelled first.
Once cancelled, the inventory will be returned to its source location and the blend quantity will be adjusted accordingly.
