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Lot Correction and Lot Merge

🌐 NL · Last reviewed: 27 May 2026

Lot Correction and Lot Merge

Two administrative screens for correcting inventory at lot level. Both are key-user / admin tooling and post directly to the ledger — handle with care.

Lot Correction — writing off a specific lot

When a lot physically holds less than recorded (damage, scrap, count discrepancy), use Lot Correction. You can retain the original lot number or generate a new one.

Setup prerequisite

Before any user can post lot corrections, the User Setup must contain:

  • Lot Correction Template — Item Journal Template name (e.g. "LOT CORRECTION").

  • Lot Correction Template Batch — Batch name within that template (e.g. "DAILY").

Error if missing: "No Lot Correction Template Batch defined in User Setup."

Workflow

  1. Open Lot Correction and pick a lot via Item No. and Lot No.. DXSteel populates profile, quality, current length/width/thickness, weight/length inventory and cost price.

  2. Fill in the Quantity to correct. Cannot exceed available inventory.

  3. Set Bin Code to one that exists in the current location.

  4. Set Reason Code (optional but recommended for auditability).

  5. Tick Retain Lot No. to keep the existing number, or leave it off to allocate a new number from the batch's No. Series.

  6. Click Post (F9) or Post and Print Labels.

  7. Confirmation: "The journal lines were successfully posted."

Lot Merge — combining multiple lots

To consolidate several smaller batches into one lot (after sorting, after partial deliveries), use Lot Merge. DXSteel posts negative adjustments on the source lots and a positive on the target — net inventory unchanged.

Irreversible: after Post, the Item Ledger Entries are final. Reversal requires a counter-correction or counter-merge. Verify carefully before posting.

Workflow

  1. Open Lot Merge.

  2. Select the source lots via the Select lots action (one or many).

  3. Fill the target lot data: Item No., Profile, Quality, Variant, Bin, Quantity, Cost.

  4. Optionally fill Heat No., Plate No., Internal Lot No. and any attribute values.

  5. Tick Retain Lot No. to keep the first source's lot number.

  6. Click Post or Post and Print Labels.

Best practices

Reason Code on every correction: even though it's optional, always set one. Audits and cost analyses become much easier.

Print labels immediately after a merge. A physical lot without updated label is a source of warehouse errors.

Retain Lot No. — not always default: for merges of fundamentally different source batches (different heat numbers, different vendors), traceability improves by allocating a fresh lot number.

Permissions

Rights for Lot Correction and Lot Merge sit in:

  • DMX Item Admin — full (correction + merge).

  • DMX Whse Admin — full.

  • DMX Full Access — full.

Regular warehouse users (DMX Whse User, DMX Item User) do not have access. See Roles and permissions.

[Screenshot: Lot Merge with source lots and target lot completed]