Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Top 100 Test Scenarios – Inventory Management

When it comes to testing a product that requires a lot of domain knowledge, it usually takes more time to train a new person. To minimize the learning curve, Softsmith Infotech has made an attempt to provide a simple list of business scenarios. We talked to a variety of actual users, who use various inventory management applications and asked them what are the critical scenarios they look at. This list is a compilation of such scenarios from the real users. There may be other people who may give priority to many other test scenarios - no harm, you please add those to this list.

Top 100 Test Scenarios – Inventory Management

  1. Configure part number generation settings and generate new part numbers
  2. Manage part numbers and serial numbers and check for uniqueness
  3. Configure item categories and sub categories and map items
  4. Configure bay, bin/bucket settings and allocate items
  5. Configure unit of measurement and map to items
  6. Configure item reorder levels
  7. Configure item expiry dates
  8. Configure Bill of Material details and rearrange items
  9. Configure alternate BOM details
  10. Configure base price and depreciation settings of items
  11. Create Goods Receipt Notes with multiple line items
  12. Approve or reject GRNs
  13. Create Goods Issue Notes with multiple line items
  14. Approve or reject Goods Issue Notes
  15. Create Goods Inspection notes with multiple line items
  16. Approve or reject Goods Inspection Notes
  17. Set up lot number allocation for bulk storage items
  18. Map item storage UOM to vendor UOM
  19. Manage vendor details and map items supplied
  20. Create stock adjustment notes with multiple line items
  21. Approve or reject stock adjustment notes
  22. Create inventory movement within storage areas of same location
  23. Create inventory movement across storage areas of different locations
  24. Enter Physical Inventory data
  25. Compare physical inventory and system data
  26. Perform batch updation of stocks based on receipts, issues and movement transactions to sync up system
  27. Manage bin cleaning data
  28. Configure old part number to new part number mapping details
  29. Export inventory batch data to central warehouse
  30. Import inventory batch data from central warehouse for synchronization
  31. Calculate daily/weekly/monthly closing and opening balances for item quantities
  32. Search product availability
  33. Map invoice details with GRN details
  34. Verify GRN details with PO details
  35. Keep issuing items below reorder level and zero stock
  36. View email contents on item reorder alerts
  37. Reverse a stock adjustment
  38. Reverse a goods movement
  39. Alter the price details after goods are received or issued
  40. Allocate an item to a bin to which the item category is not mapped
  41. Alter UOM of items after some time frame
  42. View item bin layouts in graphical mode
  43. Manage vehicle data that load items to inventory thru goods receipt
  44. Manage vehicle data that unload items from inventory thru goods issue
  45. Set up special storage conditions for items and bins such as temperature, etc.
  46. Manage storage conditions data
  47. Review alert contents when storage criteria thresholds are breached
  48. Check the contents of auto PO generation based on item threshold level
  49. Remove items from bin as scrap or expired
  50. Accept rejected items after rework by supplier
  51. Assign bar codes to items and lots
  52. Record excess items
  53. Record shortage items
  54. Load product images from time to time
  55. Create multiple price list for same item
  56. Mark items automatically as dead-stock based on time period
  57. Run batch process to re-shuffle items to most used bins
  58. Create records of damages inside stores
  59. Return items back to stores
  60. Approve or reject item returns
  61. Create pest control schedule
  62. Feed pest control data
  63. Enter or detect stores close or open records by employees
  64. Enter preventive maintenance records such as fire extinguisher details etc.
  65. Enter store safety compliance records such as exhaust fans, drains, ducts etc.
  66. Feed standard costing data for items
  67. Feed actual costing data for items from orders in real time
  68. Define shortest routes within stores or warehouses to move items
  69. Enter vehicle details for within the warehouse goods movement
  70. Enter trip details of vehicles within the warehouse goods movements
  71. Enter zone configurations for loading, unloading
  72. Import item or BOM details from csv files or spreadsheets
  73. Print goods receipts, issue notes, return notes, adjustment notes
  74. Print dispatch labels to different stores
  75. Read data from bar code scanners, check duplicates
  76. Read item data from RFID sensor interface, check duplicates
  77. Read container and vehicle data from RFID sensor interface
  78. Archive data based on aging criteria of records
  79. Suspend receipt of specific items, look for alerts
  80. Suspend issue of specific items, look for alerts
  81. Suspend movement of specific items, look for alerts
  82. Revoke suspension of receipts of specific items
  83. Revoke suspension of issue of specific items
  84. Revoke suspension of movement of specific items
  85. Configure alerts on supplier data such as rejection, invoice issues etc.
  86. Maintain legal certifications for items for receipts or issues
  87. Freeze particular item and make it absolete
  88. Merge data of two different stores in batch mode
  89. Check interfaces to finance, purchase and CRM

  1. Generate inventory list based on categories
  2. Generate stock register with cost and filters
  3. Generate reorder report
  4. Generate physical inventory reconciliation report
  5. Generate discrepancy reports between invoice and GRN
  6. Generate discrepancy reports between GRN and PO
  7. Generate goods rejection patterns chart based on reason for rejection
  8. Generate consolidated view of many storage areas of items
  9. Generate vehicles based report of inventory movements
  10. Generate stock ageing report
  11. Generate goods damage report
Hope you see some value in this list.

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11 comments:

  1. Really Helpful and thanks for this valuable scenario

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  2. Thanks for this valuable scenario

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  3. Thanks for sharing valuable scenarios.

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  4. This long list simply proves how vital inventory management is. Without this process, companies are going to have a hard time managing their assets and meeting the demands of clients on time. Effective management can guarantee that business managers are going to succeed in achieving their goals.

    Ethan Mudgett

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