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    Magento 2 Barcode Inventory

    Updated 12 March 2024

    Magento 2 Barcode Inventory module allows the admin to generate barcodes for the incoming shipment products.

    The admin can also update the stock automatically through barcode scanning after receiving the shipment from the supplier.

    Hence, the admin can even generate the barcode PDF of single as well as multiple shipments.

    Note: To use Magento 2 Barcode Inventory module, Magento 2 Purchase Order must be installed also Barcode Scanner Device is required to read the barcodes.

    Watch the video tutorial below to understand the extension workflow:

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    Features

    • Enable and disable the module.
    • Generate barcodes for incoming products automatically.
    • Scan the barcode and update inventory.
    • Update individual product stock.
    • Update multiple inventories in bulk.
    • Print PDF functionality from mass action.
    • Print PDF functionality from individual shipment.

    Installation

    Firstly, the customers will get a zip folder and they have to extract the contents of this zip folder on their system. Then the extracted folder has an src folder, inside the src folder you have the app folder. Hence, you need to transfer this app folder into the Magento2 root directory on the server as shown below.

    INSTALLATION

    After the successful installation, you have to run these commands in the Magento2 root directory.

    First command – php bin/magento setup:upgrade

    cmd1

    Second command –  php bin/magento setup:di:compile

    cmd2

    Third Command – php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy

    cmd3

    Fourth Command – composer require picqer/php-barcode-generator

    cmd 4

    Fifth Command – composer require mpdf/mpdf

    cmd 5

    So, after running the commands, you have to flush the cache from the Magento admin panel by navigating through->System->Cache management as shown below.

    INSTALLATION

    Multi-Lingual Configuration

    Additionally, for Multilingual support, please navigate to Store>Configuration>General >Locale Options. And select your desired language from the Locale option.

    change-language-magento-2-locale

    Language Translation

    Now, for module translation, navigate to the following path in your system app/code/Webkul/Barcode/i18n/en_US.csv. Open the file named en_US.CSV for editing as shown in the below screenshot.

    LANGUAGE TRANSLATION

    Then replace the words after the comma(,) on the right in the file with your translated words.

    csv

    After editing and translating the CSV file, you need to save the translated file name according to your region language and country code such as – de_DE.CSV.

    Followed by uploading the translated file to the same folder from where you have obtained it.

    Finally, your module translation is complete.

    Language translation

    Module Configuration

    After the module installation, the admin will configure the module settings by navigating to Stores -> Configuration -> Webkul -> Barcode Inventory Management as shown below.

    configuration

    Here, the admin will –

    • Enable Barcode Scanner – Select Yes to enable the module. Else, select No to disable the module.
    • Scan Code – Click the Open Popup To Update Inventory button to scan and update the inventory once the admin has received the incoming shipments.

    Thus, lastly hit the Save Config button to save the configuration successfully.

    Generate Barcodes: Incoming Shipment Products

    After sending the purchase order to the supplier, an incoming shipment will be created and admin can check the same by navigating to – Purchase Management ->  Incoming Shipments -> Click to response (respective shipment ID).

    barcode

    And admin will get the barcodes for the incoming shipment products automatically.

    Update The Inventory Manually

    Now, after getting the shipment from the supplier the admin will update the inventory.

    Update The Inventory Manually

    Now, the admin can manually update the inventory of the shipment products individually.

    For this, the admin can click the Update link available under the Action column. This will change the product status to Received.

    However, the admin can even bulk update the inventory of the shipment products.

    For this, the admin can click the Update Inventory button available at the top.

    So, this will change the status to Received of all the shipment products.

    update_status

    Update The Inventory: Scan Barcode

    The admin can even update the shipment products inventory through barcode scanning.

    So, for this, the admin will navigate to Stores -> Configuration -> Webkul -> Barcode Inventory Management as shown below.

    Here, the admin will click the Open Popup To Update Inventory button which will display a pop-up window.

    scan

    While scanning the barcode, the admin makes sure that the cursor should be in Code field.

    Hence, on successful scanning of the barcode, the pop-up window will display the product details as shown below.

    barcode_scan

    The admin will simply click on the Receive Now button.

    Thus, updating the product status in the shipment and the product inventory as well.

    Generate Barcode PDF

    The admin can generate the barcode PDF of a single shipment.

    So, for this, the admin will simply click on the Print PDF link available at the top as shown below.

    print_pdf

    However, now clicking on the Print PDF link will generate the PDF.

    printed_pdf

    The admin can even generate the barcode PDF of multiple shipments in bulk.

    For this, the admin will navigate to Purchase Management -> Incoming Shipment as shown below.

    bulk_print_pdf

    Note:

    When the admin confirms or sends the quotation to the supplier, the supplier will not get the barcode in the mail.

    Therefore, the admin needs to send this PDF to the supplier manually.

    So, that supplier can use these barcodes while sending the shipments to the admin. And let the admin scan the shipments and update the inventory.

    If you have any query or need more information, please contact webkul.uvdesk.com

    Current Product Version - 5.0.3

    Supported Framework Version - Magento 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.x,2.3.x, 2.4.x

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