Creating and managing inventory transfers with a barcode scanner

You can create and receive inventory transfers with an external barcode scanner. Make sure you configure your barcode scanner, so you can scan your variant barcodes.

Configuring your barcode scanner

You need to configure your Zebra DS2208 or your 720/740 Socket barcode scanner into keyboard mode before you can scan barcodes to add to a transfer.

Other bluetooth scanners might work, but you might need to configure them into keyboard mode.

Configure your Zebra DS2208 scanner

To use your Zebra DS2208 scanner to create or recieve inventory transfers, you need to configure it into keyboard mode.

Steps:

1. Scan the following barcode to set data format:

   

2. Scan the following barcode to start setting prefix:

   

3. Scan the following barcodes to set the correct character as prefix:

   

4. Scan the following barcode to start setting suffix:

   

5. Scan the following barcodes to set the correct character as suffix:

   

Note

The prefix and suffix configurations are optional. If you experience issues during setup, then you can skip these settings and still use your scanner in basic keyboard mode.

Reset your Zebra DS2208 scanner

To reset your Zebra DS2208 scanner, scan the following barcode:

Configure your 720/740 Socket Scanner

To use your 720/740 Socket Scanner to create or recieve inventory transfers, you need to configure it into keyboard mode.

To configure your 720/740 Socket Scanner into keyboard mode, scan the following barcode:

Reset your 720/740 Socket Scanner

To reset your 720/740 Socket Scanner, scan the following barcode:

Create a transfer with a barcode scanner

You can create an inventory transfer using either:

• An external barcode scanner on any device (desktop, mobile, or tablet)
• Your device's built-in camera scanner (mobile or tablet only)

When you create a transfer, you can view inventory quantities at the origin location and adjust the quantities that you want to transfer to a destination location. Where barcode symbols are displayed in the admin, you can start scanning immediately with an external scanner.

After you create a transfer, your transfer is saved as a draft. Your inventory isn't reserved and you can edit any details of your transfer.

Steps:

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Transfers.

2. Click Create transfer.

3. In the Origin section, click Select origin and then click the origin location that you want to transfer inventory from.

4. In the Destination section, click Select destination and then select the active location that you want to receive inventory.

5. In the Add products section, do one of the following:

• Scan each product that you want to add to your transfer.
• Open your device's camera scanner by tapping the barcode symbol above Add products and scan each product you want to add to your transfer.

6. In the Quantity column, enter the quantities for each product in the transfer or continue scanning the same variant barcode to increase the quantity. If you enter or scan an amount greater than the available product quantity at the origin location, then the inventory quantity at the origin will be a negative number after the transfer is created.
7. Optional: Add a note to your transfer:
   1. In the Notes section, click the pencil icon.
   2. Enter a note, and then click Save.
8. Optional: In the Transfer details section, add additional information about your transfer:
   • In the Date created field, select or enter the date you want displayed as the transfer's creation date.
   • In the Reference name field, enter a name for your transfer.
9. Optional: To assign tags to your transfer, in the Tags section, search to find existing tags or create new tags, and then click Save.
10. Click Save as draft.

After you prepare your items for transfer, you need to mark it as ready to ship. Marking a transfer as ready to ship automatically reserves all inventory at the origin location.

Receive a shipment for a transfer with a barcode scanner

You can receive a shipment for a transfer in your Shopify admin with an external barcode scanner or your device’s camera scanner. Receiving inventory means that the item has arrived, you have evaluated the item, and decided to accept or reject it.

When your transfer inventory arrives, you need to review the shipment and make sure that you receive everything that you're expecting. You can accept and reject in bulk for all items or for specific item quantities in a shipment.

If you receive extra quantity for existing items on a shipment, then you can specify a greater number of items in the Accept column.

When you accept and reject items in a shipment, you can view the total received items in the Summary section.

Steps:

1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Transfers.

2. Click a transfer that you want to receive a shipment for.

3. For the shipment that you want to receive items for, click Receive shipment.

4. Scan each item with your external barcode scanner or your device’s camera scanner to accept it.

5. Click Save