Quantity calculator — when scanning asks “how many?”
An item above the threshold opens a keypad instead of counting scans. What Cancel does, and what happens when you scan with the keypad open.
Eight units of the same product mean eight scans of the same code. The calculator turns that into one scan and one tap.
Step by step: eight units with one confirmation
- Scan the basket and work from the To pack list. One row is one EAN with its entire remaining quantity—the number on the right (
×8) is a label, not a button. - Open the calculator for the item in either of two ways: tap the calculator-icon button in the row (tooltip Quantity calculator) or simply scan that item's EAN. The button appears only for items above the threshold.
- The Pick multiple units keypad opens, showing the product name, a large number, and the label Maximum {n}. It starts at the entire remaining quantity.
- Use the keypad to reduce the number if you are packing fewer than shown.
- Put that many units in the carton and press Confirm. This completes the operation—there is no second prompt. The item disappears from the list or remains with a smaller quantity.
- Instead of confirming, you can press Cancel (or enter 0 and confirm)—then nothing is packed (see “What Cancel does”)—or scan another code, because the scanner works while the keypad is open.
When it appears
A row whose total remaining quantity reaches the threshold gets a calculator-icon button (tooltip Quantity calculator). The default threshold is 5 units; a queue can have its own threshold, and if it does not, the company setting applies. Packing uses the threshold of the queue the container contents came from.
A batch starts at two units. A keypad whose only possible answer is “1” is just friction—the unit is one scan away.
An item below the threshold, or with only one unit left, is packed immediately, without a keypad. This is the zero-click path, and nothing changes it.
Two ways in, same result
Tap the calculator icon in the row—the keypad opens with the full remaining quantity. Reduce it if you are packing fewer.
Scan the item's EAN above the threshold—the scan already said WHICH product, so only the HOW MANY question remains. The keypad starts with the entire remaining quantity, including the unit just scanned—the number on screen is what will be packed when you confirm.
Confirmation completes the operation. There is no second screen—you answered “how many?” once.
What Cancel does
Cancel packs nothing. Entering 0 and pressing Confirm does the same. It means “I changed my mind”—for example, you are arranging B2B cartons and want to start with different goods. The scanned unit is not recorded as packed. Put it back.
The scanner works under the keypad
| What you do | What happens |
|---|---|
| Scan the same EAN while the keypad is open | Records the pending unit and lowers the keypad value by one |
| Scan a different EAN | Records the old item's unit, then switches the keypad to the new item with its full remaining quantity |
F1–F7 shortcuts are suspended during this time—the scan answers “how many?”; F1 does not.
Packing is quiet
Unlike picking, packing does not read quantities aloud. A station handles one order after another, so every number spoken would become noise that people stop hearing. Colored banners and sounds carry the information.
A batch cannot take units from another order
Bulk packing removes units from one order line only. Even if two orders in the same basket have the same EAN, a batch cannot cross the order boundary—one line means one order means one parcel.
If you request more than remain, the quantity is capped at what is available, and exactly the quantity actually packed is removed from the list.
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