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📊 How to Create and Manage Cycle Counts in Ply

Cycle counts are key to keeping your inventory accurate and up-to-date. We recommend running them monthly or quarterly to make sure your stock levels reflect what’s actually on your shelves.

In this guide (and video!), we’ll walk you through how to set up and manage cycle counts using Ply, on both web and mobile. 📱💻


🧭 Step-by-step: Setting Up a Cycle Count (Web Only)

⚠️ You can only create cycle counts from the web app, but they can be completed from mobile once assigned.
 

1. Start from the web app

  • Go to the Stock tab → Stock Level
  • Click into the Inventory Count section
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  • Hit “Create New Count” to get started
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2. Fill in the basics

  • Location – Where the count will happen
  • Assignee – Who will do the counting
  • Start & End Dates – The window for completing the count
  • Frequency – How often this count should repeat (e.g. monthly, every 3 months)
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3. Dive into Additional Settings (optional but powerful)

Click “Show Additional Settings” to unlock advanced options:

  • Selection Method:
    • Choose how Ply should pick materials to count:

    • Random → A random sample of materials
    • By Activity → Based on recent activity
      • Then, pick what percentage of materials should be included.

  • Cost Range Filter:
    • Enable this to only count materials within a specific cost range.

  • Category Filter:
    • Want to count just one category of items? You can do that here too.

  • Position Filter:
    • Toggle between:

    • Only materials with positions
    • Or include materials without positions too

🧩 Choosing Specific Materials to Count

There are 3 flexible ways to pick which materials should be included in a count:

1️⃣ Specific materials only

  • Fill out the basics (Location, Assignee, Dates)
  • Open Additional Settings
  • Skip the All Items tab
  • Use the Custom List to select individual materials manually

2️⃣ Entire category

  • Fill out the basics
  • Open Additional Settings
  • Use the All Items tab to pick a category
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3️⃣ Category + extra materials

  • Start with the basics
  • Select a category in All Items
  • Then go to the Custom List to add a few extras
  • Save everything together 🚀

📱 What about the mobile app?

Once a cycle count is created and assigned from the web, the assigned user can:

  • Open the count in the Ply mobile app
  • See exactly which materials to count
  • Enter the quantities
  • Submit the count when done

Quick, easy, and mobile-friendly.


🎥 Watch the video!

We’ve got a short video that shows the full process in action—from setup to completion.

 
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