Regrades

Egg Room Regrades are used to modify the classification of eggs. For example, and egg is an HE but will be regraded to a Cull. The transaction will credit the original product inventory for the entity and debit the new product inventory for the entity. The regrade transaction is recorded by entity or by date.

Prior to creating a Regrade transaction, the following must be created:

• Farm Receiving Transaction
• Physical Inventory Transaction

The following options are outlined in this document

• Creating a Regrade
• Posting a Regrade

Create a Regrade

1. In LMTS>BIM>Transactions>Egg Room, select Regrades.
2. In the Egg Room Regrades main index, click to create a new regrade transaction.
3. In the New Record dialog box, from Farm No, select the farm where the inventory is located.
4. Enter the Date of the transaction, and then click 'OK'.
5. In the Regrades screen, click to add a new regrade product.
6. The Regrade Eggs screen will appear with all current inventory products listed in the Egg Room Inventory section.

7. In the New Products section, select the required product to be regraded and, in the Units Entered field, enter the number of units to be regraded. Click 'OK'.
8. The fields in the Egg Room Regrades screen will auto-populate based on the associated physical inventory transaction.

9. WOL displays the number of weeks in lay that the entity produced eggs.
10. Trans Date displays the date of the transaction.

11. Egg Trans Code indicates the type of transaction. The record will create both a credit and debit transaction.

    1. Regrade (Credit) - Will transfer out from the original product receiving.

    2. Regrade (Debit) - Will transfer in to the new product.

12. Tracking No is a unique identification code used to identify the receiving transaction.
13. Complex Entity No displays the entity number of the farm.
14. Farm Name displays the name of the farm where the regrade is taking place.
15. Product No indicates the required product for the regrade.
16. Product Name displays a description of the regrade product.
17. Breed No indicates the breed of the product that is being regraded.
18. Breed Name displays a description of the regrade product.
19. Generation is used to identify the generation of the eggs.

20. Production Date indicates the date the product was produced.

21. Received Date indicates the date the eggs were received at the hatchery.

22. Egg Age indicates the age of the eggs.

23. Flock Age indicates the age of the flock.

24. Units displays the number of units to be regraded. This field can be modified if required.

25. Eggs displays the number of eggs to be regraded.

26. Units Per defines the number of eggs per unit.

27. Price displays the total price of the eggs being regraded.

28. Unit Price displays the price per egg.

29. Ref No displays a defaulted optionally-entered unique reference number to identify the farm receiving transaction.

30. Load No displays the load number of the delivery.

31. Egg Weight displays the weight per egg, or a single average weight of all the eggs being regraded. Enter a value.

32. Uniformity M is an optional field to indicate the consistency of the weight of the male birds.
33. Egg CV Uniformity indicates the coefficient variable for the weight samples.
34. Base Hatch defaults from the standard table assigned to the entity.
35. Projected Hatch adjusts the based hatch percent on the egg age if an egg age decline table is used as well as recent hatch transactions.
36. Projected Chicks will calculate how many chicks will hatch from this group of eggs if the egg is an HE (Hatch Egg).
37. Bill of Lading is used to enter the bill of lading number.
38. In the Notes field, enter any additional information relating to the regrade transaction.
39. The Consignment flag will be selected if the eggs were purchased using a Consignment Purchase Order.
40. Sales SKU No indicates the sales SKU number if the sales SKU is defined.
41. Sales SKU Name displays the sales SKU name, if applicable.
42. Package No displays a unique reference number used to identify the packaging transaction, if the product was packaged.
43. The Final Egg Pickup flag will be selected if this is the last or final egg pickup of the entity.  
44. Selecting the Void flag will cancel the transaction.

Post a Regrade Transaction

Once the Regrade transaction has been created and saved, the transaction needs to be posted. The posting process locks the record to prevent edits, and debits and credits the inventory to the correct product. The posting does not create journals, but depending on the setup switch, the period end process will create journals for the regraded eggs.

1. In the Regrade main index, select the required transaction and right-click to select 'Post'. Alternatively, click the green check mark  in the top menu bar and select 'Post'.
2. To un-post a regrade transaction, select the required transaction and right-click to select 'Unpost'.  This process will set the transaction status to 'Reversed' status, which allows the transaction to be edited.