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Metrc Retail ID Guide

Metrc released a new feature called "Retail ID" to generate an each-level identifier for each unit that goes to retail within the state cannabis market. This is similar to Flourish's serial number fe…

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Metrc released a new feature called "Retail ID" to generate an each-level identifier for each unit that goes to retail within the state cannabis market. This is similar to Flourish's serial number feature and COA portal features. Anyone can scan the retail ID, which will serve up a webpage showing information about the product.

Buying Metrc Retail IDs

In New York, you must purchase Metrc Retail IDs directly from Metrc.

  1. Log in to the Metrc Portal
  2. Navigate to the Admin > Retail Item ID
  3. Click "New Retail Item ID Order"
  4. Follow the prompts to place the order
Note: You are not physically purchasing the Retail IDs. You are paying Metrc to enable you to generate digital retail IDs on demand as you create inventory for retail distribution. Metrc is charging $0.10 per Retail ID.

Generating Metrc Retail ID

Video Tutorial: Creating and Printing Retail IDs in Metrc

New York Retail ID

Use the Finished Goods package attribute to generate the Retail ID.

  1. Check "Finished Goods" when creating a package
  2. Observe that Metrc generates a Retail ID for every "each" or unit within the package

Example: Make 2,000 prerolls. This will generate 2,000 Metrc IDs and cost $200, which is paid directly to Metrc.

To generate a retail ID on a package after it was tested:

  1. Locate the current package ID
  2. Click Action
  3. Select Create Package
  4. Use the same item
  5. Select the “Finished Good” box when creating the new package.

Retail ID in Other States

Flourish is releasing support for Retail ID in additional states in December. We will provide an update when this feature set is available.

METRC Retail ID and Manufacturing Runs

When users complete a manufacturing run where the output is a different item(s) than the input, they cannot select the “Finished Good” box.The required process is:

  1. Make the product
  2. Test the product
  3. "Retail ID it by" creating a new package from the current package ID
    1. Locate the current package ID
    2. Click Action
    3. Select Create Package
    4. Use the same item
    5. Select the “Finished Good” box when creating the new package.

Printing the Metrc Retail ID

Flourish implemented a dedicated label type for the Metrc Retail ID. This label supports dynamically printing 150+ item, inventory, and testing attributes alongside the Metrc Retail ID. After generating the Retail ID, you will see an icon designating that the package has associated Retail Ids. Find the "Print Metrc Retail IDs" menu in the package action menu:

In this example, there are 500 units within the package. You will print 500 labels that contain the unique Metrc Retail IDs. Place these labels on each individual unit.

Configure the Metrc Retail ID Label

Navigate to Settings > Facilities > Labels to use Flourish's Label Maker to create label templates with the Retail ID.

This template can be as simple as a QR code or as complex as 40 dynamic data points and static word-wrapped text with multiple scannable elements.

Flourish suppports multiple templates to align with your printing needs.

Exporting the Metrc Retail IDs

Use a report in the Flourish Analytics module to export the retail IDs.

Alternatively, these are also availalable within you Metrc Portal.

Scanning the Retail ID at Point of Sale

Flourish added scanning the Retail ID to our Retail Point of Sale scanning logic for states where the Retail ID is deployed. Simply scan the Retail ID to allocate the unit to the cart.

How did we do?

Finished Goods Package Attribute

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