If store stock is managed in the Inventory Management System of the head office, a physical inventory is carried out for the stock in the store in a similar way to the central physical inventory. The following functions are available to facilitate communication with the store:

• Physical inventory documents can be sent to the store in the form of intermediate documents (IDocs)

• Count data can be sent from the store to the head office in the form of intermediate documents (IDocs)
• Count data from the store can be automatically processed in R/3

• A suitable interface must be available in the store for data to be exchanged in the form of intermediate documents. Alternatively, data can be transferred as printed lists.

The most suitable physical inventory methods for a store are periodic inventory and cycle counting. Not all special stock types are supported in a store physical inventory. You can use special stock types Consignment for vendor and Returnable transport packaging for vendor.

You cannot use the functions for supporting the store physical inventory together with R/3 Warehouse Management. However, Warehouse Management provides an IDoc type which enables you to send and receive physical inventory documents in the form of IDocs.