Clearing Physical Inventory Differences (SAP Library - Handling Unit Management (LO-HU))

Clearing Physical Inventory Differences

Use

You can use this function to clear handling units, and any inventory differences found, in Inventory Management (IM). The status In Inventory is deleted for the handling units, and the handling units receive the status Inventoried.

Prerequisites

You must have created a physical inventory using the Create Physical Inventory function, counted the inventory item using Entering Count Results for Physical Inventory , and released any inventory differences found using the Analyzing Inventory Count Results function.

Procedure

From the SAP menu, select Logistics ® Central Functions ® Handling Unit Management ® Physical Inventory ® Clear.

In the Phys. Inv. Doc area, enter the Inventory Document or the Physical Inventory.

Enter the key for the goods movement type so that the stocks can be adjusted in Inventory Management (IM):

Unrestricted stock
Quality inspection stock
Returns stock
Blocked stock

You can predefine the following data for clearing differences in Inventory Management:

Posting date
Document date

Select the highest-level handling units that you want to clear.
Select Edit ® Clear Items.
Save your entries.

Result

If there are no differences, the system does not create a material document. In other cases the system creates the material document for the inventory differences.