The stock that is available on a particular key date.

The valuated stock is established, that is, stock categories such as the vendor consignment stock are not contained in this key figure.

The stock is balanced on a higher aggregation level.

This key figure is displayed in a variety of versions (cost, rtlT, rtl, number of transactions).

Goods receipt that refers to a purchase order for an external vendor.

The system automatically proposes this key figure for goods receipts for which no purchase order exists, but which are posted under Goods receipts Miscellaneous and for which a vendor has been entered.

This is also valid when transferring stock from vendor consignment stock to unrestricted-use stock.

The system also proposes this key figure for goods receipt posting of cross-company code purchase orders.

Updating is performed on the basis of the posting date.

This key figure is displayed in a variety of versions in the standard analyses (quantity, cost, rtlT, rtl, number of transactions).

This key figure is calculated in differently in the RIS and Purchasing Information System (PURCHIS). In PURCHIS, only goods receipts based on purchase orders from the Purchasing application are updated as goods receipts.

Returns from a store or a distribution center to an external vendor. Updating is performed on the posting date in the standard system.

This key figure is displayed in a variety of versions (quantity, cost, rtlT, rtl, number of transactions).

This key figure contains all goods receipts and issues originating from a distribution center. No distinction is made between the different types of goods movement (sorting of storage section, assignment to distribution center, transit goods receipts). In contrast to the merchandising clearing, this refers to planned stock transfers between sites.

Goods receipts and issues are caused by the following business transactions:

• Receipt of transit goods intended for another site

• Regular requirements from sites (for example, automatic subsequent buying)

• Special requirements from sites (for example, MDE subsequent claims)

• Assignments to sites from the distribution center (planned and unplanned)

Goods receipts in a store differ from the goods receipts of external vendors in that the supplying plant is a distribution center.

Goods issues and goods receipts postings from the distribution center automatically trigger a goods receipt and goods issue posting. Updating is performed on the basis of the posting date. The key figure is displayed in a variety of ways: number of transactions, cost, rtlT, rtl, quantity.

Merchandise clearing is the unplanned moving of articles from one store to another, or to a distribution center. The key figure offers a overview of logistical "incorrect estimates" within an area of responsibility.

This movement causes two stock changes:

• Reduction in the stores returning goods (merchandise clearing: goods issue)

• Increase in the sites receiving goods (merchandise clearing: goods receipt)

This key figure is displayed in a variety of versions (quantity, cost, rtlT, rtl, number of transactions) and updated at the posting date.

Transfer posting refers to the unplanned movement of merchandise within a site. Two articles are always affected by a transfer posting. Article transfer postings may be necessary when assortment transfer postings are performed. For example, a six-pack of beer may be opened, because the articles are to be sold separately.

Article transfer postings are divided into two categories according to whether they are:

• Receipt (inward movement of an article)

• Issue (outward movement of an article)

This key figure is displayed in a variety of versions (quantity, cost, rtlT, rtl, number) and updated for the posting date.

An article transfer posting always results in a receipt and an issue posting.

Stock adjustments are adjustments within a site with reference to an article. There are two types of stock adjustments:

• Inventory difference

• Others

A revaluation based on a change in the cost price of an article. There are two reasons for a cost price revaluation:

• Manual cost price adjustments

• The article must be valuated according to the principle of the moving average price.
• If several storage locations are affected, each revaluation per storage location counts as a transaction.

• Subsequent changes in cost price from invoice verification

• The article must be valuated according to the principle of the moving average price.
• If several storage locations are affected, each revaluation per storage location counts as a transaction.
• The goods receipt cost price is not adjusted, as the system cannot differentiate between manual revaluation and revaluation from invoice verification.
• Information regarding quantities is currently not possible.
• If the invoice is entered before the goods receipt, neither the stocks nor the cost price revaluation are updated, as the goods receipt is then updated with the invoice conditions.

A cost price can be revalued upwards (+) or downwards (-). The cost price revaluation is issued in different forms in the RIS for both positive and negative revaluations (number of transactions, quantity, cost, rtl, rtlT). The key figures are updated for the posting date.

A revaluation based on changes to the retail price of an article (markdown/markup). The revaluation is caused by manual adjustment to the retail price at the end of the season or for marketing reasons. Retail price revaluations are important control variables in retail, and influence both the sales margin and profit margin. This automatically leads to a change in the stock margin.

Caution:

• Partial stocks can also be revalued.

• A retail price revaluation can be performed so that it does not affect margins. In other words, the cost price is also adjusted accordingly.

A retail price can be revalued upwards (+) or downwards (-). The retail price revaluations can have different values in the RIS for both positive and negative revaluations (number of transactions, quantity, cost, rtl, rtlT). The key figures are updated for the validity date.

Stock changes are postings for which no particular key figure is proposed. Only the stock is affected by this change. The key figure receipt and/or issue may be filled with a value (for example, for a posting from unrestricted-use stock in the vendor consignment stock).

Caution:

• Postings within the valuated stock do not have any effect on the stock ( for example, a posting of unrestricted-use stock to stock in quality inspection) and is not represented in the RIS.