Purpose
Handling unit inventory was designed for the purposes of physical inventory in HU-managed storage locations where conventional inventory management is not possible.
For storage locations where physical inventory can also be performed using the Warehouse Management System, you should use the
WM Inventory as long as no differences exist or have been posted for multilevel handling units.Process Flow
To perform a physical inventory for handling units, proceed as follows:
To process the physical inventory you can also:
Differences for Multilevel and Serialized HUs in the WM Inventory
If differences occur for multilevel handling units, you can perform a physical inventory for the handling unit using one of the following two methods:
In this case, the stock difference is passed on to the non-HU-managed partner storage location (in other words, you must adjust the stock using a physical inventory for the non-HU-managed partner storage location).
In each case, to correct the handling unit you must delete it from the warehouse inventory document. After you have corrected the handling unit, repeat the warehouse inventory for the storage bins affected, since the HU inventory does not update any inventory data to the storage bin.
Physical Inventory of Handling Units in the WMS
The WM inventory usually refers to the outermost handling unit (HU). Since this outer HU corresponds to a storage unit, the inventory is executed in the WM system, as before. In the inventory process, the system counts the material quantity or the storage units for each storage bin.
If differences are noted during inventory, a difference HU is created for the difference quantity in the differences storage type as the differences are picked from WM. The difference HU is the basis for clearing out stock in inventory management. For more information, see
WM Inventory.Result
The handling unit was physically inventoried.