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 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

  1. From the SAP menu, select Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Central Functions Next navigation step Handling Unit Management Next navigation step Physical Inventory Next navigation step Clear. End of the navigation path

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

  1. 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

  1. Select the highest-level handling units that you want to clear.

  2. Select Start of the navigation path Edit Next navigation step Clear Items End of the navigation path .

  3. 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.