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Procedure documentation Performing a User-Initiated Dynamic Inventory Count: By Bin  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can create „on the fly“ an inventory document for counting by bin, and then immediately perform the count.

 

Prerequisites

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       1.      For counting against an inactive document, the storage bin belongs to a storage type for which a record exists in Customizing for Logistics Execution Warehouse Management Activities Physical Inventory Dynamic Cycle Counting General Settings Define Storage Type Settings.

       2.      You have logged on to the RF device.

 

Procedure

Performing an Inventory Count in an:

 

SU/HU-Managed Environment

Non SU/HU-Managed Environment

1.

Choose Internal Warehouse Processes Inventory Dynamic Cycle Count DCC User-Initiated Count. The DCC: Initial screen appears, displaying the last-entered storage type number.

2.

Enter or scan the storage bin number or its verification value.

3.

Choose Nxt.

The Verify SU field appears.

Choose Nxt.

The DCC: Quant screen for counting the specific storage bin content appears.

4.

If there are open transfer orders for the bin, an inactive inventory document is created in the background.

If there are no open transfer orders for the bin, an active inventory document is created in the background.

Note

If you enter/scan the storage bin number only and then choose Nxt, a message screen appears, enabling you to choose whether to create an inventory document for the bin or for a specific material in it.

If you choose Yes, an inventory document is created for the bin.

If you choose No, you return to the initial screen, where you can enter the material and choose Nxt to create an inventory document for the specific material.

5.

If you want to delete the inventory document, do the following:

                            a.      Choose More.

                            b.      Choose DelDoc. A query message appears.

                            c.      Choose Yes. A confirmation message appears.

                            d.      Choose OK. You return to the initial screen.

6.

If the bin is empty, do the following:

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                            a.      Choose BnEm. The status is updated to Counted to zero and the Save button appears.

                            b.      Choose Save to confirm the inventory count.

If the bin is empty, the message Confirm that the bin is empty appears.

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                            a.      Choose Ok and then BnEm. A check appears next to the storage bin number.

                            b.      Choose Save to confirm the inventory count.

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If the bin is not empty, do the following:

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                            a.      Scan or enter the numbers of each SU/HU in the bin. The SU/HU numbers appear below Selected storage units, and the Save button appears on the screen.

                            b.      To delete an SU/HU from the Selected storage units list:

                                                  i.       Place the cursor over the SU/HU number.

                                                ii.       Choose More.

                                               iii.       Place the cursor over the SU/HU number again.

                                               iv.       Choose DelSU.

                            c.      If you find a new SU/HU in the bin, do the following:

                                                  i.       Choose NwIt.

                                                ii.       Enter the details of the SU/HU and choose Enter.

                                               iii.       Choose Save.

                                               iv.       Choose Back. You return to the DCC: Initial screen.

                            d.      To count the materials in an SU/HU, do the following:

                                                  i.       Enter/scan the SU/HU again, or place the cursor alongside the SU/HU number and choose Det. The DCC: Quant screen for counting the specific SU/HU content appears.

                                                ii.       For any material that is found in the SU/HU, enter the quantity and unit of measure. Choose Save to confirm that you counted the material.

                                               iii.       If the SU/HU contains more than one material, you scroll between the materials using the PgDn (Ú) / PgUp (Ù) pushbuttons.

                                               iv.       If the SU/HU does not contain any quantity of the displayed material, choose ZeroSt. The material quantity is automatically updated to zero, and a check appears. Choose Save to confirm that you counted the material.

                                                 v.       If you find a material in the SU/HU, which is not displayed in the DCC: Quant screen, choose NwIt and repeat step ii above.

                                               vi.       After you have completed counting the materials in the SU/HU, choose Back. You return to the DCC: Initial screen.

                            e.      Choose Save.

The inventory count is confirmed for the selected SUs/HUs.

The following SU/HU statuses are possible:

§         Already counted: The inventory count for the SU/HU has been completed, with the confirmed quantity corresponding to the system quantity (Either you scanned the SU/HU number and then confirmed with Save, or you counted the materials inside the SU/HU and entered a quantity corresponding to the system quantity).

§         Partially count: Not all of the materials in the SU/HU have been counted and confirmed.

§         Qty changed: The inventory count for the SU/HU has been completed, with the confirmed quantity not corresponding to the system quantity (Either you confirmed a material with a quantity greater than or less than the system quantity, or you added a new item).

Recommendation

We recommend that you count the materials only in those SUs/HUs that you suspect are not full, such as those with torn wrapping.

If the bin is not empty, do the following:

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                            a.      Enter the material quantity and unit of measure. Choose Save to confirm that you counted the material.

                            b.      If the storage bin contains more than one material, you scroll between the materials using the PgDn (Ú) / PgUp (Ù) pushbuttons.

                            c.      If the storage bin does not contain any quantity of the displayed material, choose ZeroSt. The material quantity is automatically updated to zero, and a check appears. Choose Save to confirm that you counted the material.

                            d.      If you find a material in the storage bin, which is not displayed in the DCC: Quant screen, choose NwIt and repeat step a. above.

                            e.      After you have completed counting the materials in the storage bin, choose Back. You return to the DCC: Initial screen.

The inventory count is confirmed.

 

 

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