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Procedure documentation Performing a System-Guided Inventory Count  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You can perform an inventory count on a storage bin proposed by the system.

Prerequisites

  1. There is an activated inventory document for the storage bin, assigned to your username.
  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 → Bin Count – System Guided. The Inventory Count: Storage Unit screen appears, displaying the number of the proposed storage bin.

2

Verify the storage bin number via the scanner or keyboard.

The Verify SU field appears.

Verify the storage bin number via the scanner or keyboard.

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

3

If the bin is empty, do the following:

    1. Choose BnEm. The status is updated to Counted to zero and the Save button appears.
    2. Choose Save to confirm the inventory count.

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

    1. Choose Ok and then BnEm. A check appears next to the storage bin number.
    2. Choose Save to confirm the inventory count.

4

If the bin is not empty, do the following:

    1. 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.
    2. To delete an SU/HU from the Selected storage units list, choose the SU/HU and then choose DISU.
    3. To count the materials in an SU/HU, do the following:
      1. Enter/scan the SU/HU again, or place the cursor over the SU/HU number and choose Det. The Inventory Count: Quant Screen for counting the specific SU/HU content appears.
      2. For any material that is found in the SU/HU, enter the quantity, unit of measure and choose Enter. Choose Save to confirm that you counted the material.
      3. If the SU/HU contains more than one material, you scroll between the materials using the PgDn (Ú) / PgUp (Ù) pushbuttons.
      4. 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.
      5. If you find a material in the SU/HU, which is not displayed in the Inventory Count: Quant screen, choose NwIt and repeat step ii above.
      6. After you have completed counting the materials in the SU/HU, choose Back. You return to the Inventory Count: Storage Unit screen.
    4. 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:

    1. Enter the material quantity, unit of measure and choose Enter. Choose Save to confirm that you counted the material.
    2. If the storage bin contains more than one material, you scroll between the materials using the PgDn (Ú) / PgUp (Ù) pushbuttons.
    3. 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.
    4. If you find a material in the storage bin, which is not displayed in the Inventory Count: Quant screen, choose NwIt and repeat step a. above.
    5. After you have completed counting the materials in the storage bin, choose Back. You return to the Inventory Count: Storage Unit screen.
    6. Choose Save.

The inventory count is confirmed.

 

 

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