Physical Inventory in Warehouse (1FW)

Physical Inventory in Warehouse (1FW)

In this process, you create physical inventory (PI) documents for a chosen number of storage bins or products on a regular basis to distribute the workload for physical inventory over the year. You perform the counting using a radio-frequency (RF) device or paper.

By posting the PI documents, you adjust the book inventory in the storage bins to align it with the physical inventory counts. To adjust the stock accounts, the system automatically posts all differences up to a certain value with a background job. At different points in the process, tolerance checks control the count results and final postings that adjust the stock situation. Along with this process, you monitor the progress of your physical inventory within the warehouse monitor.

Key Process Steps Covered

  • Create physical inventory documents
  • Alternative 1: Paper-Based counting
  • Print physical inventory documents
  • Enter count results from printout into system
  • Alternative 2: RF-Based counting
  • Enter count results into system (RF-device)
  • Monitor recount physical inventory documents (optional)
  • Post physical inventory documents
  • Post physical inventory differences
  • Review and post differences with difference analyzer

Benefits

  • Manage stock on a storage bin level
  • Establish an inventory counting process with a periodic physical counting approach
  • Support efficient examination of the stock situation in your warehouse
  • Enable RF-based or paper-based counting
  • Reduce inventory losses in the warehouse

Where is Physical Inventory in Warehouse(1FW) being used?

This Scope item is used in the following way:

  • As a core function of Warehousing within Supply Chain Scope Item Group

Process flow of Physical Inventory in Warehouse (1FW)

Find below the process flow of the scope item Physical Inventory in Warehouse as it is defined for release s4h-2021.


Download Process Flow of Best Practice scenario Physical Inventory in Warehouse (1FW) - S/4HANA OP
Ref: Supply Chain of SAP S4H-2021
Best Practices related to S/4HANA*1) Yearly Updates are released per September of each year
*2) The Quarterly updates are released per Februari, May, August and November
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