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Differecnes in physical inventory process in WMS - problm

Former Member
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I have one issue. Differences from my physical inventory are moving to a storage type 999 SCHROTT.
In one case we don't post it imediately, but we wait the other inventory to maybe compansate the differences,
and in some cases we posti it to MM FI immediately.

I want to leave some stock in 999 SCHROTT and other to post in IM and FI.
I wanted to leave this stock, maybe transfer to another storage tyype or bin in 999,
which solution do you find the best?

Is this OK to be done, no problems with legal stuff or so?
Thank you in advance...

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mihailo_sundic
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You can post the IM/FI documents partially, for some materials, so you can practically use any approach that works best for you.

- You can leave everything in 999 SCHROTT, both cases, immediate posting and non-posting.
- You can create a new storage bin in 999 storage type and transfer all stock there from 999 by using LT10.
- You can create new storage type e.g. 099, where you will transfer stock from 999 by using LT10.
- You can do anything that seems the most logical for your situation... WM is flexible in this field.

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joao_sousa2
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Is this OK to be done, no problems with legal stuff or so?

From an audit point of view, you should post your inventory to the financial system or else your accounts don't match with your physical inventory. This is especially true if we are talking about the legaly required anual inventory.

It's like trying to hide financial results, and usually people don't like to post to FI precisely because of this. When you have a loss in a cost center, someone notices....and then someone has to explain it.

Former Member
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We do post annual inventory differences right away but we have a lot of control inventory during the year and for those deiferences we wait and hold on for some time before posting.
Maybe 3 cycles can pass before we post the diff.in IM.

JL23
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any inventory difference that is not adjusted creates usually trouble in several other processes.

ATP situation is wrong, new demand is created too early or too late, in general the quantity in SAP  cannot be considered as reliable. People from other processes may not know in which case you just park differences instead of adjusting them, they will not trust any quantity in future.

We always made the best experience by direct posting of all differences. If you find the material by any chance then you do another count and have the opposite difference.

But at least you have a clear reliable process.

mihailo_sundic
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I agree with Jurgen on this, you will be facing ATP issues, if not for positive quants (they can be blocked by LQ02 etc.), but certainly for negative ones since those can't be blocked and will create false ATP.
You will physically have the material but won't be able to sell it or post any kind of goods issue, you won't see that quantity because of this negative quant.

But, if in some reason your quantities in difference STypes are not too big to significantly influence your ATP then surely you can postpone your postings, but as Jurgen said, it's not recommended to do so. But if those quantities are not that big of a deal then why not post it immediately? They shouldn't create a big financial burden in this case.

I always like to clear the differences although there are clients that have different philosophy, they tend to sacrifice ATP generating minor issues to gain some time in return. It's the difference in the way of thinking about WH and logistic processes.

But, all this put aside, I think that your question has been answered in the first reply, at least in SAP functional way. Knowing all the possibilities and some possible problems, I hope you will choose the best way to go.

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It is not an option to post all difference to financials. So it is problem with negative difference which create problem in ATP? That shouldnt be problem now since this diff. iosn't huge for our stock levels so we never fall below out required quantity in sales. Thank you for replies you helped me a lot...

mihailo_sundic
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Luckily, but this could mean that your stock optimization is not quite on target.
This points us to another direction in logistic optimization, but we're already dissipating here and your questions seems to be answered.

mihailo_sundic
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Not sure about legal stuff in your country though, but as far as I can see, until you post it in IM/FI you can do whatever you like with your stock (well there are maybe some limitations, but you should be allowed to keep the differences in a certain location some time before posting).
You better consult with your legal department to understand your local laws and perform the actions abiding to those.