Duplicating batches during inventory

[ricardo_brunato]

Hi all.

I'm having a big problem here to make continuous inventory using WM.

I'm folloinw these steps:

1- Li01n (or LX16)

2- li11n

3- li20

4- li21

During the count using li11n, if I find a batch that is registered in a different bin on the system, the inventory is not transfering this batch to the new bin, it is creating a new batch and keeping the old one.

Eg.:

If a batch is the bin "X" but phisycally is in the bin "Y", after the invetory count, the system will consider that I have two batches with the same code in both bins (of course, if I count only the bin "Y").

Why my system is not transfering the batches to its new (or correct) bin during a inventory?

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

A physical inventory is not supposed to transfer anything.

How should SAP know that this batch is in a different bin? This could just be an assumption if there is a quant in a different bin that it is actually not there. But you cannot expect that SAP acts on assumptions.

You have to create a physical inventory for this other bin yourself. then you count there, dont find anything and enter Zero Count in SAP. SAP then writes off the quantity in the other bin.

[ricardo_brunato · Accepted solution]

I agree with you but, here the operators cant make a complete warehouse inventory because they dont have time to do this.

So they make an inventory of parts of the warehouse. Each week a number of specific bins are couted.

We have more than 2000 bins and we count like 50 per week.

[ricardo_brunato · Accepted solution]

If I cont the bins from 1 to 50 this week and find in the bin number 30 a batch that is registered in the bin number 400, after my count this batch will be registered in the bin 30 AND 400.

I need the system transfer this batch from bin 400 to 30 because the bin 400 will be counted only in 4 months.

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

SAP will not work like you expect.

This is your or the warehouse managers work.

They see the effect in the difference list and have then to analyze the root cause for this difference and take appropriate action.

If ithe root cause is just a mis-placement like you said, then he has to do an extra inventory to correct the situation. This can mean that he can skip this bin from the count which was supposed to be in 4 month, but he can even count the bin again then..

but this is only way to correct the situation now.

[ricardo_brunato · Accepted solution]

Is there any way to inventory like, half of the warehouse, without duplicate the batches?

I need to inventory the warehouse to fix some scrap errors, lost batches and wrong post to goods issues, but I can't duplicate the batches that are just in a wrong position.

[JL23 · Accepted solution]

as I said, you first have to analyze if you duplicate batches, if it is so, then you have ot create extra coun ting docs.