Physical Inventory by Area

I have a simple business scenario that for physical inventory counting. Raw Materials are store in 1 storage location. They are required to count them 1 time a month. The warehouse personnel split up the storage location into 4 areas (lanes) and count each area once a week. The question I have is:
1) Without creating additional storage locations, is there a way to create the physical inventory document by the 4 areas?
2) With the above solution, can I use MICN to auto-generate the PIDs for those 4 areas?

Hi,
Your requirement can be achieved by making use of 'Storage Bin' field in the material master, Plant data / Stor 1 tab. This is free text field and you can define your 4 lanes each a name and enter in the material masters.
(1) While creating physical inventory document through MI01, you can make use of 'Grouping type' - 02 Storage Bin.
(2) Yes, you can use MICN to create PID, as it has a selection parameter 'Storage bin description'.
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
Ramesh

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Hi,
While doing the Physical Invetory at WM level, the problem is faced below.
1) say material A is not found in the bin as specified by system (Document created in LX16)
So while taking the difference list the material A is shown as lost.
2) the same material A is found in some other bin which was not intended for it.
so users have added in as new item found in some other bin.
Even though the net effect for the material is nil, but users are worried while doing write off in two levels.(because two different Physical Inventory record are involved in this case)
Is there any way to check with reference to material if it is lost in one location & found in another location?
Or any way to recoinsile the material?
Any reports that gives list of lost & list of founds after Count entered?
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Vengat

Hi Vengat,
Any reports that gives list of lost & list of founds after Count entered?
You can check LS24 by giving 999 Storage Type in selection criteria for a perticular material.
You can use LX03 for your Warehouse number & Storage type 999 if you want report for all materials at once.
But it is to be done before write off & after Count entered.
Regards
Edited by: Nageshwar Rao on Oct 29, 2009 4:30 PM

In Physical Inventory Check_Which movement type used for stock difference.

In Case of Physical Inventory we are getting the stock differences after count results, Help me in doing the transaction thru which the stock is adjusted and which Movement types are used for the difference posting, What all documents are created in the process.
The system has Warehouse Management in place, so please answer in reference to WM.
How the Bin is identified in that case if there is stock addition.
Thanks in Advance

HI,
Check for your ware house physical inventory process in spro whether it is done through continuous inventory process or Through annual inventory process.
SproLogistics execution-WM>Activities->Physical inventory--> Define types per storage type
PZ-Continous inv
ST-Annual
Regards,
velu

Physical inventory tables

Hi,
Can anyone let me know what is the table for physical inventory which are carried out for warehouse.
I want to know the table in which my before count and after count results gets posted.
Sunil

Hi
Check the table ISEG and element ERFMG and MENGE for counted quantity and book quantity.
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Type of Physical Inventory

Dear All,
            how many type of Physical Inventory we can do in SAP.Please explain in detials & also Steps(T-code).
Regards
Pavan

Hi,
Physical Inventory Locate the document in its SAP Library structure
Purpose
This component allows you to carry out a physical inventory of your companys warehouse stocks for balance sheet purposes. Various procedures can be implemented for this.
Scope of Functions
In the SAP system, a physical inventory can be carried out both for a companys own stock and for special stocks. Inventory for a companys stock and for special stocks (such as consignment stock at customer, external consignment stock from vendor, or returnable packaging) must be taken separately (in different physical inventory documents), however.
Note that the blocked stock returns and the stock in transfer cannot be inventoried. If these stocks are still to be counted in a physical inventory, you must transfer post these stocks to other stocks capable of inclusion in a physical inventory.
The stock in a warehouse can be divided into stock types. In the standard system, a physical inventory can be carried out for the following stock types:
·        Unrestricted-use stock in the warehouse
·        Quality inspection stock
·        Blocked stock
Note
If batch status management is active, the first stock type covers both unrestricted-use stock and restricted-use stock.
Inventory of all stock types mentioned can be taken in a single transaction. For the materials to be inventoried, one item is created in the physical inventory document for every stock type.
Physical inventory takes place at storage location level. A separate physical inventory document is created for every storage location.
If a material does not exist in a storage location, this means that no goods movement has ever taken place for the material in the storage location. The material, therefore, has never had any stock in this storage location. The material does not exist at stock management level in the storage location. It is therefore not possible to carry out a physical inventory for the material in this storage location.
This is not to be confused with a material for which a goods movement has taken place and for which the stock balance is currently zero. A physical inventory must be carried out in this case, since storage location data is not deleted when the stock balance is zero.
Physical Inventory Procedures
The SAP System supports the following physical inventory procedures:
·        Periodic inventory
·        Continuous inventory
·        Cycle counting
·        Inventory sampling
Periodic Physical Inventory
In a periodic inventory, all stocks of the company are physically counted on the balance sheet key date. In this case, every material must be counted. During counting, the entire warehouse must be blocked for material movements.
Continuous Physical Inventory
In the continuous physical inventory procedure, stocks are counted continuously during the entire fiscal year. In this case, it is important to ensure that every material is physically counted at least once during the year.
Cycle Counting
Cycle counting is a method of physical inventory where inventory is counted at regular intervals within a fiscal year. These intervals (or cycles) depend on the cycle counting indicator set for the materials.
The Cycle Counting Method of Physical Inventory allows fast-moving items to be counted more frequently than slow-moving items.
Inventory Sampling
In Structure link MM Inventory Sampling, randomly selected stocks of the company are physically counted on the balance sheet key date. If the variances between the result of the count and the book inventory balance are small enough, it is presumed that the book inventory balances for the other stocks are correct.
Updating the Logistics Information System (LIS)
The physical inventory is connected to the Logistics Information System (LIS). When inventory differences are updated in the LIS, they are displayed both on a quantity and on a value basis. The physical inventory items are aggregated at inventory number level, plant level, storage location level, and material level. If you need more detailed information on the inventory differences in the LIS, you can access the list of inventory differences directly from the LIS and continue the analysis at item level.
Restrictions
The posting of physical inventory differences is subject to certain time constraints:
·        The posting period is automatically set during counting. Therefore, the inventory difference must be posted to the same period or - if postings to the previous period are allowed - in the following period.
·        The fiscal year is set by specifying a planned count date when creating a physical inventory document. All subsequent postings to this document must take place in this fiscal year and/or in the first period of the following fiscal year, if postings to the previous period are allowed.

Material Blocked for Goods reciept during Physical inventory.

Dear All,
We are using Batch management .
While carrying out the Physical inventory, system allows the goods receipt for the materials existing in the physical inventory document, As the new batch is created during the Goods receipt.
While creating the physical inventory we are putting the posting block and including all the existing batches available at that time.
Can anyone suggest anything so that the goods receipt can be stopped till the time difference is not posted in the system.

Dear Don,
Please explore the "Posting block" and "Freeze book inventory"
checkbox in transaction MI01 .
Posting block Indicates that no goods movements involving the materials
listed in the physical inventory document can be posted for the duration
of a physical inventory count.
I hope this helps
Regards
V V

Physical inventory types

what are the physical inventory types?
please explain about inventory sampling with example

The following physical inventory procedures are supported:
Periodic inventory
Continuous inventory
Cycle counting
Inventory sampling
Physical inventories for legal reasons, for balance sheet purposes, or for internal controlling reasons as well are supported.
http://help.sap.com/printdocu/core/Print46c/EN/data/pdf/MMIM/MMIM.pdf
Regards,
Ashok

Physical Inventory SAPscript form printing.

Hi Friends,
we have developed a SApscript form and print program for physical inventory documnet . and we r using z transaction code to run this..
now the requiremnt is . the same form and print program need to be called when they run the transactions MI03, or MI01 or MI02.
it seems to be there are no Output types related to physical inventory.
Could any one of you guide me how to do assign this custom form and program to these transactions.
Its bit urgent.
thanks in advance.
Jeyaseelan.G

Dear all,
I think I've got the answer (even though it is 3 years after question was posted).
Let me re-cap the problem:
1) A set of SAPscript form and print program (beginning with 'Z') for physical inventory document are developed
2) This set of SAPscript form and print program produce similar printout as that in T-code: MI03, or MI01 or MI02
3) The SAPscript form is copied from "INVENT" or "INVENT_VKBW" and the print program is copied from "RM07IDRU" or "RWWVINVB"
4) However, there is no output types available for configuration for user to print physical inventory document using this new set of SAPscript form and print program
Am I correct ?
The re-solution is: Maintain the output types entries (program, form) in table "T159N"
1) T-code: MI01 , MI02, MI04 will call T-code: MI21 when user selects to print physical inventory document
2) T-code: MI21 will call print program "RM07IDRU" (this is maintained in T-code SE93)
3) Program RM07IDRU" will call SAPscript "INVENT" or "INVENT_VKBW" (this is maintained in table "T159N")
Hence, if you develop new sets of SAPscript form and print program (by copying from "INVENT" or "INVENT_VKBW" / "RM07IDRU" or "RWWVINVB"), try table "T159N".
Simon

Posting differences to multiple physical inventory documents at a time

We recently completed a full physical inventory and are now needing to post our differences. Our business area decided to create our physical inventory documents with only one material number, so now we have a very long list of documents whose differences need to be posted. We were using MI20 to post the differences but it requires that you step through and save the posting for each document in the list (you can pull up the entire list and you don't have to make actually enter the document numbers, but you do have to hit "save" each time which is time consuming since we have so many.)
Is there another transaction that can be used to post all differences for a range of document numbers or do we need to have a developer create a BDC program that would accomplish this?
Thanks and advance for your help.

Hi
You can post the differences through MI37, enter PID number and choose status set for phys.inv.documents and enter posting date.
Thanks

Physical Inventory documents mass delete and reference in material document

Dear Experts,
I have 3 questions,
1. Is there any option to mass delete physical Inv documents
2. How can i know if the physical inventory documents are posted (MI07) or not yet
3. If i see any material document of mov type 701 or 702, there is no reference of physical Inv Doc # in it. How can i know that this material document is created as a result of which physicl Inv document.
Appreciate your help
SAPXPT

Hi,
"1. Is there any option to mass delete physical Inv documents"
Yes You can delete the Physical Inv Documents with MIAD but for that you need to maintain one variant with it and copy all the Document no. in TEXT file paste in the in Archiving Selection's.
"2. How can i know if the physical inventory documents are posted (MI07) or not yet"
Please check ISEG table and provide the time Period as search menu so that you can see all the Doc's posted on today's date.
"3. If i see any material document of mov type 701 or 702, there is no reference of physical Inv Doc # in it. How can i know that this material document is created as a result of which physical Inv document."
go to MB59 and check the Material documents with respect to Movement type and date. and the difference you will see in MMBE as per the movement used.
Regards,
Ninad Kshirsagar

Physical inventory document created for Cycle counting

There are lot of physical inventory documents are created for materials around 2500 automaticallly
I have checked all MMR for materials, all these material set with cycle counting indicator 3 which mean that 25 pdhysical inventories and 10 physical intervels.
I have checked batch input but i did not any found batch input posted for this..
How the physical inventory documents are created automatically for these materilas.
Plz thorugh some light on me..

Hi
There is a process for creating the physical inventory document of your inventory. The lines are separately created for each product batch.
Probably the process will be scheduled and therefore it is executed and created the document.
Regards
Imran

Btach determination during Physical inventory

Hi Gurus,
Just wanted to know that while carrying out Physical Inventory, batches are getting automatically determined when i am creating the document and later viewing it.
Can it be elaborated?
Regards,
SS

SAP searches for any batch for this material in the same storage location that has stock and is not counted in the current fiscal year.
with settings in the selection screen, you can even control to include batches of the same material and storage location that have zero stock
and you can control to include even already counted batches to be counted again.

Need help in creating a Physical Inventory Document with HUs given

Hi Gurus,
There is a problem I am facing while doing a ALV report.
I have created the report and there is a button which i have fixed which has to create Physical Inventory Document.
The scenario is:
I will select the records in the report based on the Vessel Bill Of Lading (VBOL) (related to Batch characteristics of a material) and then i need to pass those values to create Physical Inventory Document.
I got a functional module HUINV_DOCUMENT_CREATE which will create the document but I am not clear what are the values that I need to pass in this.
Or do anyone know how to create the Document by passing HU (Handling Units) and Plant & Storage Location?
Please help me in the same.
Thanks and Regards
Vipin Das V

Hi ,
Just Pass the table of Handling Unit .That's all.
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Edited by: Alvaro Tejada Galindo on Mar 28, 2008 5:12 PM

Physical Inventory Movement Block not Rest at Storage Location Level

Hi,
We are facing a typical problem in our Production System and the issue is as follows:
1. We have created a Physical Inventory Document for a material with Freeze Book Inventory and Posting Block indicators.
2. We completed the count and entered the same with reference to the PI Document.
3. We reconciled and posted the differences in the system.
4. We still find that in Material Master the Physical Inventory block for material movements was not reset automatically at the Storage Location stock view.
Please help us urgently as all our Goods movements for this material are held up.
Thanks

Hi,
I am able to see 4 PIDs in MI22 for my material.
2 docs pertaining to the latest Annual Physical Inventory in 2010.
These documents are for the same material in the same plant but for different Storage Locations. Out of which when i see the Material Master - Storage Location view, i see that the Physical Inventory Block "X" is set for one of the Storage Locations.
The PID for the Storage Location with this Physical Inventory Block for Movements indicator, is already settled (Count done and no differences in physical and book stock in this storage location).
The problem persists and i need to remove the posting block which was not reset.

Physical Inventory at Storage location level

hi.,
Environment ECC 6.0
Our suggestion on Physical inventory at the client site was as per SAP
"If the flag for posting block is set then no movements can be posted for that material. Note that the inventory document should be created at a material / plant / storage location level so as to not block that material at other storage locations. If a block is not required then do not flag the Set posting block indicator. It is always prudent to restrict the amount of materials being counted and to clear the count results quickly so business is not interrupted"
CLIENT feedback: " Like wise we asked the client to make the selection by Plant = 1000, SLoc = 100, and WBS =2312-344-332 and checked Posting Blocked.
My understanding was that this selection would block only the 1000/100/WBS location.
Client is having a problem is that people trying to transact in a SLoc other than 100 (200, 300, 400) are experiencing the Blocked warning.
I know I heard that we can inventory a Storage location in SAP and lock it and the rest of the sites could continue without interruption.
Any suggestions on how we can achieve this.
Tx

Hi,
Are you setting teh posting block at the time of creation of physical inventory document or by running MI32 later?
If you are running MI32, then ensure that you enter teh storage locations correctly, else the material irrespective of storage locatioons may get blocked.
Hope this helps

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