EWM: Automatic posting of Physical inventory document after entering the count

EWM: Automatic posting of Physical inventory document after entering the count

If the difference quantity is below the tolerance limit, system can post PI document automatically after entering the count .To achieve this, it is required to maintain the set up against Reason for physical Inventory.

Configuration

1. Define Physical Inventory Area: Here we maintain the PI processes along with permitted document types

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Here ,check the posting after count button. It Indicates whether or not the system is to post the count results immediately after they are entered

   2.       Assign Physical Inventory Area to Activity Area :

Spro- Img-SCM Extended Warehouse Management-Extended Warehouse Management-Internal Warehouse Processes-Physical Inventory-Warehouse-Number-Specific Settings-Assign Physical Inventory Area to Activity Area

3.    Define Tolerance Groups

Spro- Img-SCM Extended Warehouse Management-Extended Warehouse Management-Internal Warehouse Processes-Physical Inventory-Warehouse-Number-Specific Settings-Define Tolerance Groups

     a.       Define Tolerance Group for Difference Analyzer

     b.      Define Tolerance Group for Posting Differences

     c.     Define Tolerance Group for Recounting

     4.  Define Reason and Priority

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     a. Define Priorities

     b.  Define Reason for Physical Inventory

Here if we select the ‘Autom’ ,there is no automatic posting after the counting of physical inventory documents  that are subject to differences  and which were created with the reason

the automatic posting of differences into the ERP system is prevented if this is carried out via the transaction /SCWM/WM_ADJUST ("Automatic Posting of Differences ").

If you do not select this checkbox, automatic posting is allowed.

     c. Define Reason for Differences

     d. Define Standard Reason for Each Phys. Inv. Procedure

Process:

Create a physical inventory document:

Sap Easy access-SCM Extended Warehouse Management-Extended Warehouse Management-Physical Inventory-Create Physical Inventory Document

T Code : /SCWM/PI_CREATE

Process PI document

Here enter the qty with difference and save

Check the PI document status is ‘Counted’ ( not posted automatically )

Now un check the ‘Autom’ from the reason ‘UPLD’

Again create & process a new PI document

Enter qty with difference below the tolerance limit and save the document

Once ‘save’ the document , it can be posted automatically.

C K Reddy