SAP ECC 6.0 EhP3

August 2008

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Physical Inventory / Inventory Count & Adjustment (137)

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SAP Best Practices Physical Inventory / Inventory Count & Adjustment (137): Configuration Guide

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Contents

1 Purpose............................................................................................................................. 5

2 Preparation........................................................................................................................ 5

2.1 Prerequisites............................................................................................................5

3 Configuration.....................................................................................................................5

3.1 Allowing Freezing of Book Inventory Balance in Storage Location..........................5

3.2 Defining Tolerances for Physical Inventory Differences...........................................6

3.3 Defining Tolerances for Physical Inventory Differences...........................................6

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Physical Inventory / Inventory Count & Adjustment

1 PurposeThis configuration guide provides the information that you need to manually set up configuration of this building block.

If you do not want to configure manually and prefer to use an automated installation process using BC Sets and other tools, refer to the SAP Best Practices Quick Guide.

2 Preparation

2.1 PrerequisitesBefore you start installing this building block, you must install prerequisite building blocks. For more information, see the building block prerequisite matrix (Prerequisites_Matrix_[xx]_EN_CN.xls; the placeholder [xx] depends on the SAP Best Practices version you use, for example, BL refers to the SAP Best Practices Baseline Package: Prerequisites_Matrix_BL_EN_CN.xls). This document can be found on the SAP Best Practices documentation DVD in the folder ..\BBLibrary\General\.

3 Configuration

3.1 Allowing Freezing of Book Inventory Balance in Storage Location

Use The purpose of this step is to allow freezing of book inventory balance in storage location.

Procedure1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:

Transaction code SPRO

IMG menu Materials Management Inventory Management and Physical Inventory Physical Inventory Allow Freezing of Book Inventory Balance in Storage Location

2. In the ‘Determine Work Area: Entry’ dialog box, enter Plant (1000) and confirm pressing Enter.

3. On the Change View ‘Storage Locations’: Overview screen, select the checkbox Freeze book inv. SLoc for the storage locations shown below:

Storage Location

Shop Floor (1020)

Shipping (1030)

Store (1050)

Returns (1060)

4. Choose Save.

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5. Choose Back.

6. Repeat steps 1 to 5 for the values shown below:

Plant Storage Location

Plant 2 (1100) Shipping (1130)

Plant 2 (1100) Returns (1160)

3.2 Defining Tolerances for Physical Inventory Differences

Use The purpose of this step is to define tolerances for physical inventory differences.

Procedure 1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:

Transaction code OMJ2

IMG menu Materials Management Inventory Management and Physical Inventory Physical Inventory Define Tolerances for Physical Inventory Differences

2. On the Maintain Phys. Inv. Tolerance Employee screen choose pushbutton ‘Physical inventory tolerance group’.

3. On the Change View ‘Tolerance Groups for Persons Processing Inventory Diff.’: screen make the following entries:

Phys.inv.tolerance grp Company Code

0001 Plant 1 (1000)

4. Choose Save.

5. Choose Back.

3.3 Defining Tolerances for Physical Inventory Differences

Use The purpose of this step is to define tolerances for physical inventory differences.

Procedure 1. Access the activity using one of the following navigation options:

Transaction code OMJ2

IMG menu Materials Management Inventory Management and Physical Inventory Physical Inventory Define Tolerances for Physical Inventory Differences

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2. On the Maintain Phys. Inv. Tolerance Employee screen choose pushbutton ‘Physical inventory tolerance group’ select with double-click the line for company code 1000.

3. On the Change View Tolerance Groups for Persons Processing Inventory Differences screen enter the values shown below:

Diff. Amount per phys.inv.doc Diff. Amount per phys.inv. item

100,000.00 10,000.00

4. Choose Save.

5. Choose Back.

6. Repeat steps 1 to 5 for Plant 2 (1010).

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