Cycle Counting Process in EWM
This product-specific physical inventory process allows you to routinely track inventory with accuracy
and comply with legal requirements. With the cycle-counting indicator, you can perform inventory count
on products in different intervals.
These intervals depend on the cycle-counting indicator field that you maintain for all products that you
want to include in cycle-counting. The cycle-counting indicator reflects the classification of your
products according to their impact on operations and finance. You can classify your products
automatically and maintain the cycle-counting indicator field for the products, for example, with the
help of an ABC analysis in the SAP Supply Chain Management application.
In this process, you create physical inventory documents for all products that are relevant for cycle
counting and that are due for counting. You carry out the counting using a radio frequency (RF) device or
paper. By posting the physical inventory documents, you adjust the book inventory in SAP EWM. By
posting the differences to SAP ERP, you balance the stock accounts. You can monitor the progress of
your physical inventory using the warehouse management monitor.
Process Steps:
This process consists of the following steps:
Create physical inventory documents and work orders (WOs) (SAP EWM).
Count the products (SAP EWM).
Create recount documents and carry out the recounting (SAP EWM).
Post the physical inventory documents (SAP EWM).
Set completeness (SAP EWM).
Post the differences (SAP EWM).
Value Additions:
Establishes an inventory counting process via pre-configured software.
Supports RF-based or paper-based counting.
Facilitates accurate inventory counting, thus supporting replenishment processes as well as demand and
supply planning.