To perform inventory adjustments

You can use inventory adjustments to manually change the inventory registered by LN at a specific stock point. To perform inventory adjustments, you must create inventory adjustment orders.

To create inventory adjustment orders

You can create inventory adjustment orders in one of the following two ways:

Enter an inventory adjustment order in the Adjustment Orders (whinh5120m000) session and then enter an adjustment order line in the Adjustment Order Lines (whinh5121m000) session. In the Adjustment Order Lines (whinh5121m000) session, you can specify the quantity to which the inventory must be adjusted for each stock point.
Enter an inventory adjustment order (line), without separately creating an inventory adjustment order and inventory adjustment order line, in the Easy Adjustment Entry (whinh5202m000) session.

You can print inventory adjustment orders with the Print Adjustment Orders (whinh5420m000) session. The reports printed by this session contain the inventory registered by LN and the inventory as specified by the inventory adjustment order.

Note

Inventory adjustment orders can also be automatically generated by LN when the inventory is rejected, scrapped, or destroyed during inspection or scrapped in quarantine. The automatically generated inventory adjustment orders are directly processed and, as a result, are only filed in the Adjustment Orders History (whinh5570m000) session and the Adjustment Order Lines History (whinh5571m000) session.

Use the Remove Processed Adjustment Order Lines (whinh5271m000) session to file manually created processed adjustment orders in the adjustment order and adjustment order line sessions.

The following table lists the conditions that cause LN to generate and process an inventory adjustment order, and the applicable reason type.

Condition	Reason Type
A quantity not shipped occurs, that is, if the value of Shipped Quantity is less than the value of Picked Quantity in the Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000) session. If the Automatic Adjustment of Quantity Not Shipped check box in the Shipment Lines (whinh4131m000) session is selected, the unshipped quantity is removed from the inventory with the inventory adjustment order.	Incomplete Shipment
Items to be shipped are rejected during inspection in the Warehouse Inspections (whinh3122m000) session.	Rejection of Goods
Received items are rejected during inspection in the Warehouse Inspections (whinh3122m000) session and you do not use reject locations or quarantine handling.	Rejection of Goods
Received items are destroyed during inspection in the Warehouse Inspections (whinh3122m000) session.	Destroyed during Inspection
Items are scrapped in the Quarantine Inventory (whwmd2171m000) session.	User defined reason.
Inventory for a specific PCS project is available in your warehouse and that project is closed in the Close Project (tipcs2250m000) session.	PCS Project Closed

To process inventory adjustment orders

To effectuate inventory adjustments specified on an inventory adjustment order line, you must process the inventory adjustment order. You can use the following sessions to process inventory adjustment orders:

Process Adjustment Orders (whinh5221m000)
Use this session to process a range of inventory adjustment orders.
Adjustment Orders (whinh5120m000)
Use this session to process one or more selected inventory adjustment orders.
Adjustment Order Lines (whinh5121m000)
Use this session to process one or more selected inventory adjustment order lines.

If you process an inventory adjustment order line:

LN adjusts the system quantities of the stock point according to the quantities specified on the inventory adjustment order line.
LN posts the financial transactions if a variance occurs on the inventory adjustment order line.
If the variance concerns:
- A lot, LN creates a lot transaction for a negative variance in the Item - Lots - Issues (whltc3500m000) session, and for a positive variance in the Item - Lots - Receipts (whltc3501m000) session.
- A serialized item in the low volume scenario, LN creates a serial transaction for a negative variance in the Item - Serials - Issues (whltc5510m000) session and for a positive variance in the Item - Serials - Receipts (whltc5511m000) session.
- A high volume serialized item, variances are processed in the same way as anonymous items, because high volume serial numbers are not maintained in inventory.
If the adjustment concerns a lot that you have not yet received, the lot's Lot Size and First Receipt Date field in the Item - Lot (whltc1100m000) session will be adjusted as follows:
- Lot Size
  The lot size is increased or decreased according to the increase or decrease of the adjustment.
- First Receipt Date
  If the lot was not yet received, the first receipt date will match the date of the adjustment.

Inventory ownership

If the vendor managed inventory (VMI) functionality is used, you can view and maintain inventory ownership records in the Adjustment Order Line Ownership (whinh5125m000) session. An inventory ownership record specifies the owner or owners of the items that comprise the variance entered on the adjustment order line. For more information, refer to Ownership records. Inventory ownership records are either generated or manually created, this depends on the ownership settings of the warehouse and the items for which the variance occurs.

To start the Adjustment Order Line Ownership (whinh5125m000) session, in the appropriate menu of the Adjustment Order Lines (whinh5121m000) session, click Ownership.

For further information on ownership and vendor managed inventory, see Inventory ownership in Warehouse Management and Vendor managed inventory.

Note

If an inventory adjustment order line concerns:

Project pegged inventory, you must specify the project data in the Cycle Counting Order Line Peg Distribution (whinh5107m000) session before you can process the inventory adjustment order. You can start the Cycle Counting Order Line Peg Distribution (whinh5107m000) session from the Adjustment Order Lines (whinh5121m000) session.
A serialized item, you must specify the serialized items that are added or subtracted from inventory in the Cycle Counting Order Line Lots and Serials (whinh5106m000) session before you can process the inventory adjustment order. You can start the Cycle Counting Order Line Lots and Serials (whinh5106m000) session from the Adjustment Order Lines (whinh5121m000) session.