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Physical Inventory
Inventory Management

Physical Inventory

Full physical count of on-hand inventory to reconcile book and actual quantities.

Examples

  1. 01The yearly physical inventory takes two days, with production stopped and every item in the plant counted.
  2. 02Finance and the warehouse review physical inventory differences by item class before the books are closed.
  3. 03After cycle counting becomes reliable, the physical inventory is replaced by ongoing counts, saving two production days.

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