You can view, reject, or approve physical inventory adjustments pending approval. The adjustments you can view from this window are determined by the approval option you defined for your physical inventory. If you approve a particular adjustment, the Process Physical Inventory Adjustments program adjusts your inventory balance by that quantity. If you reject an adjustment, Oracle Inventory does not change the system on-hand quantity.

   To select the physical inventory for which to approve adjustment:

1. Navigate to the Approve Physical Adjustments Summary window. You can also navigate to the Physical Inventory Summaries folder window, select the physical inventory you want to use, and choose Approve.

2. Enter the name of the physical inventory.

3. Enter the name of the employee approving the adjustments.

   To display the adjustments you want to approve:

1. From the Item field choose Find from the Query menu. The Find Physical Adjustments window appears.

2. Enter search criteria. You can use any combination of tag numbers, item/location information, adjustment values. You can also display adjustments out of tolerance or those not requiring approval.

3. Choose Find to start the search. The results display in the Approve Physical Adjustments Summary window.

   To view current item and adjustment summary information:

1. Choose from the following tabbed regions:

   • Adjustment: View information for the unit of measure, adjustment quantity, adjustment value, variance percentage, and system quantity.

   • Location: View information for revision, subinventory, locator, primary and secondary units of measure, and primary and secondary adjustment quantity.

   • Item Details: View information for lot number, serial number, primary and secondary units of measure, and adjustment quantity.

   • Approver: View information for the approver.

   To approve or reject adjustments:

1. Select an adjustment to reject or approve and check the Approve or Reject option.

2. Optionally, choose the Approve All or Reject All button.

   Attention: You must either reject or approve all adjustments for a physical inventory before you can start processing your adjustments.

3. Save your work.

   To view current item and adjustment line information

   1. Select the desired line.

   2. Click Open. The Approve Physical Adjustment window displays the following information:

      • Item number, Description, and if applicable revision.

      • Subinventory and if applicable locator.

      • Lot

      • Serial

      • Primary UOM

      • Snapshot quantity in the primary UOM

      • Adjustment quantity in the primary UOM

      • Count quantity in the primary UOM

      • Secondary UOM if applicable

      • Snapshot quantity in the secondary UOM, if applicable

      • Adjustment quantity in the secondary UOM, if applicable

      • Count quantity in the secondary UOM, if applicable

      • Variance Value and Percent

      • Approver

   3. Click Approve to approve the adjustment, Reject to discard the adjustment, or None to do nothing.