Cycle counting is the periodic counting of individual items throughout the course of the year to ensure the accuracy of inventory quantities and values. Accurate system on-hand quantities are essential for managing supply and demand, maintaining high service levels, and planning production.
You can perform cycle counting instead of taking complete physical inventories, or you can use both techniques side-by-side to verify inventory quantities and values.
Inventory supports serialized cycle counting, and the following modules discuss the steps involved. See also: Serialized Cycle Counting.
Define a cycle count for the organization or subinventory level. See: Defining and Maintaining a Cycle Count.
Define cycle count classes. See: Defining Cycle Count Classes.
Define cycle count items. See: Defining Cycle Count Items.
Automatically schedule item counts using ABC count frequencies. See: Generating Automatic Schedules.
Manually schedule counts for the following inventory control details:
items, or specific revisions, lots
subinventories or specific locators
Generate daily, weekly, or period count requests and lists based on your schedule. See: Generating Cycle Count Requests.
Enter counts. See: Entering Cycle Counts.
Approve, reject, or request recounts for cycle count adjustments based on approval tolerances. See: Approving Cycle Count Adjustments.
Purge cycle count information. See: Purging Cycle Count Information.
Import cycle count entries from external systems. See: Cycle Count Open Interface.
Export cycle count entries to external systems. See: Cycle Count Open Interface.