I've been having major inventory problems recently. The inventory levels in MOM do not correspond with inventory in real life. We do an audit every month, and the numbers are too big to be human error or theft. The discrepancies are both positive and negative. Does anyone have any idea what could be causing this?
MOM inventory problem
Started by Jenna149, Mar 23 2004 03:50 PM
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Posted 21 April 2004 - 10:57 AM
One possibility is someone is deleting bins from your MOM system. Each stock item must belong to bins (even ones MOM generates automatically for you). If someone goes into maintain stock items and deletes a bin, all of the inventory that was in that "bin" disappears.
Becareful of who you let into maintain stock items and other sensitive areas of your MOM. Limit the number as much as possible so you can figure out who may or may not be messing up your inventory. If I were a malicious and thieving employee, I'd cause major inventory disasters to cover my footprints.
Becareful of who you let into maintain stock items and other sensitive areas of your MOM. Limit the number as much as possible so you can figure out who may or may not be messing up your inventory. If I were a malicious and thieving employee, I'd cause major inventory disasters to cover my footprints.
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Posted 19 May 2004 - 03:02 PM
Have you tried the inventory transaction report? I have used this and found some root causes for some inventory problems.
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Posted 28 May 2004 - 11:25 PM
I'm no expert but my first question would be, How do you have your inventory set up? Are you using break-outs or composits? Do you have multiple warehouses set-up? Do you have bin locations set-up? Are your discrepancies only in break-out items or just composit Items? Do you see the discrepancies across the board or can you narrow it down to a specific time, day, or action?
Your inventory can be off for many reasons. The easist way to find out why would be to track the steps of a few items along with all of the keystrokes used for that item from the time it is ordered to it going out the door. The steps taken when items are returned, received, or pulled from stock can throw an inventory off. Because you do an audit every month, it will not take long for you to see where your inventory is jumping.
Good Luck
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Your inventory can be off for many reasons. The easist way to find out why would be to track the steps of a few items along with all of the keystrokes used for that item from the time it is ordered to it going out the door. The steps taken when items are returned, received, or pulled from stock can throw an inventory off. Because you do an audit every month, it will not take long for you to see where your inventory is jumping.
Good Luck
M~
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