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Unit 1: Inventory Management
Check stock, receive and issue goods, count inventory, transfer stock, correct or reverse postings, and verify the resulting material documents.
Record Movement of Goods into Warehouse (Goods Receiving)
A goods receipt is the physical inbound movement of goods or materials from an external vendor or from production into a storage location/warehouse.
Record Movement of Goods into Warehouse Using an Outbound Delivery
Outbound Delivery refers to movement of all outgoing goods that come into the warehouse. Goods that are outbound either to a vendor or a customer are moved into a warehouse for storage.

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Copyright and Terms of Use page for mInventory.
Preface
Understand audience, know related documents and products and conventions followed in this document.
What Your Administrator Controls
Many modules, fields, and scanning options in mInventory depend on settings your administrator configures, most of them in RACE. If something described in this guide is missing or behaves differently, check these settings with your administrator.
About mInventory
mInventory is a mobile inventory and warehouse management solution from Innovapptive that leverages SAP's Inventory Management (IM) and Warehouse Management (WM) modules, so that you can work safely, productively, and efficiently, eliminating paperwork.
Get Started
Connect to the server, log in, download the data you need for your shift, and set the language, time format, and text size.
Find Your Way Around mInventory
Learn the Home screen, buttons, and icons, set your default values and favorite modules, and find records by filtering, sorting, and scanning.
Work Offline
When the network connection is low or unstable, you can switch to offline mode and continue working: the transactions that you do in offline mode are stored in Offline Outbox, and they are automatically posted to backend systems when you switch from offline to online mode.
Unit 1: Inventory Management
Check stock, receive and issue goods, count inventory, transfer stock, correct or reverse postings, and verify the resulting material documents.
- Check Inventory and Warehouse Stocks (Stock Overview)
  As a logistics personnel, you can check the inventory and warehouse stock levels using the Stock Overview module.
- Record Movement of Goods into Warehouse (Goods Receiving)
  A goods receipt is the physical inbound movement of goods or materials from an external vendor or from production into a storage location/warehouse.
  - Shelf Life Management for Goods Movement
  - Record Movement of Goods into Warehouse Using Purchase Order
    When you receive goods from an external vendor into the warehouse, you can update the purchase order and post the Goods Receipt. You can also receive rental goods and record the movement into the storage location using the Purchase Order option.
  - Record Movement of Goods into Warehouse Using Stock Transport Order
    When you need to transfer stock from one plant to another or between different storage locations within a plant you use stock transport order. The goods marked for movement are moved into a storage location and this movement into a storage area or a warehouse is recorded using the stock transport order (STO).
  - Record Movement of Goods into Warehouse Using an Inbound Delivery
    Inbound Delivery refers to all incoming goods into the warehouse. Goods enter a warehouse either when they are delivered by a vendor or when a customer returns or rejects a delivery of an item.
  - Record Movement of Goods into Warehouse Using an Outbound Delivery
    Outbound Delivery refers to movement of all outgoing goods that come into the warehouse. Goods that are outbound either to a vendor or a customer are moved into a warehouse for storage.
  - Record Movement of Goods into Warehouse Using Production Order
    When you receive goods from the production area into the warehouse, update the production order and post the Goods Receipt.
  - Record Movement of Goods into Warehouse Without Reference Document
    When goods are received in the warehouse without a reference document, you can post the receipt for line items based on the SAP movement types such as 501, 202 and 262.
  - Release Blocked Stock Using Purchase Order
    When a material is received, it can either be moved to the production area, warehouse or be placed in a blocked stock area or quality inspection stock area. Use the Release GR Blocked Stock module to release the blocked stock using the movement types—105 and 109.
  - Return Items to Supplier
    When you receive goods into the warehouse from the vendor, you verify and post the goods receipt. You can return the goods to the vendor if they are of bad quality or damaged. You can return either all the items in the PO or only a few sub-components that are of substandard quality.
  - Cancel Material Document for a Goods Receipt
    You can cancel a material document for a goods receipt in situations like when wrong quantity is entered, the Goods Receipt is entered against the wrong Purchase Order, the goods are damaged and you are waiting for a supplemental shipment, or the goods are in such poor condition you decide to return the item(s) and cancel the entire line item from the Purchase Order. You can cancel a single line item or an entire Goods Receipt.
- Record Movement of Goods from Warehouse (Goods Issue)
  A goods issue is an outbound movement of goods in the form of material withdrawal or shipment from a storage location or warehouse.
- Count Inventory/Warehouse Items at Regular Intervals (Cycle Counting)
  Use the Cycle Counting module to count the items in Handling Unit, Inventory, and Warehouse on a cyclic schedule, to ensure accuracy of inventory.
- Execute Consignment Audits
  Consignment Audit is the process of cycle counting against the physical inventory documents for Bill of Materials, Batch Managed Items, and Materials.
- Record Stock Transfers
  When you receive a request for stock transfer within the organization, you can use the Transfer Posting module to manage stock transfers.
- Assign/Update Storage Bin for Materials
  Use the Storage Bin Update (IM) module to assign/update storage bin for materials. You can assign multiple materials to a storage bin.
- View Material Documents
  Use the Material Document Display module to view the material documents. This functionality is the same as the MB03 transaction in SAP.
- Reprint Material Documents and Labels on the Go
  Use the Print On Demand module to print the material documents and labels. This functionality is the same as the MB90 transaction in SAP.
- View Analytics for Goods Receiving—Purchase Orders
  Analytics provide better insight, quick identification, and easy navigation to the recorded data.
Unit 2: Warehouse Management
Put away received goods, pick, pack, and stage materials, move stock between bins, count warehouse stock, manage handling units, and monitor warehouse work.
Unit 3: Logistics, Procurement and Services
Raise and approve purchasing documents, confirm services, create and load shipments, and execute Remote Logistics transactions.
Troubleshoot Common Problems
Find what to check when scanning, printing, offline work, synchronization, posting, or counting does not work as expected.

Record Movement of Goods into Warehouse Using an Outbound Delivery

Outbound Delivery refers to movement of all outgoing goods that come into the warehouse. Goods that are outbound either to a vendor or a customer are moved into a warehouse for storage.

To record movement of goods into warehouse using an outbound delivery:

In the Home screen, tap Goods Receiving.
Tap the Reference Document drop-down and select Outbound Delivery.
Tap Search.

Note:
When you search using the delivery number, the system retrieves deliveries linked to sales order returns.
In the search results screen, you can:
- Tap the Search field to search the outbound delivery document.
- Tap the Scan icon to scan the material for which an Outbound Delivery is generated.
- Sort and filter the records. For more information, see Sort Records and Filter Records.
Tap on the Outbound Delivery document.
In the details screen, tap the Calendar icon to modify the Posting Date.

Figure 1. Goods Receiving using Outbound Delivery
In the Line Items – Materials View section, select the line item(s).
Tap the Add icon to enter the serial number for the line item. The Serialization screen appears.
- Tap the Add icon to enter the serial number in the Enter Serial Number field.
- Tap Save.
Tap Confirm.
A message appears asking whether you want to post the goods receipt.
Tap Ok.
A message appears confirming that the Material Document <number> is posted for Outbound Delivery <number>. You can navigate to the Material Document Display module through a direct link after successful posting.

You can send material documents, such as PDF through email. For more information, see Email Material Documents.

The goods receipt is posted as a material document for the outbound delivery.