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   <Header>
      <Title>WMS and the warehousing reconciliation procedure</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3016605">
         <Level1>Warehousing reconciliation procedure</Level1>
         <Level2>WMS</Level2>
      </Keyword>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e3016610">
         <Level1>WMS</Level1>
         <Level2>warehousing reconciliation procedure</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <ConceptSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>The warehousing <Link href="/baanerp/wh/glossary/glossary#000462" role="glossary">reconciliation</Link> procedure includes the following
		  steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Initiate reconciliation</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Reconcile inventory</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Analyze reconciliation results</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Process cycle counting order*</ListItem>
      </List>
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         <TBODY noTR="1">
            <TR no="1" isLast="true">
               <TD valign="top" align="right" rowspan="1" colspan="1">*</TD>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"/>
               <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">This
				optional step updates just the inventory and <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> any
				related orders. Therefore, Infor strongly recommends that users correct the related orders
				instead, and process the generated cycle counting order only after careful
				consideration.</TD>
            </TR>
         </TBODY>
      </TABLE>
   </ConceptSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Initiate reconciliation</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>Users can initiate the reconciliation process by means of the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd2207m000" role="session">WMS Reconciliation (whwmd2207m000)</GUIRef> session, which will send a request to the WMS for a
		cycle count based on a user-defined selection range.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Reconcile inventory</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>After receiving the inventory levels from the WMS, the inventory
		will be reconciled in ERP Enterprise, resulting in a cycle counting order of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh5600m000#whinh500.rcyn" role="manual">Reconciliation</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>If no cycle counting order of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh5600m000#whinh500.rcyn" role="manual">Reconciliation</GUIRef> was created, all inventory levels in ERP Enterprise match the inventory
		  levels in the WMS.</Paragraph>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Analyze reconciliation results</SectionTitle>
      <Paragraph>If a cycle counting order of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh5600m000#whinh500.rcyn" role="manual">Reconciliation</GUIRef> exists, each order line must be
		reviewed to determine whether the order line requires processing. The cause of
		the inventory difference must be resolved first to avoid future inventory
		mismatches. A possible cause can be that some messages could not be processed.
		In that case, the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">WBI Admin Console</GUIRef> can be used to investigate
		and reprocess these messages.</Paragraph>
      <Note>
         <SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListItem>If a user decides not to correct an inventory difference,
			 because, for example, the inventory difference has already disappeared, the
			 cycle counting order line must be deleted.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>Whereas users can delete cycle counting order lines for a
			 reconciliation order, they cannot update or add cycle counting order lines for
			 a cycle counting order of type <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh5600m000#whinh500.rcyn" role="manual">Reconciliation</GUIRef>, because these order lines originate
			 from the WMS.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </Note>
   </GeneralSection>
   <GeneralSection>
      <SectionTitle>Process cycle counting order</SectionTitle>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>Optionally, the cycle counting order can be processed, so the
		  inventory differences will be actually corrected. This involves two steps:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem>Processing inventory differences</ListItem>
         <ListItem>Processing blocking differences</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Important>
         <SectionTitle>Caution!</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>This optional step updates just the inventory and <Emphasis>not</Emphasis> any related orders. Therefore, Infor strongly
		  recommends that users correct the related orders instead, and process the
		  generated cycle counting order only after careful consideration.</Paragraph>
      </Important>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Processing inventory differences</SectionTitle>
         <Paragraph>The process flow for processing the inventory differences is
		  similar to the standard process for processing cycle counting order lines.</Paragraph>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>The order of processing regular inventory differences and
			 WMS- ERP Enterprise reconciliation
			 differences is situation specific. Consider the following cases:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>
               <Paragraph>Inventory must be decreased, but the inventory is
				blocked. This requires removal of the blocking.</Paragraph>
               <ProcedureList>
                  <ListIntro>Processing order:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>Blocking reconciliation distribution of the order
				  line.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Regular inventory differences.</ListItem>
               </ProcedureList>
            </ListItem>
            <ListItem>
               <Paragraph>Inventory must be increased, then blocked.</Paragraph>
               <ProcedureList>
                  <ListIntro>Processing order:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>Regular inventory differences.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Blocking reconciliation distribution of the order
				  line.</ListItem>
               </ProcedureList>
            </ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <SectionTitle>Processing blocking differences</SectionTitle>
         <List>
            <ListIntro>Processing differences of blocked inventory is slightly
			 different from processing regular inventory differences. If a distribution of
			 Blocked Inventory Reconciliation exists for the cycle counting order line in
			 the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh5108m000" role="session">Cycle Counting Order Line Blocking Reconciliation (whinh5108m000)</GUIRef> session, for each
			 line in this distribution the following applies:</ListIntro>
            <ListItem>The blocking record is searched: the stockpoint of the
			 blocking must match the stockpoint of the cycle counting order line and the
			 reason for blocking must match the reason in the distribution.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>If the blocking is found, the blocked quantity will be <Emphasis>updated</Emphasis> with the actual blocked quantity in storage unit
			 of the cycle counting order line blocking reconciliation.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>If no blocking is found, the blocked quantity will be <Emphasis>created</Emphasis> with the actual blocked quantity in storage unit
			 of the cycle counting order line blocking reconciliation.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>If the item is serialized in inventory, the serial numbers in
			 the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/wmd/whwmd6135m000" role="session">Blocked Stock Points Serial Distribution (whwmd6135m000)</GUIRef> session must be compared with the
			 serial numbers in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh5109m000" role="session">Cycle Counting Order Line Serial Blocking Reconciliation (whinh5109m000)</GUIRef> session. Any
			 differences must be processed.</ListItem>
            <ListItem>When the blockings by stockpoint are corrected, the status
			 of the cycle counting order line becomes <GUIRef href="/baanerp/wh/inh/whinh5101m000#whinh501.prcd" role="manual">Processed</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
         </List>
      </GeneralSection>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000451" role="manual">Restrictions for WMS-controlled warehouses</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000452" role="manual">WMS and warehousing inbound procedures</Link>
      </RelTopic>
      <RelTopic>
         <Link href="/baanerp/wh/onlinemanual/000453" role="manual">WMS and warehousing outbound procedures</Link>
      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>