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PLANNING 202 · LEARN
Inventory management records where material is, its status, quantity, and value—and feeds reality back into planning.
Receipts, issues, transfers, reservations, physical inventory, batches, and valuation update supply visibility. Stock can be unrestricted, quality inspection, blocked, or in transfer.
How SAP controls it
Movement types, valuation area, account determination, storage locations, batch rules, and physical-inventory procedures govern postings.
Example
A cycle count corrects a component shortage; the next MRP run sees the new balance and creates an appropriate proposal.
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