Enterprise Resource Planning Blogs by SAP
Get insights and updates about cloud ERP and RISE with SAP, SAP S/4HANA and SAP S/4HANA Cloud, and more enterprise management capabilities with SAP blog posts.
cancel
Showing results for 
Search instead for 
Did you mean: 
Maya_Shiff
Product and Topic Expert
Product and Topic Expert
0 Kudos
1,610
When managing inventory, one of the key challenges is storing the right quantities. Too many items in stock increase storage expenses and products with expiration date may get lost, while too little inventory may lead to shortage, delay in supply and unhappy customers… but this is not all - if you are out of stock, recording documents and transactions that result in negative quantities may also affect the calculation of inventory values. For this reason, SAP Business One enables you to block negative inventory and choose the level of sensitivity:

No alt text provided for this image

You can decide whether negative inventory should be calculated in company level (as the sum of the item quantities across all warehouses), in warehouse level, or according to the setting made in each item:

No alt text provided for this image

When the checkbox is selected - negative inventory for the given item is calculated per warehouse. When deselected, the calculation is done in company level.

The Block Negative Inventory setting can be changed at any time. Considering its sensitivity, as of SAP Business One 9.3 the history of changes in this setting is saved to the database and can be tracked if needed.

Available in SAP Business One, version for SAP HANA and SAP Business One. This tip and all the other tips are available on the Tip of the week community page. You can also visit the Implementation Arena for useful implementation tips.