18 Overview to Reports

This chapter contains these topics:

18.1 Objectives

  • To understand which reports provide information about the status of your inventory

  • To understand which reports provide analytical information

  • To understand which reports identify discrepancies among inventory and accounting tables

  • To understand which reports track changes to item information in the Inventory Management system

18.2 About Reports

You can generate inventory reports to review and analyze information about your inventory.

Use inventory status reports to review the status of your inventory by location, time period, and so forth.

Use inventory analysis reports to review the profitability, turnover, demand, and so forth, for your inventory.

Use inventory integrity reports to review discrepancies between item information and accounting information.

Use inventory audit reports to review the results of the audit process and monitor changes to item information in the Inventory Management system.

Complete the following tasks:

  • Review inventory status reports

  • Review inventory analysis reports

  • Review inventory integrity reports

  • Review inventory audit reports