Inventory is the periodic check of reality — how many products there are physically versus what the system says there should be.
The scriptural stock can deviate from the factual one for several reasons: damaged products that have not been downgraded, thefts, operating errors, unresolved differences from previous shipments. The inventory puts the two realities face to face and generates the regularization documents that bring the system into line with what physically exists.
A well-executed inventory isn't just an accounting requirement — it's the tool by which the company knows exactly what capital it has in stock.
The inventory is created in Datagate. The scan of the goods is done with the ICS (Inventory Control System) application installed on portable scanners. The scanned data is automatically transmitted to the inventory document in Datagate, where it is processed and compared with the scriptural stock.
The process has four distinct stages, each with clear responsibilities: preparation, document creation, data processing, results generation.