Job Scheduling and Mass Processing - Physical Inventory
Application component: Fiori UI for Stock and Goods Movements
App type: Transactional
Line of business: Supply Chain
Leading industry: Cross Industry
Solution capability: Physical Inventory (S/4)
Description:  With this app you can create and schedule a job to create or to print physical inventory documents for your physical inventory process. To automate the physical inventory process, the creation of the physical inventory documents is carried out on a regular basis. Therefore, you can use this app to create a job that performs this creation task for you, thereby reducing your workload by running this task smoothly in the background. During the job run, the system checks (based on the job template settings) which material should be part of the next physical inventory count. Finally, the system compiles a list of the possible materials. Under Results, the job list displays all materials that were included in the physical inventory document. The same applies to printing of the physical inventory documents. You can either schedule a job or directly print physical inventory documents that are relevant for your process. The results can be checked in the job list. You can define your own job templates or use the three predefined job templates and then adapt them to your needs. There are two templates for creating physical inventory documents and one template for printing physical inventory documents:  In the predefined job template for annual physical inventory, the system plans all materials that have to be counted since the last planning run (for example, no counting has taken place for a year).   In the predefined job template for cycle counting, the system plans all materials that have to be counted because a certain counting frequency has been reached again, for example, monthly counting.   In the predefined job template for printing physical inventory documents, the system schedules a background printing job for the selected physical inventory documents (mass printing).   The system issues status messages both when the job is created and when the job is executed. This app focuses on a large number of documents to be created (mass creation), with several options for extensive process flow, like recurring time intervals, with or without printing. The app supports you, for example, as an inventory manager in the automatic and scheduled creation or printing of physical inventory documents in the background to get the results when you need them. 
The app Schedule Physical Inventory Document Creation offers quick and easy scheduling of routine tasks to create physical inventory documents for the physical inventory count.
Key features:    Print of physical inventory documents based on individual requirements, for example, immediate or scheduled printing.   Create and schedule jobs for the creation of physical inventory documents as a preparation step for your physical inventory process. You can define the following:  The description, start date, start time, and recurrence for the creation of physical inventory documents.   Specific control parameters for the creation of physical inventory documents.   The planning scope for the creation of physical inventory documents: annual or cycle counting.   Your own recurrence pattern.   Note If you schedule the creation of a physical inventory document, the system checks your setting for the Maximum Number of Items option that should be part in a new physical inventory document. The number of inventory document items is restricted to 999. If you set the maximum number of items to more than 999 items, a warning is returned. Note You can also start a scheduling a job using the Create Physical Inventory Documents app. For further processing, the system transfers the corresponding data to the Job Scheduling and Mass Processing – Physical Inventory app. If you then check the job data in the Job Scheduling and Mass Processing – Physical Inventory app, the app does not display all selection criteria under Physical Inventory Document Creation due to technical reasons.   Monitor the jobs and display information about the status, planned start, end, and duration, for example. In the Job Details screen, you can display a log with information about the planning run.   You can schedule a background job that processes the mass creation of physical inventory documents in combination with a new print option via the same background job, if desired.   Cancel the job.   Manage your own job templates. You can define your own job templates or use the predefined ones. Note The app is delivered with three predefined job templates:  Cycle Counting: Create Physical Inventory Documents   Annual Inventory: Create Physical Inventory Documents   Print Physical Inventory Documents  Note that you can delete your own templates, but you cannot delete the templates provided by SAP.   Check your entries, before you finally schedule your jobs. The system issues a message to inform you about the accuracy and completeness of your entries.   
Business roles: Inventory Manager
Inventory Manager : 
Manages inventory with respect to quantity and value.

Inventory Manager (Retail) : 
Manages inventory with respect to quantity and value.