Hi Chandan, The requirements you outlined for a standardized cycle count process look solid. This functionality will be very beneficial for businesses in maintaining inventory accuracy.
Best regards, --- Arun Patidar On Mon, Apr 6, 2026 at 3:45 PM Chandan Khandelwal < [email protected]> wrote: > Hello Dev, > > I would like to start a discussion about inventory cycle counting and how > it can be effectively supported within OFBiz. > > Cycle counting is a common warehouse practice used to maintain inventory > accuracy through periodic counts, typically involving: > > - Planning or scheduling count runs > - Assigning counting tasks to warehouse associates > - Recording physical counts against system quantities > - Requiring manager review before applying variances > - Maintaining an audit trail of count and approval decisions > > In practice, many warehouses handle these steps outside the system (e.g., > spreadsheets) and later apply adjustments. > > In the context of OFBiz, while it provides the foundational entities > required for inventory adjustments, such as: > > - InventoryItem (quantity on hand) > - PhysicalInventory (inventory audit event) > - InventoryItemVariance (recording adjustments) > > there appears to be only *limited support* for a complete cycle counting > workflow. > > I also came across the earlier proposal OFBIZ-10577 (Inventory Cycle > Count), which appears to be unresolved. It would be helpful to understand > whether there were design considerations behind this or if similar efforts > are currently in progress. > > As a next step, I have started working on a basic design and > implementation. I will keep it as a separate plugin for now and share it > with the community once I have something ready. > > If the community finds this valuable, we can further evolve the design and > implementation collaboratively. > Kind Regards, > Chandan Khandelwal >
