Hi Chandan, Thanks for kicking off this discussion! This looks really useful—looking forward to your initial design to gain more insights into the cycle count feature implementation.
I’d love to be involved in the implementation—please let me know how I can contribute. Regards, Ratnesh Upadhyay On Wed, Apr 8, 2026 at 5:45 PM Arun Patidar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > >
