---
alias: user-guide-periodic-inventory-index
tags:
- material logistics
description: "This documentation explains how to manage and synchronize inventory quantities within a system"
---

# Periodic Inventory

:lock: PeriodicInventory.**Show**

## Overview

A **Periodic Inventory** represents a type of entity that is used to perform regular checks in order to synchronize the actual (real) quantities with the system (logical) quantities.

## Tying Everything Together

```mermaid
graph LR
    Main[Periodic Inventory] --- L1[Periodic Inventory Product]
    L1 --- A1[Product]
    Main --- L2[Periodic Inventory Resource]
    L2 --- A2[Resource]
    Main --- L3[Periodic Inventory Material]
    L3 --- A3[Material]

classDef mermaid_title color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, font-weight:200;
classDef mermaid_start color:#000, fill:#fafafa, stroke:#fafafa, color:#fafafa, stroke-width:0x, font-size:100%, visibility: hidden;
classDef mermaid_businessdata color:#000, fill:#65CDE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_nonbusinessdata color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#B7DEE8, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entity color:#000, fill:#FB9F53, stroke:#FB9F53, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_entitylinked color:#000, fill:#FCD5B5, stroke:#FCD5B5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_context color:#000, fill:#B9CDE5, stroke:#B9CDE5, stroke-width:0px, font-size:100%;
classDef mermaid_optional color:#000, fill:#B7DEE8, stroke:#65CDE8, stroke-width:1px, font-size:100%, stroke-dasharray: 5 5;
class Main mermaid_entity
class A1,A2,A3,A4,A5,A6,A7,A8,A9,A10 mermaid_businessdata
class L1,L2,L3,L4,L5,L6 mermaid_entitylinked
class C1,C2,C3,C4,C5,C6 mermaid_context
class N1,N2,N3,N4,N5,N6 mermaid_nonbusinessdata

click Main "../../business-data/periodic-inventory"
click A1 "../../business-data/product"
click A2 "../../business-data/resource"
click A3 "../../business-data/material"
```

## Sequence Of Steps

The necessary steps for correctly using a **Periodic Inventory** are the following:

1. Create a **Periodic Inventory**.

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