Skip to main content
Documentation
Documentation
Administrator Guide
Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Adjust Inventory for Returns

Adjust Inventory for Returns

Create and approve return orders for stock request transfers.
Make inventory adjustments from the inventory site for a stock request transfer. Create an adjustment transaction to remove goods from inventory in the return-from site. Workday derives the unit of measure (UOM) from the put-away transaction rather than the ordering UOM. This helps to reduce UOM mismatches.
  1. Access the
    Adjust Inventory for Returns
     task.
  2. Select the stocking
    Location
     from which you returned items.
    You can't cancel a return order after you adjust your inventory.
  3. If you’ve selected
    Full Serial
     as
    Serial Control Type
     on the
    Create Purchase Item
     task, select a serial number.
In the return-from site, the adjustment for the return transaction:
  • Reduces on hand balance.
  • Uses unit cost from the put-away that you return.
  • Updates average unit cost.
  • Sets the return order status to
    Adjusted
    .
When you make an adjustment of returned goods at the return-from site, Workday creates an accounting entry that:
  • Debits the Adjustment account used by the
    Inventory Adjustment
    account posting rule.
    • Workday originally recognizes the value of the adjustment expense at the returning site, including markup.
  • Credits the Inventory account used by the
    Spend
     account posting rule.
    • Workday creates accounting for both asset and expense items.
    • Workday adjusts the average cost at the return-from site at the time of completing the return adjustment transaction.
Put away goods in the return-to site.