web
You’re offline. This is a read only version of the page.
close
Skip to main content

Announcements

No record found.

News and Announcements icon
Community site session details

Community site session details

Session Id :
Dynamics 365 Community / Forums / Microsoft Dynamics GP (Archived) / Can we overship invent...
Microsoft Dynamics GP (Archived)

Can we overship inventory in GP under FIFO Perpetual inventory valuation method?

(0) ShareShare
ReportReport
Posted on by Barbara Salazar 1,415

We are using FIFO Perpetual method for GP inventory valuation.

1. Can you overship & invoice inventory under FIFO Perpetual without problems with inventory costing?

2. If yes, once you receive inventory, how would GP recalculate Cost of Goods Sold and inventory value?

3. If we overship inventory, what would this do to GP system performance (would it slow it down)?

*This post is locked for comments

I have the same question (0)
  • Verified answer
    Tim W Profile Picture
    Tim W 2,925 on at

    Hello Barbara, everyone on here will tell you not to do this including me but you can if you wish, it just will be less intuitive than you would want and it will be hard to manage margin dollars accurately.  We've all done this at one point or at least seen it done, often when you want to post sales at the end of a period but receipts have not yet been checked in and posted.

    If you enter a qty on a Sales Invoice that creates a shortage the shortage window will pop up and you can choose to override (assuming you allow overrides) and invoice.  The COGS value for the missing units will use the current cost from the item card and the shortage quantity will push the on hand negative.  When you process the receipt the qty will increment back to positive (assuming enough) but the cost may or may not be the cost you sold the unit as.  Here's where your margin reporting will be incorrect and your period COGS may also be incorrect.

    So...

    1) Yes but no guarantee of 'without problems'.

    2) No COGS recalculation will happen, you need to GL the change (or do a return and re-invoice).

    3) No performance issues.

    Best

    Tim 

  • Barbara Salazar Profile Picture
    Barbara Salazar 1,415 on at

    Thank you very much for excellent and very clear answer, Tim!

Under review

Thank you for your reply! To ensure a great experience for everyone, your content is awaiting approval by our Community Managers. Please check back later.

Helpful resources

Quick Links

Introducing the 2026 Season 1 community Super Users

Congratulations to our 2026 Super Stars!

Congratulations to our 2025 Community Spotlights

Thanks to all of our 2025 Community Spotlight stars!

Congratulations to the February Top 10 Community Leaders

These are the community rock stars!

Leaderboard > 🔒一 Microsoft Dynamics GP (Archived)

Last 30 days Overall leaderboard

Featured topics

Product updates

Dynamics 365 release plans