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periodic inventory vs. perpetual inventory in business central

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Dear All,

Hope all is well.

I would like to ask you how I can use periodic inventory vs. perpetual inventory methods in business central.

Kind Regards,

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    98,358 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi, as far as I know, these two concepts are not clearly defined in BC.

    You can define costing method on the item card.

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    And define the point in time for cost calculation in Inventory Setup.

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    Hope this helps.

    Thanks.

    ZHU

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    Nitin Verma Profile Picture
    21,788 Moderator on at

    Hi,

    You can refer the below link

    dynamics.folio3.com/.../

    learn.microsoft.com/.../finance-how-to-work-with-inventory-periods

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    DAnny3211 Profile Picture
    11,407 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    hi

    look this

    learn.microsoft.com/.../finance-how-to-work-with-inventory-periods

    DAniele

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    Manan_Shah Profile Picture
    1,461 on at

    Hi,

    As explain by yzhums 

    In Business Central there is no clear concept about periodic inventory vs. perpetual inventory methods.

    But as explain it's works base on Costing Method which can define on Item Card. And Cost Calculation of Transaction.

    To understand which one is better periodic inventory vs. perpetual inventory methods please check below link.
    https://dynamics.folio3.com/blog/periodic-and-perpetual-inventory-system/

    To Understand about Adjust Cost or Automatic Cost Adjustment please check below link.
    https://www.solsyst.com/post/adjust-cost-what-it-is-and-why-you-need-it

    Hope this will help.

    Many Thanks,

    Manan

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