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Posted on by Basem Ibrahim

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.

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YUN ZHU 99,978 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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

You can define costing method on the item card.

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

Hope this helps.

Thanks.

ZHU

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Nitin Verma 21,812 Moderator on at

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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 11,419 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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hi

look this

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

DAniele

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Manan_Shah 1,461 on at

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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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