Q. Why isn't the Beginning Balance "0" on the Part Transaction Log with Balance Report?
A. If user changes the Unit of Measure on a part with qty on hand within the system it WILL affect the beginning balance. See the attached Print Screens <<Changing_UOM_Conversion_092309_a.docx>> for an example.
ManEx DOES NOT recommend users to change the Unit of Measure while there is qty on hand within the system. If users change the Unit of Measure while there is still qty on hand within the system, the system will display the following warning message within the Inventory Control Management.
Make sure that this is what you want to do. If users choose to continue with the change despite the warning, this is going to affect your Beginning Balance and probably affect your Accounting records.
ManEx CANNOT change the beginning balance because it is a computed value derived from the current balance and modified by all the preceding transactions to arrive at a beginning balance. Neither can we simply change the current balance to zero, or anything else , because of the implications that will ripple through accounting.
Your best option is to adjust the inventory either through Inventory Cycle Count, Physical Inventory, or Inventory Handling to the correct current on hand inventory. Then you may need to make a journal entry to nullify the transaction created by adjusting the inventory.
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