The Inventory Adjustments report shows the history of adjustments to your inventory in response to issues such as disposition changes, misplaced inventory, found inventory, and ownership corrections.
Inventory adjustments are categorized by type and reason code. The type shows whether an adjustment is an increase or decrease to your inventory level. The reason code describes the adjustment made.
Inventory adjustments often occur in pairs. For example, if your inventory changes disposition from sellable to expired, there will be two adjustments to your inventory: a decrease in your sellable inventory and an increase in your expired inventory. Here is an example:
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The following table lists all inventory adjustment reason codes and their type:
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Inventory adjustments are categorized by type and reason code. The type shows whether an adjustment is an increase or decrease to your inventory level. The reason code describes the adjustment made.
The following table lists all inventory adjustment reason codes and their type.
Code | Type | Definition | ||
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6 | - | Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center | A decrease to your carrier-damaged inventory level. It is always followed by a P code increase to your fulfilment centre-damaged inventory level. | No. Transactions against this code does not impact fulfilment centre Lost Reconciliation, it represents movement between dispositions. |
7 | - | Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center | A decrease to your expired inventory level. It is always followed by a P code increase to your fulfilment centre-damaged inventory level. | No. Transactions against this code does not impact fulfilment centre Lost Reconciliation, it represents movement between dispositions. |
E | - | Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center | A decrease to your sellable inventory level. It is always followed by a P code increase to your fulfilment centre-damaged inventory level. | No. Transactions against this code does not impact fulfilment centre Lost Reconciliation, it indicates fulfilment centre damaged events. |
H | - | Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center | A decrease to your customer-damaged inventory level. It is always followed by a P code increase to your fulfilment centre-damaged inventory level. | No. Transactions against this code does not impact fulfilment centre Lost Reconciliation, it represents movement between dispositions. |
K | - | Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center | A decrease to your defective inventory level. It is always followed by a P code increase to your fulfilment centre-damaged inventory level. | No. Transactions against this code does not impact fulfilment centre Lost Reconciliation, it represents movement between dispositions. |
U | - | Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center | A decrease to your distributor-damaged inventory level. It is always followed by a P code increase to your fulfilment centre-damaged inventory level. | No. Transactions against this code does not impact fulfilment centre Lost Reconciliation, it represents movement between dispositions. |
D | - | Inventory disposed of | A decrease to your inventory level because inventory has been disposed of | Yes. Transactions against this code impact fulfilment centre Lost as it represents that units were destroyed. |
F | + | Inventory found | An increase to your inventory level because missing inventory has been found | Yes. Transactions against this code impact fulfilment centre Lost as it represents that units were Found. |
N | + | Inventory found | An increase to your inventory level because previously incorrectly assigned inventory has been transferred to your account or because you received an Amazon reimbursement | Yes. Transactions against this code impact fulfilment centre Lost as it represents that units were transferred into your inventory. |
M | - | Inventory misplaced | A decrease to your inventory level because inventory is missing from a bin location in a fulfillment center | Yes. Transactions against this code impact fulfilment centre Lost as it represents that units were misplaced. |
5 | - | Inventory misplaced | A decrease to your inventory level because inventory is missing from a bin location in a fulfillment center | Yes. Transactions against this code impact fulfilment centre Lost as it represents that units were misplaced. |
3 | + | Product redefinition transfer in | Two products with separate identifiers (SKUs) are determined to be the same item. One SKU will be removed from your inventory and added (code 3) as the other SKU. | No. Transactions against this code does not impact fulfilment centre Lost Reconciliation, it represents movement between SKUs |
4 | - | Product redefinition transfer out | Two products with separate identifiers (SKUs) are determined to be the same item. One SKU will be removed from your inventory and added (code 3) as the other SKU. | No. Transactions against this code does not impact fulfilment centre Lost Reconciliation, it represents movement between SKUs. |
O | - | Inventory correction | Units transferred out of your account because they were incorrectly received to your inventory or because Amazon has reimbursed you for them | Yes. Transactions against this code impact fulfilment centre Lost as it represents that units were transferred out of your inventory. |
P | + | Inventory disposition change | Units of a certain disposition are added to your inventory after the removal from a different disposition. This always follows a code 6, 7, E, H, K, U, or Q adjustment. | No. Transactions against this code does not impact fulfilment centre Lost Reconciliation, it represents movement between dispositions. |
Q | - | Inventory disposition change | Units of a certain disposition are removed from your inventory and then added back to your inventory as a different disposition. This is always followed by a P code adjustment. | No. Transactions against this code does not impact fulfilment centre Lost Reconciliation, it represents movement between dispositions. |
Inventory disposition represents the physical state of a unit or units.
Inventory disposition | Inventory state | Definition |
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Sellable | Sellable | Inventory that looks and functions as described in the listing |
Defective | Unsellable | Inventory that does not look or function as described in the listing and is not visibly damaged, for example, a recalled product |
Customer damaged | Unsellable | Inventory that was damaged by a customer |
Distributor damaged | Unsellable | Inventory that was damaged by the seller, vendor, or distributor during receiving |
Fulfillment center damaged | Unsellable | Inventory that was damaged at an Amazon fulfillment center |
Carrier damaged | Unsellable | Inventory that was damaged by a carrier during receiving, while in transit to the customer, or while in transit back to Amazon due to a return |
Expired | Unsellable | Inventory that has passed its expiration date as described in Date/Lot |
You can see adjustments to your inventory online in Seller Central or by downloading the Inventory Adjustments report. The Download method is recommended for reconciling your inventory, while the View Online method is recommended for quickly looking up adjustments.
In the online view, you can filter inventory adjustments by Reason Group as shown in the table below. The downloadable report does not offer the Reason Group filter.
Code | Reason Group |
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6, 7, E, H, K, U | Damaged |
D | Disposed of |
F, N | Found |
5, M | Lost |
3, 4, O, P, Q | Other |
To download your Inventory Adjustments report:
To see your Inventory Adjustments report online:
You can see adjustments to your inventory online in Seller Central or by downloading the Inventory Adjustments report.
In the online view, you can filter inventory adjustments by Reason group, as shown in the table below.
Code | Reason group |
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6, 7, E, H, K, U | Damaged |
D | Inventory disposed of |
F, N | Found |
5, M | Lost |
3, 4, O, P, Q | Other |
To see your Inventory Adjustments report online:
To download your Inventory Adjustments report:
Here is an example:
adjustment-date | transaction-id | fnsku | sku | product-name | fulfillment-center | quantity | reason | disposition | reconciled | unreconciled |
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2019-07-23 | 2108808 | X001SL | SLU_2PK | SLU_PHOTO_2PK | LGB3 | -16 | M | SELLABLE | 5 | 11 |
For reconciled quantities with reason codes for Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center, Inventory misplaced, or Inventory found, you can get more information in the online view.
For unreconciled quantities with reason codes for Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center and Inventory misplaced occurring after November 15, 2019, you may be eligible for reimbursement under the FBA lost and damaged inventory reimbursement policy.
Inventory adjustments for Inventory misplaced, Inventory found, and Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center will have corresponding reconciliations. You can see these reconciliations in both the online and downloadable view.
When there is a reconciliation for an inventory adjustment, a link is provided that will connect you to either the reconciliation adjustment in the Inventory Adjustment report or the reimbursement transaction in the Reimbursement report.
You will be able to see reconciled and unreconciled quantity columns for Inventory misplaced, Inventory found, and Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center. For example, when an inventory adjustment is reimbursed or reconciled, you will see the unreconciled quantity decrease and the reconciled quantity increase.
Here is an example from the online view:
Date | Transactions Item ID | FNSKU | Merchant SKU | Title | Disposition | FC | Reason | Quantity |
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July 23, 2019 | 2108808 | X001SL | SLU_2PK | SLU_PHOTO_2PK | Sellable | LGB3 | ⌄ Inventory misplaced | -16 |
Inventory found | 5 | |||||||
Remaining misplaced or damaged inventory | 11 |
Here is an example from the download view:
adjustment-date | transaction-id | fnsku | sku | product-name | fulfillment-center | quantity | reason | disposition | reconciled | unreconciled |
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2019-07-23 | 2108808 | X001SL | SLU_2PK | SLU_PHOTO_2PK | LGB3 | -16 | M | SELLABLE | 5 | 11 |
The following table lists all possible original event and reconciliation event combinations.
Inventory adjustment reason | Reconciliation reason (displayed in drop-down menu) | Definition |
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Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center | Inspected and disposition corrected | Inventory that an inspection found was not damaged at the fulfillment center |
Reimbursed | Inventory for which you have been reimbursed | |
Remaining misplaced or damaged inventory | The remaining inventory that has not been reconciled | |
Inventory misplaced | Inventory found | Misplaced inventory that was found |
Reimbursed | Inventory for which you have been reimbursed | |
Damaged inventory misplaced | Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center inventory that was
misplaced.
Note: The reconciliation will be applied to the Damaged at
Amazon fulfillment center inventory.
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Remaining misplaced or damaged inventory | The remaining inventory that has not been reconciled | |
Inventory found | Replacement inventory found | Inventory that was replaced to compensate for inventory lost or damaged, in accordance with the FBA lost and damaged inventory reimbursement policy. |
Missing inventory found | Misplaced inventory that was found | |
Inventory ownership correction | Incorrectly assigned found inventory that was moved to the correct owner |
You will notice a new inventory classification in the Manage Your Inventory page and report, called Researching. This represents the misplaced or warehouse damaged inventory that is actively being confirmed at our fulfillment centers. A timeline shows the duration of the research, which will never exceed 30 days. Once the inventory being researched has been reimbursed or has exceeded the 30-day duration, you will see the corresponding adjustment transition over to the Inventory Adjustment report. For inventory adjustments occurring after November 15, 2019, you do not have to wait 30 days to file a claim because we are handling the 30 day researching duration for you.