Inventory adjustments

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.

Adjustment types and reason codes

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:

Date Transaction Item ID FNSKU Merchant SKU Title Disposition FC Reason Quantity March 24, 2019 13895071006 X0000COYXD 2Y-IQFY-RUQV How Deep Lies the Shadow Sellable LEJ1 Inventory disposition change -1 March 24, 2019 13895071060 X0000COYXD 2Y-IQFY-RUQV How Deep Lies the Shadow Expired LEJ1 Inventory disposition change 1

The following table lists all inventory adjustment reason codes and their type:

Code Type Reason Definition 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 warehouse-damaged inventory level. 7 - Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center A decrease to your expired inventory level. It is always followed by a P code increase to your warehouse-damaged inventory level. E - Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center A decrease to your sellable inventory level. It is always followed by a P code increase to your warehouse-damaged inventory level. 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 warehouse-damaged inventory level. K - Damaged at Amazon fulfillment center A decrease to your defective inventory level. It is always followed by a P code increase to your warehouse-damaged inventory level. 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 warehouse-damaged inventory level. D - Inventory disposed of A decrease to your inventory level because inventory has been disposed of. F + Inventory found An increase to your inventory level because missing inventory has been 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. M - Inventory misplaced A decrease to your inventory level because inventory is missing from a bin location in a fulfillment center. 5 - Inventory misplaced A decrease to your inventory level because inventory is missing from a bin location in a fulfillment center. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

Inventory dispositions

Inventory disposition represents the physical state of a unit or units.

Inventory disposition Inventory state Definition 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 Warehouse 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

How to read your report: online and download methods

You can see adjustments to your inventory online in Seller Central or by downloading the Inventory Adjustments report.

• The View Online method is recommended for quickly seeing inventory adjustments and reconciliations. 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.
• The DownloadDownload method is recommended for understanding the reconciliation status of inventory adjustments at scale.

In the online view, you can filter inventory adjustments by Reason Group, as shown in the table below:

Reason groups by adjustment code

Code Reason group 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:

1. Click the View Online tab in the Inventory Adjustments report.
2. Select the desired date range in the Event Date drop-down menu and the reason group in the Reason Group drop-down menu. If you leave the Reason Group field blank, the report will show all adjustment reasons.
3. If you want to filter the results further, you can add the Merchant SKU, Fulfillment Network SKU, or FC, or any combination of those.
4. Click the Generate Report button.
   Note: If there are more than 50 inventory adjustments, the report will generate multiple pages. Use the quick links at the top and bottom right of the report to navigate between pages.

   Here is an example of a reported that was generated with the selected reason group Lost, the date range Last 365 days and the Fulfillment Network SKU X001SL. Clicking on Inventory misplaced in the report’s Reason column opens the reconciliation status.

   Date Transactions Item ID FNSKU Merchant SKU Title Disposition FC Reason Quantity July 23, 2019 2108808 X001SL SLU_2PK SLU_PHOTO_2PK Sellable LGB3 Inventory misplaced -16 Inventory found 5 Remaining misplaced or damaged inventory 11

5. Click on the reconciliation status — in our example, Inventory found — to see the reconciliation events. In this case (see the illustration below), a total quantity of five can be seen for five Inventory found adjustment reasons.

   Date Transactions Item ID FNSKU Merchant SKU Title Disposition FC Reason Quantity July 23, 2019 2108808 X001SL SLU_2PK SLU_PHOTO_2PK Sellable JFK8 ⌃Inventory found 1 July 23, 2019 210190912 X001SL SLU_2PK SLU_PHOTO_2PK Sellable DCA1 ⌃Inventory found 1 July 23, 2019 2101901 X001SL SLU_2PK SLU_PHOTO_2PK Sellable PHX6 ⌃Inventory found 1 July 23, 2019 210188746 X001SL SLU_2PK SLU_PHOTO_2PK Sellable MGE7 ⌃Inventory found 1 July 23, 2019 21188081 X001SL SLU_2PK SLU_PHOTO_2PK Sellable MKE1 ⌃Inventory found 1

   Note: For Remaining misplaced or damaged inventory that has not been reconciled, you may be eligible for reimbursement under the FBA lost and damaged inventory reimbursement policy.

To download your Inventory Adjustments report:

1. Click the Download tab in the Inventory Adjustments report.
2. Select the desired date range in the Event Date drop-down menu.
3. Click either Request .csv Download or Request .txt Download for the format you prefer. It typically takes between 1 and 45 minutes to generate a report.
4. Once the report status changes from In Progress to Download, click the Download button.
5. Save the file to your computer.
6. Open the report in a spreadsheet or database program, such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Access.

Here is an example:

adjustment-date transaction-id fnsku sku product-name fulfillment-center quantity reason disposition reconciled unreconciled 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.

Reconciliation events

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.

Online

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.

Downloadable

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 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 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 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. 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.

Why are my items being researched?

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.

Field definitions

Online header	Download header	Description
Date	adjustment-date	DD-MM-YYYY
Transaction Item ID	transaction-item-id	Unique ID for this item adjustment
FNSKU	fnsku	Unique item ID assigned by Amazon, used by the fulfillment center
Merchant SKU	sku	Unique item ID assigned by the seller
Title	product-name	Name of the product as listed on Amazon
Fulfillment Center ID	fulfillment-center-id	Fulfillment center where the adjustment is being made
Quantity	quantity	Number of units adjusted
Reason	reason	The download file displays codes while the online view shows descriptions. See Adjustment types and reason codes table at the top of this page for full codes and descriptions.
Disposition	disposition	Whether the item is in sellable or unsellable/unfulfillable condition
N/A	Reconciled	Number of units reconciled with other adjustment events
N/A	Unreconciled	Number of units not reconciled with other adjustment events