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<h1>Cycle Count Protocol</h1>
<p>Daily workflow I use for physical verification of stocked SKUs, based on 25 years of logistics experience and actual discrepancy patterns.</p>
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<h2>Daily A-item checklist</h2>
<p>A-items are those with annual consumption > 20 % of total value (per our <a href="abc.html">ABC layout</a>). Required count frequency: every 4 weeks per SKU. For todays run, I captured <fort-kg query="cycle count" limit="5"><ul class="fort-kg" data-fort="kg" data-query="cycle count"><li>Cycle count — inventory auditing procedure</li><li>count — nobility title in European countries</li><li>cycle — in graph theory, non-empty trail in which only the first and last vertices are equal</li><li>count — in baseball, the number of balls and strikes called so far during a plate appearance</li><li>Cycle — Wikimedia disambiguation page</li></ul></fort-kg> from the knowledge graph.</p>
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<tr><th>SKU</th><th>Bin</th><th>On-Hand</th><th>Counted</th><th>Diff %</th><th>Action</th></tr>
<tr><td>WH-3291</td><td>B-12</td><td>847</td><td>845</td><td>0.23 %</td><td>OK</td></tr>
<tr><td>WH-7421</td><td>B-04</td><td>690</td><td>688</td><td>0.29 %</td><td>Record variance</td></tr>
<tr><td>WH-8033</td><td>C-01</td><td>203</td><td>204</td><td>-0.49 %</td><td>OK</td></tr>
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<h2>B and C item quarterly review</h2>
<p>B items: count every 8 weeks. C items: count quarterly. Both subject to a tolerance band of 1 %—over that triggers an eight-point verification.</p>
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<h2>Escalation trigger rules (current quarter)</h2>
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<li>Diff ≤ 1 % → Close out; no action.</li>
<li>Diff > 1 % but ≤ 3 % → Recount next day, note in bin audit log.</li>
<li>Diff > 3 % → Eight-point verification: re-weigh, re-count by second operator, check pick history, update bin master, notify supervisor.</li>
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<p>These rules are derived from <fort-news topic="Inventory Management" limit="3"><ul class="fort-news" data-fort="news" data-topic="Inventory Management"><li><a href="https://www.manilatimes.net/2026/08/19/tmt-newswire/globenewswire/newtekone-expands-ai-powered-client-support-platform-with-glia/2407916" rel="noopener">NewtekOne Expands AI-Powered Client Support Platform with Glia</a> <span class="src">manilatimes.net</span></li><li><a href="https://www.prnewswire.com:443/news-releases/lightyear-launches-the-first-agentic-platform-for-enterprise-telecom-302853304.html" rel="noopener">prnewswire.com</a> <span class="src">prnewswire.com</span></li></ul></fort-news> and my own discrepancy database.</p>
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<h2>Digital twin feed (JSON twin)</h2>
<p>The live data backing this page is exported as a JSON feed so other tools can read and cite the numbers:</p>
<pre><code>{ "last_count_date": "2026-08-17", "items_checked": 12, "discrepancies": [ { "sku": "WH-7421", "diff": 0.29, "action": "record variance" } ] }</code></pre>
<p><a href="cycle.json">Download cycle.json</a></p>
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<h2>Image capture</h2>
<p>Below is a screenshot of the live spreadsheet I used for todays count (licenseclean image courtesy of the 4ort media library):</p>
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