{"id":4862,"date":"2026-05-30T02:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=4862"},"modified":"2026-05-30T02:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T02:07:20","slug":"stock-adjustment-inventory","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/glossary\/stock-adjustment-inventory\/","title":{"rendered":"Stock Adjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>What is a Stock Adjustment in Zoho Inventory?<\/h2>\n<p>Occasionally, the stock quantity recorded in Zoho Inventory will not match the physical count \u2014 due to breakage, theft, data entry errors, or counting discrepancies. A Stock Adjustment corrects the system&#8217;s stock quantity to match reality, with a recorded reason so the adjustment is auditable.<\/p>\n<h2>Types of stock adjustments<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Quantity adjustment:<\/strong> Change the on-hand count of an item \u2014 increase if the physical count is higher than the system, decrease if it is lower.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Value adjustment:<\/strong> Change the book value of existing stock without changing quantity \u2014 used when the cost of inventory needs to be revalued.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Reasons for adjustment<\/h2>\n<p>Zoho Inventory requires a reason for every stock adjustment \u2014 Damaged Goods, Theft, Expiry, Stock Count Correction, etc. This creates an audit trail that is essential for accounting (the adjustment hits the appropriate ledger account in Zoho Books when integrated).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Stock Adjustment in Zoho Inventory is a manual correction to the on-hand quantity of an item, used to reconcile the system&#8217;s recorded stock with the physical count after a stock-take, or to account for damaged, lost, or written-off inventory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"seo_title":"Stock Adjustment | Zoho Glossary | Aaxonix","seo_description":"A Stock Adjustment in Zoho Inventory is a manual correction to the on-hand quantity of an item, used to reconcile the system's recorded stock with the phys","seo_keyword":"stock adjustment zoho inventory reconciliation","seo_faqs":"","term_type":"","glossary_related":"","glossary_links":""},"glossary_category":[1252],"class_list":["post-4862","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","glossary_category-zoho-inventory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary\/4862","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/glossary"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4862"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"glossary_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aaxonix.com\/resources\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossary_category?post=4862"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}