Inventory journals in Microsoft Dynamics 365 F&SCM

The inventory journals in Supply Chain Management are used to post physical inventory transactions of various types, such as the posting of issues and receipts, inventory movements, the creation of bills of materials (BOMs), and the reconciliation of physical inventory. All of these inventory journals are used in a similar way, but are divided into different types.

Below you may find the illustration when to use specific journal types

More details can be found here:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dynamics365/supply-chain/inventory/inventory-journals

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/modules/configure-inventory-management-dyn365-supply-chain-mgmt/10-inventory-journals