The correct answer is C because Salesforce Life Sciences Sample Inventory Management automatically adjusts the system count to match the actual count when an inventory-count discrepancy is recorded. Salesforce Help for Discrepancy Adjustments for Inventory Counts states that when a discrepancy is recorded in the inventory count, Sample Inventory Management adjusts the system count positively or negatively to match the actual count.
In this case, the physical count is 95 units, while the system balance is 100 units. The system must reflect the physical reality immediately for audit accuracy. Therefore, Life Sciences creates an adjustment transaction for the negative difference of 5 units so that the recorded inventory balance aligns with the counted quantity. This preserves the audit trail because the discrepancy is not silently overwritten; it is reconciled through an inventory adjustment transaction.
Option A is incorrect because a Product Request is used to request or replenish inventory, not to reconcile a counted discrepancy. The system should first record the loss or variance before any replenishment process is considered. Option B is also incorrect because locking the Product Item and triggering an assessment workflow is not the standard discrepancy reconciliation behavior described for inventory counts. The correct behavior is automatic generation of an adjustment transaction to reconcile the system balance with the physical count.