Use
You can use the following procedures to transfer materials from one plant to another:
Stock Transfer Between Plants in One Step
Stock Transfer Between Plants in Two Steps
Stock Transport Order Without Delivery
Stock Transport Order with Delivery via Shipping
Stock Transport Order with Delivery and Billing Document/Invoice
Features
Stock Transfer Procedure Without a Stock Transport Order
In the stock transfer procedures described below, only Inventory Management (MM-IM) is involved.
The following table explains the characteristics of stock transfer procedures without a stock transport order:
| From Plant to Plant 1 Step | From Plant to Plant 2 Steps |
Movement type | 301: Transfer from plant to plant | Goods issue: 303 (Remove from storage to plant) Goods receipt: 305 (Put away in plant) |
Price | Valuation price (supplying plant) | Valuation price (supplying plant) |
Planning using | Reservation | ‑ |
Stock after Goods issue | ‑ | Stock in transfer |
Delivery costs | ‑ | ‑ |
Cross-company-code using | Company code clearing | Company code clearing |
Stock Transfer Procedure with a Stock Transport Order
In the stock transfer procedures described below, the following applications may be involved: Purchasing (MM-PUR),Inventory Management (MM-IM), Shipping (LE-SHP), Invoice Verification (MM-IV), and Billing (SD-BIL).
The following table explains the characteristics of stock transfer procedures with a stock transport order:
| Stock Transport Order Without Delivery | Stock Transport Order with Delivery | Stock Transport Order with Delivery and Billing Document |
Order type | Order type UB Item category U | Order type UB Item category U | Order type NB ● Item category BLANK (cross-company-code) ● Item category U (intra-company-code without billing document) |
Movement type | GI: 351 (One-step procedure not supported) | GI: 641 GI: 647 | GI: 643 GI: 645 |
Delivery type in SD | ‑ | NL | NLCC |
Schedule line category in SD | ‑ | NN | NC |
Billing type in SD | ‑ | ‑ | IV |
Document type MM-IV | ‑ | ‑ | RE |
Price | Valuation price | Valuation price | Pricing in SD and MM |
Planning using | Purchase order | Purchase order | Purchase order |
Stock after Goods issue | Stock in transit | Stock in transit | (Stock in transit CC) |
Delivery costs | yes | yes | yes |
Cross-company-code using | Company code clearing | Company code clearing | Revenue account; |
The document type (NB or UB) determines the posting logic – in other words, whether stock in transit is set up. The item category (U or BLANK) determines whether billing takes place.
You can find an overview of all the movement types in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Inventory Management in the step Copy/Change Movement Types.
Advantages of the Stock Transport Order
The transfer of stock using a stock transport order has the following advantages over the transfer of stock without a stock transport order:
● A goods receipt can be planned in the receiving plant.
● You can enter a vendor (freight vendor) in the stock transport order.
● Delivery costs can be entered in the stock transport order.
● The stock transfer order is part of MRP: Purchase requisitions that were created in MRP can be converted into stock transport orders.
● The system can run an availability check for the stock transfer.
See Availability Check for Stock Transport Orders
● The goods issue (GI) can be entered using a delivery via Shipping (LE-SHP). For the goods issue in SD, a replenishment delivery is created.
You can enter a goods issue for the stock transport order in either Inventory Management (MM-IM) or Shipping (LE-SHP).
See Posting a Goods Issue in Shipping and Posting a Goods Issue in Inventory Management
If you want to withdraw materials for stock transfers from different storage locations and stocks according to a particular strategy, you can use stock determination.
● The goods receipt (GR) can be posted directly to consumption.
● The entire process can be monitored via the purchase order history.