Usually, the two procedures, posting the goods receipt and the status change "set kanban to full" are linked. When the status is changed using the bar code scanner, for example, the system automatically posts a goods receipt for the material in the background. The other way around is also possible - if a goods receipt is made for the kanban material, then the status is automatically set to FULL.

However, in the control cycle, you can define that the goods receipt posting and the status change (kanban to FULL) are to be carried out independently of each other.

This is particularly useful in the following situations:

• If the goods receipt for externally procured materials is posted in a central warehouse.

• If the goods receipt posting is automatically linked to the backflush. This is useful when transport times are lengthy. Here, for example, you can separate the backflush which is posted by the supply source from the status change which is changed by the demand source.

If you use a replenishment strategy with direct transfer posting, the goods receipt is posted as soon as the kanban status is changed to EMPTY. This means that there is no sense in the "Separate goods receipt" indicator here as the status change to FULL and the goods receipt posting are always separated.