Goods Movements via Shipping (SAP Library - Inventory Management and Physical Inventory (MM-IM))

Goods Movements via Shipping

Use

If the standard goods receipt/issue slips in Inventory Management are not sufficient or if you want to plan picking, packing, and transportation in detail, you can post goods movements via the Shipping (LE-SHP) application component. The system takes into account all the points that are involved in shipping.

Prerequisites

To create a delivery via Shipping, the following data has to be maintained in the R/3 System (refer to Creating Outbound Deliveries):

The plant data, sales organization, distribution channel, shipping point, and division
The sales and distribution data in the material master

The customer field in the central vendor master record, as the vendor for shipping is also the customer

Features

You can manage the following goods movements via Shipping:

Goods issues for a delivery
Stock transfers using stock transport orders
Returns from the customer
Return deliveries to vendors
Returns for stock transport orders

You enter these goods movements from the Shipping menu (transaction code VL01N for Create Outbound Delivery with Reference to Order or transaction code VL01NO for Create Outbound Delivery Without Reference to Order). Goods movements via Shipping are represented in the system by the movement types 6XX. 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.

In Materials Management, you can also enter the following deliveries in the background:

Return deliveries to a vendor via Inventory Management ® Material Document ® Return Delivery or via the transaction for goods movements (MIGO)
(also refer to Return Delivery)

Provide components for a subcontract order via Purchase Order ® Reporting ® SC Stocks per Vendor
(also refer to Providing Components for Existing Purchase Orders)

Delivery Scheduling

When you create deliveries via Shipping, you can plan the following activities using the functions of shipment scheduling (refer to Transportation and Delivery Scheduling):

Material availability date

Transportation planning date

Loading date

Goods issue date

The system takes into account the factory calendar of the issuing plant when it calculates the material availability date.

If you post a goods movement as a delivery, the system creates a delivery, but does not create a material document (refer to Goods Issue).