Goods Issue Posting
When a material has been consumed in a process, a goods issue for the order must be posted in inventory management.
You can trigger the goods issue posting by sending a message of the category PI_CONS to the destination PI04.Please note the following when defining your process message:
Reservation number and item:
The goods issue is only posted if backflushing has not been defined for the reservation item specified in the process message.
If the reservation number and item are not specified in the process message, the system will search for a reservation matching the order and material numbers as well as the operation or phase number contained in the process message.
If a message contains both the numbers of the phase and the superior operation and the material is assigned to both, the goods receipt is posted to the phase.
If several reservation items matching the message data are found, the goods issue is posted to the first reservation item for which a final issue indicator has not yet been set, and a corresponding warning is written to the message log.
If the final issue indicator has been set for all the reservation items found, the goods issue is posted to the last reservation item.
If no valid reservation can be found using the message data, an unplanned goods issue is posted for the order and a corresponding warning message is written to the message log.
After the goods issue is posted, the numbers of the reservation and the reservation item are written to the message log, if they were not defined in the message.
Batch number:
If batch management is not required for the material according to its master record, but a batch number has been specified in the message, this number is ignored.
If batch management is required for a material according to its master record, the system will search for a batch number first in the process message and then in the reservation.
Storage location:
If no storage location is specified in the process message, the goods issue is posted to the storage location maintained in the reservation.
If this has not been maintained either, an error message is written to the message log and the message status is set to "destination error".
Checks for consistency:
As the message is processed, the system checks whether the values contained in it are valid and consistent with one another. If an inconsistency is discovered (for example, an invalid order number or a unit of measure which is not allowed for the material specified in the message):
Material document
When the goods issue is posted, the system creates a corresponding material document. The number of this material document is written to the message log.
See also:
Goods Issue with Reference to an Order.