Logistical Follow-Up Actions

Use

You can use logistical follow-up actions to trigger follow-up processes such as putaway, scrapping, stock transfer, or return delivery. Logistical follow-up actions are only available for the quality inspection of products.

In the case of recording results for returns, for example, you can define that the returns are going back.

Integration

Logistical follow-up actions generate warehouse documents and warehouse tasks.

Prerequisites

You have defined logistical follow-up actions in the following ways:

  • In Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management under Start of the navigation pathCross-Process Settings Next navigation step Quality Management Next navigation step Result Next navigation step Maintain Follow-Up ActionEnd of the navigation path

  • In Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management under Start of the navigation pathBusiness Add-Ins (BAdIs) for Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Cross-Process Settings Next navigation step Quality Management Next navigation step Follow-Up Actions Next navigation step BAdI: Follow-Up ActionEnd of the navigation path and BAdI: Saving of Data Collected in Follow-Up Action

    You can also link the follow-up action to an exception code, which then, for example, triggers a workflow or a warehouse task.

Features

Putaway

This setting is especially for the product, inbound delivery, and return delivery inspection object types (IOTs). Putaway triggers the creation of a warehouse task for putaway, if required, using the warehouse process type of the delivery item if the stock is not packed into a handling unit with a storage control profile. In this case, the creation is done using storage control and is not influenced by quality management. Due to the decision, the stock loses its reference to the sample or inspection document.

Stock Transfer

  1. In the SAP ERP system, you create a stock transfer order for the warehouse of the business partner who is defined in the follow-up action.

    The stock contains information about the inspection document, sample, or item, and receives the information that the stock in question has already been decided upon. This is the only way that the delivery for the stock transfer can pick the correct stock.

  2. If you have defined a particular warehouse process type, the system creates a warehouse task for it.

  3. If inactive putaway warehouse tasks exist for the product, the system cancels them.

Return Delivery

The stock loses its reference to the inspection document or sample. The system cancels any warehouse tasks that might exist, and creates a warehouse task if you have defined a warehouse process type.

Scrapping

  1. The system looks for a stock type marked as Scrap and makes a transfer posting for the stock into this stock type.

    This makes the stock lose its reference to the inspection document or sample.

  2. For a defined warehouse process type, the system issues a warehouse task and cancels any open putaway warehouse tasks that exist.

Goods Receipt After Acceptance Sample with Reservations

You can allow goods receipt with restrictions based on the result of the acceptance sample (IOT 4). In that case, you can define the stock category for the goods receipt, for example, blocked stock.

Location-Independent Stock Type

In addition to internal follow-up actions, and as an addition to the warehouse process type mentioned above, you can also define a location-independent stock type. If this differs from the current location-independent stock type, then the system determines the new stock type and makes a corresponding transfer posting for the stock.