Define the supplying external plants in table T001W_EXT.

 From the SAP IMG, choose : Enterprise Structure Definition Logistics General Define Plant . Define plant for cross-system flow of goods.

Enter the required plants.

Assign the supplying plant to a vendor. To do this, from the SAP menu choose  Logistics Materials Management Purchasing Master Data Vendor Purchasing Create ; on the screen for purchasing data, choose  Extras Purchasing Extras in order to assign the supplying plant.

Make the following settings for stock transport orders:

To do this, from the SAP IMG choose:  Materials Management Purchasing Purchase Order Set Up Stock Transport Order Plant

For the plant returning the delivery, enter the internal customer (debtor) for the returns delivery and the sales area for the returns processing.

The debtor is used in the supplying system as the goods recipient in the delivery.

The plants in this table are internal plants that should be viewed here as the ordering plant, or the returning plant in the case of returns orders

To do this, from the SAP IMG choose:  Materials Management Purchasing Purchase Order Set Up Stock Transport Order Assign delivery type/checking rule:

Assign the company-code-internal and cross-company-code delivery type and checking rule to the supplying plant.

From the SAP IMG choose:  Financial Accounting Financial Accounting Global Settings Business Transaction Events Settings Process function modules ...of a partner .

To do this, from the SAP IMG choose:  Materials Management Purchasing Purchase Order Set Up Stock Transport Order Purchasing document type .

Maintain the purchase order type for the combination supplying/receiving plant.

Make the following settings for returns:

To do this, from the SAP IMG choose:  Materials Management Purchasing Purchase Order Returns Order Returns to Vendor .

Assign the vendor returns delivery type to the plant returning the delivery.

To do this, from the SAP menu choose:  Logistics Purchasing Master Data Vendor Purchasing Change (Current) .

Select the relevant vendor.

Choose  Goto Purchasing org. data Purchasing data .

In the Control data area, set the "Returns with shipping processing" indicator.

This indicator causes a dialog box to appear that enables you to assign a customer number with a sales area. This customer is used as the goods recipient in the returns delivery.

Define and assign a partner determination procedure.

From the SAP IMG, choose :  Logistics Execution Shipping Basic Shipping Functions Partners Partner Control Define and Assign Partner Determination Procedures .

Select the Delivery field.

Choose  Goto Partner Determination Procedures .

Choose  Goto Procedure Assignment .

You can then, for example, assign the procedure LO to the delivery type RL .

Intercompany billing

The "GR-based inv. verif." indicator must not be set in the PO item or the purchasing info record.

For intercompany billing of a stock transfer, you must use the message variant "MM" and process code INVL (=Logistics Invoice Verification) in the partner profile.

Create internal customers and goods recipients.

To do this, from the SAP menu choose :  Logistics Sales and Distribution Master Data Business Partners Customer Create Sales and Distribution .

Create the internal customers.

Settings for stock transport orders

To do this, from the SAP IMG choose:  Materials Management Purchasing Purchase Order Set Up Stock Transport Order Plant

Enter the sales area for the supplying plant.

Assign the supplying plant to the sales organization and the distribution channel.

From the SAP IMG, choose :  Enterprise Structure Assignment Sales and Distribution Assign Sales Organization – Distribution Channel - Plant .

Assign the supplying plant to the sales organization and the distribution channel.

Define common distribution channels and divisions.

From the SAP Reference IMG, choose:  Sales and Distribution Master Data Define Common Distribution Channels and Define Common Divisions .

Define common distribution channels and divisions.

Make settings for determining the delivery type.

From the SAP IMG, choose :  Logistics Execution Shipping Deliveries Define Delivery Types .

The delivery type is copied from the default order type in the delivery. The IDoc tells the system the delivery type.

The shipping condition is copied from the default order type. If this is blank, then the shipping condition is read from the customer master record. If the indicator TVAK-INFLS(=Read customer material info record) is populated in the default order type, then the delivery priority and the partial delivery indicator are copied from the customer material info record. If the delivery priority and the partial delivery indicator are not populated in the customer material info record, then they are copied from the customer master record.

The delivery priority and the partial delivery indicator are taken from the customer material info record.

Transportation group and loading group.

Settings for shipping notifications

From the SAP menu choose :  Logistics Sales and Distribution Master Data Messages Shipping Create .

Create a condition record for the message type LAVA (GR) and LALE (AG).

Settings for billing-relevance

From the SAP IMG, choose :  Sales and Distribution Sales Sales Documents Sales Document Item Define Item Categories .

Select the stock transfer item category and make an entry in the Relevant for billing field.

Convert the item category during consignment deliveries.

Invoice IDoc for intercompany billing

Make the following settings in Materials Management for account determination in FI:

From the SAP Reference IMG, choose  Materials Management Valuation and Account Assignment Account Determination Account Determination without Wizard Configure Automatic Postings

Choose Cancel .

Choose Account Assignment .

Select the entry Offsetting entry for inventory posting and select  Edit Choose .

Enter the chart of accounts.

In the Account assignment area, create an entry that does not have a Valuation modification constant or a Valuation class .