Allowing Negative Stock

Use

Warehouse Management (WM) manages negative stock in interim storage areas. If movements occur that require the use of interim storage areas, the stock balance between Inventory Management (IM) and WM must remain constant. This is made possible by posting negative stock.

The system posts negative stock when a goods receipt is posted in IM before the goods receipt posting, for example.

Procedure

You can define whether you want to allow negative stock by making the relevant settings for each storage type in Customizing.

  1. To do this, choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Execution Next navigation step Warehouse Management Next navigation step Interfaces Next navigation step Inventory Management Next navigation step Allow Negative Stocks in Interim Storage Types Next navigation step Allow negative stock for each storage type End of the navigation path in the Implementation Guide (IMG).

  2. When the allow negative stock indicator is set, the system lets you post negative quants to the corresponding storage type.

Additionally, you can define whether you want the system to issue an error message (E) or a warning message (W) or no message (blank) when posting negative stock. You can make the relevant setting in the activity Control of System Messages in Warehouse Management. You can determine the notification type using the parameter MSV in the user master record.

  1. To do this, choose Start of the navigation path System Next navigation step User profile Next navigation step Own Next navigation step data. End of the navigation path

  2. Then select the tab page Parameters.

  3. Enter MSV in the Parameters field and enter the value with which you want to group certain users in the value field (for example 01).

  4. Choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Execution Next navigation step Warehouse Management Next navigation step Interfaces Next navigation step Inventory Management Next navigation step Allow Negative Stocks in Interim Storage Types Next navigation step Control of System Messages in Warehouse Management End of the navigation path in the Implementation Guide (IMG).

  5. Create a new entry with the version number (Value) you have chosen and enter the desired system reaction in the Message Category field (E, W, or blank).

  • Version = Parameter MSV from the user master

  • Application area = L9

  • Message No. = 040

  • Message Category = E, W, or blank

If the parameter MSV is not maintained in the user master, the system uses version 00.