Rough Goods Receipt Processing (SAP Library

Rough Goods Receipt Processing

Purpose

This business process allows you to carry out checks before you actually process the goods received and thus split the process of goods receipt:

When articles are delivered to a site, this process enables you to make preparations for physically checking the goods receipt, entering the goods in the system and making the posting. The aim to is split up the individual steps involved in processing a goods receipt, thus increasing efficiency. The following activities are carried out in this process:

You match up the delivery note with a purchase order or a shipping notification. This allows the delivery to be identified. This has the advantage that the items on the delivery note do not have to be entered manually but simply compared with existing system documents and the variances entered.
The documents necessary for the physical goods receipt check are printed in advance, thus enabling the goods to be checked immediately on unloading.

Process Flow

You enter the header data. This information includes the vendor, the site and the delivery date. You then determine the reference document for the rough goods receipt.

You select the items for which a rough goods receipt is to be entered. If the data differs from that contained in the reference document, this can be entered here.

You save the document, thus creating a rough goods receipt and triggering the message determination function so that the documents for the physical goods receipt check (count lists, for example) are printed.

Notes and Remarks

Before you can enter the rough goods receipt, this has to be allowed in the purchasing information record as a confirmation category (confirmation control).