Inventory Management: Transactions (SAP Library

Inventory Management: Transactions

Use

This section describes the various transactions and events that take place in Inventory Management. These are the same, independent of whether you use Warehouse Management. If you use Warehouse Management, however, stock placement/removal transactions are also necessary.

Features

Goods Receipt

One of the main tasks of Inventory Management involves entering goods receipts. The system recognizes the following kinds of goods receipt:

Goods receipts for a purchase order
Goods receipts without reference to another document in the system (for example, returnable transport packaging)
Return of goods to vendor

For further information, see Goods Receipts.

Transfer Postings and Stock Transfers

A transfer posting is a goods movement that involves a change in the status of stock but not necessarily a change in the physical location of the stock. A transfer posting is made when:

Stock is released from quality inspection
Consignment stock is transferred to your own stock
An article number is changed (for example, when an article to be discontinued is to be changed to a value-only article)

When stock is transferred from one storage location to another, the system makes the following distinctions: The following levels are possible:

Stock transfer between two storage locations of a site
Stock transfer between two sites of the same company code
Stock transfer between two sites of different company codes

Depending on the stock transfer involved, a number of different methods are used:

Stock transfer in one step in Inventory Management
Stock transfer in two steps in Inventory Management
Stock transfer using a stock transport order within the same company code
Stock transfer using a stock transport order between two different company codes.

For further information, see MM - Inventory Management Transfer Postings and Stock Transfers.

With stock transfers across two company codes, you can define a handling markup that enables you to include handling costs (such as picking costs) in the valuation of the merchandise. For further information, see Handling Markups.

Goods Issue

Typical examples of goods issues are:

Goods issues for own use
Postings out of stock due to breakage or spoilage
Goods issues at the POS
Goods issues for a store delivery

For further information, see Logistics Execution.

Physical inventory

A physical inventory must be carried out once every fiscal year. To support this, a number of functions enable you to:

Create physical inventory documents
Enter count results
Post physical inventory differences from the books

For further information, see Physical Inventory.