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 Stock Transfer Using a Stock Transport Order

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Stock Transfer Procedure Without a Stock Transport Order

In the stock transfer procedures described below, only Inventory Management (MM-IM) is involved.

The following table explains the characteristics of stock transfer procedures without a stock transport order:

From Plant to Plant

1 Step

From Plant to Plant

2 Steps

Movement type MM-IM

301: Transfer from plant to plant

Goods issue: 303 (Remove from storage to plant)

Goods receipt: 305 (Put away in plant)

Price

Valuation price (supplying plant)

Valuation price (supplying plant)

Planning using

Reservation

Stock after Goods issue

Stock in transfer

Delivery costs

Cross-company-code using

Company code clearing

Company code clearing

Stock Transfer Procedure with a Stock Transport Order

In the stock transfer procedures described below, the following applications may be involved: Purchasing (MM-PUR), Inventory Management (MM-IM), Shipping (LE-SHP), Invoice Verification (MM-IV), and Billing (SD-BIL).

The following table explains the characteristics of stock transfer procedures with a stock transport order:

Stock Transport Order Without Delivery

Stock Transport Order with Delivery

Stock Transport Order with Delivery and Billing Document

Order type MM-PUR

Order type UB

Item category U

Order type UB

Item category U

Order type NB

  • Item category BLANK (cross-company-code)

  • Item category U (intra-company-code without billing document)

Movement type MM-IM

GI: 351GR: 101

(One-step procedure not supported)

GI: 641(2 steps)

GI: 647(1 step)GR: 101

GI: 643(2 steps)

GI: 645(1 step)GR: 101

Delivery type in SD

NL

NLCC

Schedule line category in SD

NN

NC

Billing type in SD

IV

Document type MM-IV

RE

Price

Valuation price(supplying plant)

Valuation price(supplying plant)

Pricing in SD and MM

Planning using

Purchase order

Purchase order

Purchase order

Stock after Goods issue

Stock in transit

Stock in transit

(Stock in transit CC)

Delivery costs

yes

yes

yes

Cross-company-code using

Company code clearing

Company code clearing

Revenue account;GR/IR clearing

The document type (NB or UB) determines the posting logic – in other words, whether stock in transit is set up. The item category (U or BLANK) determines whether billing takes place.

Note Note

You can find an overview of all the movement types in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Inventory Management in the step Copy/Change Movement Types .

End of the note.
Advantages of the Stock Transport Order

The transfer of stock using a stock transport order has the following advantages over the transfer of stock without a stock transport order:

  • A goods receipt can be planned in the receiving plant.

  • You can enter a vendor (freight vendor) in the stock transport order.

  • Delivery costs can be entered in the stock transport order.

  • The stock transfer order is part of MRP: Purchase requisitions that were created in MRP can be converted into stock transport orders.

  • The system can run an availability check for the stock transfer.

See Availability Check for Stock Transport Orders

  • The goods issue (GI) can be entered using a delivery via Shipping ( LE-SHP ). For the goods issue in SD, a replenishment delivery is created.

    You can enter a goods issue for the stock transport order in either Inventory Management (MM-IM) or Shipping (LE-SHP).

See Posting a Goods Issue in Shipping and Posting a Goods Issue in Inventory Management

If you want to withdraw materials for stock transfers from different storage locations and stocks according to a particular strategy, you can use stock determination .

  • The goods receipt (GR) can be posted directly to consumption.

  • The entire process can be monitored via the purchase order history.