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You use returns stock transfers with valuated stock in transit to pinpoint the exact time of the transfer of title. The transfer of title depends on the delivery type. The system determines the delivery type from the document type and the originally issuing plant in the purchase order. The system finds the item categories, and thereby the corresponding schedule line categories, using Customizing for item category determination in the delivery. The process is controlled by the movement types that are assigned to the respective schedule line categories.

For more information, see Movement Types for Valuated Stock in Transit

Note Note

For cross-company-code orders for returns stock transfers, the system uses the same document types as for cross-company and intra-company code orders for normal stock transfers. For intra-company-code returns processes, separate document types are used, for Customizing reasons.

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Prerequisites

For more information, see Prerequisites: Processes with Valuated Stock in Transit.

Process

Start (Creating the Purchase Order with Returns Items, and the Outbound Delivery)

  1. Transaction ME21N (Create Purchase Order)

    You start the process by creating a purchase order in which at least one item is flagged as a return. This returns purchase order is created using a document type defined by you, which is assigned to a corresponding standard delivery type. The vendor's delivery address determines whether the process is intra-company-code or cross-company-code:

    • Transfer of title at goods receipt

      For returns stock transfers from the valuated stock in transit of the originally receiving plant to the unrestricted-use stock of the originally issuing plant, the assignments are as follows:

      • Cross-company-code: Document type NBCR to delivery type NCRR

      • Intra-company-code: Document type NBRR to delivery type NLRR

    • Transfer of title at goods issue

      For returns stock transfers from the unrestricted-use stock of the originally receiving plant to the valuated stock in transit of the originally issuing plant, the assignments are as follows:

      • Cross-company-code: Document type NBC2 to delivery type NCR2

      • Intra-company-code: Document type NBR2 to delivery type NLR2

    • Transfer of title during transit

      For returns stock transfers from the valuated stock in transit of the originally receiving plant via the valuated stock in transit of the originally issuing plant to the unrestricted-use stock of the originally issuing plant, the assignments are as follows:

      • Cross-company-code: Document type NBC3 to delivery type NCR3

      • Intra-company-code: Document type NBR3 to delivery type NLR3

    Note Note

    In the vendor master record you must have assigned a plant to the vendor entered in the purchase order (transaction MK02 (Change Vendor),   Purchasing Data view,   Extras   Additional Purchasing Data  ). The plant in question is the supplying plant.

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  2. Transaction VL10B (Purchase Order, Fast Display)

    In collective processing for purchase orders due for shipment, create the outbound delivery for each returns order item in the returns purchase order.

    You can also set up this program to run periodically.

Returns Stock Transfer with Transfer of Title at Goods Receipt

  1. Transaction MIGO (Goods Receipt)

    To start the returns stock transfer for processes with document type NBCR or NBRR in transaction MIGO (Goods Receipt), post the goods receipt for the normal outbound delivery with movement type 109 (Goods Receipt from Valuated Goods Receipt Blocked Stock). If a return outbound delivery exists, the system automatically finds movement type 169 (Goods Receipt, Return to Valuated Goods Receipt Blocked Stock).

  2. Transaction VL02N

    You post the material from the valuated stock in transit of the originally receiving plant to the unrestricted-use stock of the originally issuing plant.

    The transfer of title has therefore taken place at goods receipt, and the returns stock transfer is complete.

Returns Stock Transfer with Transfer of Title at Goods Issue

  1. Transaction VLPOD (Proof of Delivery - Change Outbound Delivery)

    For processes with movement type NBC2 or NBR2, the selection field for specifying the issuing valuated stock in transit, on the POD Overview tab, contains the value 2, meaning that the source is the unrestricted-use stock of the originally receiving plant.

    Note Note

    If you enter the value 1 in the selection field, you change the process into a returns stock transfer with transfer of title during transit. When doing this, you must guarantee that the material is located in the redefined source (the valuated stock in transit of the originally receiving plant).

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    When you confirm proof of delivery on the POD Overview tab, you post the material from the unrestricted-use stock of the originally receiving plant into the valuated stock in transit of the originally issuing plant.

    The transfer of title has therefore taken place at goods issue.

  2. Transaction VL02N

    You post the material from the valuated stock in transit of the originally issuing plant to the unrestricted-use stock of the originally issuing plant.

    The returns stock transfer is thereby complete.

Returns Stock Transfer with Transfer of Title During Transit

  1. Transaction MIGO (Goods Receipt)

    To start the returns stock transfer for processes with document type NBC3 or NBR3 in transaction MIGO (Goods Receipt), post the goods receipt for the normal outbound delivery with movement type 109 (Goods Receipt from Valuated Goods Receipt Blocked Stock). If a return outbound delivery exists, the system automatically finds movement type 169 (Goods Receipt, Return to Valuated Goods Receipt Blocked Stock).

  2. Transaction VLPOD

    On the POD Overview tab, the selection field for specifying the issuing valuated stock in transit contains the value 1, meaning that the source is specified as the valuated stock in transit of the originally receiving plant.

    Note Note

    You can change the process into a returns stock transfer with transfer of title at goods issue by entering the value 2 in the selection field. When doing this, you must guarantee that the material is located in the redefined source (the unrestricted-use stock of the originally receiving plant).

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    When you confirm proof of delivery on the POD Overview tab, you post the material from the valuated stock in transit of the originally receiving plant into the valuated stock in transit of the originally issuing plant.

    The transfer of title has thereby taken place during transit.

  3. Transaction VL02N

    You post the material from the valuated stock in transit of the originally issuing plant to the unrestricted-use stock of the originally issuing plant.

    The returns stock transfer is thereby complete.

Reversal

The movement type for a reversal is typically [movement type + 1] or [movement type + <next letter in the alphabet>]. The transaction with which you post the reversal depends on the transaction that corresponds to the actual movement type:

  • Postings in transaction VL02N (Change Outbound Delivery) are reversed in transaction VL09 (Reverse Goods Movement).

  • Postings in transaction VLPOD (Proof of Delivery - Change Outbound Delivery) are reversed in the same transaction: VLPOD.

  • Postings in transaction MIGO (Goods Receipt) are reversed in the same transaction: MIGO (Reversal for Material Document).

Result

After a successful goods transfer you can proceed with invoicing as usual.

You can track the quantity and value of the material throughout the process:

  • Transaction MMBE (Stock Overview)

    The system displays issuing valuated and receiving valuated stock in transit by company code and plant (also with reference to a sales order or project).

  • Transaction MM03 (Material Display, Accounting View 1)

    You can display the total stock and stock value by plant.

  • Transaction MB5T (Display Stock in Transit)

    You can display the stock difference between material quantities that were received and sent.

  • Transaction MB5SIT (Display Stock in Transit)

    The system displays the delivery document flow and purchase order history for processes with valuated stock in transit. The display contains the respective issuing valuated stock in transit.