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Process documentationStore Return with Outbound and Inbound Delivery

 

You can use this process to handle the physical transport of materials between locations using an outbound delivery in the issuing plant and an inbound delivery in the receiving plant. The system creates the inbound delivery automatically when you post the goods issue for the outbound delivery.

The stock transfer procedure with outbound and inbound delivery is an alternative to the standard procedure for processing returns stock transfers. In the standard procedure, you post a negative goods receipt for the returns stock transport order in the issuing plant and then a goods receipt in the receiving plant as part of outbound delivery processing.

Prerequisites

  • You have made all the settings for the stock transfer procedure with outbound and inbound delivery.

    You do this in Customizing for Purchasing by choosing Start of the navigation path Purchase Order Next navigation step Returns Order Next navigation step Settings for Store Returns with Out- and Inbound Deliveries End of the navigation path.

  • You have activated the stock transfer procedure with outbound and inbound delivery for the relevant purchase order types.

    You do this in Customizing for Purchasing by choosing Start of the navigation path Purchase Order Next navigation step Define Document Types End of the navigation path.

    Note Note

    If you activate Advanced Returns Management for a purchase order type, you must also activate store returns with outbound and inbound deliveries. However, you can activate store returns with outbound and inbound deliveries for a purchasing document type independently of Advanced Returns Management.

    End of the note.

  • You have created a returns stock transport order to trigger a store return between two locations.

Process

  1. You create an outbound delivery for the returns stock transport order.

  2. You post the goods issue for the outbound delivery.

    The system then automatically creates an inbound delivery in the receiving plant. You can change this document, if necessary.

  3. You post the goods receipt in the receiving plant with the goods receipt function in the automatically-created inbound delivery.

    In Customizing, you can specify the storage location and the stock type for the returns stock in the receiving plant.