Since a third-party order involves a movement from the vendor direct to the customer, Inventory Management is not in any way affected. If you wish to document the movement in the system, however, you can create a goods receipt for the third-party order.

You can only enter a goods receipt for a third-party order if the goods receipt indicator is set in the order item.

You enter a goods receipt for a third-party order in the same way as a standard goods receipt for a purchase order with account assignment.

The goods receipt has the same effect as a goods receipt for a purchase order with account assignment:

• No stock update is made, as the goods receipt is posted to consumption
• The value of the purchase order is posted to a GR/IR clearing account for the purposes of Invoice Verification.
• The goods receipt can be tracked in the PO history.