Posting Changes in a Decentralized Warehouse 

Purpose

A posting change generally refers to a bookkeeping change - a change in information - about a particular material. For most posting changes, such as changing a batch number or releasing blocked stock, the goods themselves remain in the same physical location.

You process posting changes in Inventory Management (IM) and Warehouse Management (WM) to change the status of a material in the warehouse.

You cannot carry out certain posting changes, for example, if the vendor data is not known. For example, you can convert materials from consignment stock to unrestricted-use stock, but not from own stock to consignment stock.

Process Flow

  1. You can also initiate transfer postings in the central system, in which case the stock change will be compared with the stock in the decentralized system and adjusted, if necessary.
  2. If you use inventory management to make posting changes in the central system, the system first generates a delivery.
  3. This delivery is technically a request for the decentralized system to make a transfer posting for the stock involved. The central system does not create material documents or make any changes in stock at this point.
  4. The delivery is transmitted to the decentralized system and, as of this point, can only be changed there. You can make settings in the decentralized system so that the system automatically creates a transfer order that corresponds to this delivery that does not require confirmation. You can also set the system to make the appropriate transfer posting in the WM stock automatically at the end of the process.
  5. The transfer posting in the decentralized system simultaneously verifies the appropriate quantities to the central system.
  6. When the central system receives this verification, it automatically makes the stock change and creates a material document. You can display the material document in the delivery’s document flow.