A stock transfer involving the R/3 system is treated as either of the following, depending on the procedure used and the warehouse numbers involved:

• Goods receipt or goods issue posting
• Posting change

A stock transfer that is executed with the two-step procedure is generally posted as a goods receipt or goods issue posting (see the figure below):

• Based on the stock removal (GI posting). a negative quant and a transfer requirement are automatically generated in Warehouse Management.
• Based on the stock placement (GR posting), a positive quant and a transfer requirement are automatically generated in Warehouse Management.

A stock transfer that is executed using the one-step procedure is treated as a GR/GI posting if different warehouse numbers are involved in the goods movement.

Two communication documents of the type LDK01 are created and transmitted for this movement.

The warehouse number in each communication document is determined from the plant/storage location issuing or receiving the goods.

A stock transfer with the single-step procedure is considered as a posting change if this movement takes place within a warehouse number. This is the case if two plants are linked to the same warehouse number.

For this type of movement, the system creates and transmits only one communication document of the type LDK02:

In the R/3 System, two quants are posted to the posting change interim storage area, and a posting change notice is also created.