Goods Receipt Entry (Store) (SAP Library

Goods Receipt Entry (Store)

Purpose

This business process allows you to enter all the data pertaining to goods received in a store from an external vendor or another site.

A store goods receipt can be entered in three ways:

Off-line

The goods receipt is entered in a store retailing system and then transferred at POS inbound processing to R/3.

On-line in store

In this case the store is linked via a terminal to R/3 in the head office and can create the goods receipt documents itself.

On-line in the head office

In this case the head office is informed of the goods receipt by telephone or fax without any computer assistance. The goods receipt is processed in the head office.

A distinction is made at goods receipt between the following transactions:

Goods receipt referencing an existing SAP purchase order (purchasing document)
Goods receipt referencing a purchase order generated at goods receipt
Goods receipt referencing a delivery or a shipping notification (sales document)
Goods receipt without reference

If a goods receipt is entered referencing an existing system document, the data from the reference document is suggested automatically by the system in the goods receipt document. This speeds up the time required to enter and check the goods receipt. If a goods receipt is entered without referencing a system document, the relevant delivery data is entered manually.

For further information about goods receipt processing, please refer to the Inbound information in the POS Interface section of the implementation guide (IMG).

Process Flow

When a delivery arrives in a store, you decide on how it is to be processed (on-line or off-line).

If the goods receipt is to be processed off-line, the goods receipt data is entered in the store (for example, using a handheld scanner) and transferred to SAP Retail at POS inbound processing.

If the goods receipt is to be processed on-line, the goods receipt is posted in a similar way to the goods receipt process with or without reference to an existing system document.