The process consists of the following subareas:
Evaluating and reacting to the planned workload in a goods receipt
For example, you schedule more doors for inbound deliveries based on the planned workload in a goods receipt for the next day.
Preparing the goods receipt
To do so, you can use functions suited to the tasks of the goods receipt office, such as for arriving at the checkpoint or assigning doors.
The process supports Goods Receipt Posting from External Procurement as well as Goods Receipt Posting from Production .
Performing the physical goods receipt
Optimized goods receipt supports you in the following ways:
Performing the goods receipt as quickly as possible so doors become available again for the next commercial truck
Checking incoming products as quickly as possible based on data from the associated purchase order, if no shipping notification is available
Checking inbound deliveries as quickly as possible when they only deliver a few purchase order items for a large number of purchase orders
The process enables you to check existing inbound deliveries in Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), or create new inbound deliveries in EWM from expected goods receipts. In this way, you can begin a goods receipt and perform it in an optimal way when you do not have a shipment notification or an associated inbound delivery in SAP ERP. You check or create inbound deliveries based on the papers brought by the driver, and assign transportation units to the inbound deliveries.
You periodically import expected goods receipts from SAP ERP using the report /SPE/INB_EGR_CREATE, or request expected goods receipts using the report /SCWM/ERP_DLV_DELETE.
Note
Of the process steps mentioned in the following process description, only performing the step for unloading and the physical goods receipt is mandatory. All other process steps are optional steps in an optimized goods receipt.
If you want to get an overview of the planned workload in a goods receipt, you can display and evaluate the
Goods Receipt Workload
for expected goods receipts.EWM shows you a results list based on your selection criteria, such as a list of inbound deliveries due the next day.On the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
The commercial truck drives into the yard.
The truck arrives at the checkpoint, and the driver brings the bill of lading and the other shipping documents.
You register the vehicle and the transportation units (see Arrival at/Departure from Checkpoint and Creating Vehicles and Transportation Units ).
The driver leaves the checkpoint and waits in the yard. To move transportation units in the yard (see Yard Movement ), you can use Yard Management .
You prepare the goods receipt.On the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
or
GR Preparation - Production
(see
Preparing the Goods Receipt
).
The driver drives to the door.
You unload the commercial truck and perform the physical goods receipt.On the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
(see
Performing the Physical Goods Receipt
).
The driver leaves the yard and you release the door.On the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
You have performed an optimized goods receipt.