Processing Consignment and Pipeline Withdrawals (SAP Library - Logistics Invoice Verification (MM-IV-LIV))

Processing Consignment and Pipeline Withdrawals

Use

You can process withdrawals and return deliveries for consignment and pipeline stocks by:

Displaying these withdrawals
Settling these withdrawals

Prerequisites

Function	Setting in the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Logistics Invoice Verification
You want to send a form to your vendor when you post the consignment and pipeline settlement.	Message Determination

Define a valid tax code in the info record for the consignment material.

Procedure

To process consignment and pipeline withdrawals, choose Logistics Invoice Verification ® Automatic Settlement ® Consignment and Pipeline Settlement.

The selection screen Settle Consignment/Pipeline Withdrawals appears.

Narrow down the selection by:

Company code
Vendor
Plant
Material
Document date
Posting date
Material document

In the Selection frame, select the withdrawals that you want to take into account during processing.

Only consignment materials
Only pipeline materials
Consignment and pipeline materials

In the Processing frame, you can select whether you want to process withdrawals or return deliveries:

Function

Procedure

Result

Display

In the Display options frame, you specify which withdrawals you want to display:

Withdrawals not settled
Settled withdrawals: You can also restrict settled withdrawals to certain invoice documents.

Choose Execute.

A list of the withdrawals appears and, if you have selected settled withdrawals, the associated invoices.

To process the list, use the general application functions of the SAP List Viewers (ALV): Classic.

Settle

Choose Execute.

The system creates an invoice document for each company code, for each vendor, for each currency in accordance with your selection.

A list appears of the withdrawals settled as a result of this. To process the list, use the general application functions of the SAP List Viewers (ALV): Classic.

At the same time, the system creates a message record. This allows you to send a consignment statement to the vendor by fax or print out a notification for the vendor.

Caution

Fundamental changes were made to the settlement of consignment and pipeline withdrawals in Release 4.0. As a result of this, you cannot use the procedure described above to settle withdrawals that were posted in an earlier release. These must already have been settled in the appropriate earlier releases.