Automatic Posting Changes from the WMS in Inventory Management

Use

You execute posting changes directly from the Warehouse Management system (WMS), without triggering the posting change in Inventory Management (MM-IM) first. The system executes the posting change automatically in Inventory Management , so that the material stock data is consistent in both systems.

Example Example

You execute a posting change from unrestricted-use stock to blocked stock because the cardboard boxes are damaged; or you execute a posting change from consignment stock to your company’s own stock, in order to be able to use the material for production.

End of the example.

Integration

The system executes all of the activities necessary for the posting change in the WMS and MM-IM.

Prerequisites

You have defined which posting changes should be triggered in the WMS and automatically in Inventory Management. You do this in the Customizing for Warehouse Management under Start of the navigation path Interfaces Next navigation step Inventory Management Next navigation step Define Posting Changes End of the navigation path .

Features

You trigger the posting change for the material in the WMS using the transaction Posting Change WM and IM . To do this, choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Logistics Execution Next navigation step Internal Whse Processes Next navigation step Posting Change Next navigation step Inventory Management Next navigation step Posing Change in WM and IM End of the navigation path .

During this procedure, the system always executes the posting change in the WMS and in MM-IM simultaneously. If errors should occur in one of the two systems, the system does not execute the posting change.

You can implement this posting change procedure for the following posting change activities:

  • Changes to the stock status between quality inspection stock, blocked stock, and unrestricted-use stock

  • Changes to the stock status between consignment stock and your company’s own restricted-use stock

  • Changes to the stock status between sales order stock and your company’s own stock

  • Changes to the stock status between project stock and your company’s own stock.

Note Note

You can only trigger posting changes for QM-managed material from Inventory Management (MM-IM). Only then do you process the corresponding posting change notice in the WMS. The system processes the inspection lot in order to execute the change to the status of the material stock.

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