Drawing of a Sample
Drawing a samples is a goods movement that has usually to do with quality inspection. Often, only a small subset of the total quantity in quality inspection stock is actually inspected. The result of this inspection is then used as a basis for the usage decision that determines further processing of the entire amount.
If you want to ensure that the quantity inspected is removed from stock, you can draw a sample. This type of sampling can be destructive, that is, you can no longer use the material after the inspection. In this case, then, sampling is the same as scrapping the material.
If the material is actually still usable after the inspection, you can post it back into stock (using a reversal posting).
You can draw a sample from the following types of stock:
Unrestricted-use stock
quality inspection stock
Blocked stock
To draw a sample, proceed as follows:
From the Inventory Management menu, select
Goods movement
Goods issue
.
Enter the data on the initial screen:
Enter the header data.
Select the movement type
Issue
To sampling
plus the desired stock type.
Enter the plant and storage location.
Maintain the data on the collective entry screen:
Enter the cost center to be debited. If the material is being inspected because it is an external delivery, you can enter the purchase order number and the item number to which the sample refers, for information purposes.
Enter the items.
Check the data on the overview screen and post the document.
The results of this posting are the same as the results of scrapping a material.
Caution
If inspection processing is active for a material, quality inspection of the material is carried out in the Quality Management system. Please note that issues from quality inspection stock are not carried out in the Inventory Management system but in the framework of inspection processing.