Transfer Postings From Material to Material
If a material changes over time in such a way that it no longer corresponds to the features defined in the material master record, but to the features of a different material number, you have to carry out a transfer posting from material to material. This is often the case in the chemical and pharmaceuticals industry, for example.
Such a transfer posting is always carried out in one step and without advance planning. The posting can only be carried out from the unrestricted-use stock of the issuing material into the unrestricted-use stock of the receiving material.
Prerequisites
A material master record must already exist for the receiving material.
Both materials must be kept in the same base unit of measure. The basis for all conversions on posting is always the base unit of measure: the unit of entry in the material document is irrelevant.
Procedure
Choose
Goods Movement
Transfer Posting
.
Enter the data on the initial screen:
Enter the header data.
Select the movement type
Transfer Posting
Material to Material
.
Maintain the data on the collective entry screen:
Enter the number of the receiving material. Enter a plant and a storage location only if you simultaneously want to post the stock to another plant or storage location. If the receiving material is handled in batches, the system prompts you to enter a batch.
Enter the items. For each item, you can still change the plant and the issuing storage location.
Check the data on the overview screen and post the document.
Result
A transfer posting from material to material results in the transferred quantity being managed under another material number.
The transferred quantity is deducted from unrestricted-use stock of the issuing material and posted into unrestricted-use stock of the receiving material.
For every item you enter, two material document items are created:
An item for the issuing material
An item for the receiving material
Parallel to the material document, an accounting document is created. The issuing material master record determines the value of the transfer posting.