When you post a goods receipt for a purchase order containing SLS sub-items, the sub-items are included. When you enter a goods receipt, the system proposes the main item in the collective purchase order and the open quantity.

If the quantity actually delivered differs from the quantity in the purchase order (or inbound delivery or rough goods receipt), a screen is displayed in which you have to change the quantity at sub-item level. In this case, the vendor has to tell you the sub-item in which the difference occurs. When you make the correction, the system updates PO history records for the sub-items you corrected. The sub-items are not relevant for Inventory Management.

• For SLS sub-items to be generated at goods receipt, the control table for the Goods Movement application has to be maintained in the SLS profile (in Customizing for Merchandise Distribution). You have to assign a follow-up action appropriate for the SLS to the relevant movement types (for example, 101 in the case of a goods movement for a purchase order).

• In the case of pre-packed goods, it is advisable to have the system automatically adjust the distribution data at goods receipt in line with the quantity of goods that was actually delivered. To do so, you have to configure the profile for Merchandise Distribution in Customizing for Merchandise Distribution.