Goods Receipt Posting via Inventory Management

A goods receipt which is triggered by a PI_PROD message is processed in the same way as a manual goods receipt in inventory management.

Please note the following when defining your process messages:

Order item:

If the order item is not specified in the message, the system will search for an order item matching the order and material numbers in the message as well as the operation or phase number if you are manufacturing co-products.

If there are several valid items matching the message data, the goods receipt is posted to the first one and a corresponding warning is written to the message log.

If a message for a co-product contains both the numbers of the phase and the superior operation and the material is assigned to both, the goods receipt is posted to the phase.

If no valid order item can be found using the message data, an error message is written to the message log and the message status is set to "destination error".

Batch number:

If batch management is not required for the material according to its master record, but a batch number has been specified in the message, this number is ignored.

If batch management is required for a material according to its master record, the system will search for a batch number first in the process message and then in the order item.

If the batch number has not been maintained there, an error message is written to the message log and the message status is set to "destination error".

If a batch with the specified number does not yet exist in the system, the batch is created when the goods receipt is posted.

Storage location:

If no storage location is specified in the process message, the material is posted to the default storage location maintained in the order item.

If this has not been maintained either, an error message is written to the message log and the message status is set to "destination error".

Stock type:

You can determine in the process message whether a goods receipt is posted to unrestricted stock, blocked stock, or inspection stock. If you do not specify a stock type in the message, the system uses the stock type defined in the process order header.

Delivery completion indicator:

If you do not set this indicator in the process message, it can be set automatically according to the logic defined in inventory management.

Fields without message characteristic:

When you manually post a goods receipt, you can fill in a number of fields for which there is no corresponding characteristic in the message category PI_PROD. These entries are not required in the goods receipt and you cannot fill these fields using a PI_PROD message. However, if a default value has been defined for one of them, for example, in the order item, the default value will be posted in the goods triggered by the process message.

Material document

When the goods receipt is posted, the system creates a corresponding material document. The number of this material document is written to the message log.

See also:

Goods Receipts for Orders in the MM Inventory Management (MM-IM) component.