stock Transfer Procedure Without a Stock Transport Order

In the stock transfer procedures described below, only Inventory Management (MM-IM) is involved.

The following table explains the characteristics of stock transfer procedures without a stock transport order:

	From Plant to Plant 1 Step	From Plant to Plant 2 Steps
Movement type MM-IM	301: Transfer from plant to plant	Goods issue: 303 (Remove from storage to plant) Goods receipt: 305 (Put away in plant)
Price	Valuation price (supplying plant)	Valuation price (supplying plant)
Planning using	Reservation	‑
Stock after Goods issue	‑	Stock in transfer
Delivery costs	‑	‑
Cross-company-code using	Company code clearing	Company code clearing

Stock Transfer Procedure with a Stock Transport Order

In the stock transfer procedures described below, the following applications may be involved: Purchasing (MM-PUR), Inventory Management (MM-IM), Shipping (LE-SHP), Invoice Verification (MM-IV), and Billing (SD-BIL).

The following table explains the characteristics of stock transfer procedures with a stock transport order:

	Stock Transport Order Without Delivery	Stock Transport Order with Delivery	Stock Transport Order with Delivery and Billing Document
Order type MM-PUR	Order type UB Item category U	Order type UB Item category U	Order type NB Item category BLANK (cross-company-code) Item category U (intra-company-code without billing document)
Movement type MM-IM	GI: 351GR: 101 (One-step procedure not supported)	GI: 641(2 steps) GI: 647(1 step)GR: 101	GI: 643(2 steps) GI: 645(1 step)GR: 101
Delivery type in SD	‑	NL	NLCC
Schedule line category in SD	‑	NN	NC
Billing type in SD	‑	‑	IV
Document type MM-IV	‑	‑	RE
Price	Valuation price(supplying plant)	Valuation price(supplying plant)	Pricing in SD and MM
Planning using	Purchase order	Purchase order	Purchase order
Stock after Goods issue	Stock in transit	Stock in transit	(Stock in transit CC)
Delivery costs	yes	yes	yes
Cross-company-code using	Company code clearing	Company code clearing	Revenue account;GR/IR clearing

The document type (NB or UB) determines the posting logic – in other words, whether stock in transit is set up. The item category (U or BLANK) determines whether billing takes place.

Stock Transfer Between Plants in One Step

Use

This stock transfer can only be carried out in Inventory Management. Neither Sales in the issuing plant norPurchasing in the receiving plant is involved in the process.

Transferring stock in one step has the following characteristics:

The stock transfer is entered as a transfer posting in Inventory Management.
The transfer posting can be planned by creating a reservation.
The quantity of the stock transferred is posted immediately from the unrestricted-use stock of the issuing plant to the unrestricted-use stock of the receiving plant
The transfer posting is valuated at the valuation price of the material in the issuing plant.
If the plants involved belong to different company codes, the transfer between plants is also a transfer between company codes. In this case, the system creates two accounting documents for the transfer posting. The stock posting is offset against a company code clearing account.

Stock Transport Order with Delivery and Billing Document/Invoice (Cross-Company-Code)

A stock transfer between plants that belong to different company codes can be carried out in the one-step procedure and the two-step procedure.

The stock transfer is not posted at the valuation price of the material in the issuing plant. The price of the stock transfer is defined in both the issuing and receiving plants using conditions.

The following applications are involved:

Purchasing (MM-PUR) in entering the order

Shipping (LE-SHP) in making the delivery from the issuing plant

Billing (SD-BIL) in creating the billing document for the delivery

Inventory Management (MM-IM) at goods receipt in the receiving plant

Invoice Verification (MM-IV) at invoice receipt in the receiving plant

This stock transport order has the following characteristics:

The quantity issued is managed neither in the issuing plant nor in the receiving plant. The quantity is not posted to the unrestricted-use stock of the receiving plant until the goods receipt posting. After the goods issue has been posted, the stock overview displays the quantity transferred as Stock in transit (CC) . This stock is determined dynamically for stock display.

With this transfer posting, pricing is carried out in both Purchasing and Sales and Distribution (SD).

In Purchasing, the price of the material in question is determined in the usual manner (from the info record, for example).

Stock Transport Order Without Delivery

Purpose

This stock transfer involves not only Inventory Management but also Purchasing in the receiving plant. The goods issue posting in Inventory Management is carried out without the involvement of Sales (SD).

A stock transport order without delivery is possible only in a two-step procedure.

This stock transfer has the following characteristics:

The quantity posted from stock is first of all managed as stock in transit of the receiving plant. The quantity is first posted to the unrestricted-use stock of the receiving plant in the goods receipt posting.

This enables the quantity "on the way" to be checked.
You can enter delivery costs in the stock transport order.
The transfer posting is valuated at the valuation price of the material in the issuing plant.
If the plants involved belong to different company codes, the transfer between plants is also a transfer between company codes. In this case, the system creates two accounting documents when the goods issue is posted. The stock posting is offset against a company code clearing account.

Process Flow

Stock transport order in the receiving plant

The receiving plant enters a stock transport order with order type Stock Transport Order, item category U(Stock transfer). The stock transport order is used to plan the movement.

From the menu, choose Purchasing Purchase Order Create Vendor/Supplying Plant Known.

See Stock Transfer in Purchasing
A goods issue in the issuing plant

The issuing plant posts the goods issue to the stock transport order.

The material is posted to transit stock of the receiving plant with movement type 351. (See Displaying Stock in Transit )

In the issuing plant, the stock is carried in the stock overview with stock type Release Stock Transport Order.

From the menu, choose Inventory Management Goods Movement Transfer Posting.

See Posting a Goods Issue in Inventory Management
A goods receipt in the receiving plant

Once the material arrives in the receiving plant, the plant posts the goods receipt. The material is posted from stock in transit to unrestricted-use stock.

The goods receipt is entered with reference to the purchase order.

In the menu, choose Inventory Management Goods Movement Goods Receipt For Purchase Order .