Stock Transfer
In a day-to-day activities Stock transfer is one activity.
Normally stocks are transferred between organizational units based on official communication of the concerned in charges
Stock Transfers are two types
- Intra Company Stock Transfer i.e Stock transfer within company code
- Inter-Company Stock Transfer i.e Stock Transfer between company codes
Intra Company Stock Transfer:
Again it is Two Types
- Storage Location-to-Storage Location
- Plant-to-Plant
1. Storage Location-to-Storage Location
Again these types of Stock transfers are two types
- One-Step Process
- Two-Step Process
a) One-Step Process
• Here a certain quantity of material will be requested officially by the in-charge of one storage location to the other storage location
• The following Drawing shows based on the request of Storage Loc. In-charge of S2, S1 in-charge is sending the material under One-Step Process
Steps:
• Use TCode: MB1B and Mvt = 311
• Enter Supplying Plant SPL1 and Supplying Storage. Location S1 in the initial screen.
• Enter the material no and quantity
• Press save
b) Two-Step Process
[This process is adopted in SAP because when transferring the stock from one storage location to another storage location there is a possibility of not receiving the quantity by receiving storage location because of different events like accident, theft may occur.]
In a single-step whether the receiving storage location receives physically the quantity or not it updates in-stock status. This can be avoided in the two-step process]
In the Two-step process there are two sub-steps:
- Remove from Str. Loc
- Placing into Str. Loc.
Remove from Str. Loc
• Use TCode: MB1B and Mvt = 313
• Enter Supplying Plant SPL1 and Supplying Storage. Location S1 in the initial screen.
• Enter the material no and quantity
• Press save
Placing into Str. Loc
• Use TCode: MB1B and Mvt = 315
• Enter Plant as SPL1 and Receiving Storage. Location as S2 in the initial screen.
• Enter the material no and quantity
• Press save
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2. Plant-to-Plant
Again these types of Stock transfers are two types
- One-Step Process
- Two-Step Process
a) One-Step Process
• Here a certain quantity of material will be requested officially by the in-charge of one storage location of one plant to the other storage location of other plants.
• The following Drawing shows based on the request of in-charge of Storage Loc. of S1 of Plant-1, sending to the material to the in-charge of S3 of Plant-2, under One-Step Process
Steps:
• Use TCode: MB1B and Mvt = 301
• Enter Supplying Plant SPL1 and Supplying Storage Location S1 on the initial screen.
• Enter Receiving Storage Loc2
• Enter the material no and quantity
• Press save
b) Two-Step Process (Plant-to-Plant)
[This process is adopted in SAP because when transferring the stock from one storage location of a plant to another storage location of other plants, there is a possibility of not receiving the quantity by receiving the storage location of other plants because of different events like accident, theft may occur.
In a single-step whether the receiving storage location receives physically the quantity or not it updates in-stock status. This can be avoided in the two-step process]
In the Two-step process there are two sub-steps:
- Remove from Str. Loc (Plant-to-Plant)
- Placing into Str. Loc. (Plant-to-Plant)
Remove from Str. Loc (Plant-to-Plant)
Steps:
• Use TCode: MB1B and Mvt = 303
• Enter Supplying Plant SPL1 and Supplying Storage. Location S1 in the initial screen.
• Enter Receiving Plant SPL2. Entering of Receiving Str. Loc is optional.
• Enter the material no and quantity
• Press save
Placing into Str. Loc. (Plant-to-Plant)
Steps:
- Use TCode: MB1B and Mvt = 305
- Enter Receiving Plant SPL2 and Receiving Storage. Location S2 in the initial screen.
- Enter the material no and quantity
- Press save
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