Valuated Stock in Transit

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Purpose

The purpose of this wiki is to briefly explain the concept of Valuated Stock in Transit in Inventory Management.

Overview

This document states the usage of Valuated Stock in Transit and an example case of setting up Intra-Company Code stock transfer.

What is Valuated Stock in Transit?

The functionality of Valuated Stock in Transit comes with activating the Business Function “LOG_MM_SIT” available from SAP Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0.
When using valuated Stock in transit for Inter-company code or Intra-company code stock transfer process, there is an accountability of the material quantity and value.The quantity and value of material is retained by the issuing plant from the time it leaves the issuing plant but has not yet reached the receiving plant.

Intra company Stock Transfer process:-

The below picture outlines and Intra-company Stock transfer process in three steps.

1. Transfer of Material from Unrestricted use of issuing plant to Issuing Plant Valuated Stock
2. Transfer of Material from Issuing Plant Valuated Stock to Receiving Plant Valuated Stock
3. Transfer of Material from Receiving Plant Valuated Stock to Unrestricted Stock of Receiving Plant

Master Data Required:-

1.Material master should be available in the two plants for which you are creating the Stock Transfer.Material exists in two plants ST11 and ST12

2.Customer Master should be maintained for the Sales Area and distribution in transaction XD01.Please set the “Relevant for POD” flag in Sales Area data under the Shipping tab.



3.Create Vendor Master and assign the Issuing Plant in the purchasing data for the vendor under the  menu path  Extras--> Additional Purchasing data.

 

Essential Customising :-

1.SPRO -> Materials ManagementàPurchasing   ->Purchase Order-> Set Up Stock Transport Order-> Define Shipping Data for Plants
Issuing Plant ST11

Receiving Plant ST12

2.Maintain PO type as NBC3
SPRO -> Materials Management -> Purchasing ->  Purchase Order -> Define Document Types
Copy NB document type to NBC3.Please note that for Intra-Company and Inter-Company SIT process you can use document type similar to NB,Document types similar to UB is not supported.
3.Maintain new delivery type NLI3
SPRO -> Logistics Execution -> Shipping -> Deliveries -> Define Delivery Types
Copy NL document type to NLI3
4.Assign new delivery type NLI3 to PO order type NBC3
SPRO -> Materials Management -> Purchasing -> Purchase Order -> Set up Stock Transport Order -> Assign Delivery Type and Checking Rule

5.Define new SD item category NLI3 used in delivery
SPRO -> Sales and Distribution -> Sales -> Sales Documents -> Document Item -> Define Item Categories
6.Define SD Item Category Determination in Deliveries
SPRO -> Logistics Execution -> Shipping -> Deliveries -> Define Delivery Types -> Define Item Category Determination in Deliveries.


 7.Define new SD Schedule Line Category in Delivery
SPRO -> Sales and Distribution -> Sales -> Sales Documents -> Schedule Lines ->Define Schedule Line Categories  

8.Assign the new SD Schedule Line Category to the new SD Item Category
SPRO -> Sales and Distribution -> Sales -> Sales Documents -> Schedule Lines -> Assign Schedule Line Categories.     

Executing one complete cycle for Intra Company Code stock Transfer:-

1.Go to transaction ME21N and create a Purchase order of Type NBC3  with the receiving plant ST12 and vendor created under section Master data.

2. Go to Transaction VL10B and create an Outbound Delivery for the Purchase Order created.  The delivery will be updated in the PO history.


3.Go to transaction VL02N do a picking and post Goods Issue. Movement Type is 68A.Material has moved from Unrestricted stock of plant ST11 to Valuated Stock in Transit of plant ST11.


4.Go to transaction VLPOD create Proof of Delivery Movement Type is 68E.In this case material has moved from Issuing plant stock in transit to Receiving plant stock in transit.



5.Go to Transaction MIGO and post a Goods receipt for the Outbound delivery on the receiving side. Movement type is 109.Material has moved from Valuated Stock in Transit of receiving plant to Unrestricted use of receiving plant.

MOVEMENT TYPES

Below illustrated is the snapshot of the all the movement types,Special Stocks and Stock Types used in Intra Company Transfer process.

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Related Documents

http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_05/helpdata/EN/ee/045184edf24e15928397fc12b6296e/frameset.htm
http://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_05/helpdata/EN/e9/858c53589749e997a12742570b6b91/frameset.htm 

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