Stock Transfer Using Stock Transport Order in SAP

The number of procedures are available to enable us to transfer materials from one plant to another:

Advantages of the Stock Transport Order

The transfer of stock using a stock transport order has the following advantages over the transfer of stock without a stock transport order:

Ø  A goods receipt can be planned in the receiving plant.

Ø  We can enter a vendor (transport vendor) in the stock transport order.

Ø  Delivery costs can be entered in the stock transport order.

Ø  The stock transfer order is part of MRP: Purchase requisitions that were created in MRP can be converted into stock transport orders.

Ø  The goods issue can be entered using a delivery via Shipping

Ø  The goods receipt can be posted directly to consumption.

Ø  The entire process can be monitored via the purchase order history.

Ø  Simplified Inter-Company or Inter-Plant Transfers: STOs streamline the movement of goods between different plants within the same company or even across company codes. This is much smoother than handling external purchase orders.

Ø  Reduced Paperwork and Manual Processes: STOs automate many steps involved in transfers, reducing manual data entry and potential for errors.

Ø  Automatic Updating of Stock: When an STO is processed, the system automatically updates stock levels in both the sending and receiving locations. This real-time visibility is essential for accurate inventory management.

Ø  Improved Material Planning: STOs help with better material requirements planning (MRP). The system can recognize pending STOs and factor them into future material needs.

Ø  Trackable Movement of Goods: STOs provide a clear audit trail of the entire transfer process, allowing you to track the movement of goods at each stage.

Characteristics of the Various Stock Transfer Procedures

The following table lists the characteristics of the individual procedures used for stock transfer.

	Plant to plant 1 step	Plant to plant 2 steps	St. trnsp. ord. w/o SD	St. trnsp. ord. with SD	St. trnsp. ord. with billing
Order type MM-PUR	-	-	UB	UB	NB
Movement type MM-IM	Transfer postg. using 301	GI: 303 GR: 305	GI: 351 GR: 101	GI: 641 GR: 101	GI: 643 GR: 101
Delivery type SD	-	-	-	NL	NLCC
Billing type SD	-	-	-	-	IV
Doc. type MM-IV	-	-	-	-	RE
Price	Valuation price	Valuation price	Valuation price	Valuation price	Pricing in SD and MM
Planning via...	Reservation	-	Purchase order	Purchase order	Purchase order
Stock after GI	-	Stock in transfer	Stock in Transit	Stock in Transit	(Stock in transit CC)
Delivery costs	-	-	yes	yes	yes
Cross-company-code via...	Company code clearing	Company code clearing	Company code clearing	Company code clearing	Revenue account; GR/IR clearing