Identifying Different Options for Executing a Stock Transfer

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to explain the different options for executing a stock transfer process

Overview of Stock Transfers

Introduction

Note

See the following video to learn more about an example of stock transfer processes:

A stock transfer process involves the physical movement of goods from one location (for example a plant) to another.

You can use different procedures to execute a stock transfer process for materials between two plants. Using Materials Management (Inventory Management) functionality in your system, you can execute such a stock transfer process simply by posting materials from the first to the second location. There are several variants of these postings available in the SAP S/4HANA system. These postings are often also simply called stock transfers and transfer postings (depending on what specific transfer you are executing).

Flowchart illustrating the processes for stock transfer of materials between plants. At the top, a yellow box labeled Stock transfer of a material from one plant to another plant connects to two main blue boxes: Via an MM stock transfer posting and Via a stock transport order. From Via an MM stock transfer posting, an arrow leads to a box labeled Without an outbound delivery, and the section is categorized under Materials Management. From Via a stock transport order, two arrows extend to boxes labeled With an outbound delivery and With an outbound delivery and an intercompany billing document. These boxes are grouped under Materials Management and Sales and Distribution/Logistics Execution, with labels Intra-company code and Cross-company code respectively.

Stock Transfers Using Postings in Inventory Management (IM)

Note

A characteristic of a storage location to storage location transfer posting for a certain material within one plant is that no accounting document is created.

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