Exploring the Cross-Plant Transfer Posting (1P7) Scenario

In the one-step procedure, you post the goods issue from the supplying plant and the goods receipt in the receiving plant in one transaction. In doing so, you generate a material document and an accounting document. The stock transfer is valuated at the valuation price of the material in the supplying plant.

This simplified procedure is suitable if the two plants are close to each other.

Using the one-step procedure, you can transfer stock quantities from any stock type in the issuing plant to any stock type in the receiving plant.

Watch the interactive demo to learn how to post a stock transfer in one step.

With the two-step procedure, you can only transfer material from the unrestricted-use stock of the issuing plant to the unrestricted-use stock of the receiving plant.

The two-step procedure consists of the following steps:

1. Remove from storage in the supplying plant

   The process begins with the removal of stock from the issuing plant. First, the required quantity is withdrawn from the unrestricted-use stock of a storage location in the issuing plant. This quantity is then transferred into the stock in transfer of the receiving plant. Although the goods are still in transit, the stock in transfer is already considered part of the valuated stock of the receiving plant. The stock removal is valuated at the material’s valuation price in the supplying plant. During this step, the system generates both a material document and a corresponding accounting document.

2. Place in storage in the receiving plant

   Once the goods arrive at the receiving plant and are placed into storage, the quantity is moved from stock in transfer to a storage location as unrestricted-use stock.

Watch the interactive demo to learn how to post a stock transfer in two steps.