Exploring the Stock Transfer With Delivery (BME) Scenario

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to execute the process steps for the Stock Transfer With Delivery (BME) scenario.

Introduction

The Stock Transfer with Delivery (BME) scenario consists of the following main steps:

  1. Create Stock Transport Order (STO)

    The process begins in the receiving plant with the creation of a stock transport order using the order type StockTranspOrderDel (UD).

    The stock transport order can optionally be created with reference to a stock transport requisition, which may be automatically generated by MRP (Material Requirements Planning).

  2. Create Outbound Delivery

    Based on the STO, an outbound delivery is created in the supplying plant. This document controls the picking and shipping process.

  3. Pick and Pack the Goods and Post Goods Issue

    The image illustrates the two plants involved in the process and highlights the goods issue posting in the supplying plant.

    The goods are picked from the storage location in the supplying plant and, if necessary, packed for shipment.

    After these steps, the goods issue is posted for the outbound delivery from the unrestricted-use stock. At this point, the stock is removed from the supplying plant and recorded as stock in transit. Physically, the goods are then transported from the supplying plant to the receiving plant.

    Although the goods have not yet physically arrived, stock in transit is already considered part of the valuated stock of the receiving plant.

  4. Post Goods Receipt

    The image illustrates the two plants involved in the process and highlights the goods receipt in the receiving plant.

    The process is completed when the goods receipt for the stock transport order is posted at the receiving plant. At that point, the stock is moved from 'stock in transit' to a storage location.

    You can choose to post it to unrestricted-use stock, stock in quality inspection, or blocked stock, depending on the condition of the goods.

Stock Transfer with Stock Transport Order and Delivery

To illustrate the Stock Transfer with Stock Transport Order and Delivery scenario, this section includes a demonstration of the following use case:

  • A material shortage is identified in plant 1010. In response, the MRP controller manually initiates an MRP run for the affected material, which results in the creation of a standard purchase requisition.

  • Since external suppliers are unable to meet the requirement in time, the controller checks internal stock availability. The stock overview reveals that plant 1020 has sufficient inventory to cover the shortage.

  • To resolve the issue, the standard purchase requisition is converted into a stock transport requisition, which is then transformed into a stock transport order.

  • When the stock transport order reaches its scheduled shipment date, an outbound delivery is created in the supplying plant (1020), and the goods issue is posted.

    At this point, the stock is considered in transit and can be monitored accordingly.

  • Once the goods arrive at plant 1010, a goods receipt is posted, and the stock is added to the receiving plant’s inventory.

Watch the interactive demo to learn how to perform the different steps of the scenario.

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Note

If stock transport requisitions are to be generated automatically during the MRP run - because a material is always procured via stock transfer - you must maintain a corresponding Special Procurement Type for stock transfer in the material master record at the plant level.

This Special Procurement Type defines the supplying plant from which the stock transfer should occur. Since this setting depends on your specific organizational structure, it must be configured individually in your system environment.

Prediction of Delivery Date for a Stock Transport Order

The Stock Transfer with Delivery (BME) scenario provides an example of a simple intelligent scenario: The embedded intelligent predictive capabilities using machine learning make it possible to predict the delivery date for a stock transport order. This information allows you to assess, based on your company's experience, whether a goods receipt can be completed successfully and on time.

You enable this predictive functionality by training and activating a predictive analytics model using the MATERIAL_OVERDUE_SIT model template. Once the predictive model is active, the system calculates the predicted delivery date and inserts this date into the Forecast Delivery Date field in the results list of the Overdue Materials - Stock in Transit app.

If required, you can also display the Predicted Deviation field. To do so, you must select this field in the view settings for the results list of the Overdue Materials - Stock in Transit app. The Predicted Deviation field shows the difference between the planned and the predicted delivery date. The Predicted Deviation information gives you an idea of whether a goods receipt can be successfully completed on time.

The figure bellow shows a screenshot of the Overdue Materials - Stock in Transit app. You can see the Forecast Delivery Date and Predicted Deviation fields. The shipping duration is displayed as a graph showing both the forecast delivery duration and the actual number of days in transit.

The figure shows a screenshot of the Overdue Materials - Stock in Transit application. You can see the Forecast Delivery Date and Predicted Deviation fields. The shipping duration is displayed as a graph showing both the forecast delivery duration and the actual number of days in transit.

This intelligent scenario can be deployed in minutes with no additional configuration.

In the following interactive demo, learn how to create, train and activate a predictive model version using the MATERIAL_OVERDUE_SIT model template.

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