Stock Transfer Order from 1 to Multiple Plants

[samchunhang]

Dear Experts,

We got a case to perform the Stock Transfer from 1 plant to multiple by only 1 PO. I would like to seek for your advice on this. I understand that there is validation on PO between plant against purchasing org, so I thought to assign the plants into the same purchasing org. But it comes with another concern to handle the access restriction. Is there any other solution SAP can support on this?

Thank you in advanced!

[Dennis_Suck85]

Hi Sam, 

There could be various reasons for this:

1) Check if you have the appropriate permissions for the other plants as well.

2) It may still be the case that the storage location or availability dates are not released for the transfer in the material master on the plant view.

3) It could be that the plant is recorded in the system as "inactive" for certain movement types.

4) The supplier or business partner relationship (if relevant) could exclude the plant as a target. You could check again if there are any restrictions.

5) Check if the storage location from which the transfer is to be initiated is correctly assigned and released for the relevant plants.

Best regards 

Dennis 

[Dennis_Suck85]

Hi Sam,

I'm sorry for the late answer. 

I've created an example for you.

First you go back to the Fiori app“Transfer Stock  - In-Plant“

There, you search for your material and your original plant. For example, material IF11 and plant 1010. In this plant, we have 40,000 pieces of unrestricted-use inventory.

Highlight the line and go to Stock Single Material.

Mark the targets again and go to Transfer Stock- Cross-Plant

Then again on Transfer Stock – Cros-Planet

There you select the corresponding plant of origin and then the plant that is to receive the goods.

The following mask opens. 

You can now add the quantity or, if necessary, the storage location. Post 

Here we see that we have rebooked the 30,000 PCs at Plant 1010 to 1710

Make sure beforehand that all master data is maintained in the plants.

Best Reagrds 

Dennis 

[samchunhang]

Hi Dennis,

Thank you for your detailed explanation!

I believe this is exactly what we are looking for. I tried to follow your steps, but I couldn't proceed with step 5.

As you can see above, I am not able to transfer to stock to another plant after the step labeled as "1". The "Download" icon was disabled for other plant. 

This material master has extended to all the plant and it has no issue when performing intercompany STO via 5HP. May I know is there anything I am missing?

Thank you!

Best regards,
Sam

[Dennis_Suck85]

Hello, 

The standard functionality of SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition does not provide for the creation of a single purchase order that relates to multiple plants. The order items are each assigned to a plant and the goods receipt takes place in this plant accordingly. A central purchase order for several plants is therefore not directly possible.

Alternative solutions:

1. central purchase order with subsequent stock transfer:
One option is to create a purchase order for the central plant and then transfer the goods to the other plants. This can be done using the "Transfer - In-Plant" function. Please note, however, that this requires additional posting steps and the stocks in the individual plants must be managed correctly.

2. use of purchase requisitions:
Another option is to create purchase requisitions for each plant, which are then converted into separate purchase orders. This enables decentralized ordering, where each plant manages its own purchase orders.

Best regards 

Dennis 

[samchunhang]

Hi Dennis,

Thanks for your advice!

I am interested on the first option. But when I try it out on the system, it seems only available to transfer the stock between the storage location of a same plant. Is there any way I can transfer it out to another plant?

Thank you!

Best regards,
Sam