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]

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