Purchase Order for Returnable Transport Packaging Goods

[YOGENDRA_024]

This process is used to create Purchase Order for Returnable Transport Packaging (RTP) materials.

RTP goods are products that needs to be returned post usage of original goods

RTP goods received from vendor are managed as special stock

Features: -

Structure of Special Stock Data: -

In order to manage RTP goods of Vendor it needs to be kept separate a part from original goods as special one. 

This RTP stock is defined for each vendor at the storage location level.

This special stock is created automatically when we receive RTP goods

What are RTP stocks?

RTP stocks that receives from vendors are owned by vendor only the recipient are only custodian and they have to return it to vendor. 

There will be no accounting entry for RTP goods.

There are multiple ways to generate RTP goods, two of them are

1. The RTP goods can be created while doing GR against PO and adding new line using Transport equipment (mvt 501 M).
2. In some cases vendor demands to include the RTP goods in original Purchase Order.

In this blog we will cover the second way -

Prerequisite for this process

• Create a custom Account assignment for RTP

1. Create custom Account Assignment for RTP

Path : SPRO-->Materials Management-->Purchasing-->Account Assignment

Create a new account assignment “say : W” and mention special stock as M

Process Steps Involved

• Create material using material type LEIH
• Create Purchase Order using account assignment W
• Create Goods receipt against purchase order
• Check stock
• Return RTP goods

• Create Material using material type LEIH .

TCode : MM01

Standard SAP material type LEIH can be used to create RTP material

• Create Purchase Order

Create PO using newly created account assignment “W”

TCode : ME21N

* Price option is enabled but will not accept for this material type

• Create Goods Receipt

TCode MIGO

Transaction Event - "A01 - Goods Receipt"

Reference Document -  "R01 – Purchase Order"

System will automatically takes special indicator as M

Check and Post the document

No accounting document gets generated.

• Check Stock

Check the RTP stock

TCode : MMBE

Stock is created as Returnable Transport Goods

Double click on quantity and it will display vendor wise stock

• Return RTP Goods

TCode : MIGO

Transaction Event - "A07 - Goods Issue"

Reference Document -  "R10 – Other"

Enter the Vendor in partner tab and post the document for GI.

**        RTP stock can be transferred to another storage location.

Initial stock entry for RTP stock can also be created.

Although standard material type LEIH is available, but any material can be used for RTP.

RTP stocks from vendors are externally owned and are not valuated.