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Overview
Generally, Stock movement happens between storage location to storage location, plant to
plant or company code to company code. Inclusion of delivery cost, tracking of transit stock
can be achieved through STO. Stock shipped out of receiving plant to customer /retailer may
receive back to the receiving plant as a return. Again, this return product has to be sent back to
supply plant for any rectification, because customer shipping plant cant rectify the product. This
document shall address how the return process happens in STO.
Business Need
Product return from Customer
Product damage during transit
Process flow
The process starts with the creation of Normal STO till the receipt of return product by issuing plant.
Normal STO:
- Create STO
- Create shipment delivery
- Post Goods Receipt
- Create Billing (if applicable)
- Post Invoice (if applicable)
Return STO:
- Create Return STO
- Create shipment delivery
- Post Goods Receipt in MM Route
- Post Goods Receipt in SD Route
- Create Billing (if applicable)
- Post Credit Invoice (if applicable)
Key organization structure
Company code 3000 (Intra company code)
Supply plant & Storage loc 3400 & 0001
Receiving plant & storage loc 3500 & 0002
warehouse number - (if applicable)
Stock overview shows, 200 qty. is transferred to plant 3500 (storage location 0002) through STO with delivery.
Customer reported defect in shipped qty of 100. The qty of 200 received back to the plant 3500
Stock is received back to plant 3500. Now this qty 100 needs to be sent back to supplying plant 3400 for
rectification.
MD04: Stock list in Receiving plant shows negative qty due to return
MIGO - GR: Goods receipt is performed with reference to the outbound delivery. here, system automatically
default 161 movement type based on return indicator in return STO.
MB5T: After goods receipt against outbound delivery, return stock is placed in stock in transit.
VL02N: Post Goods receipt is done ("Post Goods issue" in case of normal STO)
ME23N: The complete return history is shown below. movement type related to intracompany STO are 161 and
671 (in case of inter company STO movement types are 161 and 673)
MMBE: Stock overview shows defect product is being returned to supply plant (3400)
For intra company code STO return, the process ends with posting goods receipt in VL02N. In case of inter
company code STO, the process ends with internal credit memo because of billing.
Configuration Overview
Switch off "Availability check" for item categories NLRN (Intra company) & NCRN (Inter company)
Path: Logistics Execution# Shipping# Deliveries# Define Item Categories for Deliveries
Conclusion
With the above process and customization steps, SAP logistics consultants would understand the return STO
process and hopefully this would serve a better content for them.
Author Bio:
Mohamed Hasan Rifaie, a SAP Certified Procurement consultant, is now an employee of Larsen & Toubro
Infotech Ltd. He has overall 12 years of experience, out of which more than 6+ years in SAP Consulting
(P2P, SRM & WM). He has business experience in various industries like Manufacturing, Electro mechanical
Construction and process industries as a Procurement Executive.