Sales Area Determination for STO deliveries

In SAP Fashion Management Solution (FMS); Sales area determination for Stock transport order deliveries can be controlled via setting in the supplying site – “Valuation / Inv. Mgmnt” tab – field “Sales Area Determination”

Let’s take an example and understand how it works.

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How to set fields as mandatory or optional in the purchase order

Some time back we learnt about how we can set fields mandatory, optional or hidden in the customer master. Click here to view that post. Similarly, in one of our previous posts we also learnt about how we can set fields mandatory, optional or hidden in the material master. Click here to read that.

Today we are going to learn how we can set fields mandatory, optional or display in the purchase order. 

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Delivery Type Determination for STO's

In our previous posts, we learnt about below 4 different Stock transport order types and respective configuration steps. 

1. Intra – Company STO – Click here 
2. Inter – Company STO – Click here 
3. Rush STO – Click here 
4. STO between Storage Locations – Click here 

As part of the Stock Transport Order logistic execution process, we need to create an outbound delivery with reference to STO number using transaction VL10B. In order to create a delivery document with reference to any other SAP object, we need to have copy control settings between those 2 document types. For example, in order to create a delivery with reference to a sales order, we need to have sales order type to delivery type copy controls maintained. 

But in case of a STO, we do not have copy control customizing between purchase order type (STO Type) to outbound delivery type (Eg: NB to NLCC or UB to NL). Therefore, it is interesting to understand how SAP handles such scenario’s in customizing. 

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How to Set Up Basic Confirmations

Confirmation control in SAP is the mechanism of tracking the various stages of the procurement process from the time the purchase order is sent to the vendor, up until the goods receipt is done. 

The different stages could be PO receipt, order acknowledgement, Exfactory date communication, shipping notification etc. Depending on the business requirement the confirmation control in SAP can be set up in such a way that each of these stages can be tracked with a confirmation to the purchase order by defining them as a Confirmation Category. The grouping and sequencing of the Confirmation Categories is done in the setup of the Confirmation Control key.

Standard SAP provides a set of commonly used Confirmation Categories and Confirmation Control keys, allowing the flexibility to additional Confirmation Categories and Confirmation Control keys to be defined. In this document we will see how this can be achieved.

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Schedule Job for STO Delivery Creation

In this document we will take a look at how we can schedule a background job to create outbound deliveries for STOs using the delivery due list in SAP. (similar to delivery creation for sales orders) 

Typically this is done using VL10B transaction and can be automated and scheduled as a batch job if the business has a requirement for automation of the creation of STO deliveries.

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FMS Stock Transport Orders with negative inventory at the site

In complex retail businesses, goods need to be moved from distribution center (DC) to store, store back to distribution center as well as between stores. In order to handle this business process, standard SAP functionality called “Stock Transport Orders” (STO’s) are commonly used. Please click here to view configuration steps required to configure STO’s in your system.

Due to complexity of the work and practical difficulties, most of the stores (Sites) tend to finish / record their daily transactions in SAP after the business day closure. For example, let’s say there is an inbound STO from another store asking for 100 quantities from material ABC. In the SAP system; user can find 98 as available, but physically quantity 100 is available in the stock. In such a case, typical store manager would want to deliver 100 right away and do the stock adjustment for + 2 after the business day closure.

In this case (until the stock adjustment is posted); store inventory for material ABC needs to go negative. Standard SAP supports this functionality and today let’s see what we need to configure in SAP FMS for it. I will explain the configuration / process steps using below example. 

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Inter-company Billing for STOs

In the previous document we discussed the Logistics part of the Inter-company STO process. Please Click here to read that article.

In this document we will be discussing the Intercompany Billing process which will happen once the logistic steps have been completed. This needs several configuration and master data setting to be in place to correctly transfer the price between the two companies involved in the transfer process which is normally the standard prices plus a margin. 

Let’s see how we can achieve this by going through the step by step guide of this document.

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Stock Transport Orders between Storage Locations in FMS

Some time back we discussed about how we can setup stock transport orders in SAP. 

• Inter Company Stock Transport Orders - Click here
• Intra Company Stock Transport Orders - Click here
• Rush Stock Transport Orders - Click here

Similarly, it’s very often requested by certain customers to setup stock transport orders to move stock between storage locations within same plant.

For example, let’s say you have two buildings in same physical location and those were configured as two different storage locations under one plant (Site) in SAP. If you want to move goods between one building to the other (mean in SAP it has to be one storage location to the other), you have 2 ways of handling it in SAP.

1. You can do an inventory transport posting between storage location to storage location
2. You can use the stock transport order process between two storage locations

Today we will see how we can setup stock transport order process between two storage locations in SAP FMS. Since I am using SAP FMS, some setting might be different from what you have seen in standard SAP (R/3). 

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Stock Transport Orders Between Storage Locations in FMS

Inter company Stock Transport Order Processing

Companies with plants in multiple locations typically have the requirement to transfer stock between plants. The STO (stock transport order) process is used to handle this transfer systematically in SAP. 

However if these plants belong to different Company Codes then we need to use the Intercompany STO process. This requires several configuration steps and prerequisites to be in place for this solution to work and entities can benefit from the ability to monitor stock in transit, traceability through document flow and ability to account for delivery costs on the stock transport order.

In this document we will discuss the prerequisites and configuration that needs to be in place to achieve the Inter company Stock Transport Order process in SAP.
Please click here to read the invoice creation part of this process.

• For Intra Company Stock Transport Order Processing, please click here.
• For Rush Stock Transport Orders in SAP Fashion Management Solution (FMS) (Where delivery get created automatically at STO save), click here.
• For stock transport orders between storage locations, please click here.

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Rush Stock Transport Orders in FMS (Immediate Delivery Creation at STO Save)

Most of us are familiar with “Rush sales order processing” in SAP. This is to create a delivery document as soon as a sales order is saved in SAP. If you’re working in SAP IS-AFS (Industry Solution – Apparel and Footwear) or SAP FMS (Fashion Management Solution) system, the allocation process (Commonly known as ARun) should take place in background automatically. (In FMS, “ARun” will execute in background only in case if the Site / Article is setup as “ARun” relevant).

We have similar setup for stock transport orders (STO), where we can automatically create a delivery document in the supplying site (plant), when stock transport order is saved in SAP. This process also known as immediate delivery creation at stock transport orders or Rush STO. Similar to above rush sales order scenario, Allocation / ARun needs to be executed in background in SAP IS-AFS or SAP FMS for rush STO’s. 

• For Intra Company Stock Transport Orders (Stock transport between between plants in the same Company), please click here.
• For Inter Company Stock Transport Orders (Stock transport between between plants in different Companies), please click here.
• For stock transport orders between storage locations, please click here.

Today we will discuss how we can configure a new rush stock transport order type (STO) in SAP FMS. 

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Intra Company Stock Transport Order Processing

It’s often required to transfer stock between plants in a same company code. For example, if one plant has stock, which is required by the other plant, you need to have a mechanism in SAP to do that. As part of the SAP process, you should be able to track the stock in transit and print all documents required for that as well. Plant to plant stock movement in SAP is known as Stock Transport Orders in SAP (STO).

• For Rush Stock Transport Orders (Where delivery get created automatically at STO save), click here.
• For Inter Company Stock Transport Orders, please click here.
• For stock transport orders between storage locations, please click here.

Let’s see how we can configure Inter Company STO process today.

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  Intra Company Stock Transport Order Processing