Material to Material Transfer with different alternative unit of measure

[ratana_pouy]

Hi Guru,

i would like to ask a question regard to "material to material transfer with mvt 309". For example:

Material A (base unit: CAR) = 12 CAN, stock balance: 10 CAR

Material B (base unit: CAR) = 24 CAN, stock balance: 10 CAR

Material B will be stopped production and transfer all stock balance qty to material A. Once i perform mvt 309, Material B is reduced 10 CAR and Material A increase 20 CAR. with this example: it is not logical cause of Material B is 24 CAN per CAR is greater than Material A. I assumed that Material A should receive 20 CAR from Material B, so stock balance of material A should be 30 CAR.

Your valuable suggestions are needed.

Regards,

RTN

[BijayKumarBarik]

For a possible solution you can try keeping "Unit of Issue" for the both materials as CAN in 'Plant data/storage-1 view and save. Try for material to material transfer in quality system...

But looks like your both material A and material B not similar in nature along with its characteristics!

For example- Material A is 1Liter water bottle and Material B is 500ml water bottle- Can you transfer them along with bottle on material to material transfer?

[gzanolet]

Hello

As per standard SAP, with movement 309 the quantity in unit of entry is converted into quantity in base unit of measure, and the quantity in base unit of measure is transferred. See the following SAP notes:

SAP note 2338439

SAP note 26080

In your example, you transfer 10 CAR from material B to material A. The unit of entry is CAR, (which is the base uom for both the materials), 10 CARs are transferred, and that's all.

This, generally speaking, seems logical enough because it is not necessary that the two materials have the same alternative uom (CAN in your example) or that they have alternative uoms at all. At any rate, this is the way that SAP works. You will probably have to make some physical inventory adjustment for the receiving material.

(Incidentally, this case confirms the general piece of advice from SAP regarding the base unit of measure: set it to the smallest unit for the material.)

Regards

Gianmarco