Stock transfer between plant to plant in blocked status

[Former Member]

Hi Gurus,

Can anybody know how to use some mov. type to transfer restricted status between plant to plant?

Many thanks in advanced.

Luiz Geraldi

[Former Member]

Luiz,

You cannot move 'blocked' or 'restricted' stock in this manner. This is not supported in ECC 5.0 and I would not think ECC 6.0 would be any different in this regard as this is a basic rule within standard SAP although I would think that in certain situations it would be beneficial to be able manage this in a simple move.

- As others have correctly pointed out, you have to change the stock status to 'unrestricted use', transfer/receive it (either using mvt 301, 303/305, 351/101, 641/101, 643/101 etc depending on the stock transfer mechanism used between the plants) and then finally change the stock status back to 'blocked'.

- Another option would to be to post an inventory adjustment using mvts 701/702 in both the plants and then change stock status in receiving plant to 'blocked'.

- Design a custom ABAP program to perform the sequence of movements in a single transaction. I think it would be important to get the timing right to avoid incorrect booking of stock.

- The movements could be also be linked in a single transaction using a workflow solution although I am not sure how simple or complex the solution might be.

Unfortunately, the quantity strings associated with movement types are hard-coded by SAP. So, it would not be possible to achieve this move using a custom movement type without any modifications.

Hope this helps.

H Narayan

[Former Member]

Hi,

The blocking the stock is done if it gets rejected and needs to be returned back to the Vendor/supplier or for scrapping. It cannot be transported to other locatgions until and unless you move it to unrestricted stock.

For transfering stock, first you move it to unrestricted stock then do a STO & delivery against STO. You can also fllow other Stock Transfer methods. While receiving goods at receiving plant you move it to blocked stock, if yu want to.

Hope this answers your issue.

Regards

[Former Member]

Hi,

For plant to plant transfer, you will have to move blocked stock to unrestricted stock & & then make interplant transfer. The palnt transfer movement of blocked stock is not supported in SAP. This will break the root purpose of blocking the stock.

Regards,

Prashant Kolhatkar

[Former Member]

Hello Luiz,

Blocked Stock transfer between two plan is not supported by SAP (As I know this functionality was not available till 4.7 EP Version, not sure about ECC 5.0 and ECC 6.0). The only movements from blocked stock are for scrapping, transfer to other stock type and returning back to vendor.

Hope this helps.

Regards

Arif Mansuri