Symptom
You have created a Purchase Order containing Material with Process Type 'To Stock'. However, when you order the Purchase Order, and go to the Inbound Logistics work center to post Goods Receipt, you see that the Post Goods Receipt button is disabled. You can only create a Supplier Delivery Notification (Inbound Delivery Notification).
Environment
SAP Business ByDesign
Reproducing the Issue
- Go to the work center Inbound Logistics.
- Navigate to the view Purchase Orders.
- Find and select the purchase order XYZ (XYZ represents the Purchase Order ID) for which you want to Post Goods Receipt.
- You see that the Post Goods Receipt button is disabled.
Cause
The Purchase Order is of type Intercompany Stock Transfer and hence direct posting of Goods Receipts is not allowed in SAP Business ByDesign system. It is mandatory that you have to create an Inbound Delivery Notification to execute inbound delivery of purchase order.
Note: If you create the Business partner (Seller) as an Org. Unit in the system the system also consider this as an intercompany Stock Transfer, and you cannot directly Post Goods Receipt for such Purchase Orders. Hence, the Post Goods Receipt will be disabled from the Inbound Delivery Notification work center view. This is done to avoid duplicate Inbound Delivery Notification creation and Post Goods Receipt process. So, to resolve this issue, you can either remove the Supplier as Org Unit or create an Inbound Delivery Notification for the Purchase Orders and proceed with the Post Goods Receipt.
Resolution
- Go to the work center Inbound Logistics.
- Navigate to the view Purchase Orders.
- Find and select the Purchase Order XYZ for which you want to Post Goods Receipt.
- Choose the button New Supplier Delivery Notification and create the Delivery Notification for the Purchase Order as per your business requirement.
- Select Inbound Delivery Notifications view in Inbound Logistics work center.
- Find and select the Inbound Delivery Notification ABC (ABC repesents the Inbound Delivery Notification ID) created in the above step.
- Now, you will be able to Post Goods Receipt against the inbound delivery notification.
Keywords
Puchase Order, Intercompany, Post Goods Receipt, New Supplier Delivery Notification, Organization Structure , KBA , AP-IDP , Inbound Delivery Processing , How To