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Ravindra Devarapalli
February 12, 2015
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Automatic creation of STO from

multiple Stock Transport
Requsitions
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I have seen lot of queries regarding automatic stock transport
orders generation with reference to stock transport requisitions. I
 RSS Feed have searched in SCN to find the related document. I am unable to
find any document related to Automatic STO creation from STR. I
was find the documents related to automatic PO generation but not
STO’s.

Introduction : Now a days Clients are looking more into Stock transfer
from one plant another plant. Stock transport process is commonly
used in most of the clients. There are many reasons why client
looking into STO process 

1) Sales Order received in Depot plant or branch and manufacturing

the goods happens in other plant.

2) Collecting the raw materials or FM CG goods components or

packing materials in one plant and transferring to manufacturing
plant.

3) Semi finished goods will be prepared at one plant and packing

will be happens in another plant.

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4) Collecting the perishable materials transferring to other cold

storage plants.

Like there are business processes in different industries. Some

times Requisitions will be generated through MRP and some times
Requisitions created Manually. Some times,there was huge time will
take to do huge  materials and some times it is to difficult to search
supply plant and receiving plant wise to do STO’s.

To avoid this, in SAP we have option to create Automatic STO’s with

reference to Stock transport requisitions.

Prerequisites :

1) Change default document type from NB to STO Document type in

following path.

OLME–> Define default values for document type.

Here need to change default document type (sto document type) for
ME21 and ME21N.

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2) Configuration should properly maintain for set up STO in following

path

OLME—> Purchase order –> set up STO. 

And you have to maintain assign document type, one step

procedure, under delivery tolerance.

It is not required to maintain one step procedure. But you need to

maintain supply plant and receiving plant with document type.

3) In Material Master, need to maintain automatic PO check in

Purchasing view.

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4) Source list need to maintain with combination of receiving plant

and material and valid period and supply plant (Procurement plant) 
and purchase organization.

5) Link should be maintain PR ( in case MRP generated – default

document type) document type to PO document type in below path.

OLME–> Purchase order —> Define document type.

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Process :

Once generated the Stock Transport Requisitions ,

In ME59N, enter Purchase requisitions numbers and execute the

transactions.

Based on supplying plant, system will generate the STO’s.

See Below link , posted by Karoly Taragyia

Explained Trouble shooting on ME59N

ME59N trouble-shooting guide – ERP SCM – SCN Wiki

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3 Comments

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Dibyendu Patra
February 25, 2015 at 10:29 am

Honestly, I didn't find any other configuration with compare to a normal PO.

Btw, you should increase the text little more.

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Ravindra Devarapalli | Blog Post Author

February 25, 2015 at 10:52 am

Hi Patra,

       There is not much variation compare to normal PO. but In STO configuration, there was
variation in configuration of set up STO.

you have to maintain entry (with one step or with out one step) assign document
type, one step procedure, under delivery tolerance.

It is not required to maintain one step check box . But you need to maintain entry
like supply plant and receiving plant with document type.

In general STO process, it is not required to maintain assignment for above configuration. But auto
STO generation, should be maintain this assignment or else will get error message. supplying plant
and receiving plant combination getting error.

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vostok SAP
January 25, 2016 at 4:58 am

Thanks for the concise document. I followed all the steps and found that my document was still not being
converted. Then I realised that you have missed the step wherein the vendor should also be configured for
automatic purchase order. Then it worked!

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