Return and Cancellation Processes

Three variants of returning materials from one company code to another without losing the
visibility of the material value and quantity.

In the first variant (marked as „r0“) the one-step approach is used to send the materials back to
the sending company. This must be done if the one-step delivery is set up tor transfers between
the two plants, i.e. if the regular transfer is done with a one-step delivery the return process must
also be done with the one-step delivery. No stock in-transit can be used here.

In some cases the return process can be initiated already when the material is still on the road
(variant „r1“). You can either do a full cancellation of the whole quantity with transaction VL09, or
a partial return with transaction MIGO and the new movement type 417. Additionally there is also
the possibility to post a certain quantity of the stock in-transit as scrap with movement type 555.

In the last variant „r2“ you have the possibility to first post the materials into stock in-transit with
transaction MIGO and as soon as the truck arrives the goods receipt can be posted with
transaction VL02N movement type 693). In order to perform the first goods movement you need
to consider the following things:

- Everything needs to be done like in the regular transfer process. Because of the return flag in
the PO the system will automtically determine the corresponding return activities.
- So the user needs to choose „Goods Receipt“ with reference to „Outbound Delivery“ in
transaction MIGO. The system will automatically draw movement type 109. Additionally the
system will determine the returns movement type 169 which will be used for the movement.

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