Which documents are created in materials management when you transfer a freight settlement document from transportation management to materials management when cost distribution is NOT enabled?…

Question

Options

• ACarrier invoice
• BService entry sheet
• CPurchase order
• DSettlement management document

• A
  21% (5)
• B
  71% (17)
• D
  8% (2)

Explanation

When SAP Transportation Management transfers a freight settlement document to Materials Management without cost distribution, the system processes freight costs through a standard MM services procurement flow, automatically generating a Purchase Order (C) and a Service Entry Sheet (B). The PO acts as the procurement document for the carrier's freight services, and the SES confirms that those services were rendered - together they enable the standard MM invoice verification process (e.g., via ERS or manual invoice posting).

Carrier invoice (A) is incorrect because the carrier invoice is not generated by MM; it either arrives from the carrier externally or is posted separately - MM does not auto-create it during the TM transfer. Settlement management document (D) is a TM-side document, not an MM document; it exists within TM to manage the freight settlement itself and does not get created in MM.

Memory tip: Think "PO then SES" - this mirrors how MM handles any external service: first authorize the purchase (PO), then confirm delivery of the service (SES). When TM hands off freight costs to MM, it recreates this same two-step procurement trail.

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