You test the various options that SAP S/4HANA offers for stock transfers between two different plants within the same company code. Which of the following apply to stock transport orders? Note…

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Options

• AYou can post the goods issue from quality inspection stock in the supplying plant.
• BYou can enter delivery costs in the stock transport order.
• CYou can post the goods receipt to blocked stock in the receiving plant.
• DTwo accounting documents are created at the time of goods issue posting - one for each plant.
• EThe material on the road is managed as stock in transit in the receiving plant.

• A
  8% (3)
• B
  78% (31)
• D
  15% (6)

Explanation

Stock Transport Orders (STOs) are specifically designed to support delivery costs (B) - you can add freight and other condition types directly in the order, unlike simpler transfer methods. When the receiving plant posts the goods receipt, it can choose to place material into blocked stock (C), giving the plant control to inspect before releasing. The two-step STO process intentionally creates stock in transit (E) in the receiving plant the moment the supplying plant posts goods issue, providing full inventory visibility across the supply chain.

Why A is wrong: Goods issue for an STO must come from unrestricted-use stock in the supplying plant - quality inspection stock cannot be directly issued against a stock transport order.

Why D is wrong: Only one accounting document is created at goods issue (reducing the supplying plant's stock and crediting a stock-in-transit account); the receiving plant's accounting entry is only generated later at goods receipt posting.

Memory tip: Use "BCE = Best Case for an STO" - Billing costs allowed, Controlled receipt (blocked stock), En-route visibility (stock in transit). These three features highlight exactly what makes STOs more powerful than one-step plant-to-plant transfers.

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