Differentiate between Stock Transfer and Transfer Posting

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Difference between Stock Transfer and Transfer Posting 

In SAP MM (Materials Management), there are two different concepts related to transfers: Stock Transfer and Transfer Posting. Although they both involve the movement of materials within the system, they serve different purposes. Here's a differentiation between the two:

Stock Transfer:

Stock transfer refers to the movement of materials from one storage location to another within the same company code or plant.

The purpose of stock transfer is to ensure the availability of materials at a different location where they are required, without involving any external procurement or sales processes.

Stock transfer typically involves a change in the stock's physical location within the organization, but the material remains under the same ownership.

Stock transfer can be initiated to balance stock levels, optimize storage, support production processes, or fulfill specific requirements at a different location.

Transfer Posting:

Transfer posting refers to the movement of materials between different stock types, valuation classes, or company codes.

The purpose of transfer posting is to change the status or characteristics of materials in the system, such as changing the stock type from unrestricted to blocked, or from quality inspection to unrestricted use.

Transfer posting may involve changes in valuation, batch management, storage locations, or other parameters associated with the material master data.

Transfer postings can also occur between plants, storage locations, or company codes, but they are not limited to these movements only.

In summary, stock transfer deals with the physical movement of materials from one location to another within the same company code or plant, while transfer posting involves changing the status or characteristics of materials, including movement between different stock types, valuation classes, or company codes.

Stock Transfer

In stock transfer can be done can be done in within company.

To create stock transfer order use following path

Path - Navigate the sap menu - Logistic - Material Management - purchasing - purchase order -  create - Vendor / supplying plant known.

T - Code for create Stock Transfer

ME21, ME27

Transfer posting

Transfer posting can be done in one step and two step stock transfer.

To create stock transfer order use following path

Following steps to transfer stock by using transfer process

Path - Navigate the sap Menu - Logistic - Material Management - Inventory Management - Goods Movement - Transfer posting

T- code for this process 

MB1B

Difference between Stock Transfer and Transfer Posting 

     

Sr.no	Stock Transfer	Transfer Posting
1	In stock transfer we can transfer  the stock from one location to another, from one plant to another, or company code to another.	In transfer posting we can transfer materials from storage location to storage location and plant to plant.
2	Source destination is always far away.	Source of destination is near by far away.
3	It will be carried out only in between two plants.	Transfer posting carried out in between storage location to storage location & plant to plant.
4	It can be carried out only in two step.	It can be carried out in one step and two step.
5	In stock transfer involves external logistics.	In transfer posting no external logistics involved in transfer posting.
6	Planning is to be happened.	In transfer posting no planning because no delivery address is mentioned.
7	In stock transfer traceability is happened.	No traceability in transfer posting.
8	In stock transfer we have to create purchase order compulsory.	In this type of posting no purchase order involved.
9	It involves the Physical movement of goods like transfer between plants in same company code or different company code.	In transfer posting it may not involve physical movement of goods.

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