Best Practice scenario Core Inventory Management (BMC)

Core Inventory Management (BMC)

This scope item covers core inventory management processes, including the following processes: post goods receipt without reference, scrapping, block stock, unblock stock, one step stock transfer, two steps stock transfer, stock overview, slow or Non-Moving Materials, Dead Stock Analysis, Goods Movement Analysis, and material document overview.

Key Process Steps Covered

Perform customer returns scrapping: Goods issue to CO-PA
Perform general stock scrapping: Goods issue to cost center
Block material - stock transfer unrestricted to blocked
Unblock material - stock transfer blocked to unrestricted
Unblock material - stock transfer blocked to quality inspection stock

Benefits

Support process-related transfer postings
Support legally required transfer postings

Where is Core Inventory Management(BMC) being used?

This Scope item is used in the following way:

As a core function of Inventory within Supply Chain Scope Item Group

Process flow of Core Inventory Management (BMC)

Find below the process flow of the scope item Core Inventory Management as it is defined for release s4h-2021.

Download Process Flow of Best Practice scenario Core Inventory Management (BMC) - S/4HANA OP

Ref: Supply Chain of SAP S4H-2021

Best Practices related to S/4HANA

Best Practices of SAP S/4HANA On Premise *1
Best Practices of SAP S/4HANA Cloud *2
Best Practices of SAP Analytics Cloud *2
Best Practices of Robotics Process Automation(RPA) with SAP Leonardo *2

*1) Yearly Updates are released per September of each year
*2) The Quarterly updates are released per Februari, May, August and November
Details of future releases can be found in the SAP Roadmap section of each product. Go to SAP Roadmap Product Finder.

Knowledge Center Scheer Nederland | The Process Experts Visit also the SAP Cloud ERP knowledge center of Scheer Netherlands. The following topics are covered: