Warehouse Inbound Processing with Synchronous Goods Receipt (5HN)

In this process, products that are delivered with the intent to be stored in the warehouse are received and moved to a storage bin.

This scope item describes the synchronous goods receipt for external procurement process, where the procured products can post the goods receipt directly into the warehouse without involving delivery documents.

During the goods receipt process, batches and handling units can be created. The putaway warehouse task creation can be triggered automatically to execute the movements in the warehouse.

After moving the products to the final bin or the clarification zone (exceptional case), the warehouse tasks are confirmed accordingly.

Key Process Steps Covered

• Post Goods Receipt for Purchase Orders
• Display Material Document (optional)
• Create Product Putaway Warehouse Tasks (optional)
• Create Handling Unit Putaway Warehouse Tasks (optional)
• Confirm Warehouse Tasks

• Check material in clarification zone (optional)
• Create warehouse tasks from clarification zone to final bin and print warehouse task lists (optional)
• Confirm warehouse tasks (optional)

Benefits

• Post goods receipt directly into the warehouse without involving delivery documents
• Receive products from different sources and store them in your warehouse
• Control and record movements of products and handling units in the warehouse
• Map your warehouse complex in the system down to storage bin level
• Improve visibility and control in warehouse operations
• Handle exceptions
• Work with batches and serial numbers
• Attach files (such as pictures) to inbound deliveries

Additional Information

• This scope item is excluded from the default activation

This scope item is only relevant for customers who want to use warehouse management capabilities including storage bin management in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud. Caution: Additional organizational entities (for example, storage location, warehouse number, warehouse, and storage types) are activated as part of the warehouse management scope items.

Where is Warehouse Inbound Processing with Synchronous Goods Receipt(5HN) being used?

This Scope item is used in the following way:

• As a core function of Warehousing within Supply Chain Scope Item Group

Process flow of Warehouse Inbound Processing with Synchronous Goods Receipt (5HN)

• 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

• RISE with SAP
• SAP S/4HANA Cloud
• SAP on Azure
• Business Process Management