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SAP Stock Transport Order and Stock Transfer

Process

Written by Afshad Irani and last updated on July 13, 2017.

Large companies having many plants in different geographical locations

commonly require stock movement from one plant to another. For this
purpose, SAP ERP has a special process with SAP stock transport order
(STO) that enables to move stock from one plant to another or between
different storage locations of plants.

For example, in one of my trading client, we used to import materials from

abroad in big containers and then those containers were unloaded into one
big branch (plant) as it was cost efficient to import materials in bulk to one
location. Next, other smaller branches (plans) raised SAP stock transport
order (STO) to purchase stock from big branch for the quantity required. The big branch dispatched the quantity
against the STO on the mentioned delivery dates.
In the below screenshot, you can see a diagram illustrating the stock transfer process. STO is raised by a
receiving plant and sent to a supplying plant. The supplying plant then delivers the material, which in the SAP
system will be shown as stock in transit. When the receiving plant receives the material, goods receipt takes
place at the receiving plant. There is no invoicing, as the stock is transferred between plant that are part of the
same company.

Stock Transfer with SAP Stock Transfer Order (Example)

How to Create SAP Stock Transport Order?

To create a stock transport order in SAP, please follow the steps described below. First, either start the
transaction ME21N or navigate to the following path in SAP menu: Logistics – Materials Management –
Purchasing – Purchase Order – Create – ME21N – Vendor/Supplying Plant Known.
 Menu Path for ME21N Transaction

Stock transfer process uses the standard transaction ME21N for creating purchase orders (PO), where we
trigger STO process by selecting document type = Stock Transport Order as shown on the screenshots below.

ME21N – Create a Purchase Order

 Select Stock Transport Order
as the Document Type

Here you need to provide your supplying plant. As mentioned above, the supplying plant in our example is
the big branch which imported the stock and has stock available. You also have to provide your purchase
organization, purchase group and company code as show on the screenshot below. Our tutorials about SAP MM
organizational structure should be helpful in learning more about purchasing organization and other MM
organizational units.

Enter Supplying Plant, Purchasing Organization, and Company Code in STO

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In the item overview screen below, you need to provide the material that you would like to procure from the
supplying plant along with the plant number which is ordering this material, quantity, storage location and
delivery dates as shown below:

Items of Stock Transport Order

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If you have any additional charges which needs to be added to the cost of the material, you should provide the
details in the conditions tab. For instance, it is possible to add freight charges as shown below:

Pricing Conditions of Stock Transport Order

Now, your stock transport order is ready and to cross check for any errors in your STO, click on button which
will tell you if everything is correct in your document. If not, then a red button will come up notifying you
about error(s) in the document that needs to be fixed before you can save the document. Once all issues are
fixed, you click the button, which will save the document. The SAP system will provide you with SAP
generated document number as shown below notifying that the document has been created.

SAP Stock Transport Order has been Created

Goods Issue Against SAP Stock Transport Order

Once the STO is created, the next step is to do a goods issue against the STO raised above. Go to the
transaction MIGO or navigate to the following path in SAP menu: Logistics – Materials Management – Inventory
Management – Goods Movement – MIGO.
 MIGO Transaction in SAP Menu

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In MIGO, it is necessary to do goods issue against a purchase order, with a movement type 351 which is used
for moving materials from supplying plants to stock in transit of receiving plants.

Goods Issue in MIGO Transaction

Here you need to enter the number of STO, set OK checkbox for the item and then click on Post button which will
post your goods issue and provide you a message that a material document was created (see screenshots
below).
 Set OK Checkbox for the Item

A Material Document for Goods Issue against

SAP Stock Transport Order was Created

Goods Receipt Against SAP Stock Transport Order

Now, the last step is to do goods receipt in the receiving plant when the goods physically arrive there. Goods
receipt is also done in MIGO transaction. It is necessary to perform goods receipt against a purchase order
using the movement type 101 as shown below. Then, set the OK checkbox next to the material item and finally
post the document by pressing Post button. The system will provide you a message that the material document
was posted.

Goods Receipt against STO

 A Material Document for Goods Receipt against
SAP Stock Transport Order was Created

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56 thoughts on “SAP Stock Transport Order and Stock Transfer Process”

monika kute

April 28, 2017 at 12:37 pm

Thanks,
its so useful in my industry work.

Srikanta Beura

August 30, 2019 at 9:00 am

Dear,
This is Intrastate STO process.
Will you please share Inter state STO process.

suresh
 October 21, 2021 at 2:51 pm
Use 301 for plant to plant and Sloc 311 mvt type

Julia

June 19, 2017 at 5:39 pm

Thank you! Very good explanation.

Didier GK

July 10, 2017 at 8:43 pm

Clear and fruitful explanations

Eric Ekinde

July 16, 2017 at 5:19 am

As a SAMS-1E, ULLS -AE n GCSS user, I see so much resemblance in processes though there is a slight change
in the terminologies used. SAP ERP, has broken down the purchasing process, made it simpler to understand
once you can understand and keep track of the terminology.

Ashish Kumar

July 27, 2017 at 12:47 pm

STO process made easily understandable by excellent explanation.

Mohamed Chenider

July 29, 2017 at 7:21 pm

Do we need PO number in STO?

In the first step you have mentioned to do STO, what should we put in PO space?

Cleo Isco

August 10, 2017 at 12:31 pm

STO is simply a special type of PO.

 Prasad Reddy

November 13, 2019 at 6:22 am

We need to put respective created STO number.

Ashwini

August 10, 2017 at 6:19 am

it was very useful

Maha

August 10, 2017 at 5:32 pm

Hello All,
Can i know , how to find STO no , but via material document ?

Cleo Isco

August 11, 2017 at 11:47 am

If you open your material document in MIGO transaction, you can see STO number in item details on tab
“Purchase Order Data”. It is also saved in MSEG table (field EBELN).

King

August 21, 2017 at 12:29 pm

I want to say a very big thanks, the write up was very useful.
I would also want to know how to raise a PR.
And would also want to take a course on PM.

Cleo Isco

August 21, 2017 at 12:48 pm

Please check the tutorial about SAP Purchase Requisitions. Here is the link to our free SAP PM training.

Jatinder Pal Singh

 September 9, 2017 at 6:31 pm
Sometimes TR generated but TO not generated. How I can see the list of documents not have transfer
order number generated. Or how I can have list documents without TO order

Jatinder Pal Singh

September 9, 2017 at 6:36 pm

If there is any help on line. SAP related queries

Cleo Isco

September 10, 2017 at 9:52 pm

Please post your queries at our SAP Forum.

Anand

October 17, 2017 at 1:45 pm

Hi Cleo. Please explain the answers to this question especially the last one

SAP supports several variations of Stock Transfer process with a Stock Transport Order (STO). What are they?
Stock transfer with STO and a delivery document in one step
Stock transfer with STO and a delivery document in two steps

Stock transfer with STO without a delivery document in two steps

Cleo Isco

November 1, 2017 at 8:34 pm

Stock transfer with STO and a delivery document in one step -> Possible
Stock transfer with STO and a delivery document in two steps -> Possible
Stock transfer with STO without a delivery document in two steps -> Possible

Anand

October 17, 2017 at 1:51 pm

Hi Cleo. Please explain the answers to this question also especially the last one
In two-steps Stock Transfer process, when accounting documents are created and posted?

During goods issue from the supplying plant.

Accounting documents are created only if materials have different valuation classes at the supplying and the
receiving plants.

Cleo Isco

November 1, 2017 at 8:40 pm

SAP needs to create accounting documents only if material stock will be allocated to different G/L accounts.
This is the case when materials have different valuation classes. Otherwise, since the material stock is just
moved from plant to plant within the same storage location, SAP doesn’t need to update accounting records.

Waqas Bhutto

November 2, 2017 at 7:59 am

Excellent Knowledge for Goods movement.

Thanks A lot.

Suresh Chandra Nayak

November 18, 2017 at 8:16 am

Very Good Stock Transfer Oder from Plant To Palt ,Thanks A Lot

Bala

December 6, 2017 at 7:32 am

Hi Team,
May I know who will create PO Ex: Big branch plant or receiver plant?
Regards,
Bala.

prasad reddy

November 13, 2019 at 6:25 am

Receiving team creates a PO by mentioning all of their material/services requirements.

 Arslan

January 8, 2022 at 10:18 am

Receiver will create PO

supriya

December 17, 2017 at 10:14 am

what is stock transfer and transfer posting? what is the difference between them?

Manan

July 26, 2018 at 2:48 pm

i created sto no. in me21n and now i am searching it on migo but it didnt search i want to transfer stock one
plant to other plant

Arun

August 14, 2018 at 10:58 pm

Great place to learn. Being new to MM, it’s helpful for me to get an idea of how MM works.

Balachander Peddi

October 1, 2018 at 8:44 am

Nice explanation, its really good.

Solaiappan

October 24, 2018 at 8:28 pm

Thanks . Very handy and useful.

ahmed

October 29, 2018 at 2:51 pm

Thank you!

Veera

December 19, 2018 at 8:15 am

Nice explanation..easy to understand

Ehsan Shah

February 27, 2019 at 1:24 am

Wonderful explanation.

GS

April 7, 2019 at 12:37 pm

# How do we do Inter-plant stock transfers? e.g. Plant A (Belgium, Currency: EUR) and Plant B (China, Currency:
CNY); stock requirement is from Plant A; Source is Plant B; Both the plants are of the same group company
Please suggest.

Akshay

April 11, 2019 at 8:16 pm

Very good explanation, just to add small information the item category used is “U”.

Shahid Naseer

May 16, 2019 at 10:11 am

Hello
When I am trying to do the MIGO for 2nd time with MT101 it is showing posting not allowed for document type
ZST.
Can u please help

ASWINI KUMAR SAHOO

August 21, 2019 at 10:48 am

Excellent article with simplicity. Many thanks!!

 Popon Kaphan

October 24, 2019 at 6:38 am

Hi Thank you for all tutorials. Could you please advise the process of how to run oustanding STO.

Pankaj

December 6, 2019 at 10:32 am

how can i take out the report for GI Vs STO number for stock transfers.

Pankaj

December 6, 2019 at 10:45 am

i need a bulk report for taking out the all the GI numbers Vs STO numbers for stock transfers between 2 DC for
a selected period

hafsa

December 14, 2019 at 4:59 am

hi i need to create Testing scenarios for STO and Intercompany STO.

Where can i find examples to create testing scenarios.

meital

January 15, 2020 at 11:29 am

hi
what is the tcode to get simple report of open STO with qty and dates?
cant find

Sparrow69

December 9, 2021 at 5:39 pm

hi you can use tcode: me2n for that, just supply the STO no. or simply put in document type: UB or ZUB and
specifiy supplying site, document date range of your search and article no. ; it will show you by document
 number with date, po history, supplying site, target site, quantity in sku, order qtuantity, order unit, order price
unit, net value, currency, release indicator, qty release, still to be invoiced (value), Still to be delivered (value)

tessa

January 23, 2020 at 9:28 am

Is there a report that can be generated to compare what was ordered to what has been received if there are any
discrepancies

ST

April 14, 2020 at 11:10 am

How to batch uplod SAP drawings from public folder ?

Can you please give us the sample ?

Thank and Regards,

Steven

Jan Oud

May 25, 2020 at 5:02 pm

In our company we use the order type UB Stock transport order which is a fully automatic process. The only
problem we have is the stock transfer of Bulk Material. We would like to create a manual Stock Transfer Order
for Bulk Material.
Using the UB stock transfer in ME21N the following error comes up and a picking list is not printed.

“Material managed in bulk, purchasing on stock forbidden”

Is there a solution in SAP to transfer bulk-material via an stock transfer order?

Regards, Jan

vk

July 1, 2020 at 4:26 am

thanks – simple and good

 Terry McKee

March 9, 2022 at 12:07 am

How can I move quality inspect/restricted material on a STO? Currently we are making it unrestricted and
creating a STO then return it to restricted after receiving it., There has to be a way ship QI and release later.

Kumar

November 29, 2022 at 12:54 pm

Hi , I am looking for QM process for the STO GR at recieving plant. Let me know anyone have idea

Mudassir

March 29, 2022 at 9:39 am

How can I create delivery document in STO process ?

If required material is Handling Units then what should we do while making STO?

Salman R K

May 29, 2022 at 4:04 pm

At the time of creating STO by using t code ME21N it is not showing create ME21N- vendor/supplying plant
known.

Madhu

July 10, 2022 at 2:38 pm

It is very Informative and explained very much in detail that Layman can understand. Thanks you very much for
your Effort. 🙏

Choc Chung

November 9, 2022 at 10:15 am

Can we create a schedule Line of STO ? If yes,how to do ?

 Kumar

November 29, 2022 at 12:59 pm

How can create inspection lot for the STO GR at receiving plant, stock should go to QI the result recording and
UD finally to UR.

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