Receive Replacement Materials - From Vendor
Application component: Advanced Returns Materials Management
App type: SAP GUI
Description: You can receive materials that a vendor has sent to you as part of the supplier returns process to replace a returned material. To do so, you enter the replacement materials that you received for a returned material in the system. When you save the data in the transaction, the system automatically creates a purchase order for the replacement materials and the corresponding inbound delivery.  The system creates these and all subsequent documents with reference to the respective supplier returns process. If the supplier returns process is a subsequent process of a customer return, the documents are follow-up documents with reference to the customer returns process.  When you post the goods receipt for the inbound delivery in the next process step, the system creates a document in invoice verification that serves as both a credit memo with the value zero for returned materials and as an invoice with the value zero for replacement materials.  In the Logistical Follow-Up for Replacement Materials transaction, you specify logistical follow-up activities for the replacement materials as the final processing step (see Logistical Follow-Up for Replacement Materials).  
Key features: Entering Replacement Materials  You enter the replacement materials that you have received from a vendor for returns purchase order items (returned materials):  The replacement material you receive can be different than the returned material. You can establish a relationship between the replacement quantity of the replacement material and the replaced quantity of the returned material (example: You receive 7 pieces of material B to replace 5 pieces of material A). This means you can enter replacements for subquantities of the returned material.  You can enter the information that the vendor only replaced part of the total quantity of the returned material and will refund the remaining quantity with a credit memo.  The plant that receives the replacement can be different than the plant from which you returned the material.  You can enter a batch or vendor batch for the replacement material.  You can enter replacement material deliveries for returns purchase orders for which a goods issue has not been posted yet or has only been partially posted.  If the supplier return results from a follow-up activity of a customer return and you have posted the goods receipt to non-valuated returns stock and have not given the customer compensation, the system displays the parameter EOrder Stock in the Special Stock field for the corresponding item. This means that the goods receipt is posted to non-valuated returns order stock.  The Logistical Process Complete with Goods Receipt checkbox indicates that you do not need to define any further follow-up activities after the goods receipt has been posted for the replacement material, since the goods receipt completes the logistical process. This checkbox is not ready for input if the goods receipt is posted to non-valuated returns stock.  You can enter different replacement materials for one returns purchase order item by copying an item (more than once) and assigning the various replacement materials to each line for the subquantities.   When you save the data you have entered, the system automatically creates a purchase order with the specified replacement material data and a corresponding inbound delivery.   Posting the Goods Receipt for the Inbound Delivery  The second step is to post the goods receipt for the inbound delivery.  When processing the inbound delivery, you can add batch information or serial number data, if necessary.  When you post the goods receipt, the system automatically creates a document in invoice verification that serves as both a credit memo with the value 0 for the returned material and as an invoice with the value 0 for the received material. If the replacement material is different than the returned material or the value of the material you received is less than the value of the material you returned (with relation to the replaced quantity), the document has additional posting items. These posting items are used to correct the stock value lines and post the value difference to a loss account.  The document is not posted in invoice verification until the goods issue has been entirely posted for the returns purchase order item and the goods receipt has been entirely posted for the replacement material.   Monitoring Supplier Returns  For more information about the supplier returns process, you can call the Returns Overview for Supplier Returns and monitor the document flow.  In the returns overview, the system displays the documents that were created when the replacement material delivery was processed. If the supplier returns process is a subsequent process of a customer return, these documents are also displayed in the Returns Overview for Customer Returns transaction.   
Business roles: Operations Clerk (ACM)| Receiving Specialist| Settlement Clerk (ACM)
Operations Clerk (Agricultural Contract Management) : 
Perform clerical or administrative duties in a variety of business for ACM. 

Receiving Specialist : 
Processes inbound deliveries.

Settlement Clerk (Agricultural Contract Management) : 
Compiles and computes payment due and recoveries to be made for ACM.