Movement Type Text describes the goods movement that is effected with the movement type.

The 2-character codes have the following meaning:

GI: goods issue (consumption/usage, withdrawal) or goods receipt without reference

GR: goods receipt with reference to a purchase order or production order

GD: goods movement with reference to a delivery (from the Shipping component)

RE: return delivery, return, reversal

RE: returns reversal

TP: transfer to companys own stock

TF: transfer posting

TR: reversal of transfer posting

SLS: sales value receipt

Movement type specifies a key for the type of goods movement. For example, mvt. type 301 is used to transfer goods or material from one plant to other plant, mvt. type 322 is used to transfer goods or material from unrestricted-use stock to QI in the same plant, mvt. type 323 is used if you need to transfer goods or material to other storage location in the same plant.

Movement Types in SAP

101 - Goods receipt (GR) for purchase order

102 - GR for purchase order reversal

122 - Return delivery to vendor

123 - Reversal of return delivery to vendor

161 - Returns for purchase order

261 - Consumption for order

262 - Consumption for order reversal

301 - Transfer posting plant to plant (one-step)

302 - Transfer posting plant to plant (one-step) reversal

303 - Transfer posting plant to plant remove from storage

304 - Transfer posting plant to plant remove from storage reversal

305 - Transfer posting plant to plant place in storage

306 - Transfer posting plant to plant place in storage reversal

309 - Transfer posting material to material

311 - Transfer posting storage location (one-step)

312 - Transfer posting storage location (one-step) reversal

313 - Transfer posting storage location to storage location remove from storage Transfer posting storage location to storage location, customer stock, sales order stock, project stock remove from storage

314 - Transfer posting storage location to storage location remove from storage reversal Transfer posting storage location to storage location, customer stock, sales order stock, project stock remove from storage

315 - Transfer posting storage location to storage location place in storage Transfer posting storage location to storage location, customer stock, sales order stock, project stock remove from storage

316 - Transfer posting storage location to storage location place in storage reversal Transfer posting storage location to storage location, customer stock, sales order stock, project stock remove from storage

321 - Transfer posting quality inspection (QI) to unrestricted-use stock

322 - Transfer posting QI to unrestricted-use stock reversal

323 - Transfer posting storage location to storage location - stock in quality inspection

341 - Transfer posting unrestricted-use stock to restricted-use stock

342 - Transfer posting unrestricted-use stock to restricted-use stock - reversal

343 - Transfer posting blocked stock to unrestricted-use stock

344 - Transfer posting blocked stock to unrestricted-use stock reversal

349 - Transfer posting blocked stock to QI stock

350 - Transfer posting blocked stock to QI stock reversal

351 - Goods issue for a stock transport order

501 - Goods receipt without a purchase order or a delivery free of charge in the unrestricted-use stock. When a receipt is not for a purchase order.

541 - Transfer posting unrestricted-use stock - stock of material provided to vendor

551 - Withdrawal for scrapping from unrestricted-use stock

552 - Withdrawal for scrapping from unrestricted-use stock reversal

553 - Withdrawal for scrapping from QI stock

554 - Withdrawal for scrapping from QI stock reversal

555 - Withdrawal for scrapping from blocked stock

556 - Withdrawal for scrapping from blocked stock reversal

561 - Receipt per initial entry of stock balances into unrestricted-use stock (When stock balances are entered for the first time)

562 - Receipt per initial entry of stock balances into unrestricted-use stock reversal

563 - Receipt per initial entry of stock balances into QI stock

564 - Receipt per initial entry of stock balances to QI reversal

565 - Receipt per initial entry of stock balances into blocked stock

566 - Receipt per initial entry of stock balances to blocked stock reversal

701 - GR physical inventory unrestricted-use stock

702 - Goods issue (GI) physical inventory unrestricted-use stock

703 - GR physical inventory QI stock

704 - GI physical inventory QI stock

707 - GR physical inventory blocked stock

708 - GI physical inventory blocked stock

711 - For differences where the quantity does not exist in the storage bin but is recorded in the books, In this case the difference must be cleared from the warehouse and posted to the interim storage type for differences.

712 - For differences where the quantity does exist in the storage bin but is not recorded in the books, In this case the difference must be cleared from the interim storage type for differences and posted to the warehouse.

Use of movement type 711 and 712, they are used for handling differences. For example, do goods receipt at goods receipt area 50 pieces (Create TO with 50 pieces). However there are some pieces broken while transferring to storage location in warehouse 10 pieces then the goods to be confirmed is 40 pieces. Difference for this case is 10 pieces. (more detail in Handling Differences and Clearing Differences)

Read more information about the movement types in SAP:

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_40b/helpdata/ru/fc/6cec6eb435d1118b3f0060b03ca329/content.htm Goods Movements from Inventory Management

Note:

Goods issue: A reduction in warehouse stock due to a withdrawal of stock or the delivery of goods to a customer.

Delivery: The process for receiving, sending, or transferring goods. The delivery can be inbound or outbound delivery.

Return delivery: A delivery returning goods that are currently part an enterprises stock to an external supplier. A return delivery is linked to a purchase order or goods receipt.