Most Important SAP Movement Types in SAP MM
Type MOVEMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION
101 Goods receipt for purchase order or order
103 Goods receipt for purchase order into GR blocked stock
201 SAP MM Goods issue for a cost center
261 Goods issue for an order
301 Transfer posting plant to plant in one step
305 Transfer posting plant to plant in two steps
311 SAP MM Transfer posting storage location to storage location in one step
313 Stock transfer storage locations to storage location in two steps
SAP Stock Overview :
Stock - Single Material
With this app, you can get an overview of your material stock. You can review your stock by the plants
and storage locations for which you are responsible. The app can display the stock information as a table
or a diagram. This app supports you, for example, as an inventory manager in your daily work.
1.2 SAP Good Movement Types Table
For a Material Document, the type of Movement type is set on MSEG-BWART.
The reference Table for Movement Type is T156.
SE16H is a transaction exclusive S/4HANA and on Public Cloud there is no way to access it.
1.3 SAP Good Movement Type: Full List
This section will cover all the value for SAP Good Movement Types: 1XX, 2XX, 3XX, 4XX, 5XX, 6XX and
7XX.
1.3.1 SAP Good Movement Types for Good Receipt
Let’s start the list of SAP Movement Types by the Good Receipt:
Type MOVEMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION
101 Goods receipt for purchase order
103 Goods receipt for purchase order to GR blocked stock
105 Release from the GR blocked stock for the purchase order
121 Subsequent adjustment for subcontracting
122 Return deliveries to vendor
124 Return delivery to vendor from GR blocked stock
161 Returns for purchase order
1.3.2 Good Issue Movement Types in SAP
The next step is the list of Good Movement for Good Issue
MOVEMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION
201 Goods issue for a cost center
221 Goods issue for a project
251 Goods issue for sale (without sales order)
261 Goods issue for an order
281 Goods issue for a network
291 Goods issue for any account assignment
1.3.3 Plant to Plant and Storage Location transfer (3XX)
This part will cover the SAP Good Movement Types for:
1- Plant to Plant Transfer (in one step and in two steps) and
2- The Transfer of Storage location to another Storage location including inspection Stocks, Sample
Transfer and Blocked Stock Good Movement Type in SAP.
MOVEMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION
301 Plant to plant transfer in one step
303 Plant to plant transfer in two steps : stock removal
305 Plant to plant transfer in two steps : putaway
309 Transfer postings from material to material
311 Transfer of storage location to storage location in one step
313 Transfer of storage location to storage location in two steps : stock removal
315 Transfer of storage location to storage location in two steps : putaway
321 Transfer of inspection stock : unrestricted-use stock
323 Transfer of storage location to storage location : inspection stock
325 Transfer of storage location to storage location : blocked stock
331 Sample from the inspection stock
333 Sample from the unrestricted-use stock
335 Sample from the blocked stock
341 Status change of a batch (unrestricted-use to restricted)
343 Transfer of blocked stock : unrestricted-use stock
349 Transfer of blocked stock : inspection stock
351 Goods issue for a stock transport order (without shipping)
1.3.4 4XX Good Movement Codes
In SAP MM, Good Movement Code 4XX are for Special Stock, Transfer Stock and blocked Stock Return…
Here the full list of 4XX Good Movement Code:
SAP MOVEMENT TYPES DESCRIPTION
411 Transfer of special stock to own stock (only for sales order stock)
413 Transfer posting to sales order stock
451 Returns from customer (without shipping)
453 Transfer of blocked stock returns to unrestricted-use stock
455 Returns stock transfer
457 Transfer of blocked stock returns to inspection stock
459 Transfer of blocked stock returns to blocked stock
1.3.5 SAP Good Movement Types 5XX
To handle different types of goods receipt, you should use of the following 5XX movement types.
Find bellowing the full list of 5XX Mvt Code:
SAP MOVEMENT TYPES DESCRIPTION
501 Goods receipt without purchase order : unrestricted-use stock
503 Goods receipt without purchase order : stock in quality inspection
505 Goods receipt without purchase order : blocked stock
521 Goods receipt without order : unrestricted-use stock
523 Goods receipt without order : inspection stock
525 Goods receipt without order : blocked stock
531 Goods receipt of by-products from order
541 Transfer of unrestricted-use stock to subcontracting stock
543 Consumption from subcontracting stock
545 Goods receipt of by-products from subcontracting
551 Scrapping from unrestricted-use stock
553 Scrapping from inspection stock
555 Scrapping from blocked stock
557 Issue from stock in transit (adjustment posting)
561 Initial entry of stock balances : unrestricted-use stock
563 Initial entry of stock balances : quality inspection
565 Initial entry of stock balances : blocked stock
581 Goods receipt of a by-product from network
1.3.6 Shipping Related SAP Movment Types (6XX)
In the shipping process in SAP, the main functionalities are:
Packing of the goods
Delivery processing of the goods
Picking of items
Shipping communication
Planning & monitoring of shipping
Post goods issue …
Here the list of Shipping Related SAP Movement Types (6XX)
SAP MOVEMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION
601 Goods issue for delivery
603 Goods issue for a stock transport order (shipping) with additional item
605 Goods receipt for a stock transport order (shipping) with additional item
621 Transfer of unrestricted-use stock : returnable packaging with customer (shipping)
623 Goods issue from returnable packaging with customer (shipping)
631 Transfer of unrestricted-use stock : consignment stock at customer (shipping)
633 Goods issue from consignment stock at customer (shipping)
641 Goods issue for a stock transport order (shipping)
643 Goods issue for a cross-company-code stock transport order
645 Goods issue for a cross-company-code stock transport order performed in one step (shipping)
647 Goods issue for a stock transport order performed in one step (shipping)
651 Returns from customer (shipping)
653 Returns from customer (shipping) to unrestricted-use stock
655 Returns from customer (shipping) to inspection stock
657 Returns from customer (shipping) to blocked stock
661 Returns to vendor using shipping
673 Returns for a cross-company-code stock transport order (shipping)
675 Returns for a cross-company-code stock transport order (shipping) performed in one step
1.3.7 Inventory Difference Good Movement Type in SAP (7XX)
In SAP MM (Material Management) and SAP WM (Warehouse Management), the Inventory Difference
Related Good Movements are:
SAP MOVEMENT TYPE DESCRIPTION
701 Inventory difference in unrestricted-use stock
703 Inventory difference in quality inspection stock (MM-IM)
707 Inventory difference in blocked stock
711 Inventory difference in unrestricted-use stock (LE-WM)
713 Inventory difference in quality inspection stock (MM-IM)
715 Inventory difference for returns
717 Inventory difference in blocked stock (LE-WM)
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When you enter goods movement in the Post Goods Movement app or any other transaction dealing
with material documents, you need to specify SAP Movement Types. SAP movement type is a three-
character key which differentiates various material movements, e.g. Goods Receipt, Goods Issue or
Transfer Posting.
SAP movement types has controlling functionality in SAP. They play the main role in account
determination as well. For example, the movement type 101 used for Goods Receipt is configured to
post accounting documents on the stock account as debit and GR/IR account as credit, whereas the
movement type 201 used for Goods Issue is configured to post accounting documents on the stock
account as credit and the cost center account as debit, and so on.
SAP movement types also control the screen of the Post Goods Movement app. Every movement type
has a specific automatic set of screens behind. So, when you use different SAP movement types,
different types of screens appear in the transaction Post Goods Movement app. SAP movement types
can also influence message determination.
Furthermore, SAP movement types can be used with a Special Stock Indicator. For example, in
Consignment Order, we use the movement type 201 with a special indicator K for consignment to
perform goods issue to a cost center. It is also a classification key indicating the type of material
movement (for example, goods receipt, goods issue, physical stock transfer).
Follow the link to SAP Central Business Configuration
SAP movement types enables the SAP system to find predefined posting rules determining how the
accounts of the financial accounting module (stock and consumption accounts) are to be posted and
how the stock fields in the material master record are to be updated.
1.1 Standard SAP Movement Types
The following table mentions the most commonly used SAP movement types in Materials Management
module (H = Credit, S = Debit in Accounting Effect column).
Moveme Description Accountin Moveme Description Accountin
nt Type g Effect nt Type g Effect
101 GR goods receipt S 412 TF own to own rev. –
102 Reversal of GR H 501 GR without reference to PO S
122 RE return to vendor H 502 GR without reference to PO H
rev.
123 RE rtrn vendor rev. S 511 Free of charge S
161 GR returns H 512 Free of charge rev. H
162 GR rtrns reversal S 551 GI scrapping H
201 GI for cost center H 552 RE scrapping S
202 RE for cost center S 561 Initial Entry of Stock S
Balances
221 GI for project H 562 Initial Entry of Stock H
Balances rev.
222 RE for project S 601 GD goods issue: delvy H
261 GI for Order H 602 RE goods deliv. rev. S
262 GI for Order rev. S 641 TF to stock in trans. –
311 TR Slc to Slc in one – 642 TR to stock in trans. –
step
312 TR Slc to Slc in one – 651 GD ret.del. returns H
step rev.
321 TF quality to unrest – 652 GD ret.del. retn rev S
322 TR quality to unrest – 701 GR phys.inv.: whse S
reversal
343 TF blocked to unre. – 702 GI phys.inv.: whse H
344 TR blocked to unre. – 703 GR phys.inv: QI S
349 TF blocked to qual. – 704 GI phys.inv: QI H
350 TR blocked to qual. – 707 GR phys.inv.:blocked S
411 TF own to own – 708 GI phys.inv.:blocked H
