| Receipt and inspection procedures |  |
| The receipt and inspection procedures comprise the activities that you must perform in ERP LN to receive and, if required, inspect goods that you want to store in the warehouse. Some of the activities are mandatory, and some only apply to location-controlled warehouses. You are not required to include non-mandatory activities in your warehousing procedures. Some of the activities are mandatory, and some only apply to location-controlled warehouses. You are not required to include non-mandatory activities in your warehousing procedures. In addition, you can specify whether an activity must be performed manually or automatically. For information on how to define warehousing procedures, see To define warehousing procedures and Automatic or manual execution of activities. Overview The following table provides an overview of the receipt and inspection procedures. The outer left column shows the order of the steps in the receipt and inspection procedures. The second column indicates whether a step is mandatory.
Step | Mandatory | Activity | Status/Description
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1 | No | Print Goods Received Note (whinh3412m100) | Planned or Open
2 | Yes | Warehouse Receipt (whinh3512m000) | Create receipt: Receipt Open Confirm receipt: Received or, for non-location controlled warehouses, Put Away or To be Inspected if inspections are included in the inbound procedure.
3 | Yes for location-controlled warehouses | Generate Inbound Advice (whinh3201m000) | Advised
3 | No | Inbound Advice (whinh3525m000) | Advised. Maintain inbound advice
4 | No | Generate Storage List (whinh3415m000) | Advised
5 | No | Storage List (whinh3525m100) | Advised. Maintain storage list and put away inbound advice. If you use storage lists, you do not use the Put Away Inbound Advice (whinh3203m000) step to put away inbound advice.
6 | Yes for location-controlled warehouses | Put Away Inbound Advice (whinh3203m000) | Put Away
7 | No | Warehouse Inspections (whinh3122m000) | After inbound advice is put away: To be Inspected After inspection is completed: Inspected
If an optional step is not included in the receipt and inspection procedures, ERP LN skips this step and carries out the next step defined in the warehousing procedure. The affected inbound order lines then obtain the status of that step. If the receipt or inspection procedure is carried out for a non-location controlled warehouse, ERP LN skips the steps that are not applicable for non-location controlled warehouses. The affected inbound order lines then obtain the status of the next applicable step. ERP LN does not use the following steps for non-location controlled warehouses: Generate Inbound Advice (whinh3201m000) Inbound Advice (whinh3525m000) Generate Storage List (whinh3415m000) Storage List (whinh3525m100) Put Away Inbound Advice (whinh3203m000) The following are the main scenarios for receipt and inspection procedures with and without mandatory steps: Full scenario Only mandatory steps including inspection Non-location controlled including inspections Full scenario without inspections Related topics Receipt and inspection procedures - in detail |