Hierarchy
SAP_APPL (Software Component) Logistics and Accounting⤷
LO-ARM (Application Component) Advanced Returns Management⤷
MSR_BASICS (Package) Multi-Step Returns: Basic Functions
Basic Data
| Data Element | MSR_NFU_CODE |
| Short Description | Default for Next Follow-Up Activity in Material Inspection |
Data Type
| Category of Dictionary Type | D | Domain |
| Type of Object Referenced | No Information | |
| Domain / Name of Reference Type | MSR_FU_CODE | |
| Data Type | CHAR | Character String |
| Length | 4 | |
| Decimal Places | 0 | |
| Output Length | 4 | |
| Value Table | MSR_I_CODE |
Further Characteristics
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| No Input History | ||
| Basic direction is set to LTR | ||
| No BIDI Filtering |
Field Label
| Length | Field Label | |
| Short | 10 | Next LFU |
| Medium | 15 | Next Follow-Up |
| Long | 20 | Next Follow-Up Act. |
| Heading | 25 | Next Follow-Up Activity |
Documentation
Definition
Specifies the code of the next logistical follow-up activity for a returned material that is used as the default in the Material Inspection in Warehouse transaction as part of Advanced Returns Management.
Use
In the Next Follow-Up Activity field, you define a default value in the returns order for the next logistical processing step for the material inspection in the warehouse. When you call the Material Inspection in Warehouse transaction, the system proposes the value you entered here in the Follow-Up Activity field for the relevant item of the returns delivery. However, the inspector can overwrite this value if necessary.
You would typically define a next follow-up activity if you have chosen the follow-up activity 0001 Receive into Plant in the returns order.
You cannot enter any relevant parameters for the next follow-up activity entered in this field, such as the vendor for the next follow-up activity 0005 Ship to Vendor. You enter the relevant parameters in the material inspection.
Note the following special cases for setting the default value in material inspection:
- Even if you have not selected the Material Received checkbox (because the customer contacted your company by phone, for example), you can still choose 0004 Ship to Other Plant, 0005 Ship to Vendor, or 0006 Ship to Vendor via Other Plant as the Follow-Up Activity.
In this case, the system copies the value entered for the logistical follow-up activity to the material inspection as the default value. This enables you to enter the relevant parameters for the follow-up activity in the returns order, such as the vendor or the next plant, which are then copied to the appropriate fields in the material inspection.
- For a store return, if you choose 0004 Ship to Other Plant as the Follow-Up Activity in the returns order and also select the Material Received checkbox, the system uses this as the default value for the material inspection in the warehouse of the receiving plant.
The system ignores the value in the Next Follow-Up Activity field if the entry does not make sense for the process flow defined by the logistical follow-up activity. This applies to immediate goods receipts, for example, that is if you choose 0002 Immediately Move to Free Available Stock or 0003 Immediately Move to Scrap, since the logistical process is then already completed. If you choose 0004 Ship to Other Plant, 0005 Ship to Vendor, or 0006 Ship to Vendor via Other Plant as the Follow-Up Activity, the system ignores any entry you make in the Next Follow-Up Activity field.
Dependencies
In the Customizing activity Activate and Rename Follow-Up Activities, you can replace the standard descriptions with your own.
Example
According to the customer on the phone, the material is still originally packaged. When you create the returns order for the relevant material, you specify Transfer to Free Available Stock as the next logistical follow-up activity for the returns order item. After the material has arrived at your company and the inspector performs the Material Inspection transaction, the system uses Transfer to Free Available Stock as the default in the logistical follow-up field.
History
| Last changed by/on | SAP | 20110901 |
| SAP Release Created in | 606 |
