What is Movement Type in SAP?

A movement type in SAP is a three-digit key that specifies the type of material movement, such as goods receipt, goods issue, transfer posting, physical inventory, etc. Movement types also control the accounting postings, stock updates, and screen layouts for each goods movement.

What are categories of Movement Types in SAP?

There are different categories of movement types in SAP, such as Goods Receipt (GR) Movement Types, Goods Issue (GI) Movement Types, Transfer Posting (TP) Movement Types, Special Movement Types, Physical Inventory (PI) Movement Types, Reversal Movement Types

Basic Concepts of SAP Materials Management - Movement Types

This document is provided as an introductory material after SAP Implementation for a university to give basic core concepts of Materials Management module. After reading this document you will be able to:

Understand the relationship between the organizational structure and master data
Use SAP transaction codes to execute various goods movements
Create a personal favorites list of frequently used movement types
Understand the relationship between goods movements and movement types
Execute goods movements in SAP
Cancel/ reverse goods movements
Execute a return to vendor transaction and issue goods using specific transaction codes to cost centers, work orders, reservations and scrap
Transfer materials from one location to another
Pick and issue materials
Differentiate between a stock and non-stock material

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