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1.0 Introduction
The Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) defines logistics as the process of planning, implementing, and controlling procedures for the efficient and effective transportation and storage of goods including services, and related information from the point of origin to the point of consumption for the purpose of conforming to customer requirements. This definition includes inbound, outbound, internal, and external movements.
Inbound Logistics
It is important for companies to have total visibility of their inbound logistics function.
If the logistics management can see which inbound deliveries are arriving they can schedule the correct resources to be available at the correct times so that materials are unloaded in a timely fashion without causing a bottleneck at the receiving dock. The inbound logistics process in SAP starts when purchase orders are processed at the vendor and an advanced shipping notification (ASN) is sent back.
When an ASN is received this can trigger an inbound delivery to be created in SAP. The delivery will contain information on the vendor, the items, quantities to be expected and the delivery details.
The delivery monitor is used to display and process open and completed deliveries. It is a single list that is easily reviewed.
It shows deliveries that are due for picking or putaway and creation of transfer orders, deliveries for which picked quantities or putaway stocks need to be confirmed, and process deliveries that are due for goods receipt.

Goods receipts are used to record the items that are received from a vendor which have been sent using the information from a purchase order.
The goods receipt is important as it moves the items into stock, updating the stock levels and allowing the items to be used in the production process. If an item is received into stock, the value