Country of origin approval

To optimize the registration of the countries of origin on incoming goods, you can implement an approval step in the inbound and receipt procedures.

These approval options are available:

  • Automatic approval

    Automatic approval means that if you use default countries of origin for specific suppliers or items, the default country of origin is automatically approved without any user intervention.

    If the default country of origin is not changed on order intake or receipt, no approval is needed. If no country of origin is specified, or if a country of origin other than the default country of origin is specified, approval is needed.

  • Manual approval

    Approval is always needed.

Default country of origin

You can specify default countries of origin in these sessions:

  • Items (tcibd0501m000)
  • Items by Site (tcibd1550m000)
  • Item - Purchase (tdipu0601m000)
  • Item - Purchase Business Partner (tdipu0610m000)
  • Item - Purchase Business Partner by Site (tdipu0690m000)

If no default countries of origin are specified at the item-purchase or item-purchase business partner level, the default countries of origin specified at the item are used when you specify purchase business objects such as purchase orders.

Setup

Approval is implemented by country in the Inventory Tracking Parameters by Country (tcitu0110m000) session and globally in the Inventory Tracking Parameters (tcitu0100m100) session.

In the Approval section of either session, select Yes in the Required field and in the Automatic field, select Yes or No as required.

Approval in business processes

You can approve a country of origin in any session in which a country of origin is specified, for example, the Order Line (tcitu2100m000) session, the Inbound Advice from Receipt (tcitu2100m200) session, or the Inventory Tracking Receipt (tcitu2610m000) session.

To approve a country of origin, in the relevant session, click Approve.

If you change the country of origin after approval, you must approve the country of origin again.

Approval is mandatory during the same stages in the inbound, receipt, and inspection processes as those in which specifying the country of origin is mandatory. For details, see Overview of the inventory tracking receipt process.

Approval is also required for inventory adjustments, cycle counting, and corrections. For these processes, approval is performed in these sessions:

  • Adjustment Order Line (tcitu2100m700)
  • Cycle Counting Order Line (tcitu2100m800)
  • Inventory Tracking Correction Order (tcitu4600m000)

Status

The status of a country of origin is To be Approved if approval is still to be done. After approval, the status changes to Approved.

Some sessions, such as the Order Line (tcitu2100m000) session or the Inbound Advice from Receipt (tcitu2100m200) session, can be linked to multiple inventory tracking receipts.

If the country of origin is approved for some, but not all of these inventory tracking receipts, the status becomes Approved for each individually approved receipt, and Partially Approved for the order line or advice line.