Tasks to be completed when documenting an operation (from creation to publication)
1. Enter the Title of the operation / page
2. Add the following Labels:
Scope of applicability: ww, country_accounting
Country or group of countries (if applicable): belux, china, france, italy, lam, nam,uk_ie, bulgaria, dach, netherlands, iberia, poland, latvia, australia, india, japan, south_korea, thailand, singapore, new_zealand, emea_transversal, apac_transversal
Unit and Domain according to the List of labels to be used in the Finance Service Line space
- E.g. 1: WW Operation in Financial Accounting under domain "Central Finance Processes & Compliance":
- Labels to be used: ww, financial_accounting, central_fin_proc_compliance
- Labels to be used: ww, financial_accounting, central_fin_proc_compliance
- E.g. 2: France Operation in Financial Accounting:
- Labels to be used: country_accounting, france, financial_accounting
(for country operations, the Domain is always country_accounting)
- Labels to be used: country_accounting, france, financial_accounting
- E.g. 1: WW Operation in Financial Accounting under domain "Central Finance Processes & Compliance":
3. Fill in all fields as described above
4. Name the title of each section using OPD methodology naming convention - Infinitive verb without the “to”, mainly action verb...something) -" I do something..."
5. Once the description of the operation is completed, ensure it is approved and published by launching the SBS-Finance approval workflow
Responsibility area: N/A
1. Objective and Scope
1.1. Objective of this Operation
The objective of this procedure is to check if all the goods returns have a credit note invoiced.
1.2. Scope
This procedure applies to Brazilian companies in WP1 system, but can be extended for other companies on the same system.
2. Definitions
See Finance Glossary:
3. Tasks description
This check is performed on a monthly basis since D-2 to D-1.
3.1. I identify returns
It's possible to identify what materials had returns and anticipate problems in a company closure.
How to do it:
In WP1 system, enter in transaction MB52 and use the variant 'DEV';
Check if the plants are updated, it will be needed all the company's plant. If needed, update the variant.
In this transaction you will need to fill:
- Plants
- Material Type
- Flag Display Batch Stocks
- Flag No Zero Stocks Lines
- Flag Do Not Display Values
- Layout must be "/DEVOL"
Run
Its report will appears like:
If the material has returns, the column RETURNS inserted in the layout will open a green column as below:
You can extract this to excel if you want:
3.2. I create a report
After identify the returns it's needed to send to local's responsible for the credit note creation/request.
As an example, you can send as below:
- Material code
- Material description
- Plant
- Company name
The report is send to each responsible plant controller as follows in the spreadsheet below:
Email text example:
"Could you please check this materials below as they have returns appointed by the system".





