The Concept of Movement Types

When you enter a goods movement in the system, you must enter a movement type to differentiate between the various goods movements. A movement type is a three digit identification key for a goods movement. The following table contains examples
of movement types.

Download the document on movement types (5381) which describes all the movement types used in SAP.

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