In SAP S/4HANA Cloud, an inbound delivery can be created through several standard methods. First, it can be created manually by a user directly referencing a purchase order, which is a common practice for gaining visibility of an incoming shipment before it is electronically notified. Second, the process can be fully automated upon the receipt of an Advanced Shipping Notification (ASN) from a supplier via electronic data interchange (EDI) or an API. This is the most common automated method for external procurement. Third, a background job can be scheduled to automatically create inbound deliveries, which is a standard process particularly used for stock transport orders (STOs) where the system creates an inbound delivery based on the data from the supplying plant's outbound delivery.

B. Automatically, by creating a supplier invoice with a scheduled job: The supplier invoice is created at the end of the procurement process, typically after the goods receipt. It does not trigger the creation of an inbound delivery.

E. Manually, with reference to the post goods receipt: The process flow is reversed. An inbound delivery is created before a goods receipt is posted. The goods receipt is posted with reference to the inbound delivery.

1. Correct Option A & Manual Creation: SAP S/4HANA Cloud Documentation

Fiori Apps Library

"Create Inbound Deliveries - From Purchase Orders". This app allows users to manually create inbound delivery documents with direct reference to one or more purchase orders. (SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library

App ID F1705).

2. Correct Option C & ASN: SAP Best Practices for SAP S/4HANA Cloud

Scope Item "Advanced Shipping Notification Inbound from Supplier (2EL)". This document details the process where "the system automatically creates an inbound delivery when the advanced shipping notification (ASN) is received from the supplier."

3. Correct Option D & Background Job: SAP S/4HANA Cloud Documentation

Fiori Apps Library

"Schedule Inbound Delivery Creation". The documentation for this app states

"You can use this app to schedule a job that creates inbound deliveries automatically for selected purchase orders (stock transport orders) that are due for delivery." (SAP Fiori Apps Reference Library

App ID F2205).

4. Incorrect Option E & Process Flow: SAP S/4HANA Cloud Documentation

"Inbound Processing in Warehouse Management". The standard process flow is consistently documented as: Purchase Order -> Inbound Delivery -> Goods Receipt. This confirms that an inbound delivery must exist before the goods receipt can be posted against it.