In an SAP S/4HANA make-to-order process, the production order is the primary cost object and control instrument for manufacturing. When raw materials are moved from a warehouse to the production line for consumption, the goods issue is posted directly against the specific production order. This action correctly updates the inventory of the raw materials, records their consumption, and debits the material costs to the production order, ensuring accurate tracking of manufacturing expenses for the specific customer order.

A. Outbound delivery order: This document is used in the Sales and Distribution (SD) module to manage the shipping of finished goods to a customer, not for internal material consumption.

C. Stock transport order: This is an Inventory Management (MM) document used to facilitate the transfer of materials between two plants or storage locations within the same company.

D. Sales order: While the sales order initiates the make-to-order process, the goods issue of components is posted to the subsequent production order, not directly to the sales order.

1. SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA: Production Orders (PP-SFC) -> Goods Issue. The documentation states

"When you post a goods issue with reference to an order

the system... creates a material document... The order is debited with the costs of the withdrawn material." This confirms the goods issue is posted to the production order.

2. SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA: Sales and Distribution (SD) -> Make-to-Order Production. This section describes how a sales order can trigger the creation of a production order. It clarifies the role of the sales order as the trigger

while the production order manages the manufacturing execution

including material withdrawals.

3. SAP Help Portal

SAP S/4HANA: Inventory Management and Physical Inventory (MM-IM) -> Stock Transfer Using a Stock Transport Order. This document defines a stock transport order's purpose as moving materials between locations

which is distinct from consuming materials for production.