What are the goods movements that take place in MM? | SAP-MM

 The goods movements can be defined as the physical or logical movements of materials that lead into the change in stock levels or results into the material consumption. The goods movements are part of the material management policy.
The goods movements in SAP are of the following types:
=> Goods Receipt— Represents the physical movement of goods or material into the company. It increases the stock quantity. The goods receipt can be of the following types:
?    Goods receipt with reference to a purchase order
?    Goods receipt with reference to a production order
?    Goods receipt without reference
=> Goods Issue— Represents the physical movement of goods or material out of the company. It reduces the stock quantity. The goods issue can be of the following type:
?    Goods consumption in the company
?    Good delivery to customers
=> Stock Transfer— Represents the material movement from one location to another location. The locations can be either within the same plant or different plants.
=> Transfer Posting — Represents the stock transfer that can either be physical or be logical. In logical stock transfer, goods are transferred only in records while the actual stock transfer does not occur.
Some examples of physical stock transfer are:
*    Stock transfer between two storage locations in a plant
*    Stock transfer between two plants
*    Transfer of material to customer consignment stock
    Some examples of logical stock transfer are:
=>    Release of material from stock in quality inspection
=>    Transfer of material from vendor consignment stock to own stock
=>    Batch splitting
=>    Transfer posting material to material