Best Practice for sugar refinery process

hello, my company need to deploy a new business concerning raw sugar refinery.
so we need to analyze the business requirements and propose a process for refinery management .
step 1: arrival of goods in docks
step 2: raw sugar need to be charged in our stock ( quantity and value ) but is not our property
step 3: goods need to be delivered to our plant ( we pay the transport as service for our business partner )
step 4: goods need to be verified ( for quality and quantity ) and accepted by operators
step 5: goods are processed in a refinery plant, we need to verify timing, costs, quantity and human resources employed ( for costs remittance and transfer )
step 6: sugar is delivered to other industrial plants, warehouse and finally sold ( but is not our property ), for us it's like a refinery service.
step 7: we need to trace production lot from raw sugar arrival to the docks up to step 6 .
step 8: inventory and maintenance costs need to be traced because our profit is a part of this refinery service reduced by costs incurred
any suggestions to find the right best practice ?
I'm not a skilled BPS, I was looking for oil refinery but is not the same process, so.. what can i look for?
TNks

Hi Kumar,
In order to have Consigment in SAP u need to have master data such as material master, vendor master and purchase inforecord of consignment type. U have to enter the item category k when u enter PO. The goods receipt post in vendor consignment stock will be non valuated.
1. The intial steps starts with raising purchase order for the consignment item
2. The vendor recieves the purchase order.
3. GR happens for the consignment material.
4. Stocks are recieved and placed under consignment stock.
5. When ever we issue to prodn or if we transfer post(using mov 411) from consignment to own stock then liability occurs.
6. Finally comes the settlement using mrko. You settle the amount for the goods which was consumed during a specific period.
regards
Anand.C

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