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1 Warehouse Management Management Guide SAP AG2 April 2001 Copyright Copyright 2001 SAP AG. All rights part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or for any purposewithout the express permission of SAP AG. The information contained herein may be changedwithout prior software products marketed by SAP AG and its distributors contain proprietary softwarecomponents of other software , WINDOWS , NT , EXCEL , Word , PowerPoint and SQL Server are registeredtrademarks ofMicrosoft , DB2 , OS/2 , DB2/6000 , Parallel Sysplex , MVS/ESA , RS/6000 , AIX , S/390 ,AS/400 , OS/390 , and OS/400 are registered trademarks of IBM is a registered trademark of ORACLE -OnLine for SAP and Informix Dynamic ServerTM are registered trademarks ofInformix Software , X/Open , OSF/1 , and Motif are registered trademarks of the Open , DHTML, XML, XHTML are trademarks or registered trademarks of W3C , World WideWeb Consortium,Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

2 JAVA is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc. JAVASCRIPT is a registered trademark of Sun Microsystems, Inc., used under license fortechnology invented and implemented by Netscape. SAP, SAP Logo, R/2, RIVA, R/3, ABAP, SAP ArchiveLink, SAP Business Workflow, WebFlow,SAP EarlyWatch, BAPI, SAPPHIRE, Management Cockpit, Logo and trademarks or registered trademarks of SAP AG in Germany and in several other countriesall over the world. All other products mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of theirrespective companies. SAP AGWarehouse Management GuideApril 20013 IconsIconMeaningCautionExampleNoteRecomm endationSyntaxWarehouse Management Guide SAP AG4 April 2001 ContentsWarehouse Management Guide ..13 Warehouse Structure in the Warehouse Management 17 Warehouse Number .. 22 Storage 23 Storage Section .. 26 Picking 28 Storage Bin .. 29 Creating Storage Bins .. 31 Editing Storage 34 Blocking and Unblocking Storage Bins .. 36 Displaying the Bin Status Report.

3 38 Displaying Warehouse Capacity .. 39 Quant .. 40 Door .. 41 Staging Area .. 43 Warehouse Management with Lean WM .. 44 Setting Up Lean WM .. 46 Basic 48 Number Ranges .. 49 Foreground/Background 51 Bar Code Use .. 52 Authorization Checks .. 53 Displaying Authorization Groups and Table Views .. 55 Archiving and Reorganization ..56 Warehouse Controlling .. 58 Displaying Material Movement Data .. 61 Function Modules and Customer Exits in 62WM in the SAP Retail System ..66 Planning and Monitoring .. 67 Rough Workload 68 Wave 70 Wave Picks with Capacity Restrictions .. 72 Creating Wave Picks - Delivery Time .. 74 Processing Wave 77 Subsequent Functions for Wave Picks .. 78 Warehouse Activity 81 Unconfirmed Transfer Orders .. 84 Open Transfer 85 Open Posting Change 87 Open 88 Critical Stock .. 89 Critical TRs for Production Supply .. 91 Using the Warehouse Activity Monitor .. 92 Example: Displaying Unconfirmed Transfer Orders .. 95 SAP AGWarehouse Management GuideApril 20015 Basic Stock Management .

4 97 Material Master Data .. 98 Defining Warehouse Data in the Material Master .. 99 Displaying the Material Master Record .. 101 The Quant and Stock Management in 102 Changing Quant Data ..105 Displaying Quant 106 Types of Stock .. 107 Stock Category .. 109 Displaying Stock in the Warehouse .. 111 Blocking Stock in the Warehouse .. 112 Units of Measure .. 113 Batch Management .. 116 Shelf Life Expiration 118 Displaying Materials with a Shelf Life Expiration Date (SLED).. 119 Storing Materials in the Warehouse .. 120WM Interface to Inventory Management (IM).. 121 Interim Storage 123 Creating Interim Bins with Predefined Coordinates .. 125 Order of Postings in Integrated 126 Posting First in IM .. 127 Posting First in 128 Comparing Stock Quantities in WM and 129 Hazardous Materials Management .. 130 Hazardous Material Records .. 132 Creating and Using Hazardous Material 133 Hazardous Material Evaluation Reports .. 135 Displaying the Fire Department Inventory List.

5 136 Checking for Proper Storage of Hazardous Material .. 137 Displaying Stock with Hazardous 138 Warehouse Movements ..139 Basics for Goods 143 Movement Types in 144 Using Special Movement 147 Transfer Requirement .. 150 Creating Transfer 152 Creating Transfer Requirements .. 154 Processing Transfer Requirements .. 156 Transfer Order .. 159 Creating Transfer Orders ..161 Automatic Creation of TOs for Transfer Requirement .. 163 Using a Transfer Order as a Pick Order in Lean WM .. 164 Displaying Transfer Orders .. 165 Print Transfer Orders and 166 Printing Transfer Orders and 170 Evaluating Transfer Orders .. 172 Confirming Transfer Orders .. 173 Confirming Transfer Orders .. 175 Warehouse Management Guide SAP AG6 April 2001 Packaging Notification to Shipping .. 177 Cancelling Transfer Orders .. 178 Transfer Order 179 Performance Data .. 181 Planned Data .. 182 Entering of Actual Data .. 183 Handling Differences .. 185 Clearing 187 Storage of Pre-Picked Handling Units.

6 188 Putting Away, Picking, and Transferring Pre-Packed HUs .. 191 Goods Receipt .. 193 Creating Transfer Orders Immediately at the IM 195 Manual Creation of Transfer Orders for Putaway .. 197 Posting a Goods Receipt Based on a Purchase Order .. 200 Posting Returns for Receipt for Inspection .. 202 Releasing Material from Inspection 204 Releasing Stock in IM from 205 Goods Receipt Without a Previous Posting in 206 Example: Sample ABAP to Follow-up Postings in IM .. 208 Creating a TO in WM without a Previous Posting in IM .. 209 Negative Stock 211 Stock Placement Using Storage Unit 212 Example: Using Storage Unit Types .. 213 Cross-Docking .. 214 Stock Placement with Active Bypass .. 215 Setting up Active Bypass for Putaway .. 216 Adding Goods to Existing Stock .. 217 Goods Issue .. 218 Goods Issues Based Upon a 220 Random Picking Using Transfer Orders .. 222 Pick-and-Pack During 224 Picking from a Fixed Bin without a Transfer Order.

7 226 Picking Quantities Based on Size .. 227 Goods Issue for a a Delivery .. 229 Automatic Creation of Transfer Orders for Outbound 230 Confirming a Transfer Order for a 232 Processing Differences for a 233 Partial Picking .. 234 Creating a TO for a Cancelled Delivery .. 235 Goods Issue Based on an IM Posting .. 236 Goods Issue to a Cost 238 Posting a Goods Issue to a Cost Center .. 239 Creating a Transfer Order for a Material Document .. 240 Manual Creation of Transfer Orders for Picking .. 241 Goods Issue for Production Supply .. 242 SAP AGWarehouse Management GuideApril 20017 Pick Part .. 245 Crate Part .. 246 Release Order Part .. 247 Setting up the Interface between PP and WM .. 248 Production Supply Areas .. 249 Creating a Control 250 Production Storage Bins .. 251 The Material Staging Process .. 252 Creating a Production Order .. 253 Displaying a Production Order .. 254 Releasing a Production 255 Automatic Staging for WM .. 256 Displaying TRs for Material Staging.

8 258 Creating TRs for Material Staging Manually .. 259 Processing TRs for Material Staging .. 261 Posting a Goods Issue for Material Usage .. 263 Kanban 264 Handling Cancelled 267 Material Staging for Repetitive Manufacturing .. 269 Staging Release Order Parts for Repetitive 272 Multiple Processing .. 273 Selecting TRs for Multiple Processing .. 275 Selecting Deliveries for Multiple Processing .. 277 Sample Report: Multiple Processing 278 Creating Transfer Orders for a 279 Releasing Groups .. 280 Confirming TOs for a 281 Partial Processing of TRs and 282 Analysis of Groups .. 2832-Step 2852-Step Picking Process .. 287 Work Method 1: Delivery to Goods .. 288 Work Method 2: Goods to 292 How to Carry Out 2-Step Picking .. 294 Using the Analysis Tool for 2-Step Picking .. 298WM Interface to Quality Management .. 300 How the QM Interface Process Works .. 301 Making Stock Placements Using the QM Interface .. 302 Examples: Making a Usage Decision.

9 305 Finding an Inspection Lot in the Warehouse .. 308 Examples for the Putaway of Inspection Stock .. 309 After Usage Decision: Sample Stored .. 310 After Usage Decision: Stock Returned to 311 After Usage Decision: Sample 312 Before Usage Decision: Sample Stored .. 313 Before Usage Decision: Stock Returned to 314 Before Usage Decision: Sample 315 Stock Transfers and Replenishment .. 316 Warehouse Management Guide SAP AG8 April 2001 Plant/Storage Location to Plant/Storage Location .. 317 Internal Stock Transfers .. 319 Moving Stock from One Storage Bin to Another .. 320 Replenishing Fixed Bins in the Warehouse .. 321 Executing Replenishment for Fixed Bins .. 322 Choose Logistics ( Logistics Execution ( Internal Whse Processes ( Stock Transfer (Planning of Replenishments ( Based Upon Outb. Deliveries to be Selected from the SAPmenu.. 323 Creating a Replenishment TO During TO 324 Posting Changes in WM .. 326 Processing Posting 327 Displaying Posting Change Notices.)))))

10 328 Automatic Creation of TOs for Posting Change 329 Processing Posting Changes Entirely Within 330 Example: Changing the Status of Consignment Stock .. 332 Processing Inspection Stock .. 334 Releasing Stock from 336 Releases from More than One Storage Type .. 338 Releasing Consignment Stock from Inspection .. 339 Processing Blocked Stock ..340 Converting Available Stock to Inspection Stock .. 341 Changing a Material 342 Dividing Materials into Two or More Batches .. 344 Changing Stock Ownership from Plant to Plant .. 345 Storage Locations in TRs, TOs and Posting Changes .. 346 Possible Scenarios Based on Storage Locations .. 348 Example: Stock Movement from GR 350 Example: Material Staging for Production .. 352 Putaway and Picking Strategies .. 354 Putaway Strategies .. 355 Manual Entry .. 359 Strategy F: Fixed Bin Storage .. 360 Strategy C: Open 362 Strategy I: Addition to Existing Stock .. 363 Strategy L: Next Empty Storage Bin .. 365 Strategy K: Putaway near Picking Bin.