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WAREHOUSE MANGEMENT
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If you are not using the Warehou se Management System , the storage
location is the lowest level of inventory management in the system.
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When you implement the Warehou se Management System (WMS) in a plant, you
define the individual warehouses (high-rack storage, block storage, picking area, and so
on) as storage types within a warehouse complex and group them together under a
warehouse number .
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Warehouse Number : New Creation
A warehouse complex is represented in the Warehouse Management
system as a warehouse number.3 Character Alphanumeric key that defines a complex warehousing system
consisting of different organizational and technical units (storage areas).
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Warehouse Number : Features
All warehouse procedures, such as stock placements and stock removals of
materials, are always executed within a warehouse number.
A warehouse number has the following characteristics:
• A warehouse number does not have an address, but a short descriptive
text.
•It is possible to store material data that is specific to a warehouse number.
•Within each warehouse number , the stock figures are managed as
quantities, not as values .
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Within a plant it is not possible to assign several storage locations tothe same warehouse number.
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Storage Type Definition A physical or logical subdivision(storage area, warehouse facility, or a
warehouse zone) of a complex warehouse ( warehouse number),
distinguished by the warehouse procedures used, the space used
or its organization form or function.
Examples
•goods receipt area
•goods issue area
•picking area
•high rack storage
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Storage Type : New Creation
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Storage Type : Features
A warehouse number is divided up into a number of storage types. A storage type is defined on the basis of its spatial or organizational features
(for example, high rack storage area, bulk storage area, goods receipt area).
HIGH RACK STORAGE AREA A warehouse area with high-rack shelving units. The individual shelves are separated by aisles. These areas are usually operated on the basis of random storage, that is, each new incoming quantity
is assigned to the next available storage bin. BULK STORAGE AREAWarehouse area without shelves where similar pallets or containers are stacked.
The storage bins in bulk storage are usually separated by lines drawn on the floor. Each bin may only
store a single material (cases of 1 liter bottles of orange juice, for example).
A storage type has the following features: •
A storage type does not have an address, but a short description.
•It is possible to store storage-type-specific material data.
•Within a storage type, inventory is executed for each storage bin.
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Storage Section : Definition
In Warehouse Management (WM), a storage section is an organizational
subdivision of a storage type that groups together storage bins with
similar features for the purpose of putting away stock.
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Storage Section : Example
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Picking Area : Definition
A picking area is a section within a storage type in which all picking activities are carried out inthe same way.
The pick ing area groups storage bins together from the viewpoint of
pick ing strategies and is a counterpart to the storage section, which
groups bins from the viewpoint of putaway strategies.
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Storage Bin : Definition
A storage type generally contains several storage spaces or slots known asstorage bins.The storage bin is the Smallest add ressable unit of space in
a warehouse where the goods are or can be stored.
You can also define the following additional characteristics of a
storage bin:
•Maximum weight
•Total capacity
•Fire containment section
•Storage bin type (for example, for small or large pallets)
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Storage Bin Type: Definition
Storage bins may be divided into groups (for example, large storage bins,
small storage bins, and so on). A suitable storage bin is proposed by the system
during stock placement in combination with the storage unit type.
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Staging Area : Definition
A staging area is an interim storage area for goods that have been receivedfrom goods receipt and afterwards need to be transferred into the warehouse. It is also an interim storage area for goods that were picked in a warehouse and
are to be loaded for goods issue through loading ramps or doors.
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Staging Area : Definition
Staging area may be assigned various functions like: •goods receipt •goods issue
•cross-docking•flow-through
A door m ay also assign ed be to a staging area as a default value.
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Door : Definition
This is the location where the goods arrive at or leave the warehouse. The doors are located in physical proximity to the respective staging areas.
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Door : Definition
Various functions which may be to assigned a door ( even simultaneously):
•Goods receipts - Denotes a physical inward movement of goods or materials.
•Goods issues - A reduction in warehouse stock due, for instance, to a withdrawal of
stock or the delivery of goods to a customer.
•Cross-docking - The goods are brought from goods receipt directly to goods issue without
being put away, without being repacked between being received and issued
from the distribution center.
•Flow through - The goods are transported at goods receipt to a zone for repackaging and
are then brought to the goods issue area. There is no placement into storage
between being received and issued from the distribution center. The extra
repackaging step differentiates the flow-through process from that of cross-
docking.
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Door : Definition
You can assign different functions to a dock door, for example: •Goods receipt •Goods issue •and other transactions such as cross-docking and flow-through.
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Quant : Definition
This is the stock of any material with the same features in one storage
bin.
•When you store goods in an empty storage bin in WM, the system automatically
creates a quant in this bin & automat ical ly assign s a quant number.
•The quant is automatically deleted by the system when the material quantity is
picked.
Quant : Record
This data includes.
•Quant identification
•Plant
•Material number
•Batch number
•Stock category
•Special stock indicator and number
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Quant
It is a quantity of material with similar characteristics in a single storage bin.
Bin4 has 2 quants of material 5.
The first quant is quality inspection stock with a stock category of "Q".
The second quant of material 5 has been released from inspection and is now
"unrestricted" stock that is available for use.
Bin1 has two quants,
• a single quant for material 1
• a single quant for material 2.
Bin2 contains 2 quants of material 3,
each with a separate batch number.
Bin3 has a single
quant of material 4.
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Changing Quant Data
Logistics Logistics Execution
Internal Whse Processes
Bins and Stock
Display Single Displays
Quant
Enter the warehouse number , the storage type and the bin
coordinate
To access the quant, choose Stock
To change a quant in the list, position the cursor on the quant you want
to display and choose Change Quant .
Save
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Stock
Special stock is managed separately in the Warehouse Management (WM)
application for reasons of ownership or for various factors reflecting the location
in which they are kept. Following special stock using WM:
•Individual Customer (Sales Order) Stock (E)- (make-to-order) stock The special
stock number is made up of the sales order number (10 digits) and the sales order item (6
digits).
•Consignment Stock (K)
•Returnable Transport Packaging (RTP) Vendor (M)
•Project Stock (Q)
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Stock Category Stock is categorized in WM as follows:
•Available Stock- Unrestricted-use stock
•Inspection Stock - This stock carries the stock category "Q" to indicate that it is in quality
inspection.
Once this stock has been inspected and a usage decision has been made, you carry out
a Transfer Pos t ing in the Inventory Management component and subsequent Post ing
Change in WM to remove the category Q, thus converting it to available stock.
•
Blocked Stock -This stock is displayed in WM with a stock category of "S " . This stock is processed in exactly the same manner as inspection stock. This stock is
processed in exactly the same manner as inspection stock.
•Blocked Stock Returns - When delivered goods are returned by a customer, they are first
posted in the system to "blocked stock returns" with a stock category of "R " .
You must carry out a posting change to return it to available stock.
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Stock Status When goods arrive in the warehouse, they are usually received in the Goods
Receipt Area (GR-Area) near the receiving dock. Later, they are transferred
using a transfer order to another area within the warehouse.
During the period of time when move orders have been created for the
movement of goods, two availability statuses exist for this stock which has not
yet been moved.
Hence these goods appear on the display lists under the following three
headers:
•
Quantity or Total Stock- This is the total quantity of material quants stored in thewarehouse that does not include quantities for planned putaways and picks.
•For Stock Placement- A transfer order has been created for this stock to move it from
one storage bin to another. It has been marked for putaway (storage) in the warehouse.
•For Stock Removal - A transfer order has been created to pick this stock from a
storage bin in the warehouse. In most cases, this stock will be transferred to a storage binin the goods issue area.
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Unit Of Measure
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WM INTERFACE TO IM
The Inventory Management component communicates with WM through
interim storage types.
When you process a goo ds receipt in IM that is posted to a WM -
managed storage location, the quantity is automatically posted to an
inter im s torage area (goods receipt area). Afterwards, WM posts the
goods to a storage bin in the warehouse. This increases the total stock
quantity in both IM and WM.
When you process a goods issue , the system posts a quantity to an
inter im s torage area (goods issue area or shipping zone). This time,
however, a quant with a negative quantity is created since the IM
posting reduces the total stock quantity
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WM INTERFACE TO IM
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GR in the IM
for a PO
1. GR doc. Is created in IM
2. Stock is posted to Storage Location
1. Automatic transfer requirement in WM w.r.t. GR doc.
2. Stock is noted in a storage bin in Interim storage Area.
Transfer order in WM
w.r.t.
Transfer Requirement
Physical stock movement
to Storage Bin
WM INTERFACE TO IM
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