LO531 Special Topics in Warehouse Management: R/3 System Release 46D 19.12.2001

LO531 Special Topics in Warehouse
Management
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R/3 System Release 46D 19.12.2001
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LO531 Special Topics in Warehouse Management
LO531
Special Topics in
Warehouse Management
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R/3 System
Release 4.6B
March 2000
Material number 50032324
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Materials Management
Level 2 Level 3
LO510 3 days LO511 1 day
Inventory Management Physical Inventory
Management
LO515 3 days LO955 3 days
Invoice Verification Batch Management
LO550 5 days
LO540 2 days Cross Functional
Procurement of Customizing in MM
External Services
LO520 3 days
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Optimization LO521 2 days
Processes in Pricing in Purchasing
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Shipping Cross Functional
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Pricing in SD
LO640 3 days
Foreign Trade
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2 days
Warehouse Special Topics within
Management Warehouse Mgmt.
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Course Prerequisites
Course Prerequisites:
LO140 - Logistics Execution Overview
LO530 - Basic Functions in Warehouse Management
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Target Group
z Audience:
Project team
Group managers
z Duration: 2 days
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Notes to the user

yThe training materials are not teach-yourself programs. They complement the course
instructor's explanations. On the sheets, there is space for you to write down additional
information.
Course Overview
z Course Goals
z Course Objectives
z Course Content
z Course Overview Diagram
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Course Goals
This course will enable you to:
z Gain an understanding and hands on experience

of some additional topics within the SAP
Warehouse Management System and the
customizing options that are available to
support company requirements.
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Course Objectives
At the completion of this course, you should be able to:
z Perform WM functions such as customizing Storage

Unit Management, Radio Frequency, Hazardous
Material Management and the Warehouse Activity
Monitor.
z Discuss customizing options and settings within the
Warehouse Management system for printing, Rough
Workload Estimating and Performance Data.
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Course Contents
Preface
Unit 1 Course Overview Unit 6 Quality Management

Integration
Unit 2 Storage Unit
Management Unit 7 Reporting in Warehouse
Management
Unit 3 Hazardous Materials
Management Unit 8 Radio Frequency / LSR
Unit 4 Batch Management Unit 9 Decentralized
Unit 5 WM Before IM
Unit 10 Technical Topics
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Course Overview Diagram
Course Overview
Storage Unit Management
Hazardous Materials Management
Batch Management
WM Before IM
Quality Management Integration
Reporting in Warehouse Management
Radio Frequency / LSR
Decentralized Warehouse Management
Technical Topics
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z Customizing the Warehouse Activity Monitor

z Standard Reporting in Warehouse Management
z Rough Workload Estimates
z Performance Data
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Reporting in Warehouse Management:
Course Overview
Batch Management
WM Before IM
Technical Topics
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Rough Workload Estimates: Topic Objective
At the conclusion of this topic, you will be able to:
z Perform analysis using Rough Workload

Estimate tools
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Possible Warehouse Structure
Reserve
o l
co
Office
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The Rough Workload Estimate enables the person in charge of a distribution center or warehouse to
calculate the rough workload over a period of time.

Analyze requirements, Plan resources
Resources Processes
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Rough Workload Estimate is used to plan the resources you need to have available based on the
warehouse processes that exist.

Analyze Requirements
z Goods Receipts
z Picking and Goods Issue
z Returns to Vendor
z Returns from Customer Customer
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These are the business processes that are considered as requirements for Rough Workload. You can
define operations and assign them to the business processes to refine your analyses.

Documents for RWE Calculation: Goods Receipt
Purchase Order
Unload
Goods Receipt
Unpack
Stock Placement
Activities
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For incoming materials, the Purchase Order increases the workload and the Goods Receipt decreases
the workload.
The SAP documents (purchase order, sales order, stock transport order, delivery and corresponding
returns) form the basis for load updates. From these documents, the system updates the quantity,
weight, volume and the number of document items. Additionally, it is possible to determine the
processing times with additional customizing.

Documents for RWE Calculation: Goods Issue
Sales Order Delivery
Stock Transport Order

Picking
Scheduling Agreement Packing
Loading
Activities
Goods Issue
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The Sales Order, Stock Transport Order and Scheduling Agreement increase workload.
The Delivery reduces the workload from the Sales Order, Stock Transport Order and Scheduling
Agreement, but increases the workload for the Delivery activity. If a delivery is created without
reference to a Sales Order, Stock Transport Order or Scheduling Agreement, then only the workload
for the delivery activity is increased.
When the Goods Issue is posted, the workload from the delivery is reduced.

Drill-Down Structure
z Day the workload begins

z Warehouse number
z Goods Category
z Document Category
z Unit of Measure Load Category
z Planned picking storage type
z Planned picking area
z Delivery priority
z Shipping material type
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With RWE, all standard LIS functionality exists.

When RWE is initiated, you enter a period to analyze. The first level that you see will be by date.
The date is the day the workload begins.
As you drill down in the RWE report, you see the data in this sequence for the standard drill down.
First date, then warehouse, and so on.
The Goods Category is specific to the retail industry. Without the retail functionality, the goods
category is ‘Normal'. With retail functionality the goods category could be ‘normal' or
‘promotional'.
The Document Category refers to the document or document item that is the cause of the workload,
so if you wish to look only at Purchase Order documents for example, you could limit the scope of
the report.
The Unit of Measure Load Category (UnType) groups together units of measure for analysis.
Planned picking storage type, planned picking area and delivery priority are available only during the
picking process.
The Shipping Material Type is available via a user exit.
LIS Structures S150, S152.

Key Figures in RWE Analysis
z Weight
z Volume
z Quantity - correspond to quantity unit group
z Number of document-items
z Time for workload
z Shipping material type
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The standard key figures for anaylsis in RWE include weight, volume, quantity, number of document
items. These key figures are available immediately, without additional customizing.
It is possible to include time as a factor for the key figures with additional customizing. You can
assign standard times to business process and operations, and see the analysis calculated in a unit of
time.
There is a user exit available to include shipping material type as a key figure. Shipping materials
with a similar handling load can be grouped to shipping material types. See customer enhancement
Additional data for shipping material and time slot.
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Calculation of Workload
Influence on the workload by
z Warehouse Structure
z Process
Goods Receipt
Goods Issue
Returns
z Material
Heavy
Bulk
Liquid
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The warehouse layout can influence the processing times because you can associate different times
to the process depending on the movement type and the source and destination of the material.
There are fixed times and variable times that can be assigned to different processes and unit of
measure groupings that can affect the workload calculation.
Setup time is a constant time per second and is identified in the workload table.
Time per UoM is the variable time per second, also identified in the workload table.
The workload calculation is:
Work Time per Item = Setup time + (Quantity * Quantity Dependent Time)
There is a customer-defined calculation available using a customer exit
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Workload Calculation
Logistics Logistics
Handling Group: Handling Group:
UoM Type A
(i.e. piece) Normal Liquid
Setup time: 12 Sec. Setup time: 15 Sec.

Time per UoM: 3 Sec. Time per UoM: 5 Sec.
UoM Type B
(i.e. carton
Setup time: 15 Sec. Setup time: 20 Sec.
Time per UoM: 6 Sec. Time per UoM: 8 Sec.
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Setup time is a constant time per second and is identified in the workload table.
Time per UoM is the variable time per second, also identified in the workload table.
The workload calculation is:
y Work Time per Item = Setup time + (Quantity * Quantity Dependent Time)
There is a customer-defined calculation available using a customer exit.
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Example of Workload Calculation: Purchase Order
Material Master
Purchase Order
Mat No Log. Hand. Group
4711 solid
4711 Cake 250g
Quantity 3 EU-PAL
UoM-Types
4815 Lubrication 500g UoM UoM-Type
Quantity 2 EU-PAL
EA PC
BOT PC
CAR CAR
EU-PAL PAL
.... ....
Process: Goods Receipt
Operation Operation Operation

Unload Unpack Placement
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The logistics handling group is assigned to the material on the material master storage 2 view.
The unit of measure is assigned to a unit of measure load group in customizing to group together
similar units of measure for reporting in RWE.
You can identify operations within the warehouse and within storage types. The fixed and variable
times are identified in the workload table and tied to a specific operation.
When you enter a purchase order then, RWE considers the impact that the purchase order will have
on the warehouse.
In the workload table, you can store a constant and variable processing time in seconds for each
warehouse number, storage type, warehouse activity, unit of measure group and logistics handling
group. The constant time can be interpreted as setup or travel time. The variable time occurs per
unit of measure.
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Example for Workload Calculation
Whse. No. Stor. Type Operation Log.Handlg. UoM-Load Time Fix Time/UoM
Grp
100 --- Unload solid Pallet 250 sec 15 sec
100 --- Unload liquid Pallet 280 sec 21 sec
100 --- Unpack solid Pallet 150 sec 6 sec
100 --- Unpack liquid Pallet 180 sec 8 sec
100 --- Placement solid Pallet 150 sec 65 sec
100 --- Placement liquid Pallet 150 sec 75 sec
100 Bulk Picking .... ....
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In the workload table, you can store a constant and variable processing time in seconds for each
warehouse number, storage type, warehouse activity, unit of measure group and logistics handling
group. The constant time can be interpreted as setup or travel time. The variable time occurs per
unit of measure.
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Example of Workload Calculation: Formula
Σ Load for PO Item for Material 4711
= Load for Operation Unload = 250 sec (fix) + 3 * 15 sec (var)
+ Load for Operation Unpack = 150 sec (fix) + 3 * 6 sec (var)
+ Load for Operation Placement = 150 sec (fix) + 3 * 65 sec (var)
= 808 sec = 550 sec (fix) + 3 * 86 sec (var)
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The Rough Workload Estimate is the total of all workload times of the document items/schedule
lines that contribute to a workload. This time is derived from the sum of all of the workload times of
all warehouse activities that are assigned to the warehouse process which belong to a document.
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Picking Waves: Objective
At the conclusion of this topic, you will be

able to:
z Discuss the process of creating picking

waves
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Wave Picking: Definitions
z Picking wave
A group of deliveries, that are processed together during a goods
distribution time window.
z Detailed planning for picking

Process of creating picking waves
- based on time criteria (goods issue time)
- based on the capacity in a time window
z Transfer orders
The transfer orders of a delivery belong to exactly one picking
wave.
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Using picking waves, you can perform detailed planning by creating work packages for picking.
Picking waves consist of deliveries that are to be processed in groups and are created using time
parameters.
Picking waves are groups of deliveries identified by a group number or a reference number.
Picking waves do not influence the workload that is displayed in the Rough Workload Analysis.
LIS picking wave structure is S159.
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Picking Wave
Whse No. 001
Wave Wave
Mo8 Mo10
Delivery
Firma Firma Firma Firma Firma Firma
Firma Firma Firma Firma Firma Firma
DL 1
Rechnung
M DL 2
Rechnung
M DL 3
Rechnung
M DL 4
Rechnung
M DL 5
Rechnung
M DL 6
Rechnung
M
Rechnung Rechnung Rechnung Rechnung Rechnung Rechnung
TO 1 TO 4 TO 7 TO 10 TO 13 TO 16
Transfer
TO 2 TO 5 TO 8 TO 11 TO 14 TO 17
order
TO 3 TO 6 TO 9 TO 12 TO 15 TO 18
Picking
. . .
PA 002 PA 003 PA 002 . . .
. . .
area
PA 005 PA 001 PA 003

PA 001 PA 004 PA 005 R
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Prerequisites
Maximum of one shift is planned (divided into time windows)
Example: mornings: 8:00-8:59, 9:00-9:59, 10:00-10:59, 11:00-11:59
A comparison time period is determined for the warehouse
Example: Picking time period
Loading time period
Goods issue time period
Wave creation
Entry of Warehouse, date, planning time range
Each Delivery, whose comparison time period lies in a time window, belongs to the wave of the
time window
Example: Del 1,2 Picking time period 8:00 -> Wave 1

Del 3 Picking time period 9:00 -> Wave 2
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Associated Functions when using Waves
z Creating transfer orders

z Printing picking papers /
Supply from external systems
z Confirming transfer orders
z Printing deliveries
z Printing a loading list
z Transportation activities
z Posting goods issues
z Invoicing
R
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All of these functions can be called from the Picking Waves menu in Shipping.
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Performance Data: Topic Objective
z Describe the Performance Data contained in the

Transfer Order
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Scenario: Goods Receipt
Storage
ItemType
1 005
GR Area
Storage Type
015
Item2
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Business scenario: A goods receipt with 2 items is to be processed in the warehouse. The materials
are to be put away into 2 different areas of the warehouse. What is the time estimate for this process
versus the actual time taken.
Performance data used in the Warehouse Management system are contained in the transfer order
header and include both planned and actual data.
Planned data: Calculated pre-existing target data that pertains to the processing of a WM transfer
order. The planned TO processing time is the target time or the time that is expected (planned) for a
worker to process an entire transfer order (with one or several items).
Actual data: The actual information about the processing of a transfer order. This data includes.
Worker (personnel number),Duration (actual time required to process the transfer order), Start date
and time and the end date and time, TO processing comment code
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Calculation of Target Data
Header Calculations
Transfer Order
TIME(WM) = Sum[PLAN(Item)] + PLAN(Setup) + PLAN(Travel)

TIME(TOTAL) = TIME(WM) + TIME(EXTERNAL)
1
Item Level Calculation
Plan(Item) = PLAN(Constant) + PLAN (Variable)
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The planned processing time in the Transfer Order (TO) header is the processing time for the entire
TO as calculated by WM. The planned TO processing time references the time unit (for example,
minutes or seconds) that is calculated for the warehouse number. It is calculated as the sum of the
planned processing times for the TO items, the setup times and the travel times.
y TIME(WM) = Sum[PLAN(ITEM)] + PLAN(SETUP) + PLAN(TRAVEL)
The total planned processing time includes the planned processing time in WM plus the planned
processing time that was transmitted from an external system to WM:
y TIME(TOTAL) = TIME(WM) + TIME(EXTERNAL)
The planned processing time for the TO item is calculated from a constant processing time. For
example, the planned setup time for the stock removal process for a TO item plus the quantity
dependent or variable processing time (for example processing time required to pick 10 cartons from
a storage bin). The formula is:
y PLAN(Item) = PLAN(Constant) + PLAN(Variable)
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Actual Data
z Actual data in the TO

z Processor, actual processing time
z Kept in the Transfer Order header
z Separate confirmation dialog
Confirmation of individual transfer orders by processor
Confirmation of several transfer orders by central personnel
(rapid creation)
Correction dialog for users with special authorization
Customize data entry
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Actual data is the actual information about the processing of a transfer order. This data includes the
personnel number of the worker, the actual time or the stop and start times. The data is stored in the
TO header.
The indicator: Actual time required in TO controls whether the entry of actual time for a TO is
necessary and in which format it is to appear. It is also this indicator that controls which dialog box
appears. Depending on the indicator you choose, the system selects the fields that are to be
displayed for data entry.
With the transaction of LT1A, you can correct the data in the TO afterwards.
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Use of Actual Data
z Control of Transfer Order execution

Assign a processor prior to the TO execution
z Recording work accomplished as statistical
information
Worker and processing time for performance control
Selecting workers prior to processing transfer orders
z Creating processing data for incentive wages
Worker, planned and processing times
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The transaction ‘Single Entry of Actual Data' allows you to assign a processor, using their personnel
number.
This transaction uses report, ‘RLLT6300' which requires a variant that is created in Customizing.
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Scenarios for Actual Data
z Near-real-time posting (online scenario)

Assignment of worker with posting of the start time before
carrying out the transfer order
Posting the ending time when confirming the transfer order
z Later postings (offline scenario)
Central entry of actual data (assignments) "after-the-fact" based
on printed transfer order documents
z Link from external systems via IDoc
External system saves relevant data (for example, worker, start
and end times)
Data transfer to R/3 when confirming the transfer order
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You decide and customize the system for entering the actual data. You can enter the time as the
actual duration (ie. 40 minutes), or you can enter the stop and start times and the system will
calculate the duration, or the system will track the time automatically from the time of the TO
creation to the time of the TO confirmation.
The new transaction, ‘Change Transfer Order Header' allows you to correct the performance data
posted in the TO header, such as target time, processor, actual time, start date and time, end date and
time.
To change the TO header date, you must use transaction code,'LT1A'. This transaction is protected
by the authorization object L_SFUNC (special functions in Warehouse Management) with value 2
(execute repair programs).
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Incentive Wages
z Prerequisite
Posting of relevant planned workload data Individual
Assignment of worker incentive wages
Optional: Processing duration (start/end time or actual time)
z Creation and collection of data in WM
In transfer order header
z Transfer to Human Resources (HR) Incentive Wages via
Batch
Batch runs periodically (for example, once per day)
The actual wage calculation takes place in HR
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The batch program, ‘RLT1HR00 (Interface WM pick orders -> HR performance wage)' calls an HR
function module which generates BAPI's to be processed in HR.
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Transfer Order Splits: Objective
z Describe Transfer Order split capability
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Splitting Transfer Orders for Large Deliveries
z Goal:
Balanced workload based on volume and time
TO 1
Transfer order as pick list
z Automatic split criteria:
Firma
Firma
DEL M
Rechnung TO 2
Picking area Rechnung
Planned time of Transfer Order

Movement unit (i.e., pallet) Delivery TO 3
Weight
Volume
Transfer orders
User exit
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Using the key for the movement type, the source and destination storage type, you can assign a
performance data profile to a transfer order. Since the storage types in the transfer order are not at
the header but at the item level, an implicit split is executed for the transfer order with a performance
data profile. This means that the performance data profile applies to all items.
For organizational reasons an explicit split might be desired, for example, a split according to
picking areas or a parameter limit with respect to volume, weight or target time. Appropriate sorting
of the TO items is a prerequisite for a suitable split.
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Transfer Order Splitting
DELIVERY Transfer
Order
Not
fulfilled
Split
Criteria?
Fulfilled
Transfer Transfer Transfer

Order Order Order
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To achieve a balanced distribution of the workload of the warehouse, Transfer Orders can be split.
Together with the splitting process, dynamic sorting of the TO items takes place. For this sorting
process, you can use the sequence field in the storage bin. This field allows you to enter the exact
sequence in wich the storage bins are to be processed.
Transfer Orders are split by a profile for the warehouse number. You can split the TOs by:
Storage type and picking area
y Target time (header information) , volume and weight as value limits.
y There are user exits either for sorting and for splitting available.
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Planning and Monitoring: Summary (1)
z Rough Workload Estimate uses standard drill-

down functionality and can be used to
estimate workload for resource planning.
z Picking Waves are used to create work
packages in shipping. A picking wave
consists of several deliveries that are
processed at the same time.
z Performance Data can be automatically
calculated or entered manually and uploaded
to HR via ‚BAPI‘.
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Planning and Monitoring: Summary (2)
z A delivery can be split into multiple Transfer

Orders to help balance the workload.
Automatic splits are possible based on a
profile defined in customizing.
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z Storage Unit Management

z Managing Bulk Materials
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Storage Unit Management:
Course Overview
Batch Management
WM Before IM
Technical Topics
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Hazardous Materials: Objectives
z Create a hazardous material master record

z Define a material as a hazardous material
z Customize storage procedures for storing
hazardous materials
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Handling Hazardous Materials
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The aim of hazardous material handling is to store hazardous materials separately according to
storage class and water pollution class.
storage class - Categorization of hazardous materials according to their storage requirements:
y Storage class 1 explosive materials
y Storage class 3.B flammable liquids
y Storage class 6.1 poisonous materials
y Storage class 7 radioactive materials
water pollution class - Categorization of hazardous materials according to their capacity for
polluting water:
y Water pollution class 1 minimal water pollution danger
y Water pollution class 2 water pollutant
y Water pollution class 3 extreme water pollution danger

Hazardous Material Handling: Master Data
Warehouse number: Region Hazardous material
Storage type
Storage classes permitted
WPC allowed
Hazardous material handling
active?
Storage class
Storage section Water pollution class
Storage type Storage type
Fire A B C
section
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Materials are assigned to a hazardous material within a geographical region. The hazardous material
record stores data such as the storage class and the water pollution class.
The warehouse number is assigned to a region.
You can decide for each storage type individually whether or not hazardous material handling is
active. The handling of hazardous materials is activated at storage type or section level.
Storage classes and water pollution classes are allowed for each storage type. Hazardous materials
with similar characteristics are grouped within storage class.
Each storage bin is assigned to a fire-containment section. An inventory list for the fire department
can be created for each fire-containment section.

Storage Type Control
Goods receipt area

St. type 001
Storage class 1
ass 1
S tor. cl
Mat. X
Mat. Y
Sto r. class
2 St. type 002
Storage class 2
Material/Hazardous mat.
Storage class
Water pollution class
Storage type indicator
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The storage class and water pollution class of a hazardous material are taken into account during the
storage type search. In this way, variable control can be attained and stock placement is achieved
according to:
y storage type indicator
y storage class
y water pollution class

Storage Section Control
Goods receipt area Storage type 001
Section 1/
Storage class storage class: 1
Section 2
Material/Hazardous mat.
Storage class
Water pollution class
Storage type indicator
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If hazardous material handling is active at the storage section level, the storage class and the water
pollution class are taken into account during the storage section search.
In this way, variable control can be attained according to:
y storage section indicator
y storage class
y water pollution class

Hazardous Material: Reports
Fire Department
Inventory
List
Correct Storage of
Hazardous
Materials
Hazardous
Substance List
Sec. A Sec. B
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Fire Department Inventory List

y This report displays an inventory list for the fire department that includes information about the
storage class, water pollution class and amount of water pollutants for the hazardous materials in
your warehouse. You can choose to run the report for a range of the fire-containment sections and
storage types within the warehouse or for an entire warehouse.
Correct Storage of Hazardous Materials
y This report checks whether hazardous materials are correctly stored. For each storage type, this
report lists the number of bins that were checked, the number of quants that were correctly stored
and the number of quants that were stored improperly based on the hazardous materials storage
parameters that were set up for your warehouse.
Hazardous Substance List
y This report lists goods by hazardous material record number, concentration, hazardous material
warnings, aggregate state and quantities. For this report, materials are only selected from storage
types that are defined as storage types for hazardous materials in the WM system.

Storage Unit Management: Objectives
z Define storage units and explain how to include

them in the warehouse structure
z Create a storage type that uses sum with strategy
‘P’
z Process material movements in the warehouse
using storage units
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Storage Bin with Storage Unit Management
4769 IIII 4712 IIII

01-04-09
01-04-09
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A storage unit is a logical grouping of one or several amounts of material, including the pallet or
container, that can be managed within a warehouse as a unit that belongs together.
This picture indicates a typical storage bin with storage unit management:
y there are 3 quants in the bin
y there are 2 storage units in the bin
Storage units can be homogeneous (containing one material) or mixed (containing two or more
items).
All storage units are assigned an identifying number which is maintained in the system as the storage
unit number so you can see at any given time where each storage unit is located within the
warehouse complex.
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WM System without Storage Unit Management
Storage bin
Quant Quant Quant
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Warehouse Management (WM) without Storage Unit Management

y In the WM system without Storage Unit Management, material quantities (referred to in the WM
system as quants) are managed at the level of the storage bin.
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Management at the Storage Unit Level
Storage bin
Storage unit Storage unit
Quant Quant Quant
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If you have implemented Storage Unit Management, the quantities (quants) are managed at the level
of the storage unit. In a single storage bin you can store one or several storage units which, in turn,
can contain one or several quants.
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WM-System Hierarchy with SU Management
Warehouse (complex) number
Storage type Storage type
Storage bin Storage bin
Quant Quant Storage unit Storage unit
Quant Quant
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When SU management is not active in a storage type, stock is managed as separate quants at the
storage bin level. With SU management, stock is managed at the pallet or storage unit level. One or
several storage units can be located within a single storage bin and each storage unit can consist of
one or more quants.
In customizing, Storage Unit Management must first be allowed at the Warehouse level. Then, you
can choose for each Storage Type whether or not to allow SUM.
If you define a storage type for storage unit management, this means that all the bins in this storage
type are managed for storage units.
You may only define SU management for physical storage types. Interim storage types cannot be
managed for storage units.
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SU Management in a Warehouse Complex
GR area
High rack storage
ID point (with SU Mgmt
Partial pallets
Goods receipt
(with SU Management)
GI area Bulk storage

(with SU Mgmt)
Pick point
Goods issue
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In an SU managed storage type you can execute stock placements via an ID Point and stock
removals via a Pick Point.
In WM, the ID Point is a physical location in the warehouse managed for storage units where
incoming goods are identified for further processing.
The Pick Point is the actual, physical location in the warehouse where items are picked for a partial
stock removal from a storage unit. As an example, partial storage units might be returned to the
same storage type but a different bin after picking, or transferred to another storage type that is
specifically designated for partial storage units.
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Introducing SU Mgmt in a Warehouse Complex
GR area Shelf storage

SU 2825
Mat.
Mat. 11 Transfer order
100
100 pcs
pcs Mat. 1
Mat.
Mat. 11 Mat
Mat .2
.2
50
50 pcs
pcs 20
20 pcs
pcs SU 2826
Transfer order Mat. 1
Mat.
Mat. 33 Mat. 2
10
10 pcs
pcs Mat. 3
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Storage units are created in the system whenever materials are placed into storage in an SU-managed
storage type. The stock placement is executed using the standard procedure for transfer order
creation.
If an homogeneous storage unit is placed into storage, this stock placement is covered by a single
transfer order item.
If a mixed storage unit is placed into storage, a single transfer order item is created for each
individual material item in the storage unit.
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ID Point
Goods Receipt area Shelf storage
11
22
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ID point: A physical location in the warehouse where materials are identified for further processing.
Purposes:
1. Verification of System Information to Actual Contents: Since storage units are identified by
the storage unit number when placed into storage, the contents of each storage unit can be
displayed. This makes it possible to do a rough comparison of the physical contents with the
system information for a storage unit.
2. Contour Control: An automatic contour control can be carried out at the ID point to determine
whether the storage unit is properly loaded.
3. Changing the Mode of Transport: Frequently, the mode of transport is changed at the ID
point. Materials may be moved from a forklift to a conveyor system, for example.
4. To Determine the Final Destination: The destination bin in the final storage type is determined
at the ID point. The destination bin is not assigned until the material arrives at the ID point so
that the location of the bin is determined based on the most current information about available
space in the storage type.
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Removing Storage Units via the Pick Point
Shelf storage
Goods issue
area
Pick point
Pick point
Rest
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Pick Point: If stock is removed from a storage type where complete stock removal is defined, the
storage unit with its entire quantity is first removed and transferred to a pick point within the
warehouse. At this pick point, the required quantity is removed as required.
The pick point might be a specific point along a conveyor where storage units have been transferred
for order picking. It might also be a marked floor area where entire pallets can be brought for
picking materials.
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Stock Placement with Pre-planning
Warehouse number 003
Goods
Goods receipt
receipt High
High rack
rack storage
storage
Production
Production (SU Mgmt)
(SU Mgmt)
1 ID point 2
2
Bulk
Bulk storage
storage
(SU
(SU Mgmt)
Mgmt)
1 Pre-Planned TO
2 TO in physical warehouse
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Stock placement with preplanning:

y 1.If transfer orders are preplanned, the storage units are first transferred from the GR area to an ID
point.
y 2.As soon as the storage units physically arrive at the ID point, the transfer order items are
confirmed, and a second transfer order is created to transfer the storage units to their final
storage bin.
y To pre-plan, create the TO from the GR Area to the ID Point in advance of the arrival of goods.
The second TO moves material from the ID point to the final destination.
y The program RLVSPLRE can be run manually or in batch to delete the unused storage units after
a defined number of days.
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Managing Bulk Materials: Objectives
z Define a bulk storage area in the warehouse

z Process storage units into and out of bulk
storage
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Bulk Storage with SU Management
Bulk storage
SU SU 368
721
SU 369
SU SU 321 SU 921
864
Bin: B3-01 B3-02 B3-03 B3-04
SUT: I1 E1 E1
SU
Mat.: A A B 462
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You may wish to set up SU managed bulk storage, but you can also use bulk storage without SU
management activated.
You define the storage bins using blocks and rows and a row is managed as a storage bin.
Bulk storage is often used to manage different types of storage units with different dimensions. For
example, you might have standard pallets and industrial pallets. You can define the number of stacks
and the stack height that can be accommodated for each pallet type. You can manage different
storage unit types in bulk storage.
The bulk storage indicator on the material master can be used to specify how a material is to be
stored in bulk storage.
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SUM Bulk Storage with Partials and Mixed Storage
SU SU 368
721
SU 369
SU SU 321 SU 921
864
SU 992
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It is possible to manage partial pallets and mixed storage in SU managed bulk storage areas.
One of the primary characteristics of SU managed bulk storage is that the system does not keep a
record of the exact location of a particular storage unit in a bin. Because of this, the system does not
know which storage units are located in the front of a bin, making them accessible for picking. Since
the system does not have a record of the actual structure of the storage units in a block, it cannot
recommend specific storage units for order picking. During Transfer Order confirmation, the SU
number must be specified.
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Stock Placement in Bulk Storage
SU SU 368
721
SU 369
SU SU 321 SU 921
864
SU 992
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A storage bin can be blocked for further placement after the first stock removal. This block will
automatically be removed when the bin is empty.
You can have storage bins blocked for putaway by making a manual entry after a certain time (set in
Customizing) has passed since the first stock placement. This block must be manually removed.
You can set a blocking reason that is stored at the bin when you set the block with a time limit. As
soon as the last stock removal takes place, this block is removed, provided the blocking reason in the
storage bin is the same as the blocking reason in customizing.
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Capacity Checking: Objective
At the conclusion of this topic, you will be

able to:
z Describe several capacity checking

methods at the storage bin level
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Capacity Check (1)
Bin 01-
01-01-
01-01 Material: X
Weight: 2 kg
Max. weight: 1000 kg 50 pcs = 100 kg
Occupied weight: 100 kg Capacity/weight
Bin 01-
01-05-
05-08 Material: X
Max. stock/bin
Max. weight: 1000 kg
in storage type
Occupied weight: 100 kg Max. stock (SKU) 50 pcs
per bin in st. ty.
Bin in stor.
stor. type 005
Material: X
Max. weight: 1000 kg Industrial
Occupied weight: 100 kg Max. 1 Industrial Pallet = 100 PC
Pallet
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Weight. The weight of the material that is being transferred to the storage bin is checked against the
remaining weight capacity of the bin.
y
Maximum quantity for a bin in the storage type: For each storage type you can define the maximum
quantity of material that can be stored in a bin. This is often the method used with the Fixed Bin
Strategy.
Storage Unit Type: You can stipulate that the storage bin can contain only one standard storage unit
type. This is taken from the first SUT field on the material master record.
With strategies B (Bulk) and P (Storage Unit Management), the maximum bin occupancy or stack
height depends on the bin type and the SUT. For bulk storage, capacity checking is defined in the
block definition.
Capacity check is activated at the storage type level.
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Capacity Check (2)
Example 1 Example 2 Example 3
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The storage of materials in a bin can be based on a neutral indicator. The basic prerequisites for
these capacity checks include:
y - Each storage bin must have a dimensional and unit-less capacity
y - Each material can use a specific capacity for each unit of measure
y - Each storage unit type can have a specific capacity for each storage unit
There are six options available for capacity checking in WM. See online help for Capacity Checking
and Capacity Checking Based on a Neutral Indicator.
Example 1: Capacity usage based on Material
Example 2: Capacity usage based only on SUT (storage unit type)
Example 3: Capacity usage based on the sum of the Material and SUT
Active Capacity Check: Switch set at the storage type level so that the capacity check is integrated
into the bin search. When searching for an empty bin without active capacity, the system assumes
that a bin found through customizing can be used and the capacity check happens after the search. If
using active capacity, the search process may take longer because each bin is examined individually.
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Strategies for Special Material Handling:
Summary (1)
z The Warehouse Management system is designed

to manage the handling and storage of hazardous
material based on characteristics that are defined
in the hazardous material record.
z Reports that are available in WM include:
- the fire department inventory list
- hazardous materials storage
- hazardous substance list
z Hazardous materials can be stored in selected
storage types and sections based on water
polution class, storage classification and storage
type indicators.
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Summary (2)
z When SU management is active within a storage

type, quants are managed at the storage unit level
as opposed to the storage bin level. The “storage
unit number” identifies the pallet or container
together with its associated stock.
z You can manage homogenous or mixed storage
units with SU management.
z In an SU-managed storage type you can execute
stock placements via an ID point and removals via
a pick point.
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Summary (3)
z Using WM you can preplan the receipt of storage

units. When the storage units physically arrive at
the ID point, you then create a second TO to
transfer the storage units to their final storage
type.
z You specifically define your bulk area by setting
the number of stacks and the stack height. The
system calculates the number of storage units as
the product of these values.
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Summary (4)
z It is not necessary to use SU Management in your

bulk area.
z When removing stock from bulk storage, you
must specify the SUs that are removed.
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Unit: Structural Design
z WM Organizational Structures
z Storage Location Transfers
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Course Contents
Introduction
Planning and Monitoring
Strategies for Special Material Handling
Structural Design A
Interface to External Equipment
Miscellaneous Topics
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Structural Design: Objectives
At the conclusion of this unit, you will be able to:
z Discuss possibilities for creating the

warehouse structure
z Create a storage location and assign it to a
warehouse
z Customize the warehouse settings to allow
automatic storage location transfers within a
warehouse
z List characteristics of different warehouse
structure possibilities
R
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Examples of a (Physical) Warehouse Structure
Plants
Storage areas
A
B
HRS Picking area Bulk storage HRS Shelving area

R
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Example of a physical warehouse structure without regard to R/3. This structure consists of two
plants with several storage areas: High rach storage, bulk storage, picking area and shelving area.
This structure can be defined in R/3 with or without warehouse management.

The Warehouse Structure in the IM System
Plants
0001 0002
Storage
0001
0001 0002
0002 0001
0001 0002
0002 0003
0003
locations
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In an Inventory Management system without Warehouse Management, the various warehouses are
defined as storage locations.
Example: Plant 0001 Storage loc. 0001 High rack storage
0002 Picking area
Plant 0002 Storage loc. 0001 High rack storage
0002 Bulk storage
0003 Shelving area
The stock quantities are managed in cumulative form at the storage location level. There is one bin
location per material/storage location combination.

Possible Structure with the WM System (1-1)
Scenario 1
Example 1
Plants
0001 0002
Storage
0001
0001 0002
0002
locations
Warehouse number 001 Warehouse number 002
Storage 001 002 001 002 003

001 002 001 002 R 003
types
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Scenario 1, Example 1: One Storage Location per Plant in One Warehouse Number.
In this example, each warehouse is assigned directly to one storage location and one plant.
In each warehouse, the various storage areas (high rack, bulk, etc.) are represented by storage types.

Possible Structure with the WM System (1-2)
Scenario 1
Example 2
Plants
0001 0002
Storage
0001
0001 0002
0002 0003
0003
locations
Storage 001 002 003 004

001 002 003 004 R
types
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Scenario 1, Example 2: It is possible to manage warehouses from different plants or different

company codes under one warehouse number.
Storage locations that are not managed by the Warehouse Management system can also be defined in
the Inventory Management system (for example, storage location 0003 as shown).

Possible Structure with the WM System (2)
Scenario 2
Plant
0001
Storage 0001
0001 0002
0002 0003
0003
locations
Storage 001 002 003 004

001 002 003 004 R
types
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Scenario 2: Several Storage Locations per Plant in One Warehouse Number.
You can assign any number of plant/storage location combinations to the same warehouse number to
indicate ownership of the stock.
When the goods movements between storage locations are initiated solely via IM postings, no further
customizing settings are required. You only need to assign the storage locations to the respective
warehouse number.
In this scenario, the system can no longer determine the storage location from the contents of the
fields Plant and Warehouse number automatically. When the system creates transfer orders for
deliveries or transfer requirements, it copies the storage location from the reference document.
When you create transfer orders without a reference document manually, you must enter the storage
location in addition to the plant.

Possible Structure with the WM System (3)
Scenario 3
Plants
0001
Storage 0090
0090 0091
0091 0092
0092
locations
Storage 902 004 005 100 916

902 004 005 100 916 R
types
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Scenario 3: Several Storage Locations per Plant in One Warehouse Number (where the stock is
managed differently in interim storage types than in the warehouse itself).
For this scenario there are two examples:

- Movement of Stock from the Goods Receipt Area
- Material Staging for Production
One reason for this scenario is to make the goods available for deliveries only after the goods receipt
processing has been fully carried out. This is possible by allowing deliveries to pick stock only from
storage location 0091. In this scenario, it is also possible for materials within a storage type to be
excluded from MRP by setting the MRP indicator for that storage location in the MRP view of the
material master record.

Structural Design: Summary
z It is possible to define a warehouse structure

using a single warehouse number.
z Each warehouse number is assigned to a
storage location and plant in the Enterprise
Structure.
z Multiple storage locations can be assigned to
one warehouse within a plant.
z Storage location transfers can be carried out
within WM.
z A storage location reference can be used to
influence stock placement / removal.
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z Implementing Radio Frequency

z Scenarios for LSR
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Radio Frequency / LSR: Course Overview Diagram
Course Overview
Batch Management
WM Before IM
Technical Topics
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Radio Frequency / LSR: Unit Objectives
z Customize the Mobile Data Entry Screen

z Activate the RF Monitor
z Describe scenarios for linking WM to an automated
Warehouse Control Unit
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General Goals
z Increase automation in logistics

z Increase mobility
z Support local warehousing activities
z Connect automatic storage retrieval
systems
z Connect automatic fork lift systems
z Connect picking systems (carousels...)
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SAP WMS has an online solution for Radio Frequency processing in the warehouse.
SAP WMS can exchange data with an external warehouse control unit or hand held device bi-
directionally.
SAP to External System: External System to SAP:
Transfer Orders Transfer Orders
Multiple Processing Move Storage Unit
Request for Cancellation Confirm Transfer Order
Inventory Records Block Storage Bins
Cancel Transfer Order Inventory Count Results

Mobile Data Entry (MM-MOB) Functionality
Stock placement Connection to scales

(production, ordering) Packaging of
delivery items
Stock removal
(cost center, ...) IM SD
Picking systems
deliveries, picking quantities
Posting changes Stock transfer
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If you are not using the WM system, you can transmit delivery data directly from SD and send return
notifications for picked quantities. You can process goods receipts and goods issues, stock transfers
and posting changes linking directly to IM.

Link to Warehouse Control Units (WM-LSR)
IM SD Administrative level
WM - Automatic storage retrieval system

- Automatic fork lift system
- Picking system, carousel...
WCU Physical control level
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The warehouse control system might be an automatic storage or retrieval system, automatic fork lift
system, or picking system.

WM-LSR Functionality
WM
Transfer order
Transfer order
Release reference
number Move storage Cancellation of
units unconfirmed TO
Inventory bin Confirmation of
location list transfer orders Transfer
requirements
Cancellation request (Un)blocking

for transfer orders bins Inventory count
data
WCU
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Transactions can be processed between the WM system and the WCU using Idocs.

Warehouse Control Unit with Mobile Data Entry
Connection to scales Packaging of

delivery items
IM SD
Stock placement
Stock removal Replenishment
control
WM
Stock transfer
Posting change
Inventory counting
Stock transfer
in warehouse Block bins in
warehouse
WCU
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When you are using the SAP WM system, you can manage warehouse activities with an external
system via Idocs.

Scenario 1: Manual Warehouse
GR area HRS
GI area Bulk storage
WMS Management of material stocks and storage bins

Creation of stock placement / removal transfer orders
Stock placement / stock removal strategies
Inventory
Execution of physical movements via fork lift
TO in paper form or on the RF screen as information medium
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In the case of a manual warehouse, WM assumes full control over the management of the
warehouse.
In this case, a paper-based system can be used that can easily be supported by simple, wired barcode
scanners for confirming the movements. This is an easy, efficient way to minimize data entry errors
and this type of warehouse setup occurs frequently.

Scenario 2: Semi-Automated Warehouse
GR area
Shelf storage
GI area

Stock placement / removal strategies
WCU Control of automated storage/retrieval systems AS/RS

Control of material flow
Optimization of resources depending on extension level
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In a semi-automatic warehouse, WM has full control over the management of the warehouse, and an
external system has the responsibility of executing the movements.
A typical semiautomatic system is an automated fork lift system with fork lift mounted devices or a
conveyor.
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Scenario 3: Fully Automated Warehouse
GR area HRS
GI area I K

Stock placement / removal strategies
WCU Control of conveyor equipment

Control of material flow
Optimization of resources
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The external system assumes responsibility for warehouse control and, if necessary, a specific part of
warehouse management.
In a fully automatic warehouse, both the warehouse as a whole and the sepcifications of the
automatic warehouse systems must be taken into consideration in order to determine how the
functions can be distributed effectively within this warehouse between WM and an external system.
There is no standard solution for distributing the functions. This analysis must be carried out
separately for each individual customer and in accordance with the project in question.
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Scenario 4: 'Blackbox'
GR area HRS
"Blackbox"
GI area I P
WMS Management of stock totals

WCU Management of material stock figures and storage bins

...
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In this example, WM manages the high rack storage area as a blackbox and dummy storage bins are
defined. SAP keeps inventory at a summary level.
The external system is to perform all warehouse functions and assume responsibility for warehouse
management and warehouse control for a specific warehouse.
Primarily, the quantity and reference data that is transferred during TO creation from WM to the
WCU is relevant for the external system.
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Technical Overview MM-MOB / WM-LSR
Transmit Receive
Document creation SAP Document creation SAP
ALE ALE
Receive IDoc and
Communication IDoc save in database
tRFC tRFC
Receive IDoc and Preparation in IDoc-

save in database format, buffering
Processing SUB Data creation SUB
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On the external system side, a program in C or Visual Basic must be created. The program must be
able to access functions in the RFC library.
SAP supports partners to certify the creation of interface programs.
The interface to external systems is a separate price list component that contains interfaces to other
modules.
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Example: Business Process for Stock Placement
Container arrival Goods receipt with

handheld device
Identification of pallet and Palletization,

putaway in high rack type via conveyer into warehouse
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This is a business process to be analyzed. The following slides will show some alternatives for
executing this business process.
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Solution 1: WMS Controls High Rack Storage
Physical GR area Conveyer (ID-point) High Rack Storage
Goods Receipt TO confirmed

+ TO 2
WMS
GM TO Confirm
3
Sub
1
Identify Putaway
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1. The container arrives. Scan the PO to post the goods movement.

2. SAP posts Transfer Order automatically. The destination bin is found by the placement strategy.
The TO is sent to the subsystem.
3. The pallet is identified at the ID point and the TO is confirmed and putaway.
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Solution 2: Subsystem Controls High Rack
Physical GR area Conveyer ID-point High Rack Storage

WMS managed
Goods Receipt
2 + 1st TO TO confirmed 2nd TO
WMS
GM TO Confirm Move SU
Sub
1 3 4
Identify Putaway
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1. The container arrives. Scan the PO to post Goods Movement.

2. SAP postings done automatically, send TO to sub.
3. Pallet identified at ID point, TO confirmed and putaway.
4. After putaway, send Idoc Move Storage Unit for second TO.
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Solution 3: Subsystem as a 'Black Box'
Physical GR area Conveyer ID-point High Rack Storage

WMS-managed
WMS Goods Receipt + TO TO confirmed
GM TO Confirm
Sub
3
1
Identify Putaway
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1. The container arrives. Scan the PO to post Goods Movement.

2. SAP postings done automatically, send TO to sub.
3. Pallet identified at ID point. TO confirmed and putaway.
SAP sees only stock in logical bins at the ID point.
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Partner Concept
Customer
SAP
- Standard communication
interface - Knowledge transfer
- Shorter installation time - Shorter installation
- manageable interface - Wider range of
projects functionality
- Release independent
Partner
- Sales support through SAP

- Product business at the
interface
- Certification partner for SAP
© SAP AG 1999
Certification offers advantages for both customers and manufacturers of interface software as well as
for SAP.
SAP supports several different types of partners. The program continues to expand, to bring
valuable third-party solutions to meet our customers requirements for a comprehensive solution.
For further reference, visit our Web site at www.sap.com. Select Partners, then Complementary
Software.
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Radio Frequency / LSR: Unit Summary
You are now able to:
z Customize the Mobile Data Entry Screen

z Activate the RF Monitor
z Describe scenarios for linking WM to an
automated Warehouse Control Unit
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Technical Topics
z Archiving
z User Exits
z Function Modules
© SAP AG 1999

Technical Topics: Course Overview Diagram
Course Overview
Batch Management
WM Before IM
Technical Topics
© SAP AG 1999

Technical Topics: Objectives
z Define steps required to customize printing in your

warehouse
z Outline the archiving process and locate the
programs required for archiving data
z Discuss user exits and remote function calls and
locate the supplied programs that help you make
customer-specific enhancements in your system.
© SAP AG 1999

Archiving Data Records
RL_TA RL_TB RL_LUBU RL_LINKP RL_LINV

Transfer Transfer Posting change Inventory Inventory
orders requirements notices records history records
Archiving objects in Warehouse Management
Chronological Archiving Process

Job
4 Deletion program for archive file 3
3 Deletion program for archive file 2
2 Deletion program for archive file 1 Deletion program for archiv file 4
1 Archive Archive Archive Archive

file 1 file 2 file 3 file 4
Writes archive files and starts deletion programs Time
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Archiving and deletion can be run in parallel. When this takes place, the system deletes records at the
same time it reads from the archive created earlier.
You can define the size of the blocks (number of records or size in MB) in advance. You can also set
up the system so that deletion is initiated immediately after the archive file is created.

Archiving Programs
Transfer Orders Posting Change

Notices
Archive
Read Archives Archive
Delete Archives Read Archives
Delete Archives
Transfer Requirements Inventory History

Records
Archive
Read Archives
Inventory Records Archive
Delete Archives
Read Archives
Delete Archives
Archive
Read Archives
Delete Archives
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Transfer Requirements: RLREOB00 Archives TRs

RLREOB10 Deletes Archived TRs
RLRB0001 Report for Reading Archived TRs
Transfer Orders: RLREOT00 Archives TOs
RLREOT10 Deletes Archived TOs
RLRT0001 Report for Reading Archived TOs
Posting Change Notices: RLREOU00 Archives PCNs
RLREOU10 Deletes Archived PCNs
RLRU0001 Report for Reading Archived PCNs
Inventory Records: RLREOI00 Archives Inventory Records
RLREOI10 Deletes Inventory Records
RLRI0001 Report for Reading Archived Inventory Records
Inventory History Records: RLREOH00 Archives Inventory History Records
RLREOH10 Deletes Inventory History Records
RLRH0001 Report for Reading Archived Inventory History
Records

Function Modules
Function Module
Create transfer requirement
Change transfer requirement
Create transfer order
Confirm transfer order
Cancel transfer order
Create multiple processing list
Start multiple processing run
Release multiple processing list
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You can use function modules to replace a series of existing batch-input processes that are used in
the WM system.
You can use these modules to combine different transactions on one screen or to expand the current
functions of your system to meet the particular requirements in your organization.
For further information on function modules, refer to the WinHelp documentation for Warehouse
Management.
For a detailed description of these processes, refer to the online documentation for the individual
function modules.

User Exits
User Exit
Update own data by creating transfer orders
Update own data by confirming transfer orders
Own stock placement strategy
Own stock removal strategy
Under and overdeliveries
Palletization
Conversion of storage unit numbers
Interface to external systems
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Using customer-specified logic, user exits permit you to become involved in the storage bin search
process and, afterwards, to update customer data when creating and confirming transfer orders.
When you create customer-specific projects using this function, you can display additional SAP
information about each individual user exit.
You will find a complete list of the user exists available in the WM system in the WinHelp
documentation. For a detailed description of these processes, refer to the online documentation of the
individual user exits in Transaction SMOD / CMOD.

Technical Topics: Summary
You are now able to:

z Define steps required to customize printing in
your warehouse
z Outline the archiving process and locate the
programs required for archiving data
z Discuss user exits and remote function calls and
locate the supplied programs that help you make
customer-specific enhancements in your system.
© SAP AG 1999

Exercises
Note:
There may not be sufficient time to work
through all the exercises during the course.
The exercises marked Optional should be seen
as supplementary examples that can be used,
time permitting, during the course. Attendees
can also use these exercises after the course,
to consolidate what they have learned.
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Reporting in Warehouse Management - Exercises
Unit: Reporting in Warehouse Management

Topic: Rough Workload Estimate
In this exercise you will:

Evaluate the Rough Workload Estimate for the Goods Receipt process
Create a purchase order to see the impact on the Rough Workload
analzsis
Process a goods receipt to evaluate the impact on RWE
Customize your warehouse to consider time as a factor for RWE
Re-evaluate the Rough Workload Estimate for the Goods Receipt
process
In your warehouse, you have a limited capacity of workers. You want to
take advantage of the system to plan your resources according to the
requirements of the particular day.
You want to analyze your future requirements by using the Rough
Workload Estimate. First, you want to plan the resources for your goods
receipt process. In your warehouse, the process of a goods receipt can be
divided into sub-processes including unloading the materials, unpacking
them, and finally placing them into storage. You have already measured
the time requirement for each step in the process to develop your standard
processing times. You now want to use these standard times to estimate
your workload for the goods receipt process in advance.
Part 1: Rough Workload Estimate with volume and weight
1-1 Check the current Rough Workload Estimate for Goods Receipt / Putaway in your
warehouse 1##. Enter your warehouse number 1## and use the current month plus
next month as the period to analzye.
What is the workload for Goods Receipt / Putaway?
1-2 As the first step of your estimation of workload, you want to see the estimated
volume and weight for a certain period of time for the process of goods receipt.
This information is gathered by the Rough Workload Estimate via LIS.
First, maintain the volume of the materials and verify their weight.

1-2-1 Maintain the volume of T-BW20-## and T-BW21-## in the material master
on the basic data view. Enter for both materials a volume of 1.5 liters. What
is their weight?
T-BW21-## ______________________________________
T-BW20-## ______________________________________
1-3 Now activate the update of the data. You have to make sure that the data is updated
when you enter a purchase order.
Go to the customizing of the Rough Workload Estimate. All the customizing of

workload data is in planning and monitoring.
Verify that the update is activated for the process of Goods Receipt / Putaway.
1-4 To see how a Purchase Order affects the Rough Workload Estimate, create a
Purchase Order for the materials T-BW20-## and T-BW21-## with the following
data:
Vendor: 1000
Purch. Organization: 1000
Purchasing Group: 001
Delivery date: One week from today
Plant: 1000
Storage Location: 01##
Quantity of T-BW20-##: 10 pc
Net price: 10 UNI
Net Price: 10 UNI
PO Number: _______________________
1-5 Run the Rough Workload Estimate for Goods Receipt / Putaway for your
warehouse 1## for the current and the next month.
What is the volume and the weight estimated for for the delivery date?
Weight: _____________________________
Volume: _____________________________

1-6 You do not need to view the column for estimated time yet. Therefore, you want to
create a user specific view to see the results of the report. Weight and volume
should come first, the column for time should be the third column.
Change your user specific settings such that whenever you display the results of the
report, you see weight and volume as the first two columns and the processing time
as the third one. Change the order of the key figures in your user setting to the
desired sequence.
Run the Rough Workload Estimate again to see the effect to your display.
1-7 Now the materials of the purchase order you just created have arrived. Post a goods
receipt in the inventory management system for the PO.
1-8 Check the influence of the GR posting to the estimated workload. What is the
current estimated volume and weight for your delivery date?
Volume: _____________________________________
Weight: _____________________________________

Part two: Rough Workload Estimate with Workload times
2-1 After you have installed Rough Workload Estimate for volume and weight
estimates successfully, you want to do a more detailed estimation of your future
workload. Because of that, you want to use detailed times for your process of
goods receipt. Maintain the workload data for the Rough Workload Estimate.
Go to the customizing of the workload data and verify the different items for the
calculation of workload.
Look at the workload calculation. What are the unit-of-measure load categories
that are defined here and how are they assigned to the different unit of measures?
Unit of Measure load categories:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
What are the entries for the Assignment of the unit of measure to unit-of-measure
load catagory:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
2-2 The two materials T-BW20-## and T-BW21-## are handled differently in your
warehouse. T-BW20-## comes in pieces and will be handled as a normal good. T-
BW21-## is handled as a liquid.
Assign the appropriate logistics handling group to each material in the Storage 2
view.
T-BW20-## __________
T-BW21-## __________
What are the different possibilities to be assigned to a material?
Logistics Handling Group:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________

2-3 In your warehouse, the process of goods receipt consists of different operations.
First, you unload the items, then unpack them before you put them away. For the
Rough Workload Estimate, you want to analyze these operations separately by
assigning different times to each operation. Where do you define these activities?
Operations:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Now assign these sub-processes to the process of “Goods Receipt / Putaway”.

Warehouse Process Operation
__________ ________
__________ ________
__________ ________
2-4 After you have defined the operations in your warehouse, you want to apply this to
your workload estimation. Now you maintain the workload table with the times
that you have previously measured for each operation. You want to use this
information and estimate the future workload based on the experienced times.
On average, you had the following times for the processes of the putaway for the
two materials. Maintain the workload table for Rough Workload Estimate using
these times. You want to calculate the workload based on pieces.
Enter the data for the different processes and logistics handling groups from the
table below. Because you want to calculate the workload based on pieces, the unit-
of-measure load category (UnLoad) is always A – small. Use your warehouse
number and leave the storage type blank because these processes apply regardless
of the storage type.
Operation Logistics Handling Constant Time Variable Time

Group (Setup time) (per item)
Unload Normal Goods 240 sec 15 sec
Unload Liquid Goods 280 sec 30 sec
Unpack Normal Goods 120 sec 5 sec
Unpack Liquid Goods 140 sec 2 sec
Stock Placement Normal Goods 180 sec 60 sec
Stock Placement Liquid Goods 180 sec 90 sec

2-5 Now test the configuration for the Rough Workload Estimate in your warehouse.
Create a new Purchase Order for the materials T-BW20-## and T-BW21-##
with the following data:
Vendor: 1000
Plant: 1000
Net price: 10 UNI
Net Price: 10 UNI
Write down the PO Number: _______________________
How much processing time and how much weight is expected for the day of the
planned goods receipt for Standard POs?
Weight: __________
Processing Time/hrs: __________
2-7 The first material of the PO has arrived from your vendor. Post a goods receipt in
IM for the second purchase order you entered for 10 pieces of T-BW20-##.
2-8 Check the effect of the GR posting to the workload. What is the current estimated
workload of the processing time and the weight?
Weight: ___________
Processing time/hrs: ___________

Unit: Planning and Monitoring
Topic: Performance Data
In this exercise, you will:

Create a profile for performance data
Customize your warehouse so that planned data is calculated for the
Transfer Order items and header
Customize your warehouse so that actual data is collected upon
Transfer Order confirmation
Create a Transfer Order and view the calculated planned data
Confirm the Transfer Order and enter the actual data
In your warehouse, you want to begin a program to track standard
performance times against actuals. Your ultimate goal is to track these
times for all movements within the warehouse and then pass the
performance data to HR for incentive based pay. Today, you are ready to
begin tracking performance for goods receipts to your fixed bin area.
For additional assistance and information, see the SAP On-line Help:
Implementation Guide for R/3 Customizing (IMG):
Æ MM Warehouse Management Guide

Warehouse Movements
Workload Calculation / Planned Data
Workload Calculation / Actual Data
1 When you process warehouse movements for goods receipts in the future, you would like
to see the Planned vs. Actual data collected in the transfer order. To do this, you must first
make some customizing settings for your warehouse.

1-1 Create a profile for performance data.
Warehouse 1##
Profile Z531
Performance Data 3
Actual Time req in TO 1
Input requirement for actual data On
1-2 Assign your profile to your warehouse and movement type 101.
Warehouse 1##
Movement Type 101
Source Storage Type 902
Dest Storage Type 005
Profile perf data Z531
1-3 Customize your warehouse control parameters to include your performance data and
make missing performance data a warning message.
Under Weights / Units of measure, set Time unit/Performance data to ‘S’.
Under Notifications/Messages, set Target Data to ‘W’.
1-4 You have measured your standard setup and travel times for your goods receipt
process when moving materials from the goods receipt area to the fixed bin area
(005). You want to use a standard setup time of 30 seconds and a standard travel
time for that storage type of 250 seconds.
Enter your standard times for setup and travel time at the header level. Remember
these are the fixed times that apply to all of the TO items.
Enter a standard setup of 30 Seconds for your warehouse, movement type
101, source storage type 902, destination storage type 005.
Enter a standard travel time of 250 seconds for your warehouse, source
storage type 902, destination storage type 005.
NOTE: When you enter different header level times for different storage
types, the TR will automatically split into multiple Transfer Orders.

1-5 You have also measured your standard times for moving material of different
logistic handling groups. You want to enter the standard times for the operation of
‘Stock Placement’ as 180 seconds as the constant time and 90 seconds as a variable
(quantity dependent) time for each of the logistics handling groups NORM and LIQ.
For your warehouse 1##, storage type 005, Operation Stock Placement (SP), Unit of
Measure Load Category A, Logistic Handling Group NORM and LIQ, enter
constant time/sec 180 and variable time/sec 90. You should create one entry for
NORM and one entry for LIQ.
2 Now test your configuration settings.
2-1 First, you must ensure that both of your materials are going to be delivered to the
005 Storage Type. Go back to warehouse management. Create the storage type 005
view for material T-BW20-## and assign it to bin 400-##. Remember that the
logistics handling group was assigned to these numbers in the RWE exercise.
Create the Warehouse 2 view for plant 1000, warehouse 1##, storage type 005.
Enter the bin location 400-## and save.
2-2 Find the Transfer Requirement for the T-BW20-## and T-BW21-## that was
created in the RWE exercise.
Select the TR with 2 line items and process the TO in foreground. Generate TO
items. You will get 2 warning messages that you do not have the time identified for
902 storage type. Acknowledge the warning and continue. Save the TO.
Transfer Order Number ___________________
2-3 Display the Transfer Order. Note the planned times that were calculated for the
Items and the Header.
Item 1 Plnd Time TO itm: __________

Item 2 Plnd Time TO itm: __________
Header Plan Time WM: __________
2-4 This Transfer Order was assigned to a worker in the warehouse with the employee
number of 1000. It took employee 1000 2500 seconds to process the TO. Confirm
the TO.
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2-5 Display the TO again to view the Planned vs. Actual performance data.
3 Using the ABAP List Viewer, create a report to show the performance data.
From the Warehouse Management menu, select TransOrder Æ Display Æ List. Enter a
range of Transfer Orders to include the one you just completed. Change to select only
confirmed TO items. Execute.
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Unit: Strategies for Special Handling
Topic: Hazardous Materials

• Make the appropriate configuration settings in your warehouse to store
Hazardous Materials
• Create a Hazardous Material Master Record
• Create a new material
• Assign the Hazardous Material Master Record to the new Material
Master record
• Receive and put away the new material
• Review the available Hazardous Material Reports
• Engineering wants to work with a new lubrication in the pump

assembly. This new lubrication is considered a hazardous material and
must be stored accordingly. You need to configure your warehouse for
storage of Hazardous Materials, create the hazardous material master
records and assign them to the appropriate material master records.
ÆMaterials Management
ÆWarehouse Management
ÆHazardous Materials
1 Create the warehouse structure for storage of Hazardous Materials.
1-1 Hazardous Materials Storage Type 006 has been previously defined; however, no
bins have been created. Create four (4) bins 001 through 004 in storage type 006,
storage section 001, with a maximum weight of 1000 and a fire containment
section ‘B’. You can create these bins one at a time or automatically. If you
create the bins automatically, remember that the entries in the template (template,
structure, start and end values, increment value) need to be lined up properly.
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1-2 Now go into the IMG and activate the Hazardous Materials check. This check is
activated by storage type. After you activate the check, verify the Region code
for your warehouse (set to the country code of your choice) and then customize
the storage types to allow or disallow the storage class.
For your warehouse 1## and all storage types excluding interim storage types,
activate the Hazardous Material Check for the Storage Type Level only. For
storage type 006, set the WPC to 2.
Assignment: Region Codes
Warehouse number
Warehouse 1##
Region code Choose the appropriate region code
Save/post
Assignment: Storage Classes Allowed - Storage type
New entries
Warehouse 1##
Storage type 006
Storage class 3a
Save/post
1-3 Now you must customize your storage type search to direct your hazardous
material to storage type 006. Create a Stock Removal and Stock Placement
Indicator ‘HAZ – Hazardous Material’ that will be assigned to your material.
Then, modify the storage type search sequence to direct materials with the
indicator ‘HAZ’ to storage type 006. You want to modify the search sequence for
both placements and removals to be directed to 006.
2 Now return to the Warehouse Management application to create the Hazardous Material
Master record and a new Material Master record. When you create the new material, you
will assign it to the hazardous material master record.
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2-1 Create the new Hazardous Material Master record with the following data:
Hazardous Material num. T-HAZ01-##

Region Code Choose the appropriate region code
Haz. Mat. Text Lubrication grp. ##

Storage Class 3A - inflammable fluids
Water Pollution class 2 - water pollutant
Aggregate state 2 - fluid
Hazardous Warning 01 - do not extinguish with water
Add any other appropriate warnings.
2-2 Create a new Material Master record for the lubricant in reference to an existing
lubricant. Assign the hazardous material record T-HAZ01-## to the new
Material T-BW22-##
Indutry Sector M
Material Type HAWA
Copy from Material T-BW20-##
Enter
Select views Basic data 1, Purchasing, Storage 1, Warehouse
Mgt. 1 & 2, Accounting 1
Org. levels Plant 1000, Storage Location 01##, Warehouse
1## (Use Same for Copy From)
Acknowledge each view with ‘Enter’.

Warehouse Management 1 view:
Haz. Mat. Num T-HAZ01-##
Stock Removal HAZ
Stock Placemen HAZ
3 Using movement type 501, receive 500 pieces of T-BW22-## in storage location 01##.
Then place 4 pallets of 100 pcs into the warehouse, leaving the remaining pallet in the
interim storage area.
3-1 Perform the Inventory Management goods receipt.
3-2 Place 4 pallets of 100 pcs each into your warehouse, leaving the remainder in the
goods receipt area. The system will not find a bin for the 5th pallet. Confirm the
TO.
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4 Evaluate the various standard reports that are available.
4-1 Run the ‘Fire Department Inventory List’ report, and determine the following
information:
Storage Type Stor. Class Weight

___________ __________ ______
___________ __________ ______
4-2 Run the ‘Correct Storage of Hazardous Materials’ report, and determine if any
hazardous materials are NOT properly stored in your warehouse.
Storage Type Stor. Bin Material Stor. Class WPC
__________ _______ _______ _________ ____
4-3 Run the ‘Warehouse Index According to Accident Regulations’ report. Is the
pallet that was left in the GR area displayed on this list? Why or why not?
_____________________________________________________________
• _____________________________________________________________
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Unit: Strategies for Special Material Handling

Topic: Storage Unit Management

• Create a storage type for SU Managed materials
• Customize your SU Managed area to use bin sectioning
• Post a goods receipt
• Create and confirm a Transfer Order with SU number
• Display a Storage Unit
• In one area of your warehouse, you manage spools of cable for

maintenance purposes. It is a business requirement to know how many
meters of cable are on a spool. The amount of cable on a spool can vary
by about 50 meters. You want to manage these spools using storage unit
management so you can see for each storage unit how many meters of
cable you have. These spools are stored on industrial size pallets (IP) in a
section of the warehouse that is layed out in aisles. .

5 Verify that Storage Unit Management is allowed in your warehouse then create a new
storage type in your warehouse using SUM for spool storage.
5-1 Go to the control parameters for your warehouse and verify that SU Management
is ‘active’.
5-2 Create a new storage type 008 for spool storage. Copy storage type 007.
Activate SU mgmt. Change the storage type to 008. Change the description to
‘Spool Storage’.
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5-3 Because you created the new storage type 008, you also need to create a storage
section 001. Create the storage section 001- Total Section.
5-4 Because you created the new storage type 008, you must allow the storage unit
type IP to be stored there. Go to customizing the strategies, under storage bin
type search and allow this pallet size in your new storage type.
5-5 Also within ‘Strategies’, define bin sectioning for storage type 008. Bin
sectioning is available in the placement strategy for pallets. In section A of
storage type 008, you have 4 bin sections, 1-4. You must also allow industrial
pallets to be stored in the bin section for storage type 008.
5-6 For the test, you want to direct your spool receipts to storage type 008. Modify
the storage type search sequence so the cable will be directed to storage type 008.
Define a new placement indicator 008, then create the search sequence to direct
materials with this indicator into storage type 008.
Create material C-1030-##, (copy material C-1030) and attach the new placement
/ removal indicator. Create the Basic Data 1, Purchasing, Warehouse 1 & 2, and
Accounting 1 views for plant 1000 and your warehouse 1##. On Warehouse
Management 1 & 2 views, enter the stock placement and removal indicator 008.
A standard spool should carry 500 meters of cable, but the exact amount of
meters on each spool could vary. Enter the palletization data as 500 M per IP.
5-7 You will need to create some bins in your storage type that will represent the
pallets. Create manually bins P-001, P-002 and P-003 for storage type 008,
storage section 001 in your warehouse. The storage bin type = P1.
6 Test your configuration settings.

6-1 Go to Inventory Management and do a goods receipt without PO for the material
C-1030-## quantity 2078 M.
6-2 Go to WM and locate the Transfer Requirement created by the 501 transaction.
You received 4 spools with varying lengths as follows: 498, 530, 510, 540.
Enter the appropriate palletization data and save.
Transfer Order Number ___________________ (Varies)

6-3 Confirm the Transfer Order.
6-4 Display the bin.
How many quants are in the bin? ___________
How many bin sections are occupied? _______
Storage Unit Numbers: (1)____________________
(2)____________________
(3)____________________
(4)____________________
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Topic: Bulk Storage

• Customize the bulk storage area
• Modify a material master record
• Post a goods receipt without reference
• Create and confirm a Transfer Order to bulk storage
• Create a Goods Issue from bulk storage
• In one area of your warehouse, you manage mixed materials on

pallets. These pallets can be stacked differently, depending on whether
you are stacking Industrial pallets or Euro pallets. You have a business
need to see how many of each material are stored on a given pallet. You
want to manage each pallet of material as a storage unit

Æ Storage Unit Management
Æ SU Managed Bulk Storage
7 Customize the bulk area.

7-1 Define the storage type control for your bulk materials. Enter a new record for
your warehouse and storage type 004 that allows management of partial
quantities. Set the blocking indicator to ‘2’.
7-2 You must modify storage type 004 in your warehouse to use storage unit
management. Verify that the placement strategy for storage type 004 is ‘Bulk’
and the removal strategy is ‘FIFO’. Set SU Management to ‘Active’. Allow
mixed storage without limitation. You will need to remove the entry for ‘Return
Storage Type = 001’.
7-3 Now you must return to the storage type control in 1-1 above to set the totals info.
Set the Totals column to ‘1’ – Totals info not batch specific.
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7-4 Define the block structure. If you are stacking Industrial Pallets, you can stack
them 4 deep and 3 high for a total of 12 pallets in the area. If you are stacking
Euro pallets, you can stack them 5 deep and 4 high, for a total of 20 pallets in the
area. Use “BL” for the Blocking Indicator and P1 for the storage bin type.
7-5 You must allow the storage unit types IP and E1 to be stored in storage type 004.
Go to customizing the strategies, under storage bin type search and allow these
pallet sizes in your bulk storage area.
7-6 For this test, verify that your receipts to storage type 004. You want to create a
new placement inicator then modify the storage type search sequence so the
materials you will receive will be directed to the new storage type 004.
Define a new placement indicator 004 for Bulk-Mixed Pallets. For this indicator,
create the search sequence to direct materials into storage type 004. Then modify
the material master to attach the new stock placement / removal indicator and
assign the Bulk indicator ‘BL’ to the following materials:
T-BW04-##
T-BW05-##
T-BW06-##
7-7 You will need to create some bins in your storage type. Go back to the WM
application and create bins B-001, B-002 and B-003 for storage type 004, storage
section 001. The storage bin type = P1.
8 Now test your configuration settings with a Goods Receipt.

8-1 Go to Inventory Management and do a goods receipt without PO for the
following materials and quantities:
T-BW04-## 8
T-BW05-## 7
T-BW06-## 5
• Select the TR with 3 line items and process the TO in foreground. Select ‘Create
SU single’. Enter Storage Unit Type ‘E1’. Click on ‘Create Transfer Order’
then ‘Create’ and ‘Save’.
•
Transfer Order Number ___________________
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8-3 Confirm the Transfer Order. Note the Storage Unit Number
Storage Unit Number: ____________________
8-4 Display the Storage Unit. Drill down to see the bin section.
8-5 View the WM Bin Status Report for your warehouse and storage type 004.
Modify the report display list viewer to show the SU Number.
3 Now test your configuration settings with a Goods Issue.

3-1 Do a goods issue from Inventory Management for material T-BW06-##, quantity 3
to cost center 1000.
3-2 Go back to WM and process the TR that was created by the goods issue.
3-3 Confirm the TO. Be sure to confirm the TO for the correct quantity!!
3-4 Display the storage unit number to see the updated quantity.
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Topic: Storage Location Control

• Create a Storage Location and assign it to your warehouse.
• Set up a Storage Location as the standard.
• Set up the Storage Location to Storage Location Transfer Posting to be
automatic when the Transfer Order confirmation for putaway occurs.
• Send a mail message to the person confirming the Transfer Order if an
error should occur.
5 Test your configuration
Your goods receipt process is such that when you process delivery notes,
you want materials in the Goods Receipt area to be excluded from
availability until they are put away to their final destination. Your
delivery process considers materials in storage location 01## as available
inventory. You want to create a new storage location 02## for your GR
area.
When you process materials from 02## to 01##, you want the posting
change (storage location to storage location) to happen automatically upon
Transfer Order confirmation.
If an error should occur during the TO confirmation, you want to send a
mail message to the person confirming the Transfer Order.
ÆMaterials Management
ÆWarehouse Management
ÆInterfaces
ÆInventory Management
ÆDefine Storage Location Control
9 From now on, purchase order goods receipts will be received into a new storage location.
This storage location is not considered as available inventory for sales order delivery
notes because your delivery notes are created to ship from storage location 01##.
9-1 Create a new Storage Location 02## for GR AreaGroup ## for plant 1000.
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9-2 Assign storage location 02## to your plant 1000, warehouse 1##.
9-3 Set up the original Storage Location (01##) as the standard storage location in
Plant (1000). warehouse (1##).
9-4 In the same table, set up the new Storage Location (02##) so it is not copied into
the transfer requirement from the reference document. This allows the system to
use the standard storage location (defined above) when creating a Transfer Order
from the Transfer Requirement.
9-5 Set up the Storage Location to Storage Location Transfer Posting to be

automatic, upon the confirmation of the Transfer Order used to move the goods
from the interim GR area (Sloc 02##) into the main warehouse (Sloc. 01##) using
a 311 movement type. In addition, send a message to the person confirming the
Transfer Order if an error should occur.
10-1 Modify the Warehouse Management view for material T-BW08-## to be directed
to high rack storage upon receipt. There is a placement indicator ‘HRL’ defined
for this purpose. Set the placement and removal indicator to ‘HRL’ for plant
1000, warehouse 1##.
10-2 Create a Purchase Order for material T-BW08-##. (Note: Click ‘New Purchase
Order’ on the popup.)
Note: Leave the storage location field blank.
Vendor 1000
Purchasing Org. 1000
Purchasing Grp. 001
Delivery Date today
Plant 1000
Material T-BW08-##
PO quantity 100
PO Number:_______________________
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10-3 Receive the goods into your warehouse and storage location 02## with reference
to the above Purchase Order.
10-4 Display the stock overview for the material T-BW08-##.
Inventory Management
Storage Location 01## __________________
Storage Type Stor. Loc. Quantity
07 01___ _______
902 01___ _______
902 02___ _______
10-5 Create the Transfer Order with reference to the above Transfer Requirement.
10-6 Display the stock over views for the material T-BW08-##.
Storage Type Stor. Loc. Quantity Placement Removal
001 01__ ________ ________ _______
007 01__ ________ ________ _______
902 01__ ________ ________ _______
902 02__ ________ ________ _______
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Storage Location 01## _______________
Storage Location 02## _______________
001 01__ ________ ________ _______
007 01__ _______ ________ _______
902 01__ ________ ________ _______
902 02__ ________ ________ _______
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Solutions
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Reporting in Warehouse Management - Solutions
Unit: Reporting in Warehouse Management

Topic: Rough Workload Estimate
Part 1: Rough Workload Estimate with volume and weight
1-1 Check the current Rough Workload Estimate for Goods Receipt / Putaway in your
warehouse 1##. Enter your warehouse number 1## and use the current month plus
next month as the period to analyze.
Menu Path to the Rough Workload Estimate: Logistics Æ Materials

Management Æ Warehouse Management Æ Environment Æ Rough Workload
Estimate Æ GR/Putaway.
Enter your warehouse 1## and the appropriate time period for the current month
plus one month.
Press Execute.
What is the workload for Goods Receipt / Putaway?
Because you have not maintained any data yet, no estimation is posssible. You
get a pop-up with an information message “No data exists for chosen selection.”
1-2 As the first step of your estimation of workload, you want to see the estimated
volume and weight for a certain period of time for the goods receipt process. This
information is gathered by the Rough Workload Estimate via LIS.
First, maintain the volume of the materials and verify their weight.
1-2-1 Maintain the volume of T-BW20-## and T-BW21-## in the material master
on the basic data view. Enter for both materials a volume of 1.5 liters. What
is their weight?
From the main SAP R/3 menu, choose Logistics Æ Materials

management Æ Warehouse Management Æ Master Data → Material →
Change.
Enter material T-BW20-## and press Enter.
Choose the Basic Data 1 view and press Enter.
Enter a volume of 1.5 liters and note the weight of the material.

T-BW20-## ___1.5
Kilograms___________________________________
Enter material T-BW21-## and press Enter.
Choose the Basic Data 1 view and press Enter.
Enter a volume of 1.5 liters and note the weight of the material.
T-BW21-## ___1.5
Kilograms___________________________________
1-3 Now activate the update of the data. You have to make sure that the data is updated
when you enter a purchase order.
Go to the customizing of the Rough Workload Estimate. All the customizing of

workload data is in planning and monitoring.
Verify that the update is activated for the process of Goods Receipt / Putaway.
Tools Æ Business Engineer Æ Customizing Æ Implementation projects Æ SAP

Reference IMG Æ Materials Management Æ Warehouse Management Æ
Planning and Monitoring Æ Rough Workload Estimate Æ Control update of
workload data.
Press “Control” and check whether the update for GR/putaway is set to either
synchronous or asynchronous.

1-4 To see how a Purchase Order affects the Rough Workload Estimate, create a
Purchase Order for the materials T-BW20-## and T-BW21-## with the following
data:
Vendor: 1000
Plant: 1000
Net price: 10 UNI
Net Price: 10 UNI
PO Number: _______________________
Select Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ Purchasing Æ Purchase Order Æ

Create Æ Vendor known.
Enter the appropriate data above and press “Enter”. Acknowledge the warning
message about the delivery date and choose “New purchase order” in the pop-up.
1. Go back to the main menu and select Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ

Warehouse Management Æ Environment Æ Rough Workload Estimate Æ
Goods Receipt / Putaway.
2. Enter your Warehouse 1## and the appropriate period (current month plus
one).
3. Press Execute.
What is the volume and the weight estimated for for the delivery date?
Weight: 33 kg
Calculated by ( 10 * 1.5 kg) + (15 * 1.5 kg ) = 33 kg
Volume: 0.033 m3
Calculated by ( 10 * 0.015 m3 ) + ( 15 * 0.015 m3 ) = 0.033 m3
Exit the report without saving the analysis.

1-6 You do not need to view the column for estimated time yet. Therefore, you want to
create a user specific view to see the results of the report. Weight and volume
should come first, the column for time should be the third column.
Change your user specific settings such that whenever you display the results of the
report, you see weight and volume as the first two columns and the processing time
as the third one. Change the order of the key figures in your user setting to the
desired sequence.
4. You should still be in RWE: Goods Receipt/Stock Placement: Selection.

5. Press User Settings and confirm the pop-up window with your user with
Enter.
6. To change the key figures press ‘Key figures’and you get your current key
figures and the order they are displayed.
7. Press ‘Choose Key Figures…’ and change the sequence of the current key
figures by selecting the first item (that is Processing time /hrs) and the fourth
item (that is Qty for UoM load cat) and press the ‘Move’ icon.
8. Press Enter and Save to set this display version as your user specific standard
version.
9. Back up with the green arrow.
Run the Rough Workload Estimate again to see the effect to your display.
Remember to change the date to include current month plus one.
1-7 Now the materials of the purchase order you just created have arrived. Post a goods
receipt in the inventory management system for the PO.
Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ Inventory Management Æ Goods

Movement Æ Goods Receipt Æ For Purchase Order Æ PO Number known.
Enter movement type 101, your PO number, plant 1000 and storage location 01##
and press Enter.
Press Save to post the Goods Receipt.

1-8 Check the influence of the GR posting to the estimated workload. What is the
current estimated volume and weight for your delivery date?
10. From the main menu, select Æ Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ

Warehouse Management Æ Environment Æ Rough Workload Estimate Æ
Goods Receipt / Putaway.
11. Enter Warehouse 1## and the time period for current month plus one.
12. Press Execute.
Volume: 0 m3
Weight: 0 kg

Part two: Rough Workload Estimate with Workload times
2-1 After you have installed Rough Workload Estimate for volume and weight
estimates successfully, you want to do a more detailed estimation of your future
workload. Because of that, you want to use detailed times for your process of
goods receipt. Maintain the workload data for the Rough Workload Estimate.
Go to the customizing of the workload data and verify the different items for the
calculation of workload.
Look at the workload calculation. What are the unit-of-measure load categories
that are defined here and how are they assigned to the different unit of measures?
13. From the main menu select Tools Æ Business Engineer Æ Customizing Æ
Implementation projects Æ SAP Reference IMG Æ Materials Management Æ
Warehouse Management Æ Planning and Monitoring Æ Rough Workload
Estimate Æ Calculate Workload Æ Maintain unit-of-measure load category.
14.
15. Unit of Measure load categories:
16.
A Small Load
B Medium Load
C Large Load
Back up one screen with the green arrow and choose
Assign unit of measure to unit-of-measure load catagory:
Pal Pallet(s) C Large Load

pc Piece(s) A Small Load

2-2 The two materials T-BW20-## and T-BW21-## are handled differently in your
warehouse. T-BW20-## comes in pieces and will be handled as a normal good. T-
BW21-## is handled as a liquid.
Assign the appropriate logistics handling group to each material in the Storage 2
view.
T-BW20-## __NORM__
T-BW21-## __LIQ_____
The logistics handling group is assigned to a material in the material master

record on the Storage 2 view. From the Warehouse Management menu, select
Master data Æ Material Æ Change.
Enter Material T-BW20-## and press Enter.

Select the Storage 2 view and enter the organizatonal data:
Plant: 1000
Log.handling Group: NORM
Press Save.
Enter Material T-BW21-## and press Enter.

Select the Storage 2 view and enter the organizational data:
Plant: 1000
Log.handling Group: LIQ
Press Save.
What are the different possibilities to be assigned to a material?
Either position your cursor on the field Log. handling Group on the Storage 2
View of the material master and press f4, or go back to the IMG and select
Maintain logistics handling group.
Logistics Handling Group:
LIQ Liquid Goods

NORM Normal Goods
SOL Solid Goods

2-3 In your warehouse, the process of goods receipt consists of different operations.
First, you unload the items, then unpack them before you put them away. For the
Rough Workload Estimate, you want to analyze these operations separately by
assigning different times to each operation. Where do you define these activities?
In the IMG of Warehouse Management select Planning and Monitoring →
Rough Workload Estimate → Calculate Workload → Maintain Warehouse
activities for warehouse processes.
The operations are defined for you as:
SP Stock Placement
UL Unloading
UP Unpacking
(Note: K1 – Picking is also defined, but is not relevant to this exercise.)
Now assign these sub-processes to the process of “Goods Receipt / Putaway”.
In the IMG of Warehouse Management select Planning and Monitoring Æ

Rough Workload Estimate Æ Calculate Workload Æ Maintain Warehouse sub-
processes.
Warehouse Process Operation

____1_____ ___UL__
____1_____ ___UP__
____1_____ ___SP__

2-4 After you have defined the operations in your warehouse, you want to apply this to
your workload estimation. Now you maintain the workload table with the times
that you have previously measured for each operation. You want to use this
information and estimate the future workload based on the experienced times.
On average, you had the following times for the processes of the putaway for the
two materials. Maintain the workload table for Rough Workload Estimate using
these times. You want to calculate the workload based on pieces.
table below. Because you want to calculate the workload based on pieces, the unit-
of-measure load category (UnLoad) is always A – small. Use your warehouse
number and leave the storage type blank because these processes apply regardless
of the storage type.
In the IMG of Warehouse Management select Planning and Monitoring Æ

Rough Workload Estimate Æ Calculate Workload Æ Maintain Workload Table.
Press “New Entries” and enter the following data:
Warehouse Number : 1##

Storage Type: leave blank
table above. Because you only receive pieces, the unit-of—measure load category
is always A – small.
Operation Logistics Handling Constant Time Variable Time

Group (Setup time) (per item)
Unload Normal Goods 240 sec 15 sec
Unload Liquid Goods 280 sec 30 sec
Unpack Normal Goods 120 sec 5 sec
Unpack Liquid Goods 140 sec 2 sec
Stock Placement Normal Goods 180 sec 60 sec
Stock Placement Liquid Goods 180 sec 90 sec
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2-5 Now test the configuration for the Rough Workload Estimate in your warehouse.
Create a new Purchase Order for the materials T-BW20-## and T-BW21-## with
the following data:
From the main menu select Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ Purchasing Æ

Purchase Order Æ Create Æ Vendor known.
Enter the following data and press “Enter”. Acknowledge the warning message
about the delivery date and choose “New purchase order” in the pop-up.
Vendor: 1000
Plant: 1000
Enter the materials and the quantities, then press “Save”
Net price: 10 UNI
Net Price: 10 UNI
Write down the PO Number: ___Varies____________________
17. From the Warehouse Management menu, select Environment Æ Rough

Workload Estimate Æ Goods Receipt / Putaway.
18. Enter Warehouse 1## and the period current month plus one.
19. Press Execute.
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20. How much processing time and how much weight is expected for the day of
the planned goods receipt for Standard POs?
21. Drill down to the level of Standard POs by double-clicking on the date line of
your GR date.
Weight: 33 Kg
Processing Time /hrs: 0.9455
2-7 The first material of the PO has arrived from your vendor. Post a goods receipt in
IM for the second purchase order you entered for 10 pieces of T-BW20-##.
From the main menu select Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ Inventory

Management Æ Goods Movement ÆGoods Receipt Æ For Purchase Order Æ
PO Number known. Enter movement type 101, your PO number, plant 1000 and
storage location 01## and press Enter.
Only select the item for T-BW20-##. Copy and Save.
2-8 Check the effect of the GR posting to the workload. What is the current estimated
workload of the processing time and the weight?
22. From the Warehouse Management menu, select Environment Æ

Rough Workload Estimate Æ Goods Receipt / Putaway.
23. Enter Warehouse 1## and the period current month plus one.
24. Press Execute.
Weight: 18 kg
Processing time /hrs: 0.57333
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Unit: : Planning and Monitoring
Topic: Performance Data
1 When you process warehouse movements for goods receipts in the future, you would like
to see the Planned vs. Actual data collected in the transfer order. To do this, you must first
make some customizing settings for your warehouse.
1-1 Create a profile for performance data.
From the Enterprise IMG select Materials Management Æ Warehouse

Management Æ Activities Æ Transfers Æ Processing performance data / TO split
Æ Define profiles Æ Profile for performance data. Press ‘New Entries’.
Warehouse 1##
Profile Z531
Performance Data 3
Actual Time req in TO 1
Input requirement for actual data On
Save.
1-2 Assign your profile to your warehouse and movement type 101.
Go back to the IMG and select Control Performance Data Processing / Define TO
Split Æ Performance Data Control / TO Split. Press ‘New Entries’.
Warehouse 1##
Movement Type 101
Source Storage Type 902
Dest Storage Type 005
Profile perf data Z531
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1-3 Customize your warehouse control parameters to include your performance data
and make missing performance data a warning message.
Go back one screen (to the popup) and select Message Control for Planned
Data. Select your warehouse number and ‘choose’.
Under Weights / Units of measure, set Time unit/Performance data to ‘S’.
Under Notifications/Messages, set Target Data to ‘W’.
1-4 You have measured your standard setup and travel times for your goods receipt
process when moving materials from the goods receipt area to the fixed bin area
(005). You want to use a standard setup time of 30 seconds and a standard travel
time for that storage type of 250 seconds.
Enter your standard times for setup and travel time at the header level. Remember
these are the fixed times that apply to all of the TO items.
Go back to the IMG and select Determine Target Data Æ Determine TO header
parameters Æ Setup time for planned workload in TO. Press ‘New Entries’.
Enter a standard setup of 30 Seconds for your warehouse, movement type 101,
source storage type 902, destination storage type 005.
Go back one screen and select Travel time for planned workload in TO. Press
‘New Entries’.
Enter a standard travel time of 250 seconds for your warehouse, source storage type
902, destination storage type 005.
NOTE: When you enter different header level times for different storage
types, the TR will automatically split into multiple Transfer Orders.
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1-5 You have also measured your standard times for moving material of different
logistic handling groups. You want to enter the standard times for the operation of
‘Stock Placement’ as 180 seconds as the constant time and 90 seconds as a variable
(quantity dependent) time for each of the logistics handling groups NORM and
LIQ.
Back up to the IMG and select Define TO Item Parameters Æ Maintain Load
Table. Notice that these are the same tables used for RWE, so operations have
already been defined. Press ‘New Entries’.
For your warehouse 1##, storage type 005, Operation Stock Placement (SP), Unit of
Measure Load Category A, Logistic Handling Group NORM and LIQ, enter
constant time/sec 180 and variable time/sec 90. You should create one entry for
NORM and one entry for LIQ. Save.
2-1 First, you must ensure that both of your materials are going to be delivered to the
005 Storage Type. Go back to warehouse management. Create the storage type
005 view for material T-BW20-## and assign it to bin 400-##. Remember that the
logistics handling group was assigned to these numbers in the RWE exercise.
LogisticsÆMaterials ManagementÆWarehouse ManagementÆ Master

DataÆMaterialÆCreate
Create the Warehouse 2 view for plant 1000, warehouse 1##, storage type 005.
Enter the bin location 400-## and save.
2-2 Find the Transfer Requirement for the T-BW20-## and T-BW21-## that was
created in the RWE exercise.
Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ Warehouse Management Æ TransRqmt Æ

Display Æ For a requirement. Enter your warehouse 1## and Requirement Type
‘B’ and enter.
Select the TR with 2 line items and process the TO in foreground. Generate TO
items. You will get 2 warning messages that you do not have the time identified
for 902 storage type. Acknowledge the warning and continue. Save the TO.
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2-3 Display the Transfer Order. Note the planned times that were calculated for the
Items and the Header.
From the Warehouse Management menu, select TransOrder Æ Display Æ

Single. Double click on the item to see the detail. Then display the header by
clicking on the header icon.
Item 1 Plnd Time TO itm: ___1080___

Item 2 Plnd Time TO itm: ___1260___
Header Plan Time WM: ___2620___
Calculated time is Item 1 (1260) + Item 2 (1080) + Setup (30) + Travel (250) =
Total Planned time 2620.
2-4 This Transfer Order was assigned to a worker in the warehouse with the employee
number of 1000. It took employee 1000 2500 seconds to process the TO. Confirm
the TO.
From the Warehouse Management menu, select TransOrder Æ Confirm Æ

Transfer Order Æ Input List. Enter processor 1000 and actual time 2500. Copy
and Save.
2-4 Display the TO again to view the Planned vs. Actual performance data.
3 Using the ABAP List Viewer, create a report to show the performance data.
From the Warehouse Management menu, select TransOrder Æ Display Æ List.

Enter a range of Transfer Orders to include the one you just completed. Change
to select only confirmed TO items. Execute.
Click on the icon ‘Current Display Variant’. Sort the fields in ascending order.
From the column on the right hand side (hidden fields), select the following
fields: Actual time of WM Transfer Order, Plan Time WM, Plnd proc time TO
itm, Processor of Transfer Order. Click on the Line 3 tab on the left hand
column and select the bottom single arrow to transfer the fields. Enter Copy and
view your results!
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Unit: Strategies for Special Handling
Topic: Hazardous Materials

• Make the appropriate configuration settings in your warehouse to store
Hazardous Materials
• Create a Hazardous Material Master Record
• Create a new material
• Assign the Hazardous Material Master Record to the new Material
Master record
• Receive and put away the new material
• Review the available Hazardous Material Reports
1 Create the warehouse structure for storage of Hazardous Materials.
1-1 Hazardous Materials Storage Type 006 has been previously defined; however, no
bins have been created. Create four (4) bins 001 through 004 in storage type 006,
storage section 001, with a maximum weight of 1000 and a fire containment
section ‘B’. You can create these bins one at a time or automatically. If you
create the bins automatically, remember that the entries in the template (template,
structure, start and end values, increment value) need to be lined up properly.
25. Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ Warehouse Management Æ

Master Data Æ Storage Bins Æ Create Æ Manually
.
- OR -

Master Data Æ Storage Bins Æ Create Æ Automatically. Select ‘New Entries’.
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27.
Warehouse 1##
Storage type 006
Current number 001
Template CCCCCCCNNN
Structure AAA
Start value 001
End value 004
Increment 1
Storage section 001
Maximum weight 1000
Fire Cont Section B
Enter then go to Environment Æ Create bins. Create Online.
1-2 Now go into the IMG and activate the Hazardous Materials check. This check is
activated by storage type. After you activate the check, verify the Region code
(set to the country code of your choice) for your warehouse and then customize
the storage types to allow or disallow the storage class.
28. Menu Path: From the SAP Reference IMG, select Materials
Management Æ Warehouse Management Æ Hazardous Materials Æ Strategies
Æ Activate hazardous material management
Hazardous Material Check: Activate
For your warehouse 1## and storage type 006, activate the Hazardous Material
Check for the Storage Type Level only. Set the WPC to 2.
Assignment: Region Codes
Warehouse number
Warehouse 1##
Region code Choose the appropriate region code
Save/post
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Assignment: Storage Classes Allowed - Storage type
New entries
Warehouse 1##
Storage type 006
Storage class 3a
Save/post
1-3 Now you must customize your storage type search to direct your hazardous
material to storage type 006. Create a Stock Removal and Stock Placement
Indicator ‘HAZ – Hazardous Material’ that will be assigned to your material.
Then, modify the storage type search sequence to direct materials with the
indicator ‘HAZ’ to storage type 006. You want to modify the search sequence for
both placements and removals to be directed to 006.
From the IMG, select Materials Management Æ Warehouse Management Æ

Strategies Æ Activate Storage Type Search Æ Storage Type Indicator Æ
Define. Create a new entry for your warehouse 1##, HAZ, Hazardous
Material.
Select Storage Type Search – Determine Search Sequence. Create 2 entries:
W/h Process Type Ind Stor Class WPC Stor Type

1## A HAZ 3A 3 006
1## E HAZ 3A 3 006
2 Now return to the Warehouse Management application to create the Hazardous Material
Master record and a new Material Master record. When you create the new material, you
will assign it to the hazardous material master record.
2-1 Create the new Hazardous Material Master record with the following data:
29. Menu Path: Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ Warehouse

Management Æ Master Data Æ Hazardous Material Æ Create
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Hazardous Material num. T-HAZ01-##
Region Code Choose the appropriate region code
Haz. Mat. Text Lubrication grp. ##

Storage Class 3A - inflammable fluids
Water Pollution class 2 - water pollutant
Aggregate state 2 - fluid
Hazardous Warning 01 - do not extinguish with water
Add any other appropriate warnings.
Post/Save
2-2 Create a new Material Master record for the lubricant in reference to an existing
lubricant. Assign the hazardous material record T-HAZ01-## to the new

Management Æ Master Data Æ Material Æ Create
Material T-BW22-##
Indutry Sector M
Material Type HAWA
Copy from Material T-BW20-##
Enter
Select views Basic data 1, Purchasing, Storage 1, Warehouse

Mgt. 1 & 2, Accounting 1
Org. levels Plant 1000, Storage Location 01##, Warehouse

1## (Same for Copy From org levels)
Acknowledge each view with ‘Enter’.
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Warehouse Management 1 view:
Haz. Mat. Num T-HAZ01-##

Stock Removal HAZ
Stock Placement HAZ
Save/post after the Accounting View.
3 Using movement type 501, receive 500 pieces of T-BW22-## in storage location 01##.
Then place 4 pallets of 100 pcs into the warehouse, leaving the remaining pallet in the
interim storage area.
3-1 Perform the Inventory Management goods receipt.
31. Menu Path: LogisticsÆMaterials ManagementÆInventory ManagementÆ

Goods MovementÆGoods ReceiptÆOther
Movement type 501

Plant 1000
Storage location 01##
Enter
Material T-BW22-##
Quantity 500
Post/Save
3-2 Place 4 pallets of 100 pcs each into your warehouse, leaving the remainder in the
goods receipt area. The system will not find a bin for the 5th pallet. Confirm the
TO.
32. Menu Path: LogisticsÆMaterials ManagementÆWarehouse ManagementÆ

Transfer RequirementÆDisplayÆfor material Create the TO in
foreground. Process the TO, leaving the last pallet of 100 in the GR area.
Transfer OrderÆConfirm
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4 Evaluate the various standard reports that are available.
4-1 Run the ‘Fire Department Inventory List’ report, and determine the following
information:

Management Æ Master Data Æ Hazardous Materials Æ Evaluations Æ Fire
dept. inv. List
Warehouse num. 1##

List by storage type X
With decimal places X
Execute
Storage Type Stor. Class Weight

006 3A 600kg
902 3A 150kg
4-2 Run the ‘Correct Storage of Hazardous Materials’ report, and determine if any
hazardous materials are NOT properly stored in your warehouse.

Management Æ Hazardous Materials Æ Evaluations Æ Check goods storage
Warehouse num. 1##
Execute
Storage Type Stor. Bin Material Stor. Class WPC

902 WE-ZONE T-BW22-## 3A 2
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4-3 Run the ‘Warehouse Index According to Accident Regulations’ report. Is the
pallet that was left in the GR area displayed on this list? Why or why not?

Management Æ Hazardous Materials Æ Evaluations Æ Haz. Substance list
Warehouse num. 1##
Execute
No
The materials in storage type 902 were NOT included in the report because
this report will only report on storage types activated for hazardous
materials management.
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Topic: Storage Unit Management

• Create a storage type for SU Managed materials
• Customize your SU Managed area to use bin sectioning
• Post a goods receipt
• Create and confirm a Transfer Order with SU number
• Display a Storage Unit
5 Verify that Storage Unit Management is allowed in your warehouse then create a new
storage type in your warehouse using SUM for spool storage.
5-1 Go to the control parameters for your warehouse and verify that SU Management
is ‘active’.
Menu Path: From the Enterprise IMG

Materials Management Æ Warehouse Management Æ Master Data Æ Define control
parameters for warehouse. Position on your warehouse and double click, or select your
warehouse and ‘choose’.
5-2 Create a new storage type 008 for spool storage. Copy storage type 007.
Activate SU mgmt. Change the storage type to 008. Change the description to
‘Spool Storage’.
36. Go back to the IMG and select Define storage type. Position on your
warehouse and storage type 007. Select 007, and push ‘copy as’. Make
the appropriate changes and ‘save’.
5-3 Because you created the new storage type 008, you also need to create a storage
section 001. Create the storage section 001- Total Section.
Go back to the IMG and select Define Storage Section. Create ‘New Entry’
for your warhouse 1##, storage type 008, storage section 001, Total Section.
Save.
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5-4 Because you created the new storage type 008, you must allow the storage unit
type IP to be stored there. Go to customizing the strategies, under storage bin
type search and allow this pallet size in your new storage type.
Go back to the IMG and select Strategies Æ Activate storage bin type search
Æ Assignments – Storage Unit Type – Storage Type. Create ‘New Entry’ for
your warehouse 1##, storage type 008, SUT IP. Save.
5-5 Also within ‘Strategies’, define bin sectioning for storage type 008. Bin
sectioning is available in the placement strategy for pallets. In section A of
storage type 008, you have 4 bin sections, 1-4. You must also allow industrial
pallets to be stored in the bin section for storage type 008.
Go back to the IMG and select Strategies Æ Stock placement strategies Æ

Define strategy for pallets Æ Bin section – Define.
In this table, define how many bin sections are available in which section of the storage
type, and you define whether the bin suffix will be alpha (BIN/A) or numeric (BIN/1).
Press ‘New Entries’. Enter your warehouse number 1##, Storage type 008, section A, and
number the first 4 sections 1-4 and save.
Still within defining the pallet strategy, select Bin and storage unit types -- Assign. Create a
new entry for your warehouse 1##, Storage type 008, bin type P1, SUT ‘IP’, Bin section
‘A’. Save.
5-6 For the test, you want to direct your spool receipts to storage type 008. Modify
the storage type search sequence so the cable will be directed to storage type 008.
Define a new placement indicator 008, then create the search sequence to direct
materials with this indicator into storage type 008.
Create material C-1030-##, (copy material C-1030) and attach the new placement
/ removal indicator. Create the Basic Data 1, Purchasing, Warehouse 1 & 2, and
Accounting 1 views for plant 1000 and your warehouse 1##. On Warehouse
Management 1 & 2 views, enter the stock placement and removal indicator 008.
A standard spool should carry 500 meters of cable, but the exact amount of
meters on each spool could vary. Enter the palletization data as 500 M per IP.
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Go back to the IMG and select Strategies Æ Activate storage type search Æ
Storage type indicator Æ Define. Select New Entries. Add for your
warehouse 1##, indicator 008, Spool Storage. Save.
Go back and select Determine search sequence. New Entry. You will need 2
entries, one for Placement (Process ‘E’) and one for Removal (Process ‘A’).
Enter your warehouse number, Process E, Type Indicator 008 and Storage
Type 008. Enter the same data for Process A.
Go to the material master and create the material C-1030-## by copying C-

1030. Create the Basic Data 1, Purchasing, Warehouse 1 & 2 and
Accounting 1 views for plant 1000, warehouse 1##. From the main menu,
select Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ Warehouse Management Æ
Master data Æ Material Æ Create. Enter the material C-1030-## and for the
Warehouse 1 & 2 views set the placement and removal indicators to 008 and
the palletization data to 500 M IP.
5-7 You will need to create some bins in your storage type that will represent the
pallets. Create manually bins P-001, P-002 and P-003 for storage type 008,
storage section 001 in your warehouse. The storage bin type = P1.
37. From the main menu, select Materials Management Æ Warehouse

Management Æ Master Data Æ Storage bin Æ Create Æ Manually.
6 Test your configuration settings.
6-1 Go to Inventory Management and do a goods receipt without PO for the material
C-1030-##, quantity 2078 M.
38. LogisticsÆMaterials ManagementÆInventory Management Æ Goods

Movement Æ Goods receipt Æ Other. Enter movement type 501, plant 1000,
storage location 01##.
You received 4 spools with varying lengths as follows: 498, 530, 510, 540.
Enter the appropriate palletization data and save.

TransRqmt Æ Display Æ For Material. Enter your warehouse 1## and
Material C-1030-## and enter.
40. Select the TR and process in foreground. Enter the palletization data for
each spool with SUT IP. Save.
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41.

Transfer Order. Click on ‘Input List’. Page over to see the SU number. Save
to confirm.
6-4 Display the bin.
From the Warehouse Management menu, select Master data Æ Storage bin Æ
Display Æ Single bin. Enter warehouse 1##, storage type 008, storage bin P-
001 and ‘enter’.
How many quants are in the bin? ___4____

How many bin sections are occupied? ___4____ (display bin sectioning)
Storage Unit Numbers: (1)____________________ (Vary)

(2)____________________
(3)____________________
(4)____________________
To see the Storage unit numbers, select Stock, then Display Storage Unit.
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Topic: Bulk Storage

• Customize the bulk storage area
• Modify a material master record
• Post a goods receipt without reference
• Create and confirm a Transfer Order to bulk storage
• Create a Goods Issue from bulk storage
7 Customize the bulk area.
7-1 Define the storage type control for your bulk materials. Enter a new record for
your warehouse and storage type 004 that allows management of partial
quantities. Set the blocking indicator to ‘2’.
Go to the SAP Reference IMG. Select Strategies Æ Stock Placement Strategies

Æ Define strategy for bulk storage. Select Storage Type ctrl – Define. Select
‘New Entries’. Enter a record for your warehouse, storage type 004, activate
partials, and blocking indicator = 2. Save
7-2 You must modify storage type 004 in your warehouse to use storage unit
management. Verify that the placement strategy for storage type 004 is ‘Bulk’
and the removal strategy is ‘FIFO’. Set SU Management to ‘Active’. Allow
mixed storage without limitation. You will need to remove the entry for ‘Return
Storage Type = 001’.
Still in defining the strategy for bulk storage, Select Stock placement str –
Activate. Position on your warehouse and storage type 004. Double click or
select and ‘choose’. Set the SU mgmt flag to ‘Active’. Set Mixed Storage to ‘X’.
Blank out the entry ‘001’ for the Return Storage Type.
7-3 Now you must return to the storage type control in 1-1 above to set the totals info.
Set the Totals column to ‘1’ – Totals info not batch specific.
(Follow the menu path in 1-1 above)
7-4 Define the block structure. If you are stacking Industrial Pallets, you can stack
them 4 deep and 3 high for a total of 12 pallets in the area. If you are stacking
Euro pallets, you can stack them 5 deep and 4 high, for a total of 20 pallets in the
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area. Use “BL” for the Blocking Indicator and P1 for the storage bin type.
Still in defining the strategy for bulk storage, Select Definitions – Block Structures.
Create new entries for your warehouse, storage type 004, bin type P1 and Blocking indicator
BL to be IP = 4 X 3, and E1 = 5 X 4. The system will calculate the total. Save.
7-5 You must allow the storage unit types IP and E1 to be stored in storage type 004.
Go to customizing the strategies, under storage bin type search and allow these
pallet sizes in your bulk storage area.
Go back to the IMG and select Strategies Æ Activate storage bin type search
Æ Assignments – Storage Unit Type – Storage Type. Create ‘New Entry’ for
your warehouse 1##, storage type 008, SUT IP, E1. Save.
7-6 For this test, verify that your receipts to storage type 004. You want to create a
new placement inicator then modify the storage type search sequence so the
materials you will receive will be directed to the new storage type 004.
Define a new placement indicator 004 for Bulk-Mixed Pallets. For this indicator,
create the search sequence to direct materials into storage type 004. Then modify
the material master to attach the new stock placement / removal indicator and
assign the Bulk indicator ‘BL’ to the following materials:
T-BW04-##
T-BW05-##
T-BW06-##
Go back to the IMG and select Strategies Æ Activate storage type search Æ
Storage type indicator Æ Define. Select New Entries. Add for your
warehouse 1##, indicator 004, Bulk-Mixed Pallets.
Save.
Go back and select Determine search sequence. New Entry. You will need 2
entries, one for Placement (Process ‘E’) and one for Removal (Process ‘A’).
Enter your warehouse number, Process E, Type Indicator 004 and Storage
Type 004.
Enter the same data for Process A.
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Go to the material master and update the placement and removal indicators
for the three materials. From the main menu, select Logistics Æ Materials
Management Æ Warehouse Management Æ Master data Æ Change.
Enter the material and choose the Warehouse 1 view for Plant 1000,
Warehouse 1##.
Change both the stock placement and stock removal indicators to 004 and
enter a bulk indicator of ‘BL’.
7-7 You will need to create some bins in your storage type. Go back to the WM
application and create bins B-001, B-002 and B-003 for storage type 004, storage
section 001. The storage bin type = P1.
42. From the main menu, select Materials Management Æ Warehouse

Management Æ Master Data Æ Storage bin Æ Create Æ Manually.
8 Now test your configuration settings with a Goods Receipt.
8-1 Go to Inventory Management and do a goods receipt without PO for the

following materials and quantities:
T-BW04-## 8
T-BW05-## 7
T-BW06-## 5

Movement Æ Goods receipt Æ Other. Enter movement type 501, plant 1000,
storage location 01##.

TransRqmt Æ Display Æ By Storage Type. Enter your warehouse 1## and
Source Storage Type 902 and enter.
45. Select the TR with 3 line items and process the TO in foreground. Select
‘Create SU single’. Enter Storage Unit Type ‘E1’. Click on ‘Create Transfer
Order’ then ‘Create’ and ‘Save’.

8-3 Confirm the Transfer Order. Note the Storage Unit Number
Storage Unit Number: ____________________ (Varies)
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Transfer Order. Click on ‘Input List’. Page over to see the SU number. Save
to confirm.
8-4 Display the Storage Unit. Drill down to see the bin section.
From the Warehouse Management menu, select Master data Æ Storage unit Æ
Stock. Enter the storage unit number and ‘enter’.
8-5 View the WM Bin Status Report for your warehouse and storage type 004.
Modify the report display list viewer to show the SU Number.
Master Data Æ Storage Bin Æ Evaluations Æ Bin Status Report. Select ‘Current
Display Variant. Select Storage Unit from the ‘Hidden’ fields and add to the display.
9 Now test your configuration settings with a Goods Issue.
3-1 Do a goods issue from Inventory Management for material T-BW06-##, quantity 3
to cost center 1000.

Movement Æ Goods issue. Enter movement type 201, plant 1000, storage
location 01## and enter. Enter cost center 1000, material T-BW06-##,
quantity 3 and Save.
3-2 Go back to WM and process the TR that was created by the goods issue.

TransRqmt Æ Display Æ By Material. Enter your warehouse 1## and Material
T-BW06-##. Enter.
48. Find the appropriate TR (for quantity 3) and process the TO in the
foreground. Generate the TO and save.
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49.
3-3 Confirm the TO. Be sure to confirm the TO for the correct quantity!!

Transfer Order. Click on ‘Input List’. Click on ‘Save’. The system will prompt
you for the SU number. Enter the SU number and enter. Override the ‘pick’
quantity to 3 and click on confirm item in background.
9-4 Display the storage unit number to see the updated quantity.
From the Warehouse Management menu, select Master Data Æ Storage Unit Æ
Stock.
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Topic: Storage Location Control

• Create a Storage Location and assign it to your warehouse.
• Set up a Storage Location as the standard.
• Set up the Storage Location to Storage Location Transfer Posting to be
automatic when the Transfer Order confirmation for putaway occurs.
• Send a mail message to the person confirming the Transfer Order if an
error should occur.
• Test your configuration
10 From now on, purchase order goods receipts will be received into a new storage location.
This storage location is not considered as available inventory for sales order delivery
notes because your delivery notes are created to ship from storage location 01##.
10-1 Create a new Storage Location 02## for plant 1000.
50. From the SAP Reference IMG, select Enterprise Structure Æ Maintain
Structure Æ Definition Æ Materials Management Æ Maintain storage
location
Plant 1000
Enter
New entries
Description GR Area group ##
Post/Save
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10-2 Assign storage location 02## to your plant 1000, warehouse 1##.
51. From the SAP Reference IMG, select Enterprise Structure Æ Maintain
Structure Æ Assignment Æ Materials Management Æ Assign warehouse
number to plant/storage location
New entries
Plant 1000
Warehouse num. 1##
Post/Save
10-3 Set up the original Storage Location (01##) as the standard storage location in
Plant (1000). warehouse (1##).
52. From the SAP Reference IMG, select Materials Management Æ

Warehouse Management Æ Interfaces Æ Inventory Management Æ Define
storage location control. Select Control of Assignment “Plant / Stor.Loc. –
Whse Number”
Select Plant 1000, Stor.loc. 01##, WhNum 1##

Switch ‘Standard Sloc.’ On
Post/Save
10-4 In the same table, set up the new Storage Location (02##) so it is not copied into
the transfer requirement from the reference document. This allows the system to
use the standard storage location (defined above) when creating a Transfer Order
from the Transfer Requirement.

storage location control. Select Control of Assignment “Plant / Stor.Loc. –
Whse Number”
Select Plant 1000, Stor.loc. 02##, WhNum 1##
Switch ‘Stor. Loc. Not in TR’ on
Post/Save
10-5 Set up the Storage Location to Storage Location Transfer Posting to be

automatic, upon the confirmation of the Transfer Order used to move the goods
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from the interim GR area (Sloc 02##) into the main warehouse (Sloc. 01##) using
a 311 movement type. In addition, send a message to the person confirming the
Transfer Order if an error should occur.

storage location control Select ‘Stor. Location Control in Warehouse
Mgmt’
New entries
Warehouse num. 1##
Storage Type 902
Plant 1000
Movement type (IM) 311
Combine post changes blank
Mail A
Note: Mail recipients were previously defined in the IMG at:
From the SAP Reference IMG, select Materials Management Æ Warehouse Management
Æ Activities Æ Transfers Æ Set up autom. TO creation for TRs/post. Chge notices
11-1 Modify the Warehouse Management view for material T-BW08-## to be directed
to high rack storage upon receipt. There is a placement indicator ‘HRL’ defined
for this purpose. Set the placement and removal indicator to ‘HRL’ for plant
1000, warehouse 1##.
55. From the main menu, select Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ

Warehouse Management Æ Master Data Æ Material Æ Change
Stock removal HRL

Stock placement HRL
Post/Save
11-2 Create a Purchase Order for material T-BW08-##. (Note: Click ‘New Purchase
Order’ on the popup.)
Note: Leave the storage location field blank.

Purchasing ÆPurchase Order Æ Create Æ Vendor known
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Vendor 1000
Purchasing Org. 1000
Purchasing Grp. 001
Delivery Date today
Plant 1000
Material T-BW08-##
PO quantity 100
Post/Save
PO Number: ________varies________
11-3 Receive the goods into your warehouse and storage location 02## with reference
to the above Purchase Order.

Inventory Management Æ Goods Movement Æ Goods Receipt Æ For
Purchase Order Æ PO Number Known
Movement Type 101

Purchase Order from 2-2
Plant 1000
Storage Location 02##
Select and Save.
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11-4 Display the stock overview for the material T-BW08-##.
From the main menu, select Logistics Æ Materials Management Æ Warehouse

Management Æ Master Data Æ Material Æ Stock Æ Stock Overview.
Storage Location 01## ________1000__________
Storage Location 02## _________100__________
Storage Type Stor. Loc. Quantity

007 01## 1000
902 01## 0
902 02## 100
11-5 Create the Transfer Order with reference to the above Transfer Requirement.
From the warehouse management menu, select Transfer Rqmt Æ

Display Æ for material. Select and process the TO.
From the warehouse management menu, select Master Data Æ Material Æ Stock Æ Stock
Overview.
Storage Location 01## _________1000__________
Storage Location 02## __________100__________

001 01## 0 100 0
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007 01## 1000 0 0
902 01## 0 0 100
902 02## 100 0 0
From the warehouse management menu, select Transfer Order Æ Confirm Æ Transfer
Order Æ Input List. Save.
Storage Location 01## _________1100________
Storage Location 02## ____________0________

001 01## 100 0 0
007 01## 1000 0 0
902 01## 0 0 0
902 02## 0 0 0
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Notes to the user

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This course will enable you to:

z Gain an understanding and hands on experience

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At the completion of this course, you should be able to:

z Perform WM functions such as customizing Storage

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Unit 1 Course Overview Unit 6 Quality Management

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z Customizing the Warehouse Activity Monitor

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At the conclusion of this topic, you will be able to:

z Perform analysis using Rough Workload

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z Picking and Goods Issue

z Returns from Customer Customer

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Sales Order Delivery

Stock Transport Order

Scheduling Agreement Packing

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z Day the workload begins

 With RWE, all standard LIS functionality exists.

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Influence on the workload by

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Setup time: 12 Sec. Setup time: 15 Sec.

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Process: Goods Receipt

Operation Operation Operation

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100 --- Unload solid Pallet 250 sec 15 sec

100 --- Unload liquid Pallet 280 sec 21 sec

100 --- Unpack solid Pallet 150 sec 6 sec

100 --- Unpack liquid Pallet 180 sec 8 sec

100 --- Placement solid Pallet 150 sec 65 sec

100 --- Placement liquid Pallet 150 sec 75 sec

100 Bulk Picking .... ....

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Σ Load for PO Item for Material 4711

= Load for Operation Unload = 250 sec (fix) + 3 * 15 sec (var)

+ Load for Operation Unpack = 150 sec (fix) + 3 * 6 sec (var)

+ Load for Operation Placement = 150 sec (fix) + 3 * 65 sec (var)

= 808 sec = 550 sec (fix) + 3 * 86 sec (var)

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At the conclusion of this topic, you will be

z Discuss the process of creating picking

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z Detailed planning for picking

With RWE, all standard LIS functionality exists.

Planned time of Transfer Order

Fire Department Inventory List

Warehouse Management (WM) without Storage Unit Management