Central
Processing
In this section, you make the necessary
settings for the ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system within the WMS
component (Warehouse Management System).
You only need to read this chapter if
your ERP system is an SAP R/3 system.
Below you find example activities that are
necessary for customizing your ERP (SAP R/3) system. The individual steps are
set up as a checklist and guide you through the process of configuring the
system parameters. For detailed information on Customizing, refer to the
subsections of this subject and see the IMG for Distribution (ALE).
Checklist
1. Customizing
for "Enterprise Structure"
- Create storage location (if
necessary)
- Define warehouse number (you should not copy
the warehouse number in the ERP system)
- Assign plant/storage location to warehouse
number
2. Customizing
for "Decentralized WMS integration", section "Central processing" ->
Application
- Activate decentralized WMS
- Define interface to Inventory
Management
- Exclude stock in decentralized WMS (if the
decentralized WMS is not an SAP R/3 system)
3. Customizing
for "Distribution (ALE)", section "Basic Settings"
- Assign logical system to client
4. Make basic
settings for RFC (if necessary)
5. Customizing
for "Distribution (ALE)", section "Maintain Distribution Model"
- Reduce message types
SAP recommends that you use message types "MATMAS" (material master tables)
and "DEBMAS" (customer master) as a template.
Be aware that only those fields that are absolutely necessary are transferred
from the master data tables in the ERP system to the decentralized
WMS.
6. Customizing
for "Decentralized WMS integration", section "Central processing" ->
Distribution
- Generate distribution model as far as the
application is concerned
When the model is generated, application-specific Customizing parameters are
modified or set (for example, activate decentralized WMS).
- Display or check distribution
model
- Generate partner profile (you can also perform
this activity using ALE Customizing)
- Distribute distribution model (model view)
using menu item "Edit"
If both the ERP system and the decentralized WMS are SAP R/3 systems, the
distribution model should be distributed on a central basis only, that is, via
the ERP system.
7. Customizing
for "Distribution (ALE)", section "Maintain Distribution Model"
- Activate the change pointers for master data
distribution.
- If necessary, reduce the message types
concerned.
8. Customizing
for "Logistics - General" - "Logistics Basic Data: Material Master" -
"Material" - "Control Data" -> "Define required-field check for ALE/data
transfer"
Define whether an error message should be generated in the receiving system
for required fields from the material master.