Define
Kanban
The Production Planning component can handle
material stagings for classicKanban processing directly using the System
(LE-WM).
In the Warehouse Management system, you define
and manage so-called interim storage bins. These storage bins are assigned
based on the kanban control cycle. In thecontrol cycle for stock transfer you
must first assign the following:
- Storage location (you must use the WM-managed
storage location)
- storage type and storage bin from the WM
system
A material requirement generates a requirement
which is used to create orders in standard processing. When these transfer
orders are confirmed, a stock transfer (WM storage location to kanban storage
location) takes place in the background. The kanban storage location must not
be WM-relevant!
Requirements
You must use the kanban component.
Standard
Settings
In the SAP standard system, replenishment
movement type "350" is pre-set for warehouse number "001" in storage type
"150". For the actual stock transfer, IM movement type "311" is
pre-set.
Activities
Set the required parameters for the kanban
interface in the order specified:
1. Maintain
production supply area (PSA) - if you have not done so already
For WM staging,
assign the above parameters to your control cycles. Control cycles are not
maintained in Customizing, but in the application itself. For more
information, refer to the section on "PP kanban" in the R/3
library.
2. WM
replenishment movement type
You specify for each
storage type which WM movement type is used to process
kanban replenishment from the warehouse.
Assign the
appropriate replenishment movement type to your kanban storage
type.
3. For a stock
transfer "WM storage location to kanban storage locaction", you must use
storage location control to assign the corresponding kanban storage type and
the replenishment movement type to the kanban storage location (!). Using
storage location control, you can also specify whether posting changes are to
be combined. If you set this indicator, posting changes are processed with
program RLLQ0100 which can be scheduled as a batch job. If
this indicator is not set, posting changes take place in the background
immediately after the transfer order is confirmed. If transfer orders are
confirmed directly, the posting change takes place immediately after the
transfer order is created. If errors occur during background processing, you
can specify which users are to be notified by mail.
For more information on storage location control, refer to the IMG section
Define storage location control (IMG for Warehouse
Management: Interfaces -> Inventory Management).
4. Using the
kanban application, you can define if transfer orders are to be created
automatically for transfer requirements.
When transfer orders
are created in the background, the system can generate logs and error notes
using mail messages. These mail messages are then assigned to specific
recipients by means of a mail indicator.
Determine the mail
indicators and assign them to the recipients.
Only use field
Mail recipient. The document
user is not considered in this context.
Further
Notes
For more information on kanban, refer to the
chapter on "kanban" in the IMG for Production.