Basic Settings for the Inventory (SAP Library - Warehouse Management System (WMS))

Basic Settings for the Inventory

Use

Before you carry out the inventory with the Warehouse Management system (WMS), make the following basic settings in the system.

Setting Default Values for the Inventory

For each storage type to be inventoried, you specify which data appears on the warehouse inventory list and define the layout of the Enter Inventory Count screen.

For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Warehouse Management under Activities ® Physical Inventory ® Define Default Values.

Specifying the Movement Type for Entering Inventory Differences

During the inventory, you post all entered inventory differences to an interim record for differences. The system determines the most suitable interim record for inventory differences using the relevant movement type as a basis.

For this reason you need to assign an individual WMS movement type to the relevant IM movement type

For positive inventory differences (if you find material)
For negative differences (if you enter inventory shrinkage).

Both movement types link to an interim record for differences.

For this reason, in Customizing for Warehouse Management, you assign the WMS movement type to the relevant IM movement type under Activities ® Physical Inventory ® Clear Differences (Interface to Inventory Management) ® MM-IM Movement Types for Clearing Inventory.

Note

In the standard system, storage type 999 is set up as the interim storage area for differences.

Making Differences Between Book Amount and Count Quantity Dependent on a Value Basis

In the following transactions, you can enter threshold values for calculating data or displaying inventory items:

Entering Threshold Values for Data Selection

In the following transactions	Activity
Logistics ® Logistics Execution ® Internal Whse Processes ® Physical Inventory ® In Warehouse Management ® Count Results ® Recount	Perform an inventory recount
Logistics ® Logistics Execution ® Internal Whse Processes ® Physical Inventory ® In Warehouse Management ® Clear Differences ® Warehouse Management	Clear inventory differences
Logistics ® Logistics Execution ® Information System ® Warehouse ® Physical Inventory ® With Bin Inventory Management ® Difference List of Open Inventory Documents	Display list of inventory differences

You can enter percentages or amounts in certain country currencies.

If you make this type of selection, the system displays a list of the items in system inventory records with a difference that exceeds the percentage or amount that you previously entered.