Use
You can also use Warehouse Management (WM) functions for goods receipts for which distribution data exists. The following options are available to you:
Features
Using WM with Different Variants
Before you can activate WM for a storage location, you have to assign a warehouse number to a particular combination of site and storage location in Customizing in the Logistics Execution section of Enterprise Structure. The extent to which you activate the WM functions can be configured in Customizing for Logistics Execution under Shipping ® Picking ® Lean WM. You can assign a degree of activation to a particular combination of site, storage location and WM warehouse number for control purposes. The following cases can exist:
In this case, you do not enter any data for the combination of site/storage location/warehouse number.
In Customizing, you leave the field empty for the combination of site/storage location/warehouse number. Stock is managed at storage bin level.
In Customizing, you enter a degree of activation of 1, 3 or 4 for the combination of site/storage location/warehouse number. Stock is not managed at storage bin level. You do, however, generate transfer orders for deliveries.
In Customizing, you enter a degree of activation of 2 for the combination of site/storage location/warehouse number. Stock is not managed at storage bin level. You do, however, use distribution orders for distributing goods using merchandise-drive flow-through. You can only use this method if you use Lean WM.
Which Variants are Possible for the Different Processing Methods?
Processing methods |
Possible WM activation |
Putaway |
All variants Only by activating all WM functions can you place stock into storage. With the other variants, stock is only managed at storage location level. |
Cross-docking |
All variants The deliveries have to be relevant to picking in WM before transfer orders can be generated. |
Flow-through, recipient-driven |
All variants |
Flow-through, merchandise-driven |
Variant D only |
Which Variants can be Assigned to the one Warehouse Number?
You can assign several combinations of site/storage location to the one warehouse number and thus manage different variants with different WM functions under the one warehouse number. The following variants can be assigned to the one warehouse number:
Variant B |
Variant D |
possible |
Variant C |
Variant D |
possible |
Variant B |
Variant C |
not possible |
Example
The following table illustrates how you can combine the different variants in Customizing. Variant B is combined with variant D for warehouse number 001. Variant C is combined with variant D for warehouse number 002.
Warehouse number |
Site |
Storage location |
Degree of activation |
001 |
0001 |
0001 |
Variant B |
001 |
0001 |
0002 |
Variant B |
001 |
0001 |
0003 |
Variant D |
001 |
0002 |
0001 |
Variant B |
002 |
0010 |
0001 |
Variant D |
002 |
0010 |
0002 |
Variant C |