Location Setup
Use
This function is used in conjunction with chaotic Inventory Management . It enables you to keep the correct chronological order of shipping documents for equipment (equipment items and multipart equipment) and materials.
Integration
If chaotic inventory management is being used, you must have executed a complete location setup before SD orders can be generated in ETM Settlement . This ensures that the documents from chaotic inventory management are transferred to historical stock from where they can then be included in settlement.
Only authorized persons should execute a location setup since the location setup changes the status of the shipping documents definitively. You can no longer make any more changes to the shipping documents after location setup has been executed.
Prerequisites
Incorrect stock chains must have been corrected using the Stock Control function. You must correct any stock errors for equipment items before you can execute a location setup. As far as multipart equipment and materials are concerned, it is advisable to correct any errors before executing a location setup.
Recommendation
You should correct missing parts and shortfall quantities for multipart equipment and materials manually at regular intervals.
Activities
Execute the location setup directly or in the background. Background processing has the following advantages:
Incorrect stock chains are transferred to historical stock and saved automatically.
The system displays incorrect stock at the end of the location setup and you can then correct these errors.