Kanban Replenishment

Use

The WM-PP interface supports material staging for production using classic kanban production control. Here, you organize the replenishment from the warehouse to production using containers in the production work center. As soon as you set the container to empty in the system, the system triggers Kanban replenishment.

Prerequisites

  • You have set up the WM-PP interface.

  • A separate kanban storage location is defined, which is not managed by WM and therefore differs from WM-managed replenishment storage locations.

  • A kanban interim storage area with storage bin is defined in the WM-managed warehouse.

In the standard system, storage type 150 is set up as a kanban interim storage area.

  • You have defined the kanban replenishment strategy with control type transfer requirements from a storage location controlled by WM in Customizing for Production under Start of the navigation path KANBAN Next navigation step Replenishment Strategies Next navigation step Define Stock Transfer Strategies End of the navigation path.

Kanban replenishment strategy 0006 is defined in the standard delivery and is specially defined for kanban replenishment from a WM-managed warehouse.

  • If you want the system to create a transfer order from the transfer requirement automatically, set the indicator Automatic TO Creation in the replenishment strategy.

  • You have set up a suitable replenishment movement type for kanban in Customizing for Warehouse Management under Start of the navigation path Activities Next navigation step Transfers Next navigation step Define Movement Types End of the navigation path.

Movement type 350 is defined for kanban replenishment in the standard system.

  • Movement type 350 is assigned to the interim storage type and the stock transfer movement type for stock transfer from the WM-managed replenishment storage location to the kanban storage location is defined in Customizing for Warehouse Mangement under Start of the navigation path Interfaces Next navigation step Define Kanban Next navigation step Storage Location Control in Warehouse Management End of the navigation path.

In the standard system, storage type 311 is set up as a stock transfer movement type. The system transfers all stock in the kanban storage type to the kanban storage location using stock transfer movement type 311, since the kanban storage type is specifically assigned to the kanban storage location.

  • You have created a kanban control cycle for the material that is to be staged under Start of the navigation path Production Next navigation step Kanban Next navigation step Control Cycle Next navigation step Create End of the navigation path.

The control cycle contains all of the information on the interface between the kanban storage location and the WM-managed storage location.

  • The material to be staged is defined for both the kanban storage location (consumer) and the WM storage location (source).

Process Flow

  1. You trigger kanban replenishment by setting a kanban to empty.

  2. For more information, see Triggering the Kanban Signal.

  3. For each requested kanban container, the system creates one transfer requirement (TR) with one item.

  4. The system uses the data on the kanban storage type defined in the control cycle, and the kanban production storage bin in the TR.

    The system confirms the TR number to the kanban. You can therefore display the corresponding replenishment TR from the kanban display.

  5. You can display the transfer requirements for the request.

Choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Logistics Execution Next navigation step Internal Warehouse Processes Next navigation step Transfer Requirement Next navigation step Display End of the navigation path from the SAP menu.

The following information is available:

  • The requirement number consists of the requirement type J (kanban/JIT) and the actual requirement number, which corresponds to the kanban number.

  • If the kanban indicator is set, it means that this TR is planned for kanban replenishment.

  • The system takes the destination storage type (kanban interim storage type) from the kanban control cycle.

  • If the Automatic TO Creation indicator is set, the system creates the corresponding transfer order (TO) when the TR is created.

  1. You create transfer orders for the staging TRs in the WMS.

  2. If the Automatic TO Creation indicator is set, the system creates the corresponding transfer order (TO) automatically in the background when the TR is created. For more information, see Automatic Creation of TOs for Transfer Requirement.

  3. You confirm the transfer orders to verify that the kanban material was indeed taken to the production supply area.

  4. The system updates the kanban in PP and sets the status of the kanban to full.

    Alternatively, you can set the kanban to full in production first, which leads the system to confirm the open TO in the background and post the material movement.

    Caution Caution

    If the system cannot confirm the TO in the background, it flags the kanban and you receive an error message. In this case, you confirm the TO manually and then correct the kanban.

    End of the caution.

  5. You execute the posting change from the WM-managed storage location to the kanban storage location.

Normally, the posting change occurs automatically when the TO is confirmed.

To execute the posting change of the replenishment material manually, choose Start of the navigation path Logistics Next navigation step Logistics Execution Next navigation step Internal Whse Processes Next navigation step Posting Change Next navigation step Direct to Bin Stock Posting Change Next navigation step Storage Location to Storage Location End of the navigation path.