Working with Warehouse Manager Enabled

In SAP ERP, a storage location can be warehouse managed or not. If it is warehouse managed, then the material is managed in storage bins inside your storage location.

When Warehouse Manager is enabled, SAP Inventory Manager provides flexible, automated support in processing all goods movements and in managing stocks in your warehouse complex. The system supports scheduled and efficient processing of all logistics processes within your warehouse. Warehouse Manager allows you to map your entire warehouse complex down to the storage bin level. Not only do you gain an overview of the entire quantity of material, you also determine exactly where a specific material is within your warehouse.

You can use Warehouse Manager to optimize the use of all of your storage bins and warehouse movements. You can also store material stocks from several plants together in warehouses with random storage. Warehouse Manager allows you to optimize the use of all storage bins, mix pallets belonging to several owners in randomly slotted warehouses, and still know exactly where a particular material is located within your warehouse complex.

Stock Bin-to-Bin Transfer

Stock bin-to-bin transfers are available when Warehouse Manager is enabled. You can use this feature when you want to move items from one bin to another within the same location. You can change the quantity and destination before you finalize the action.

Behavior Differences when Warehouse Manager is Enabled

When Warehouse Manager is enabled, there are a few differences in behavior in the SAP Inventory Manager application.

  • Inventory: when Warehouse Manager is enabled, inventory applies to individual bins rather than overall physical material counts.

  • Material transfers: with Warehouse Manager enabled, there are three types of transfers:

    • Put away: Use Put Away for stock that you have ordered and received and you are now ready to physically put away into the proper bin. When you specify a transfer with put away, you can change the quantity and the destination bin before you finalize the action.

    • Bin to bin: Use Bin to Bin when you are transferring items from one bin to another within the same location.

    • Pick: Use Pick when you want to fulfill a sales order. You can change the quantity but not the destination for this action.