Picking Quantities Based on Size (SAP Library

Picking Quantities Based on Size

This picking technique is a combination of the fixed bin picking technique and the random picking technique. Depending on the quantity of material that is to be picked for each item in the delivery, the system determines which of the two techniques will be used for picking. As the criteria for this quantity check, the system uses the control quantity defined in the Control quantity field in the WM view of the material master record for each material that is to be picked. If the quantity to be picked is larger than the control quantity, the system uses the random picking technique. If the quantity to be picked is the same or less than the control quantity, the system uses the fixed bin picking technique to pick the required materials.

When should you use this picking technique?

You use this picking procedure when both techniques are necessary within a warehouse, that is, picking from a fixed bin location and random picking. For this procedure, you remove material from the reserve storage area or from fixed storage bins in the picking area.

The following applies to this picking technique:

Two documents can be used to remove the material from the warehouse: a picking list for small quantities, which is created in SD or a transfer order for large quantities, which is created in WM.

When small amounts of material are transferred from the picking area, the material is transferred directly out of the warehouse. However, when large quantities are removed from reserve storage, the material goes first to an interim storage area for goods issues.

The source storage bin for small quantities of a material are determined by the storage bin defined in the material master record.

For all materials that are to be picked, you need to create a fixed storage bin in the picking area (picking storage type). You must enter the fixed storage bin to the material in the material master record (Storage bin field). In addition, you need to enter a maximum transfer quantity in the Control quantity field for the material master record (at the warehouse-storage type level).

For each delivery item the system checks the quantity being picked against this quantity to determine if the picked quantity is "large" or "small". If the quantity of the item is small (less than or equal to the quantity in the Control quantity field), then it is picked from the fixed bin location. Otherwise the quantity is randomly picked from another storage type using a transfer order and then transferred to the interim storage area for goods issues.