You can distribute the goods-receipt quantity of the articles (that is, after the distribution has been adjusted) among the recipients using distribution orders. You can use the distribution order like distribution lists.

As soon as a handling unit (such as a wire basket or pallet) is full and the distribution orders have been confirmed, you generate the delivery online. The physical flow of goods is therefore the same as that mapped to R/3. Merchandise-driven distribution is used in the fashion sector, for example.

You can use distribution orders as distribution lists to:

• determine target data for distribution orders

• split distribution orders by target data

• print distribution order or transfer IDocs (for printed lists or PDC units, as required)

• enter actual data to enable you to implement incentive wages using Human Resources (HR)

• confirm distribution orders

In Customizing, you can define the point at which a distribution order should be generated. The following options are available:

• Automatic generation at goods receipt

• Online referencing an article

There is merchandise in the picking storage type for merchandise-driven flow-through. The merchandise has to be distributed as follows among the wire baskets for stores R151, R152 and R153.

1 pallet of article 1: 5 pieces for store R151 and 10 pieces for store R152

1 crate of article 2: 15 pieces for store R151 and 5 pieces for store R153

As a distribution order relates to only one article, you create two distribution orders for this, containing the following items:

As soon as a handling unit (such as a wire basket or pallet) for a particular recipient is full and the distribution orders have been confirmed, you generate the delivery. The delivery is automatically marked as not relevant for picking.

Distribution orders are transfer orders that do not reference a preceding document. They are fully integrated in Lean WM functionality. You can also use the transfer order functions for distribution orders. The business background to them, however, is that they are used for the special case of merchandise-driven flow-through.

To use distribution orders, you must use Lean WM. Lean WM must be activated for the site/storage location/warehouse number and a special picking storage type entered for merchandise-driven flow-through.

To ensure that merchandise is properly distributed, you are advised to make distribution orders subject to confirmation.