Using a Transfer Order (TO) for Putaway in Lean WM (SAP Library - Goods Receipt Process for Inbound Deliveries)

Using a Transfer Order (TO) for Putaway in Lean WM

Implementation Options

You can use transfer orders that are created for deliveries in Lean WM to put away stock in available fixed storage bins that are not managed with WM.

In the normal WM structure, you process goods receipts that result in an increase in inventory in the warehouse and goods issues that result in a decrease in inventory in the warehouse. The stock is managed in individual storage bins in the warehouse for this normal process. For Lean WM, you do not process goods receipts or goods issues as a subsequent process in WM and no storage bins are managed in the WM application. This also means that the Lean WM system does not update stock data using quants. Instead, this transaction takes place entirely at the storage location level.

Since Lean WM is used at the storage location level, you can only display quantities of stock in Inventory Management (IM) and not with the WM stock overview task.

Transfer order characteristics

The characteristics of a transfer order created for Lean WM are basically the same as for any transfer order:

It is optional as to whether transfer orders created for Lean WM are subject to confirmation.
You can confirm overdeliveries, shortages and batches.
You can print transfer orders.
You can transmit Lean WM transfer order data to external systems.
You can record performance data for this type of TO. Examples of this include assignment to a picker, return confirmation of actual times or determining planned times.

Prerequisites

Before you use Lean WM, you need to make a few configuration changes in Customizing as follows:

Assign (and create, if necessary) a storage location to a warehouse number.
You should define at least the following two storage types:

A storage type (to be used as a source storage type) with one or more fixed storage bins
A shipping area (as a destination storage type) for deliveries

For more detailed information on this topic, refer to the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Shipping under Picking ® Lean-WM (see also Setting up Lean WM).

Process Flow

Generally, the processes used in Lean WM are similar to those in normal WM. You work with deliveries and transfer orders that you create for the deliveries. However, with Lean WM, it is much easier to create transfer orders.

To carry out a stock transfer in Lean WM, follow these 3 steps:

Create an inbound delivery.

Create a transfer order for the delivery.

Confirm the transfer order after you have set the Stock plcmt requires confirmation indicator in Customizing (see also: Define Storage Type).