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 Replenishment Control

Use

You use replenishment control to fill up a picking area in accordance with the demand for products that you pick in this area.

The data can come from the following sources:

Calculation of the minimum quantityand the maximum quantityas well as the minimum replenishment quantityat storage type level or at fixed storage bin level

  • Open warehouse requests in accordance with selection

  • Manually entering the minimum and maximum quantity as well as the minimum replenishment quantity

Prerequisites

  • You have executed the following in Customizing under Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Internal Warehouse Processes Next navigation step Replenishment Control Next navigation step Activate Replenishment Strategies in Storage Types: End of the navigation path

    • You have activated the required replenishment strategy.

    • If you want to work with picker-directed replenishment, you have set the Pckr-Drvn Repl. indicator for direct replenishment and have, optionally, restricted storage types.

    • If the system is to automatically create a warehouse task when executing replenishment, you have set the WT Immed . indicator. Otherwise, the system creates a warehouse request or changes an existing warehouse request.

  • You have defined a stock removal control indicator for the warehouse number in Customizing under Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Goods Issue Process Next navigation step Strategies Next navigation step Define Stock Removal Control Indicator. End of the navigation path

  • You have defined tolerances and replenishment levels (fixed storage bin level or storage type level) in Customizing under Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Define Storage Type. End of the navigation path You have also defined the following:

    • If you want to work with replenishment at storage type level, you have defined the minimum quantity and the maximum quantity in the warehouse product master.

    • If you want to work with replenishment at fixed storage bin level, you have defined fixed storage bins for your products as well as a minimum and a maximum quantity for each bin in the master data for Extended Warehouse Management under Start of the navigation path Storage Bin Next navigation step Maintain Fixed Storage Bin End of the navigation path .

If the system is to round replenishment quantities, you have defined a minimum replenishment quantity in the warehouse product master. You can only define the minimum replenishment quantity at storage type level, but the system can also use it at fixed storage bin level.

  • You have defined a default stock type for replenishment in Customizing under Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Define Warehouse Number Control. End of the navigation path

Features

The following types of replenishment control are available:

Planned replenishment

You can start planned replenishment either interactively or in the background. The system calculates the replenishment in accordance with the defined minimum quantity and maximum quantity. Replenishment control is triggered when the stock is less than the minimum quantity. The system rounds down the replenishment quantity, in other words, the quantity of the warehouse task or the warehouse request, to a multiple of the minimum replenishment quantity.

Order-related replenishment

You can start order-related replenishment either interactively or in the background. The system calculates the replenishment in accordance with the quantity of the selected open warehouse requests. Replenishment control is triggered when the stock is less than the required quantity. The system rounds up the replenishment quantity to a multiple of the minimum replenishment quantity. The maximum quantity can be exceeded.

Automatic replenishment

The system starts automatic replenishment in the background when you confirm a warehouse task. It calculates the replenishment in accordance with the maximum and minimum quantity. Replenishment control is triggered when the stock is less than the minimum quantity. The system rounds down the replenishment quantity to a multiple of the minimum replenishment quantity.

Direct replenishment

Direct replenishment is only possible in fixed storage bin scenarios. It is started during a bin denial when an exception code refers to the internal process code Replenishment . The system calculates the replenishment in accordance with the maximum and minimum quantity. Here it assumes that the quantity at the storage bin is zero. The system rounds down the replenishment quantity to a multiple of the minimum replenishment quantity.

Direct replenishment can be performed by the picker (picker-directed replenishment). In this case, a warehouse task is displayed for the replenishment as the next item to be processed in the picker’s warehouse order. As a prerequisite, the system must have found stock in the permitted storage types. Picker-directed replenishment is only possible in radio frequency scenarios.

Recommendation Recommendation

We recommend that you use picker-directed replenishment if the reserve storage area is situated close to the picking area.

End of the recommendation.

Activities

To start planned replenishment or order-related replenishment, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Work Scheduling Next navigation step Schedule Replenishment. End of the navigation path