Stock Transfers in a Decentralized Warehouse 

Purpose

A stock transfer usually involves two storage locations (plants): the issuing storage location for picking and the receiving storage location for putaway. If the stock transfer is recorded in the ERP system as a two-step procedure and if one of the storage locations involved is a WMS-relevant storage location, the system creates a delivery for this posting and sends it to the WMS. Both storage locations involved are copied into the delivery to allow the actual posting to be executed after the verification is received from the WMS.

One-step stock transfers using a WMS-relevant storage location are only possible if a storage location that is not WM-relevant is involved in the posting change.

Process Flow

  1. Enter a goods movement in the ERP system.
  2. The system automatically creates an inbound or an outbound delivery from this goods movement.
  3. The system transfers the inbound delivery using the BAPI InboundDelivery.SaveReplica (the outbound delivery using the BAPI OutboundDelivery.SaveReplica) from the ERP system to the WM system, and there it represents a request to the warehouse to pick or put away goods.
  4. In the decentralized system, a transfer order is created for the inbound or outbound delivery, respectively.
  5. Execute the physical outbound/inbound delivery of the goods.
  6. Confirm the transfer order.
  7. After the transfer order is confirmed, goods receipt is posted for the inbound delivery (or goods issue for the outbound delivery). This clears the interim storage bin.
  8. This activity initiates the confirmation to the ERP system through the BAPI InboundDelivery.ConfirmDecentral for the inbound delivery and through the BAPI OutboundDelivery.ConfirmDecentral for the outbound delivery.
  9. The goods receipt or goods issue posting in the ERP system takes place automatically when the confirmation is recorded in the system.
  10. When the goods receipt or goods issue is posted in the ERP system, the stock transfer is simultaneously posted in inventory management.