Triggering Replenishment (SAP Library - Repetitive Manufacturing (PP-REM))

Triggering Replenishment

Purpose

This chapter describes how you can trigger replenishment for the missing parts. There are four replenishment strategies used for staging components in the pull list:

direct stock transfer
stock transfer reservation
creating KANBAN replenishment elements (event-driven KANBAN)
creating WM transfer requirements or transfer orders

Prerequisites

The pull list must have calculated the missing parts. To do this, you must have selected your components in the initial screen for the pull list and then accessed the pull list. The pull list then displays the missing parts for these components, along with additional data such as requirement date and location. The red light at the beginning of the row displays that missing quantities exist.

Process flow

Select the row of components to be staged.

The rows on display represent requirement totals, that is, the system totals all individual requirements in the missing parts calculation. To display the individual requirement details, choose the magnifying glass at the beginning of the corresponding row. The requirements details are then displayed in a second table and the corresponding requirement total is indicated in the first table with a blue arrow.

You can display the available stock for the material you selected in the table:

At storage location level, the available quantity consists of the actual stock plus the stock transfer reservations.
At WM release order level, the available stock consists of the actual stock plus the open transfer requirement quantity plus the transfer order quantity (stock to be placed in the warehouse).
In the WM pick parts view, the system displays the transfer requirement quantity from the reservation as the available stock.
In the kanban view, the available stock consists of the kanbans in the control cycle. The statuses of the kanbans are displayed.

To start staging, create a replenishment proposal for the selected components by:

Entering a quantity in the Staging quantity field.
Or by choosing Create replenishment proposals. This instructs the system to create a replenishment proposal for the required quantity and switches the light at the beginning of the row to yellow ("Replenishment will be created").

For further processing, choose List of replenishment elements.

If, in the Global settings (dialog control), you used the field Requirements total and replenishment elements to determine that the system is to open the table of replenishment elements when accessing the pull list, then this step as well as the following steps are not necessary.

The system opens a second table displaying the replenishment proposals with more details on the type of replenishment or the replenishment quantity that can be changed.
To stage a certain quantity of components to the issue storage location, select one or several replenishment proposals in the lower table and choose Stage.

If the components are to be staged by direct stock transfer, you must first complete the entries in the lower table. The system uses batch/stock determination to automatically search for the batch and the replenishment storage location (for example, central warehouse). However, you can also enter the storage location manually.

You can use the Mass change function to complete any missing data, such as the replenishment storage location for all the selected replenishment proposals for example.

The system checks that the staging is possible. For direct stock transfer, the system checks that the stocks are available, and blocks them.
The system now creates replenishment elements for the replenishment proposals that can be staged. You recognize this by the green check mark at the beginning of the row.

If the staging cannot be carried out, the system displays an error message.

Choose Save to post the direct stock transfer or replenishment proposals.

Result

For direct stock transfers, the system directly posts the stock transfer when you save your data. For more information, see Triggering Direct Stock Transfer.

For stock transfer reservations, the system creates manual stock transfer reservations for the required components. Actual staging is carried out in a separate step. See also: Triggering Replenishment via Stock Transfer Reservation.

For replenishment via KANBAN, the system creates empty kanbans, and so triggers replenishment. All kanban functions are available. See also: Triggering Replenishment via KANBAN.

For replenishment via WM, the system creates a transfer requirement or transfer order as the replenishment element. For more information, see Triggering Replenishment via WM (for Release Order Parts) and Triggering Replenishment via WM (for Pick Parts).