Creating TRs for Material Staging Manually 

To initiate the supply of materials to storage bins at production supply areas, you must create transfer requirements that are based on production orders or on material requirements in the production bins.

Transfer requirements are created on the basis of the material staging types listed below:

Pick Parts

To create material staging transfer requirements for a production order manually, choose Logistics ® Logistics Execution ® Outbound Process ® Goods Issue for Other Transactions ® Prepare Production Supply ® For Order from the SAP menu.

This material staging method using a separate transaction is more flexible than creating transfer requirements from the production order because it allows you to process smaller quantities and percentages of a production order based on individual workstation requirements. To use this method, you need to deactivate automatic staging (see Automatic Staging for WM.)

Crate Parts

To create transfer requirements for crate parts, choose Logistics ® Logistics Execution ® Outbound Process ® Goods Issue for Other Transactions ® Prepare Production Supply ® For Crate Part from the SAP menu.

Release Order Parts

To create transfer requirements for release order parts, choose Logistics ® Logistics Execution ® Outbound Process ® Goods Issue for Other Transactions ® Prepare Production Supply ® For Release Order Part from the SAP menu.

When creating transfer requirements for release order parts, you can display all the production orders that use the material requested in the selected supply area.

How you process subsequent screens for all three methods of material staging is generally self-explanatory and is described in the online documentation for individual data fields.

Units of Measure

It is possible for you to select a specific unit of measure for the supply of pick parts and release order parts to production. You specify the unit of measure while carrying out material staging.

When you create transfer requirements for production supply in WM (or in PP), you can select the unit of measure to be used for displaying the material staging list. Choose Edit ® Unit of Measure on the material staging overview screen. The system displays a dialog box in which you can enter the desired unit of measure. When you select one of the options, the system displays the quantity fields in the material staging list with the unit of measure of your choice. The transfer requirements created for this material staging list will then be generated using the selected unit of measure.

The unit of measure you choose is stored in the Parameter ID "LMB", so that the next time you carry out the material staging task, the unit of measure you selected previously is automatically suggested as a default.

Setting a Default Unit of Measure for Material Staging

To set a default unit of measure for material staging, choose Tools ® Administration ® User Maintenance ® Users. In Parameters, enter one of the following parameters for parameter ID "LMB":

When you define the control cycle for crate parts, you can define any unit of measure for container quantities. The system then uses the unit of measure defined in the control cycle record when calling up material staging for crate parts.