The pick point is the actual location in the warehouse where items are picked for a partial stock pick from a storage unit.

In an automatic high-rack storage area, the pick point may be a specific point along a conveyor belt to which storage units have been transferred for order picking. A pick point may also be a marked floor area where entire pallets can be brought for picking material items.

The following graphic shows how sotrage units for picking are assigned to a pick point and afterwards how they are brought to another storage bin.

Once a storage unit is moved to a storage type that is not managed for storage units, the storage unit number is lost. Therefore, if all the materials in a storage unit are transferred to the goods issue area, the storage unit ceases to exist in WM. To receive the storage unit when only part of the materials is picked, the storage unit is brought to the pick point. The required goods are picked and transferred to the goods issue area. The storage unit is then returned to the warehouse with the remaining goods. This means that the remaining goods are still assigned to the original storage unit number in WM. In this case, the transfer order contains not only a source and destination storage bin, but also a return bin.

For your organization, there are several possibilities for what happens to a partial storage unit at the pick point after picking. Two examples are as follows:

• The partial storage unit is returned to the same storage type from which it was picked, and a new storage bin is selected.
• The partial storage unit is transferred to another storage type (for example, to a storage type that is specifically designated for partial storage units).

Before you pick stock from a storage type using a pick point, you must configure the storage types using the Customizing function.

• First, you must define a pick point storage type.
• Secondly, you must connect the pick point to the SU-managed storage type from which stock is to be picked.

For more information, refer to the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Warehouse Management.