Setting Up the Decentralized Warehouse Management System (SAP Library - Decentralized Warehouse Management (LE-IDW))

Setting Up the Decentralized Warehouse Management System

Use

To be able to use the decentralized Warehouse Management system (WMS), you must execute the following settings in the Customizing section for Warehouse Management:

Procedure

You activate decentralized WMS as follows, if both systems are SAP R/3 system:

Activities in the Central ERP System

Customizing Activity	Path	What You Should Know
Define warehouse number	Enterprise structure ® Definition ® Logistics Execution ® Define, Copy, Delete, Check Warehouse Number	Do not copy a complete warehouse number. In the ERP system, you only require the warehouse number definition.
Assign warehouse number to the combination of plant / storage location	Enterprise structure ® Assignment ® Logistics Execution ® Assign Warehouse Number to Plant / Storage Location

Activities in the Decentralized WMS

Customizing Activity	Path	What You Should Know
Define warehouse number	Enterprise structure ® Definition ® Logistics Execution ® Define, Copy, Delete, Check Warehouse Number	Copy a complete warehouse number. In the decentralized WMS, the entire range of functions for WMS must be available.
Assign warehouse number to the combination of plant / storage location	Enterprise structure ® Assignment ® Logistics Execution ® Assign Warehouse Number to Plant / Storage Location

You set up the central SAP ERP system for the link to the decentralized WMS as follows:

Customizing Activity	Path	What You Should Know
Activate decentralized WMS	Decentralized WMS Integration ® Central Processing ® Application ® Activate Decentralized WMS
Activate and define interface to inventory management	Integration Decentralized WMS ® Central Processing ® Application ® Activate Interface to Inventory Management	You define the standard values for deliveries in case not all the required data is available from the underlying document. You do this at the following levels: Warehouse number Reference movement type Delivery type
Exclude stocks in decentralized WMS	Integration Decentralized WMS ® Central Processing ® Application ® Exclude Stock in Decentralized WMS	You exclude stock types that perhaps will not be processed by external, decentralized warehouse management systems. If you implement an SAP System as a decentralized system, this system will process all stock types, with the exception of project stock.
Define output types	Basis Components ® Application Link Enabling (ALE) ® Modelling and Implementing Business Processes ® Master Data Distribution ® Scope of Data for Distribution ® Output (Message) Reduction ® Create Reduced Output (Message) Type	You define a reduced output type for the material master, customer master, and vendor master.
Define logical systems for the ERP system and the decentralized WMS	Basis ® Application Link Enabling (ALE) ® Sending and Receiving Systems ® Logical Systems / Assign Logical System to a Client
Generate distribution model	Decentralized WMS Integration ® Central Processing ® Distribution ® Generate Distribution Model	For each warehouse number you define a distribution model. You can also use filters that serve to transmit only certain views of the material master or vendor master.
Generate partner profile	Basis Components ® Application Link Enabling (ALE) ® Modelling and Implementing Business Processes ® Partner Profiles and Time of Processing ® Generate Partner Profiles	In the central system, you generate the required partner profiles for all output types and methods within the model view that has already been created.
Transmit the distribution model to the decentralized WMS		You transmit the distribution model (model view) via the menu option Edit. If both the ERP and the decentralized WMS are SAP Systems, you should transmit the distribution model via the ERP system.

You set up the decentralized SAP Warehouse Management System as follows:

In the Implementation Guide (IMG) for IDecentralized WMS Integration, select the path Local Operations (Decentralized Processing) ® Application

Customizing Activity	Path	What You Should Know
Define the number range for warehouse documents	Define number range for the warehouse document
Activate Reference to ERP system	Activate Reference to ERP System
Define conversion for delivery types	Define Conversion of Delivery Types
Define requirement types for decentralized WMS	Define Requirement Categories for Decentralized WMS