SAP System as a Decentralized Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Use
You can install an SAP system as an independent, decentralized Warehouse Management system (WMS) in order to receive requests for
goods movements from any arbitrary Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system) In addition, the decentralized WMS is able to receive master data such as customer, vendor, and material data from the leading ERP system.Integration
The leading ERP system communicates planned goods movements to the decentralized WMS through inbound and outbound deliveries, respectively. The decentralized warehouse executes the physical inbound or outbound deliveries using transfer orders. With the transfer order confirmation, the decentralized WMS posts a goods receipt or goods issue. At the same time, the decentralized WMS confirms the underlying delivery to the leading ERP system and thus initiates changes in the inventory management of the ERP system. This way, the physical goods movement takes place before the respective stock posting.
Features
The decentralized Warehouse Management System performs all the pending warehouse management tasks. These include:
Many of the functions known to you from the SAP system for goods receipt processing, warehousing, and shipping are at your disposal.