Kanban Replenishment 

Use

The WM-PP interface supports material staging for production using classic kanban production control. Here, you organize the replenishment from the warehouse to production using containers in the production work center. As soon as you set the container to empty in the system, the system triggers Kanban replenishment.

• You have set up the WM-PP interface.

• A separate kanban storage location is defined, which is not managed by WM and therefore differs from WM-managed replenishment storage locations.
• A kanban interim storage area with storage bin is defined in the WM-managed warehouse.

• You have defined the kanban replenishment strategy with control type transfer requirements from a storage location controlled by WM in the Customizing for Production under KANBAN ® Replenishment Strategies ® Define Stock Transfer Strategies.

• If you want the system to create a transfer order from the transfer requirement automatically, set the indicator Automatic TO creation in the replenishment strategy.
• You have set up a suitable replenishment movement type for kanban in the Customizing for Warehouse Management under Activities ® Transfers ® Define Movement Types.

• Movement type 350 is assigned to the interim storage type and the stock transfer movement type for stock transfer from the WM-managed replenishment storage location to the kanban storage location is defined in the Customizing for Warehouse Mangement under Interfaces ® Define Kanban ® Storage Location Control in Warehouse Management.

• You have created a kanban control cycle for the material that is to be staged under Production ® Kanban ® Control Cycle ® Create.

1. You trigger kanban replenishment by setting a kanban to empty.

For more information, see Triggering the Kanban Signal.

2. For each requested kanban container, the system creates one transfer requirement (TR) with one item.

The system uses the data on the kanban storage type defined in the control cycle, and the kanban production storage bin in the TR.

The system confirms the TR number to the kanban. You can therefore display the corresponding replenishment TR from the kanban display.

3. You can display the transfer requirements for the request.

1. You create transfer orders for the staging TRs.

If the Automatic TO Creation indicator is set, the system creates the corresponding transfer order (TO) automatically in the background when the TR is created. For further information, see Automatic Creation of TOs for Transfer Requirement.

2. You confirm the transfer orders to verify that the kanban material was indeed taken to the production supply area.

The system updates the kanban in PP and sets the status of the kanban to full.



Alternatively, you can set the kanban to full in production first, which leads the system to confirm the open TO in the background and post the material movement.



If the system cannot confirm the TO in the background, it flags the kanban and you receive an error message. In this case, you confirm the TO manually and then correct the kanban.

3. You execute the posting change from the WM-managed storage location to the kanban storage location.