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In Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), a storage section is an organizational subdivision of a storage type, which groups together storage bins with similar attributes for the purpose of putaway. The criteria for grouping bins together are freely definable: for example, heavy parts, bulky parts, fast-moving items, slow-moving items.

 

You can use the storage section as an organizational aid for putting away goods in the warehouse. If you use storage types and storage sections, you must define the organizational aims clearly. The physical location is the principal organizational factor. The use of storage sections in a storage type is only mandatory if you use storage section control or storage section search in the storage type.

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You can define control parameters and control values only in the storage type.

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For information on how to define a storage section for a storage type, see Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Define Storage Sections End of the navigation path .

Example

High rack storage areas frequently consist of numerous storage bins of varying size. In many high-rack storage areas, low-level bins are larger because they are reserved for particularly bulky and heavy parts. The bins located at higher levels are smaller.

The following figure shows a high-rack storage area divided into two storage sections. You use the front storage section for fast-moving items and the rear one for slow-movers.