Creation of Warehouse Tasks for Stock Removal 

Use

Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) creates warehouse tasks for stock removal based on a warehouse request of the type outbound delivery order, so that you can remove products from stock.

EWM uses a warehouse task to specify the following for the stock removal:

●      The source storage types, sections, and bins

●      The path to the destination storage type

Prerequisites

If you want EWM to automatically group warehouse tasks into warehouse orders, you must have made the settings in Customizing for warehouse order creation.

For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for EWM under Cross-Process Settings ® Warehouse Order.

Features

●      EWM can create warehouse tasks for an outbound delivery in the following ways:

○       As default, EWM creates warehouse tasks for an outbound delivery when you or EWM release a wave.

○       EWM automatically creates warehouse tasks for an outbound delivery, using an action from the Post Processing Framework (PPF).

○       You create the warehouse tasks manually.

●      When EWM creates a warehouse task for a warehouse request, it uses stock removal strategies to determine the storage bin. For more information, see Storage Bin Determination for Stock Removal.

●      When EWM creates a warehouse task, it uses direct or combined storage control  to determine whether you should remove a handling unit from stock directly or by using interim storage bins.

The warehouse task reflects the direct or combined storage control.

●      EWM automatically groups warehouse tasks according to your Customizing settings for warehouse orders. For more information, see Warehouse Order Creation.

●      EWM uses layout-oriented and process-oriented storage control, according to your Customizing settings. For more information, see Process-Oriented Storage Control and Layout-Oriented Storage Control.

●      In the warehouse task, EWM specifies various activities for you to perform (for example, packing) according to your Customizing settings.

Activities

●      If you have made settings in Customizing for PPF for the PPF action to create warehouse tasks for stock removal, EWM automatically creates the warehouse task for stock removal.

For more information, see the IMG for EWM, under Cross-Process Settings ® Delivery Processing ® Actions ® Use Assistant to Create Actions.

●      By default, you or EWM create warehouse tasks by releasing a wave.

After a wave is generated, it can be released immediately, either automatically or manually depending on the release methods you have defined for the wave or wave template. For more information, see Processing of Waves.

●      If you want to create a warehouse task manually, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Extended Warehouse Management ® Work Scheduling ® Create Warehouse Task for Warehouse Request ® Stock Removal for Outbound Delivery Order.

●      If you create warehouse tasks for a delivery for loading, and then want to post the goods issue, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Extended Warehouse Management ® Shipping and Receiving ® Load.

●      When EWM creates a warehouse request warehouse task for an outbound delivery request, it simultaneously updates this warehouse request. EWM carries out this update by updating the quantity in the document flow. If the quantity update leads to a change in status, EWM updates this change in the warehouse request as well.

You have an outbound delivery of 100 pieces of a product. EWM automatically creates three warehouse tasks (WT1, WT2, and WT3) for the entire quantity, based on the stock determination.

Following creation of the warehouse tasks, the warehouse request status Picking Planning changes to Completed.

If EWM does not create warehouse tasks for the entire quantity, the Picking Planning status is set to Partially Completed.

The following table provides an overview of the Picking Planning status in the warehouse request.

Goods Issue Process Product description	Delivery Item	Warehouse Task	Warehouse Request Status Picking Planning
P-01	10	WT1 for 10 pieces	Partially Completed
P-01	20	WT2 for 30 pieces	Partially Completed
P-01	30	WT3 for 60 pieces	Completed