Strategy: Partial Quantities First 

Use

With this strategy, the system overrides the FIFO principle to optimize the management of stock in the warehouse. It keeps the number of partial handling units (partial HUs) in one storage type as low as possible. This strategy is only suitable if putaway meets one of the following conditions:

●      It takes place in the form of standard HU types (always the same quantity of a product for a certain HU type).

●      It takes place in the form of partial pallet quantities (quantities smaller than a standard HU).

There are two different types of quant within a storage type:

●      Quants in the quantity of the standard HU in accordance with packaging specification

●      Quants in a quantity that is smaller than the standard HU. This is known as a partial pallet quantity. Quants that are larger than a standard HU should not occur.

When the system searches for a quant, it proceeds as follows:      ...

       1.      If the required quantity in the warehouse task is the same as or greater than the quantity of a standard HU, the system attempts to remove a standard HU from stock.

       2.      If no standard HUs exist, the system takes partial pallet quantities.

       3.      If the required quantity in the warehouse task is less than the quantity of the standard HU, the system first tries to remove partial pallet quantities from stock.

       4.      If no partial pallet quantities exist, the system breaks into complete HUs.

Prerequisites

●      You have defined a stock removal rule with ascending quantity (piece) and a stock removal rule with descending quantity (standard HU) in Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) under Goods Issue Process  ® Strategies ® Specify Stock Removal Rule.

●      You have assigned the stock removal rules in Customizing for EWM under Goods Issue Process ® Strategies  ® Determine Storage Type Search Sequence for Stock Removal:

○       Stock removal rule “piece” – quantity classification group “piece”

○       Stock removal rule “standard HU” – quantity classification group “standard HU”

·     You have defined a storage type search sequence in Customizing for EWM under Goods Issue Process ® Strategies ® Specify Storage Type Search Sequence.

●      You have assigned the stock removal rules in Customizing for EWM under Goods Issue Process ® Strategies  ® Determine Storage Type Search Sequence for Stock Removal:

●      You have defined quantity classifications for the warehouse in Customizing for EWM under Cross-Process Settings  ® Warehouse Task  ® Define Quantity Classifications.

●      You have defined a packaging specification for the product in Customizing for SCM Basis under Packing ® Packaging Specification.

Example

You use two packaging specification levels, pallet and piece, and you have defined a quantity classification and a stock removal rule for each of them. The system uses the stock removal rule for piece to sort the stock by quantity in an ascending order. The system uses the stock removal rule for pallet to sort the stock by quantity in an descending order. If the quantity required is greater than or equal to the quantity of the complete HU, the system sorts the stock in a descending order, in other words, it removes a full pallet from stock. If the required quantity is smaller than a complete HU, the system sorts the stock in an ascending order, in other words, since a complete HU is not required, the system searches for a partial HU.