Strategy: FIFO (First In, First Out) 

Use

In the case of this strategy, the system first proposes the oldest quant from the storage type from which you want to remove products from stock.

The system calculates the age of a quant (its retention period in the warehouse) from the date when goods receipt was posted. The goods receipt date is set automatically in the quant and in the warehouse request for each goods receipt posting.

You can accept the goods receipt date that the system sets or you can enter a different date. Regardless of whether you adopt the goods receipt date or enter a new one, the system uses this date to calculate the age of the quant. This date influences the sort sequence for each product.

Prerequisites

·        You have defined a stock removal rule in Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) under Goods Issue Process ® Strategies ® Specify Stock Removal Rule. You have specified the goods receipt date (sort ascending) as the sort criterion. 

·        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 storage type search sequence in Customizing for EWM under Goods Issue Process  ® Strategies ® Determine Storage Type Search Sequence for Stock Removal.

·        You have assigned the stock removal rule to the storage type in Customizing for EWM under Master Data  ® Define Storage Type. Alternatively, you can assign the stock removal rule under Goods Issue Process  ® Strategies ® Determine Storage Type Search Sequence for Stock Removal.