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  Yard Management

Use

You use Yard Management to manage your yards . The yard is where you maintain vehicles and transportation units that arrive or depart.

You map movements within a yard using warehouse tasks (WTs). For more information, see Yard Movement .

You can monitor your yard in the warehouse management monitor .

The following figure shows an example of a yard.

Integration

Yard management is integrated into SAP Global Trade Services (GTS). For more information about GTS , see the SAP Library under Start of the navigation path SAP xAPPs Next navigation step SAP Global Trade Services. End of the navigation path

Prerequisites

  • You have activated yard management for the warehouse in Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) under Start of the navigation path Cross-Process Settings Next navigation step Shipping and Receiving Next navigation step Yard Management Next navigation step Activate Yard Management for Warehouse End of the navigation path .

  • You have made the following settings in Customizing for EWM under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Shipping and Receiving Next navigation step Yard Management End of the navigation path :

    • You have defined the yard using the storage type.

    • You have defined checkpoints .

    • You have optionally structured the yard using storage sections.

  • You have defined doors in Customizing for EWM under Start of the navigation path Master Data Next navigation step Warehouse Door Next navigation step Define Warehouse Door End of the navigation path .

  • You have assigned the doors and checkpoints to yard bins. You have also specified a warehouse process type for the checkpoints. These are required by the system for the arrival at and departure from the checkpoint.

    To do this, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Start of the navigation path Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Master Data Next navigation step Shipping and Receiving Next navigation step Yard Management Next navigation step Assign Warehouse Door to Yard Bin End of the navigation path or Assign Checkpoint to Yard Bin and SCU .

See also:

Arrival at/Departure from Checkpoint

Connection of Delivery Processing to Yard Management