Storage Bin
Definition
A storage type consists of a selection of storage spaces, which are called
storage bins
in
Extended Warehouse Management
(EWM). The storage bin is the smallest spatial unit in a warehouse. Therefore, the storage bin represents the exact position in the warehouse where products are and/or can be stored.
Since the address of a storage bin is frequently derived from a coordinate system, a storage bin is often referred to as a coordinate. For example, the coordinate 01-02-03 could be a storage bin in aisle 1, stack 2, and level 3.
Use
To each storage bin, you assign the warehouse number in which the storage bin is located. You just also assign a storage type and storage section to each storage bin.
You can also define the following additional attributes for a storage bin:
Maximum weight
Total capacity
Fire-containment section
Storage bin type (for example, for large or small pallets)
In some putaway strategies, the storage bin type plays an important role during optimization of the automatic search for a storage bin, in connection with the pallet type. For example, you can define the putaway strategy in such a way that you put away large industrial pallets into special large bins, and smaller pallets into small bins.
For information about defining storage bins, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for
Extended Warehouse Management
under
Master Data
Storage Bins
.
Structure
You can use any combination of letters and numbers for storage bin coordinates. However, you should ensure that you orient the parts of the structure to the indicators defined for the warehouse for aisle, stack, level, and so on.