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Purpose

When stock is picked from a storage type for which the "complete stock pick" has been defined, sometimes small quantities are left over after the required quantity is picked. The remaining quantity is returned to a storage bin via a "return" sub-item in the transfer order.

With the Warehouse Management (WM) component, you have three methods at your disposal for returning quantities to a storage bin.

The remaining quantity remains in the picking area.

The remaining quantity is returned to the high rack storage area where the original quantity was stored.

If the stock is returned to another storage bin, the system uses the putaway strategy specified for this storage type. You can change the default that the system proposes for the return storage bin in the transfer order.

Prerequisites

Regardless of the method used, you must also set the Complete Stock Pick Active indicator in the Pick Control section of the storage type record.

Note

The return method described here is not valid for SU-managed storage types. If you are implementing the complete stock pick for SU-managed warehouses, only the variants "complete stock pick with return to the same storage bin" or "complete stock pick using a pick point" are possible. Departures from this rule are only possible by using a customer exit.

(For a description of the stock return methods used in SU-managed storage types, see Partial Stock Picks.)

Process Flow

When the system searches for a storage bin for the return quantity, it uses the following hierarchy.

  1. The overdelivery quantity can be kept in the storage bin to which it was transferred, that is, the destination storage bin in the transfer order.

    2. You must set the Retain overdeliveries indicator in the Putaway Control section of the storage type record for the destination storage type.

  2. The return quantity is returned to the storage bin from which it was transferred, that is, the source storage bin in the transfer order.

    3. You must set the Return stock to same storage bin indicator in the Stock Pick Control section of the storage type record for the source storage type.

  3. The return quantity is transferred to the storage type and bin according to the movement type.

    4. In the movement type record, you must define the return storage type and the return storage bin. (See Movement Types)

  4. The return quantity is transferred to a storage type defined in the storage type record.

    5. You must enter a storage type in the Return storage type field in the Pick Control section of the storage type record for the source storage type.

  5. The return quantity must be kept in the storage bin to which it was transferred, that is, the destination storage bin in the transfer order.