Using SU management, it is possible to preplan storage units.

When you preplan storage units, you create and store data about storage units in the application component Warehouse Management (WM) in advance, that is, before these actually arrive in the warehouse. When these storage units are physically received in the warehouse, you can then identify them based on their storage unit numbers and then put them away. No manual input is required other than scanning the SU numbers.

It is important to realize that the preplanning of storage units is nothing more than creating transfer orders at an earlier point in time.

Therefore, the following conditions apply:

• When you preplan storage units, it would make no sense to confirm these transfer orders immediately.
• The system will only assign SU numbers if you create transfer orders to move stock into an "SU-managed" storage type.
• When you create transfer orders using the preplanning function, the system suggests storage bins in the normal manner. If you have configured your system to search for physical storage bins (for example, in high rack storage) these bins will be blocked for putaways when you preplan the storage units. It is better therefore if you set up your system so that the storage units are first assigned to an ID point.

We recommend that you create your own WM movement types for preplanned activities so that the points above can be adhered to.

SU documents are printed when you preplan storage units. You can then pass these documents to the location where the storage units are produced in advance. There, they can be attached to the corresponding storage units.

1. When transfer orders are preplanned, the storage units are first transferred from the goods receipt area for production to an ID point.
2. When the storage units physically arrive at the ID point, the transfer order items are confirmed and a second transfer order is created to move the storage units into the final storage type.