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Function documentation  Storage Location/Supply Area Determination  Locate the document in its SAP Library structure

Use

You use the storage location/supply area determination function to define the strategy the system is to use in BOM explosion and in MRP to determine the issue storage location (production storage location or supply area) for the components.

Integration

The procedure described below is the same for both storage location determination and supply area determination.

Prerequisites

Features

In the BOM explosion, the system tries to find a storage location in the BOM item (component). If no production storage location has been defined for the BOM item, the system reads the MRP group of the assembly or of the finished product to determine the strategy for storage location determination.

The following strategies are available for storage location determination:

You use this procedure for determining the issue location if you always withdraw one component from one specific storage location.

You should use this procedure for determining the issue storage location if all the components are stored together at a storage location close to the production line where they are needed.

Note

If you select strategy "2" in repetitive manufacturing, the system checks the planned order for the production storage location. Then the system proceeds as described above.

Caution

When backflushing for the planned order, the strategy is ignored. The system withdraws the components from the storage location saved in the planned order.