Warehouse Management (WM)SAP University Alliances

Version 2.20

Author Stefan Weidner

Chris Bernhardt

ProductSAP ERP 6.0 EhP4Global Bike IncGlobal Bike Inc.

LevelBeginner

FocusFocusCross-functional integration Warehouse Management

SAP AG

SAP ERP Course Overview

Introduction to SAP Navigation Navigation Introduction to GBI Sales & Distribution Materials Management Production Planning Financial Accounting Controlling Human Capital Management Warehouse Management

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Project System

SAP ERP Functionality

Goods Receipt Goods Issue Goods Issue Picking Packingg Shipping

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SAP ERP Unit Overview

WM Organizational Structure WM Master Data WM Master Data WM Process Management and Control

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SAP ERP WM Organizational Structure

Global Bike Client

Global Bike Inc. US

Dallas San Diego Miami

Company Code

Plant

Global Bike Inc. DE

Dallas San Diego Miami Plant

Storage Location

Trading Goods Finished Goods Miscellaneous

San Diego Warehouse WarehouseNumber

Shelf Storage Pallet StorageGR Area Ext. Receipts

Stock Transfers (Plant)

Shipping areaDeliveries

Storage Type

Total Section Storage Section

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SAP ERP WM Organizational Structure

Client- An independent environment in the system

Company Code- Smallest org unit for which you can maintain a legal set of books

Plant- Operating area or branch within a company

Manufacturing, distribution, purchasing or maintenance facility

Storage Location- An organizational unit allowing differentiation between the various

stocks of a material in a plant

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SAP ERP WM Organizational Structure

Warehouse Number- Number that identifies a complex, physical warehouse structure within

the warehouse management system

Storage Type- Subdivision of a complex, physical warehouseSubdivision of a complex, physical warehouse- Is identified by its warehousing technique, form of organization, or its

function

Storage Section Storage Section- Logical or physical subdivision of a storage type- Groups together a series of similar storage bins

Picking Area- Groups storage bins together from the standpoint of picking strategies

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SAP ERP WM Organizational Structure

Warehouse door- Marks the point where the means of transport changes to an internal

transportation

Allocation Zone- Temporary storage of goods, which have just arrived or will be shippedTemporary storage of goods, which have just arrived or will be shipped

soon

Shipping PointIs the part of the company responsible for the type of shipping the- Is the part of the company responsible for the type of shipping, the necessary shipping materials and the means of transport

Storage Bin- Smallest addressable unit in a warehouse, which identifies the exact

location in the warehouse where goods can be stored Master Data

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SAP ERP GBI Structure for Warehouse Management

Global Bike Client

Global Bike Inc. US

Dallas San Diego Miami

Company Code

Plant

Global Bike Inc. DE

Dallas San Diego Miami Plant

Storage Location

Trading Goods Finished Goods Miscellaneous

San Diego Warehouse WarehouseNumber

Shelf Storage Pallet StorageGR Area Ext. Receipts

Stock Transfers (Plant)

Shipping areaDeliveries

Storage Type

Total Section

STBN-2-000 STBN-2-001 STBN-2-999

Storage Section

Storage Bin

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SAP ERP GBI Enterprise Structure in SAP ERP (Logistics)

Shipping Point DL00

RM00

MI00 SD00 HD00 HH00

TG00 TG00 TG00 RM00 TG00

TO00

TG00

PE00

Storage Location

RM00

SF00

FG00

MI00

TG00

FG00

MI00

TG00

FG00

MI00

TG00

FG00

MI00

RM00

SF00

FG00

MI00

TG00

FG00

MI00

TG00

FG00

MI00

Central Purchasing Organization (global) GL00Purchasing Org. US00 CA00 PO DE00 AU00

Purchasing Group North AmericaN00

PGr EuropeE00

AsiaA00

CC US00

DallasDL00

MiamiMI00

S. DiegoSD00

CA00

TorontoTO00

AU00

PerthPE00

CC DE00

Heidelb.HD00

HamburgHH00

Plant

Company Code

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Client GBI

SAP ERP WM Master Data

Storage Bin Master Data

M t i l M t D tMaterial Master Data

Hazard Master Data

Batch Master Data

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SAP ERP Storage Bin Master Data

Storage Bin Master Data- Two different

i ti l l lorganizational levels Warehouse Level:

All indicators and fields which are valid for the whole warehouse

Storage Type Level: All indicators which are only valid for specific storage types

- Also includes Storage Bins and QuantsBins and Quants

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SAP ERP Storage Bin Master Data

Storage Bin- Smallest addressable unit in a

warehouse- General Data

Warehouse Storage type

General Data

Storage type Storage bin number

- Storage Bin Data Storage section Storage Bin Data (WM) Picking area Fire-containment section Bin type Max. weight St t (MM)g- Status Blocked for putaway Stock removal block

Bl ki

Status (MM)

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Blocking reason

SAP ERP Storage Bin Master Data

Quant- Smallest addressable unit of

measure for a material in SAP ERP

- General Data Material

General Data

Plant / Storage location Batch Warehouse

St tStock Data (MM)

Storage type Storage bin

- Stock Data Total stock

Bl ki I di t (MM) Available stock- Block Indicator

BlockP t / l t t

Blocking Indicator (MM)

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Putaway/removal status

SAP ERP Material Master Data

Material Master- Contains all the information a

d t b tcompany needs to manage about a material

- It is used by most components within the SAP system

Sales and Distribution Materials Management Production Plant Maintenance Accounting/Controlling Quality Management

- Material master data is stored in functional segments called Viewsfunctional segments called Views

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SAP ERP Material Master Views

Basic Data

Sales Data

Warehouse Mgmt.

Material Master Forecasting Data

Mat. Plan. Data

Material Master

Controlling Data

Storage Data

Quality DataControlling Data

Accounting Data

Quality Data

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SAP ERP Material Master

General Information relevant for the entire organization:

Client XXX

Ge e a o at o e e a t o t e e t e o ga at o

NameWeightUnit of Measure

Sales specific information: Storage Location specific information:

Sales Org. UW00

Sales specific information:

Delivering PlantLoading Grp

Storage Location specific information:

Stock Qty

Storage Loc. FG00

Sales Org. UE00 Storage Loc. TG00

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SAP ERP Hazard Master Data

Storage area for hazardous materials

- Flammable liquids- Toxic materials- Radioactive materials

G l D General Data- Storage class- Water pollution class

Flash point- Flash point- Aggregate state- Hazardous material warning- Hazardous substance

number

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SAP ERP Batch Master Data

Subset of Material- homogeneous series of

d ibl it ithunreproducible units with an unique specification

Basic Data 1 & 2Expiration date- Expiration date

- Inspection date- Trading data- Administration data

T t d t- Text data

Classification of Batch Material data

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SAP ERP WM Types of goods movements

Plant 1 Plant 2Plant 1Storage Loc. 1

Unrestricted

Plant 2

Storage Vendor ProductionUnrestricted-use stock

glocation 2

Vendor Production

Storage

Stock in quality inspection

Production Customerlocation 3Blocked stock

Production Customer

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SAP ERP Transfer posting and stock transfer

Transfer postingCh t t k t

Stock to stock Change to stock type,material number or batchnumber

Additional physical material

Material to material

Additional physical materialmovement possible Consignment to warehouse

Stock transfer Physical materialmovement

Stor. loc to stor. loc

Once- and two-stepprocedures possible

Company code to company code

Plant to plant

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SAP ERP One-Step/Two-Step Procedures

Issuing Receiving organizational level organisational level

Stock inStock in transferStep 1: Remove fr. storage

Step 2: Place in storage

Stock

Step 1: Remove fr storage

in storage

StockStep 1: Remove fr. storage

+Step 2: Place in storage

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SAP ERP Stock transport order

Issuing plant Receiving plant

Stock transp. order

Storage location

Storage LocUnrestr use

Unrestricted-use stock

Stock intransit

Unrestr.-usestock

Stock inquality insptransit quality insp.

Blocked stock

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SAP ERP WM Process

Logistics Execution

Goods receipt Goods issue

Goods receipt posting Goods issue posting

Transfer requirement

Putaway withtransfer order

Transfer requirement

Picking withtransfer ordertransfer order

Confirm transfer order

transfer order

Confirm transfer order

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SAP ERP WM Process Management and Control

Posting change notice (PCN)- Generated by posting change processes in WM-administrated stocks- Functionality similar to transfer requests- Not necessarily combined with a physical goods movement

Transfer requirement (TR)- A request to transfer materials at a particular time from a source storage bin to

a destination storage bin in a warehouse complex- Represents the expected and scheduled goods movements in WM- Generally generated by postings in the inventory managementGenerally generated by postings in the inventory management- Consists of transfer request header and line items

Transfer order (TO)- Central documents for WM- Central documents for WM- Every material movement requires a transfer order- No difference between real and logical movement

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SAP ERP Transfer Order

Creation of transfer order depends on preceding document- Transfer request- Posting change notice- Outbound delivery- Inbound delivery

Types of Transfer Order Creation- Manual (TR, PCN, material document)- Direct TO-Creation

Automatic TO Creation- Automatic TO-Creation- Manual (Delivery Monitor)

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