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 WM1002 – Stock Placement in Warehouse

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 WM1002 – Stock Placement in Warehouse

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Purpose
 To understand the real time stock position in a
warehouse @ bin level

 To optimise the stock movements based on the

requirements

 To ensure the optimum inventory carrying cost vs

the threat of stock outs

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Benefits
 Helps to determine exactly where a certain
material currently located is in your warehouse
complex

 Supports you in planning, monitoring, and

optimizing work processes

 Optimize the usage of space in the warehouse

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Challenges
 Better utilisation of the warehouse space
catering to complex business scenarios

 Better Management of workforce & equipments

incurring lower cost

 Efficient materials handling & movements given

the variability of the material usage

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 WM1002 – Stock Placement in Warehouse

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Control Parameters of Warehouse Number

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Quant
• Quant is the stock of any material with the same features in one storage
bin.
• When you store goods in an empty storage bin in WM, the system
automatically creates a quant in this bin & automatically assigns a quant
number.
• The quant is automatically deleted by the system when the material
quantity is picked.
• Quant Record includes.
– Quant identification
– Plant
– Material number
– Batch number
– Stock category
– Special stock indicator and number

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Quant
Quant - It is a quantity of material with similar characteristics in a single
storage bin.

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Quant – Addition to Existing Stock
A storage bin that already
contains a quant of a
material can take
additional quantities of
the same material if the
quant criteria are the
same (plant, storage
location, stock type, and,
where applicable, special
stock indicator and batch
number).

The prerequisite is that the storage type (of the storage bin) allows addition to
existing stock. In such storage bin one quant can exist. However, this quant can
be increased or decreased as a result of put away and stock removal activities.

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Quant – Mixed Storage
If more than one quant
is to be stored in one
storage bin, you have to
allow mixed storage for
the storage type.

With mixed storage,

several materials or, for
example, several
batches of the same
material can be stored
in one storage bin.

The decision about addition to storage and mixed storage is made for each storage
type as part of Putaway Control.

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Quant Information @ Bin Level
Additional Data in Quant :
• Data about the last transfer
• Data about the last inventory
• Stock amounts, e.g.
stock that is available or
stock that is being
transferred to or
from a storage bin
• Blocking indicators

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Stock Category
Stock is categorized in WM as follows:
• Available Stock - Unrestricted-use stock
• Inspection Stock - This stock carries the stock category "Q" to indicate that it
is in quality inspection.
• Once this stock has been inspected and a usage decision has been
made, you carry out a Transfer Posting in the Inventory Management
component and subsequent Posting Change in WM to remove the
category Q, thus converting it to available stock.
• Blocked Stock -This stock is displayed in WM with a stock category of "S".
• This stock is processed in exactly the same manner as inspection
stock.
•

• Blocked Stock Returns - When delivered goods are returned by a customer,

they are first posted in the system to "blocked stock returns" with a stock
category of "R".
• You must carry out a posting change to return it to available stock.

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Special Stock
Special stock is managed separately in the Warehouse Management (WM)
application for reasons of ownership or for various factors reflecting the location in
which they are kept. Following special stock using WM:

• Individual Customer (Sales Order) Stock (E) - (Make-to-Order) stock The special
stock number is made up of the sales order number (10 digits) and the sales order
item (6 digits).

• Consignment Stock (K) - Stock of materials made available by the vendor and
stored on the premises of the ordering party.

• Returnable Transport Packaging (RTP) Vendor (M) - Multi-trip packaging

medium (such as pallets or containers) in which goods can be transported between
vendors and customers. It is the property of the vendor and is therefore not
included in the customer's valuated stock.

• Project Stock (Q) - Material which is held in the warehouse for the completion of a
project. For project stock, the system checks to see whether a corresponding
master record exists.

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Material Master – UOM Data

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Stock Status
When goods arrive in the warehouse, they are usually received in the Goods
Receipt Area (GR-Area) near the receiving dock. Later, they are transferred using
a transfer order to another area within the warehouse.

During the period of time when move orders have been created for the movement
of goods, two availability statuses exist for this stock which has not yet been
moved. Hence these goods appear on the display lists under the following three
headers:
• Quantity or Total Stock- This is the total quantity of material quants stored in the
warehouse that does not include quantities for planned putaways and picks.
• For Stock Placement- A transfer order has been created for this stock to move
it from one storage bin to another. It has been marked for putaway (storage) in
the warehouse.
• For Stock Removal - A transfer order has been created to pick this stock from a
storage bin in the warehouse. In most cases, this stock will be transferred to a
storage bin in the goods issue area.

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Warehouse Movements
Several activities and key documents are included in the movement of goods in the
warehouse. They include:
• Goods receipt – Goods receipts are inbound movements of stock that has been
received as the result of a purchase order, production order and for other reasons.
• Goods issue – For goods issues, the IM posting decreases the total stock in IM and
WM. For example, the picking of goods for delivery to a customer is a goods issue in WM
• Stock transfer – The physical movement of materials from one plant or storage location
to another, from one warehouse to another or from one storage bin to another in the
warehouse is called a stock transfer in WM.
• Posting change – A posting change generally refers to a change in information about a
particular material, for example when releasing stock from inspection. For most posting
changes, the goods themselves remain in the same location and no physical stock
transfer takes place.
• Transfer requirement – Transfer requirements are used to plan and initiate stock
movements. They represent a requirement that goods in the warehouse need to be
moved.
• Transfer order – The transfer order is the "trigger" for the actual physical putaway, pick
or stock transfer in the warehouse. Transfer orders used in WM are "move orders" that
contain all the information needed to carry out the physical movement of goods in the
warehouse.

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Transfer Requirements Information

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Transfer Requirements Information
This is a document that serves to plan goods movements using the Warehouse Management
System (WMS).
• To pass on information on goods movements that are posted in Inventory Management

(MM-IM) to the Warehouse Management System (WMS).

• To initiate goods movements in WMS.
• To initiate material replenishment for production storage bins in the production supply
areas using the Production Planning (PP) component.
• Calling up transfer requirement reports gives an overview of all pending goods
movements.
On the basis of existing transfer requirements, the Warehouse Management System creates
transfer orders, which, in turn, serve to execute the physical goods movements in the
warehouse.
The system updates the transfer requirement:
• When you create, confirm or cancel a transfer order
• When you cancel a goods receipt or goods issue posting in Inventory Management
(MM-IM) before the respective transfer order was generated in the Warehouse
Management System (WMS).

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Transfer Requirements - Creation
Transfer requirements may be created

• Automatically by posting a goods movement in Inventory Management w.r.t.

a material document

• Automatically by requesting materials using the Production Planning system

w.r.t. a production order

• Manually using WM Without reference

‒ To move stock from one bin to another in the warehouse
‒ To request crate parts and release order parts to replenish their
assigned storage bins in production supply areas
‒ To initiate the replenishment of fixed bins in WM

Normally, transfer requirements are created automatically. For goods movements

such as internal movements you can also create transfer requirements within WM
manually.

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Transfer Order
Definition
Document used for executing goods movements with the help of Warehouse
Management (WM). Logical or physical goods movements or even stock changes
can be the basis for a transfer order.
These include Picks, Putaways, Posting changes.
Use
As a rule, you create the transfer order with reference to a source document from
WMS or other SAP application components.
A source document can be a: Delivery document, Transfer requirement, Material
document, Posting change notice.
Confirmation
When you confirm a transfer order, you inform the system that it has been
processed and that the goods have arrived at the intended destination.

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Transfer Order Item
A transfer order can have one or several items. A transfer order item contains
subsections that specify the direction of the goods movement for each item.

• Source storage bin This subsection contains the source storage bin and the
quantity of material that is being transferred.

• Destination storage bin This subsection contains the quantity of material

that is being transferred and the storage bin into which the goods are to be
put away.

• Return storage bin If, for example, you have the complete stock
requirement set and you pick more stock than required from a storage bin,
the system creates a subsection for the return storage bin.

This can be the case, for example, when a complete pallet is removed
from the shelf, but only a portion of the materials on the pallet is picked.
In this case, the remaining quantity can either be returned to its original
storage bin or transferred to another one.

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Transfer Order - Structure

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Transfer Order Processing - Overview

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Transfer Order - Confirmation

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Posting Change Notice
A Posting Change generally refers to change to the stock data of a material
affecting bookkeeping information. In the case of most posting changes, for
example during release from quality inspection stock, the goods remain in the
same physical storage bin.
Posting changes in the WMS are not connected with a physical goods movement.
In a posting change, the stock category, batch number, or material number of the
material, for example, may change, but the material physically remains in the
same storage bin.
You execute the posting change in the WMS on the basis of a transfer order (TO)
for posting changes, and post the following:
‒ The removal of the stock from one stock category, and
‒ The receipt of the stock in another stock category.
Both posting procedures must always be consistent. A transfer order for a posting
change therefore always consists of item pairs.

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Control Parameters of Warehouse

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Stock Per Material
TCode - LS24

Click on stock line

To get QUANT

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Displaying Quant Information
TCode - LS23

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Stock Overview TCode - LS26

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Stock in a Warehouse Number
TCode - LX02

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Empty Storage Bins TCode - LS04

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Bin Status Report TCode - LX03

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List of Fixed Storage Bins TCode - LS29

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Transfer Requirements List TCode - LX09

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Transfer Orders List TCode – LX11

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List of Important TCodes in WMS

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Additional Info
• Choose a task from the SAP Easy Access workplace menu. With
this menu, you can easily find your application without having to
memorize transaction codes. Alternatively enter a transaction
code in the command field. With transaction codes, you can go
directly to a task without having to navigate through several
different menus.

• To go to command window using key board press keys Ctrl+tab

• To generate a new session enter /o in the command window
• To call a transaction in new window enter /oxxxx in the command

window
• To end a session enter /n in the command window
• To log off with prompt enter /nend in the command window
• To log off without prompt enter /next in the command window

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 Q&A

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