1. Warehouse Management (Part 1) EGN 5622 Enterprise Systems Integration Fall, 2015

2. WM Organizational Structure, Master Data, Process Management and Control, and Physical Inventory SAP Implementation

3. WM Overview WM Organizational Structure WM Master Data
WM Process Management and Control
WM Physical inventory procedures

4. 1. 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

5. WM Organizational Structure
Warehouse Number
Number that identifies a complex, physical warehouse structure within the warehouse management system
Storage Type
Subdivision of a warehouse number
Is identified by its warehousing technique (such as shelf or pallet storage), form of organization, or its function (Shipping, Receiving, …)
Storage Section
Logical or physical subdivision of a storage type
Groups together a series of similar storage bins
Storage Bin
Smallest addressable unit in a warehouse, which identifies the exact location in the warehouse where goods can be stored

6. WM Organizational Structure
Picking Area
Groups storage bins together from the standpoint of picking strategies
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 shipped soon
Shipping Point
Is the part of the company responsible for the type of shipping, the necessary shipping materials and the means of transport
Transportation Planning Point
Place of planning and processing transportation activities

7. Connecting Warehouse Management to Inventory Management

8. Substructure of a Warehouse Number

9. Storage location Master Data
WM Master Data
Warehouse number
Material Master Data
Plant Master Data
Storage location Master Data

10. WM Master Data - Warehouse number

11. WM Master Data - Storage type

12. WM Master Data - Storage Section
Storage section is a logical or physical subdivision of a storage type.  In one section, you can group together a series of storage bins.  You can define the criteria for such groups as required (for example, fast-moving items, slow-moving items, and so on).

13. Storage Bin Master Data
Smallest addressable unit in a warehouse number
General Data
Warehouse number
Storage type
Storage bin number
Storage Bin Data
Storage section
Picking area
Fire-containment section
Bin type
Max. weight
General Data
Storage Bin Data (WM)

14. Storage Bin Master Data

15. Storage Bin Master Data
Quant
Smallest addressable unit of measure for a material in SAP ERP
General Data
Material
Plant / Storage location
Batch
Warehouse number
Storage type
Storage bin
Stock Data
Total stock
Available stock
Block Indicator
Block
Putaway/removal status
General Data
Stock Data (MM)
Blocking Indicator (MM)

16. Material Master Data Material Master
Contains all the information a company 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 Views

17. Hazard Master Data Storage area for hazardous materials General Data
Flammable liquids
Toxic materials
Radioactive materials
General Data
Storage class
Water pollution class
Flash point
Aggregate state
Hazardous material warning
Hazardous substance number

18. Batch Master Data Subset of Material Basic Data 1 & 2
homogeneous series of unreproducible units with an unique specification
Basic Data 1 & 2
Expiration date
Inspection date
Trading data
Administration data
Text data
Classification of Batch
Material data

19. Logistics Execution (LE) - Process Overview

20. Process of Goods Receipt With Transfer Order
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21. WM Process Management & Control
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 number.
Represents the expected and scheduled goods movements in WM
Generally generated by postings in the inventory management, such as goods receipt for a purchase order.
Consists of transfer request header and line items
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 order (TO)
Central documents for WM
Every material movement requires a transfer order
No difference between real and logical movement

22. Transfer Order
Creation of transfer order depends on preceding document
Transfer request (TR)
Posting change notice (PCN)
Outbound delivery
Inbound delivery
Types of Transfer Order (TO) Creation
Manual (TR, PCN, material document)
Direct TO-creation
Automatic TO-creation
Manual (Delivery Monitor)

23. Global Bike, Inc. WM Organizational Structure

24. GBI 2.1 Structure for Warehouse Management
Global Bike
Client 635
Global Bike Inc. US
Global Bike Inc. DE
Company Code
(US##)
Dallas
San Diego
Miami
Plant (SD##)
Storage Location
Trading Goods
Finished Goods
Miscellaneous
Warehouse Number (1##)
San Diego Warehouse
Shelf Storage
GR Area Ext.
Receipts
Pallet Storage
Shipping area
Deliveries
Stock Transfers
(Plant)
Storage Type
Total Section
Storage Section
STBN-2-000
STBN-2-001
STBN-2-999
Storage Bin

25. GBI WM in SAP : Logistics Execution (LE)

26. GBI WM in SAP: Define Warehouse Number

27. GBI WM in SAP: Define Storage Type

28. GBI 2.1 WM in SAP: Define Storage Section

29. GBI WM in SAP: Define Storage Bin Structure

30. Exercises: (Due Date 10/17/2015)
Case Study 1:Goods receipt for Inbound Delivery
Process overview
Create purchase order
Display materials inventory
Display material inventory value
Receive goods
Review material inventory after GR
Review material inventory value after GR
Run Bin status report
Create transfer order
Confirm transfer order
Run bin status report

31. Exercises: (Due Date 10/17/2015)
Case Study 2:
Create and Process Transportation Order
1. Display materials inventory
2. Create transport order
3. Display materials inventory
4. Display material inventory value
5. Create goods issue
6. Review material inventory after GI
7. Review material inventory value after GI
8. Create goods receipt
9. Display materials inventory
10. Display material inventory value
11. Run Bin status report
12. Create transfer order
13. Confirm transfer order
14. Run bin status report