SAP WM ONLINE TRAINING: 2013

Saturday 3 August 2013

SAP WM INTRODUCTION

SAP WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (WM)

Computer support for the organization and management of warehouses has become imperative for timely, effective processing of logistic requirements within a company. The SAP Warehouse Management (WM) application provides flexible, automated support to assist you in processing all goods movements and in maintaining current stock inventories in your warehousing complex.

WM supports warehousing processes by making it possible for you to

Define and manage complex warehousing structures

Optimize material flow using advanced put away and picking techniques

Process goods receipts, goods issues and stock transfers quickly and easily

Although it is possible for you to manage warehouse inventories using the Inventory Management (IM) application component, the primary difference between managing stock in WM and in IM is that in IM, the system can only display the total stock of a material for a storage location. If a warehouse is small and easily manageable, then the use of IM may be sufficient to fulfill your needs. WM, on the other hand, offers the capability to manage stock quantities in each individual storage bin in highly complex storage facilities. This means that, with WM, you can optimize the use of all storage bins, mix pallets belonging to several owners in randomly slotted warehouses and know exactly where a particular material is located in the warehousing complex at all times.

Integration

The Warehouse Management application is fully integrated into the SAP R/3 system. Transactions that are initiated in other SAP components result in corresponding tasks in WM which activate the actual physical transfers within the warehouse. A few of these activities include:

Material movements and changes in material status, such as releasing goods from inspection

Material staging to production supply areas

Picking and shipping goods for sales orders

Benefits of Warehouse Management

Manage highly complex warehouse structures and several different types of warehousing facilities including automatic warehouses, custom-designed storage areas, high rack storage, block storage, fixed bin storage and all other commonly used storage areas

Define and adapt a variety of storage bins for use in your specific warehousing complex

Process all relevant warehousing activities and movement tasks, such as goods receipts , goods issues , internal and external stock transfers , automatic replenishment of fixed bins, material staging to production areas and stock difference handling

Utilize random slotting for multiple owners of goods

Display summary evaluations of all goods movements in the warehouse

Implement a variety of readily available put-away and picking strategies including self-designed strategies

Support the storage and retrieval of hazardous materials and all other goods that require special handling

Maintain up-to-the-minute inventory records at the storage bin level using real-time continuous inventory techniques

Support the use of automated barcode scanners and RF technology for all stock movements

Interface to external non-SAP warehousing system

SAP WM Course

SAP WM Course Curriculum

Introduction to Warehouse Management

Warehouse management overview in SAP

Organization Data

Warehouse Structure

Organization Data / Define Warehouse Organization structure

Warehouse number

Storage type

Storage section

Storage Bin

Quant etc...

Master Data

Material Master

Storage Bin

Warehouse Management Business Scenario's (MM)

MM Flow with Interface with WM

Material Documents Processing in WM

GR and GI with WM

Transfer Posting in WM

Plant to Plant

Sloc to Sloc

Stock TO Stock

Schema Group Vendor

STO Stock Transport Order using WM (MM-SD-WM Interface)

Issue material to customer (outbound)

Transfer Requirement

Number Range for TR

Create Transfer requirement Manually

Create Transfer requirement Automatically

Settings for Automatic TR Creation

Convert TR to TO

Posting change notice

Number Range for PCN

Create Posting change Notice Manually

Creating PCN Automatically

Convert PCN to TO

Transfer Order

Number Range for TO

Create Transfer Order Manually

Create TO w.r.t Transfer Requirement

Create TO w.r.t Posting change notice no

Create TO w.r.t Material document

Create TO w.r.t Inbound delivery with ASN Advanced Shipping Notification

Confirm the Transfer Order

Cancel the Transfer Order

Delete TO

Block and Unblock Storage Bins, Quants, Storage Types

Print TO

Set Up Auto T.O. Creation for TR's and PCN'S

Set Up 2 Step Picking for TR'S

Automatic TO Creation and Confirmation

Put away Strategies and Picking Strategies

Storage search sequence and SU management

Physical Inventory Processes in WM

Create Physical inventory record

Enter count results

Clear the difference in WM

Clear the difference in IM

Interfaces

Define Movement types

Define Posting Changes

Activate Automatic T.O. Creation

Allow Negative Stocks in Interim Storage types

Goods Movement (IM) not allowed for storage types

Mobile Data Entry

Menu Management

Screen Management

Queue Management

Verification Controls

Integration

WM with QM

WM with PP

WM with SD

Friday 2 August 2013

SAP WM ONLINE TRAINING

The outbound delivery plant for each item is defined in the order. The system can automatically determine the outbound delivery plant. Identity the highest priority outbound delivery plant in descending priority order ?

Outbound delivery plant defined in Customer material information master record, outbound delivery plant defined in ship-to party master record, Outbound delivery plant defined in material master

What happens when no storage location for picking is specified in the order item ?

a) The system determines the storage location when it creates the outbound delivery and copies it into the delivery item.

b) The storage location entered in the order item is used in the outbound delivery

What is the goods movement status of the outbound delivery after a goods issue has been cancelled ?

Not yet started

You must always specify a batch before goods are issued. What is the solution if the delivery quantities of an item are to be taken from different batches ?

a) In Ware house Management

b) Manually in the batch split screen of the delivery item

c) Using automatic batch determination when creating the outbound delivery

What is the requirement for the Purchase order items that are included when the inbound delivery is created ?

They should have confirmation control key

Movements involving the Inventory Management system use storage areas that are defined as storage types in the Warehouse Management system and as storage locations in the IM system. The goods receipt for a purchase order is posted first in Inventory Management and the goods are then brought into the warehouse via a storage area, the goods receipt area. What are these storage areas called ?

Interim storage area
The interim storage area plays a special role and can be generally be recognized at first glance in the standard system by their key ( which starts with a 9). These storage areas form a sort of bridge to Inventory Management. Good receipt area and goods issue area are typical examples of interim storage areas.

Where can we find exact whereabouts of a material quantity in the warehouse ?

Storage bins
In Warehouse Management, Storage bins are master data created either from the application menu or in Customizing.
Based on this master data, the stock overview in Warehouse Management shows the exact whereabouts of a material quantity in the warehouse.

Some kinds of material; for example, certain fluids are not suited to interim storage in a goods receipt area. They are taken directly to the destination storage bin when they arrive (for example, in a road tanker). In this case, the goods receipt posting in the Inventory Management should not trigger the creation of transfer requirement. How can we set this ?

Special movement indicator

Sometimes a customer cancels an order at the last minute or wants to postpone the delivery until a much later time than planned. If the goods have already been picked and taken to the goods issue area, they have to be returned to storage. What is the transaction available and what are its functions?

a) Transaction LT0G
b) You can return an entire delivery quantity to storage
c) You can return the quantity from individual transfer order items

What are the transactions available to create a transfer order for moving partial stocks within a warehouse number ?

a) LT01
b) LT10
Two transactions are available to create a transfer order for moving partial stocks within a warehouse number:
1. Create Transfer Order without Source Object (transaction code LT01)
2. Create Transfer Order from Stock List (transaction code LT10)