Warehouse and DC Management (WM)

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Warehouse and DC Management (WM)

• SAP Best Practices for Retail

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Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps

• Purpose
• This scenario describes the processing procedure
  for retail goods in a distribution center, using
  a warehouse management system with inventory
  management at storage bin level. In this
  scenario, distribution center will refer to a
  warehouse that is supplied by vendors, that
  stores the merchandise and then prepares it to be
  shipped to customers or stores.
• Benefits
• As warehouse processes depend greatly on the
  amount of space available, the organization of
  the warehouse and the merchandise stored there,
  this scenario should be viewed simply as an
  example for implementation purposes. However,
  with very little effort, this example can be
  adapted to fit any customer-specific situation.
• Key Process Steps
• Goods Receipt Processing
• Return Deliveries
• Internal Warehouse Replenishment
• Goods Issue Processing
• Warehouse Physical Inventory
• Tools and Workbenches

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Required SAP Applications and Company Roles

• Required SAP Applications
• SAP SAP enhancement package 6 for SAP ERP 6.0
• Company Roles
• Retail Warehouse Specialist

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Process Flow Diagram

• Warehouse and DC Management (WM)

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Process Flow Diagram

• Warehouse and DC Management (WM)

Retail Warehouse Specialist
Alternative 1 Confirm without difference
Log-on to the Terminal
Resource Planning in the Monitor for Mobile Data
Entry
Monitor from Mobile Data Entry Monitor
Post Goods Issue
Create Transfer Order as a Picking Document
Alternative 1 Asynchronous Warehouse Management
Alternative 2 Confirm with difference
Creating Wave Picks
Alternative 1 Automatic Capacity-Driven Creation
of Wave Picks
Create Transfer Orders in Collective Processing
Confirm Transfer Orders in Collective Processing
Subsequent Delivery Split
Create Deliveries with Planned Picking Time
7.4.1.1 Alternative 1 Manual Creation
Alternative 2 Creating Wave Picks Manually
Goods Issue in Collective Processing
Trigger Inventory Recount
Create a Physical Inventory Document
Manual Entry
Carry Out Inventory Recount
Difference Statistics
Determine Inventory Status
Post Differences in Inventory Management
Post Differences in Warehouse Management
Warehouse Activity Monitor
Outbound Delivery Monitor
Wave Pick Monitor
Rough Workload Estimate After Goods Issue
Rough Workload Estimate After Creation of
Outbound Deliveries
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Document Flow in the Warehouse
W M
IM
GR Area
PUTAWAY TRANSFER ORDER
GOODS RECEIPT
WAREHOUSE
PICKING TRANSFER ORDER
Shipping Area
GOODS ISSUE
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Inventory Management - IM vs. WM
Inventory Management on article level Fixed
storage bin can be maintained in the article
master (text field)
IM
Site
Storage Location
Inventory Management on bin level Putaway /
Picking strategies are used Storage bin is master
data and can be determined by strategy (other
than fixed)
Whse number
Storage type
Storage section
W M
Storage bin
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Warehouse Structure - Warehouse PC1
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Storage Bins - Warehouse PC1
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Putaway Post Goods Receipt

• Goods Receipt
• Movement type
• Article
• Quantity
• Site
• Stor. location

WM Warehouse
Transfer Requirement
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Putaway Transfer Order
Transfer Requirement
Quant
Confirm Transfer Order Confirm storage bin
and quantity
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Warehouse Data in the Article Master
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Stock check Triggering Replenishment
Stock in bin smaller than minimum quantity?
Triggerreplenishment
Transfer request is generated
Picking Zone
Create Transfer Order
Physical Goods Transport
ConfirmTransfer Order
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Picking Delivery

• Delivery
• Article
• Quantity
• Site
• Stor. Location

WM Warehouse
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Picking Transfer Order
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Picking Goods Issue
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Mass Processing of Deliveries
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Mass Processing of Deliveries
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Warehouse Activity Monitor
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Rough Workload Estimate
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Mobile Data Entry in WM
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Controlling the Warehouse via RF-Monitor
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Physical Inventory with WM
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Benefits of Continuous Physical Inventory
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Processes Goods Receipt and Return Deliveries
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Processes Replenishment and Goods Issue
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Process Variant Mass Processing of Deliveries
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Process Warehouse Physical Inventory
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