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Purpose
Storageunit(SU)managementinWarehouseManagement(WM)enablesyoutooptimizewarehouse
capacityandcontrolmaterialflowbyutilizingstorageunitswithinthewarehouse.Astorageunitisa
logicalgroupingofoneorseveralamountsofmaterialsuchasapalletoracontainerthatcanbe
managedwithinawarehouseasaunitthatbelongstogether.Storageunitscanbeeitherhomogeneous
(containingonematerialitemonly)ormixed(containingtwoormorematerialitems).
Allstorageunits,whetherthematerialsarestoredonstandardpallets,wirebasketsorothercontainers,
areassignedanidentifieranumberwhichismaintainedinthesystemasthestorageunitnumber.
Therefore,itispossibleatanygiventimetoknowwhereeachstorageunitislocatedinthewarehouse
complex,theamountofmaterialcontainedinit,andwhichoperationshavebeenprocessedorplanned
forit.

Warehouse(complex)number
WhenSUmanagementisnotactiveinastoragetype,allstockismanagedasseparatequantsatthe
storagebinlevel.WithSUmanagement,stockismanagedatthepalletorstorageunitlevel.Astorage
bincanhaveoneormorestorageunits.Similarly,eachstorageunitcanconsistofoneormorequants.

SelectionCriteria
Storageunitmanagementisgenerallyactivatedinthewarehouseforthefollowingreasons:
Movementofmixedpallets(withmorethanonematerial)asasingleunitwithinthewarehouse
Identificationandmanagementofmaterialsusingstorageunitnumbersassignedinternallyor
externally
WMcancommunicatewithforkliftcontrolsystemsviaaninterfacewithouthavingtomaintain
materialdataintheexternalsystem.
Prerequisites
Beforeusingstorageunitmanagement,youmustfirstsetupthedefaultvaluesforyourwarehouse.This
initialconfigurationisaccomplishedusingthecustomizingfunction.ItisonlypossibletodeactivateSU
Managementinthewarehousenumberrecordifithasfirstbeendeactivatedinthesubordinatestorage
types.

Features
InadditiontothecapabilitiesalreadyavailableinWM,theactivationofstorageunitmanagementinyour
systemenablesyoutoaccessseveralfunctionsthatarespecificallydesignedforworkingwithstorage
units.UsingSUmanagement,youcan
Createhomogeneousandmixedstorageunits
Placematerialsintostorageusinganidentification(ID)point
Createtransferordersandconfirmstockmovementsforstorageunits
Transferwholestorageunitsinternally
Addstocktoexistingstorageunits
Displaythecontentsofstorageunits
Printdocumentstoaccompanystorageunits
Plangoodsissues,forexample,tostagematerialsinreplenishmentstoragebinsinproduction.All
storageunitmanagementfunctionsarefullyintegratedwithWM.
WarehouseManagementattheStorageUnitLevel
Use
Storageunit(SU)managementintheWarehouseManagement(WM)applicationscomponentmakesit
possibletooptimizewarehousecapacityandcontrolmaterialflowutilizingstorageunitswithinthe
warehouse.
Features
StructureofaStorageUnitRecord
Inthesystem,astorageunitrecordconsistsofaheaderandatleastonematerialdatarecord(quant
datarecord).Theheadercontainsinformationwhichisrelevantfortheentirestorageunitandincludes

the:
Storageunitnumber
Storageunittype(SUT)ofthestorageunit
Storagebininwhichthestorageunitiscurrentlylocated
Status,whichprovidescurrentinformationaboutthestorageunit
Specificinformationaboutthestockcontainedinastorageunitisfoundinthematerialdatarecord.The
materialrecordisalreadyfamiliartoyouintheexistingsystemasaquantdatarecord.ForSU
management,thisinformationcanbemanagedatthestorageunitlevel.Thefollowinggraphicsillustrate
howWMhandlesstoragebinswithandwithouttheuseofstorageunitmanagement.Forthese
examples,storagebinsaredisplayedinwhich200boxesofredpencilsand50boxesofbluepencilsare
stored.Thestockisdistributedontwopallets.
WithoutSUmanagement,thereareatotalof2quants(aspecificquantityofredpencilsandaspecific
quantityofbluepencils)inthestoragebin.Thesystemhasnoinformationaboutthepalletsthemselves.

WithSUmanagement,therearethreequantsinthestoragebinonequantonthefirstpalletandtwo
quantsonthesecondpalletasillustrated.Informationabouteachpalletisstoredinthesystemandis
linkedtothestorageunitnumber.

SUManagedStorageTypes
Use
Inyoursystem,youdecideatthestoragetypelevelwhetherstorageunitswillbemanagedwithina
particularstoragetypeornot.
Definestorageunitmanagementforphysicalstoragetypesonly.InterimstorageareascannotbeSU
managed.
Prerequisites
TodefineastoragetypeforSUmanagement,seeStorageunitsMasterdataDefinestoragetype
controlintheWarehouseManagementIMGdocumentation.
Features
Thefollowingillustrationshowshowstorageunitmanagementmaybeimplementedinawarehousing
complex.

YouprocessgoodsissueswhenSUmanagementisactiveinyoursystemusingbasicallythesame
proceduresasthoseusedinWMwithoutSUmanagement.Formoreinformationonthecreationofa
transferorderforgoodsissues,refertothesectionGoodsissueforanIMPosting.Theonlydifference
forSUmanagedstoragetypesisthatstorageunitnumbersaredisplayedonthecorresponding
screens.
PreparationScreenforPicking
Whenyouprocessagoodsissue(forexample,foradeliverydocumentortoacostcenter),youwill
eventuallydisplaythetransferorderpreparationscreen,providedyouhavenotrunprocessinginthe
background.
Onthisscreenyoucaninfluencehowthesystemsearchesforstocktobepickedforthegoodsissue.
Forexample,intheStoragetypefieldsyoucansuggestupto15storagetypesfromwhichthestorage
unitsaretobetaken.IfyouselectAllstoragetypes,youcanhavethesystemproposeupto30storage
typesforpicking.
YoucanalsomanuallyenterspecificstorageunitsintheSourcestorageunitfieldonthisscreen.After
youhavecreatedthetransferorderitems,thesystemdisplaysalltheinformationonthestorageunitin
oneline.
StockList
Fromthetransferorderpreparationscreen,youcanalsodisplayalistofavailablematerialsforthe
stockpicking.
Tocallupthelist,chooseStocksintheapplicationtoolbar.Fromthislist,youcanchoosematerialsby
selectingtherespectiveitemsandthenchoosingthefieldCalculateselectedquantityinthelower

sectionofthescreen.Thesystemreducesthequantityabovethetablecontrolsaccordingly.Youcan
alsoentertherequiredquantitymanuallyinthecolumnSelectedquantity.
TransferOrderItemGenerationScreen
Ifyoualwayschoosebackgroundprocessingwhencreatingatransferorderforastockpick,youwill
eventuallyseethetransferorderitemgenerationscreen.Onthisscreenyouseedatathatisproposed
bythesystemforthetransferorderitem.Youcanchangetheseproposalsonthetransferorderitem
screen"atthelowestlevel".
IntheStorageunitfield,thestorageunitnumberthatthesystemproposesforthisstockpickis
displayed.(Ofcourse,forstoragetypesthatarenotSUmanaged,nothingwillappearinthisfield.)By
overwritingtheinformationinthisfield,youcanmanuallyselectstorageunitsforastockpick.
PutawayusingStorageUnitManagement
CreatingStorageUnits
Thesystemcreateshomogeneousstorageunitsautomaticallywhentheputawaytakesplaceina
storagetypethatismanagedforstorageunits.Thistakesplaceasanormalprocesswhenyoucreate
transferordersasillustratedbelow.

Aseparatetransferorderitemthatspecifiesbothasourcestoragebinaswellasadestinationstorage
biniscreatedforeachmaterialtobeputaway.Whenyoucreatetransferordersforstockputaways
involvingstorageunits,thismeansthat:
Ifahomogeneousstorageunitisputaway,theputawayisrecordedinasingletransferorderitem.
Ifamixedstorageunitisputaway,aseparatetransferorderitemiscreatedforeachmaterialitemin

thestorageunit.
Inthiscase,allthetransferorderitemshavethesamedestinationstoragebinsincetheyareallpartof
thesamestorageunit.YoucancreatetransferordersinWMfromtransferrequirementsoryoucan
createthemmanually.
Forbothoptions,youcan
Createhomogeneousstorageunits
Createmixedstorageunits
Addmaterialsto(expand)existingstorageunits
Inthefollowingexplanationsandexamples,allputawaysarecarriedoutbytransferringstockfroma
storagetypethatisnotSUmanaged(goodsreceiptarea)intoanSUmanagedstoragetype.
CreatingHomogeneousStorageUnits
Tocreateatransferorderforhomogeneousstorageunitsfromthetransferrequirementitemoverview
screen,completethefollowingsteps:
1.Selectthedesireditem,changethequantityintheOpenquantityfieldtothedesiredquantityand
chooseCreateTOinforegroundtocreatethetransferorderintheforeground.
2.Onthepreparationscreen,youhavethesame"normal"functionsthatexistinWMwithoutSU
managementtoenterorchangedataforatransferorder.
Forthesystemtocreatestorageunits,youmustselectadestinationstoragetypethatismanaged
forstorageunitsinthePalletizationsection.Youcanenterthismanuallyordefineitforautomatic
selectioninthematerialmasterrecordandstoragetypesearchstrategysequence.Onthisscreen,
youcanalsomanuallyenterstorageunitnumbersforeachofthestorageunits.ChooseCreateTOin
foreground.tocompletethepreparationscreenforthetransferorderintheforegroundorchoose
CreateTOinbackground.forbackgroundprocessing.
3.Tocreatethetransferorder,chooseCreate.
Ifyoudecidetoprocessthecreationofthetransferorderintheforegroundonthepreparation
screen,thetransferorderitemscreenisdisplayed.
Onthetransferorderitemscreenyouhavethepossibilitytoinfluencethecreationofthetransferorder
itematthe"lowestlevel".Youcanalsoenterthestorageunitnumberonthisscreen.
CreatingMixedStorageUnitsforaTR
Mixedstorageunitscontaintwoormorematerialitems.Thisproceduredescribeshowtocreateamixed
storageunitcontainingmorethanoneitemfromthetransferrequirementoverviewscreen.
Procedure

1.Choose:LogisticsLogisticsExecutionInternalWhseProcessesTransRqmtDisplayBy
storagetypefromtheSAPmenu,enterSourcestoragetype902(goodsreceiptareainthestandard
system)andchooseENTER.
Thereareseveralwaystoarriveatthetransferrequirementoverviewscreen.Thismanualmethodis
usedforthisexampleonly.
2.SelectatransferrequirementwithtwoormoreitemsandchooseTOinforeground.
Thesystemdisplaysthreetabs:
Activeworklist
Inactiveitems
Processeditems
ChangethequantitiesintheSelectedquantitydatafieldstothedesiredquantities.ChooseCreate
SU(single)fromtheapplicationtoolbar.Thesystemdisplaysthepreparationscreenforplacingthe
mixedstorageunitintothewarehouse.
3.Onthepreparationscreen,youmustenterthestorageunittype(SUT)ofthestorageunitthatyou
arecreatingintheStorageunittypefield.
DependingonthesettingsinCustomizingforWarehouseManagement,youmayalsoneedtoentera
destinationstoragetypethatisSUmanaged.ChooseCreatetrans.ordertocompletethepreparation
screenforthetransferorder.Ifyoudidnotenterthemmanually,thesystemassignsthestoragebin
andSUnumberforthestorageunit.OnthisscreenyoualsohavetheoptiontochooseReset
transferorder.ThismakesitpossibleforyoutoenteranewSUnumberand/ordestinationstorage
bin.
4.Tocompletethetask,postthetransferordertothedatabase.
Thesystemcreatesaseparatetransferorderitemforeachmaterialiteminthestorageunit.Ifanerror
occurswhenyoucreateatransferorderitem(forexample,ifyouattempttostoreamixedpalletina
storageareawheremixedstorageisnotallowed),thesystemdisplaystheitemscreenwhentheerror
occursforthecorrespondingSUitem.
AddingMaterialstoanExistingStorageUnit
UsingSUmanagement,youcanaddmaterialstoexistingstorageunits.Todothis,youmustknowthe
numberofthestorageunittowhichyouwanttoaddstock.Toaddmaterialstoanexistingstorageunit,
fromthetransferrequirementoverviewscreen.
1.Selectthedesirediteminthefirstcolumn.ChooseTOForegrnd.ChangethequantityintheSelected
quantitydatafieldtothedesiredquantity.ChooseGotoStorageunitAdditiontostock.
2.EntertheSUnumberoftheexistingstorageunitinthedialogboxthatappearsandchooseCopy.
Onthetransferorderpreparationscreen,thesystemselectstheAcolumntoidentifyitemsthat
alreadyexistinthestorageunit.Theitem(s)thataretobeaddedtothestorageunitappearinthelist

withtheexistingitems.
3.Tocreatethetransferorderitemstobeaddedtothestorageunit,chooseCreatetrans.order.
4.Tocompletethetransferorder,chooseCreatefromtheapplicationtoolbar.
CreatingStorageUnitsManually
Use
Whenyoucreatetransferordersforstorageunitsmanually,thesamefunctionsareavailableasthose
forcreatingtransferordersbasedontransferrequirements.Youcan
Createhomogeneousstorageunits
Createmixedstorageunits
Additemstoanexistingstorageunit
ForinformationonhowtocreatetransferorderswhenSUmanagementisnotactiveinyoursystem,see
CreatingTransferOrders.
Procedure
Creatinghomogeneousstorageunits
1.ChooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInternalWarehouseProcessesStockTransfer
CreateTransferOrderNoSourceObjectfromtheSAPmenu.
2.Enterthewarehousenumber,movementtype(501inthestandardsystem),material,requested
quantity,plantandstoragelocationandchoosePreparation.
3.Onthepreparationscreen,enterastoragetypethatismanagedforstorageunitsandchooseStock
placementbackground.
Thesystemproposesbothadestinationstoragebinandadestinationstorageunit.Ifthedestination
storagetypeisassignedtoanIDpoint,thesystemcreatestheTOworkingitemwiththeIDpoint
storagetype(seeUsinganIDpointandExample:PutawayusinganIDpoint).
4.Tocompletethetask,postthetransferordertothedatabase.
Creatingmixedstorageunits
1.ChooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInternalWarehouseProcessesStockTransfer
CreateTransferOrderCreateStorageUnit.
2.Ontheinitialscreenyoumustenterthewarehousenumberandthemovementtype.Youcanenter
theSUnumbermanually.
Youcanalsoenteradditionaldefaultinformationthatisthenvalidforallitemsofthestorageunityou
arecreating.ChoosePreparation.
3.OntheTOpreparationscreenyouenterthestorageunittypeandalistofthematerialsand
quantitiestobecontainedinthestorageunit.DependingonthesettingsinCustomizing,youmay
alsoneedtoenteradestinationstoragetypethatisSUmanaged.

4.ChooseCreatetrans.ordertocompletethepreparationscreenforthetransferorder.
Thesystemassignsthestorageunitnumberandstoragebinforthestorageunit,unlesstheyhave
alreadybeenenteredmanually.OnthisscreenyoualsohavetheoptiontochooseResetTO.This
makesitpossibleforyoutoenteranewstorageunitnumberand/ordestinationstoragebin.
5.Tocompletethetask,postthetransferordertothedatabase.
Youcanalsousethisproceduretocreatesinglehomogeneousstorageunits.Inthiscase,enteronly
onematerialitemforthestorageunitinthetransferorderpreparationscreen.
Addmaterialstoanexistingstorageunit
1.ChooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInternalWarehouseProcessesStockTransfer
CreateTransferOrderExpandStorageUnit.OntheinitialscreenyoumustentertheSUnumberof
thestorageunit.
Youcanalsoenterdefaultinformationthatisthenusedforallitemsofthestorageunityouare
extending.Inaddition,youmustenterthemovementtypeforthematerialtobeaddedtothestorage
unit.Again,youhavetheoptionofenteringdefaultinformationthatwillbeusedlaterinthe
transactionforeachitemtobeadded.
2.Togotothetransferorderpreparationscreen,choosePreparation.
Thesystemdisplaystwotabs:
Itemstobeadded
StockinSU
TheItemstobeaddedtabisusedtoenterthematerialsthatyouwanttoaddtotheSU.TheStockin
SUtabliststhematerialsthatarealreadyintheSU.Certainvaluesdisplayedonthisscreen(for
example,thedestinationstoragebin)cannotbechangedbecausetheypertaintothealreadyexisting
storageunit.
3.Enterthematerials,quantitiesandanyotherpertinentinformationformaterialsthatyouwanttoadd
tothestorageunitandchooseCreatetrans.order.Thesystemcreatestheworkingitemsforthe
transferorder.Atthispoint,youstillhavetheoptiontochooseResetTOifyouneedtoaddmore
materialsorcorrecttheworkingitems.
4.Tocompletethetask,postthetransferordertothedatabase.
AutomaticBinSearch
InWM,youdefinestrategiesthesystemusesto"automatically"searchforstoragebinsforstock
placementsandremovals.WhenSUmanagementisactive,WMautomaticallyfindsstoragebinsin
basicallythesamemannerasinthestandardsystemwithoutSUmanagement.Thisincludesthe
methodsusedtostorehomogeneousstorageunits.However,onequestionmustbediscussed
regardingmixedpallets:"HowdoesWMsearchforstoragebinswithmixedstorageunits?"
StoringMixedPallets

Sincemixedstorageunitscontainmorethanonematerialitem,thesystemmustselectoneofthese
materialstouseasabasisforthestoragebinsearchprocess.Theselectionofthismaterialitemis
purelyarbitrary.Thecharacteristicsdefinedfortheselectedmaterialarethenusedtocarryoutthe
automaticstoragebinsearchfunction.Allothermaterialitemscontainedinthestorageunitmustfollow
andaretransferredtothestoragebinselectedforthematerialitemthatwaschosenforthesearch
process.
SystemChecks
Independentofthematerialselectedbythesystemfortheautomaticstoragebinsearchfunction,the
normalsystemchecksarecarriedoutforallmaterialsinthestorageunit(suchashazardousmaterials
checkingormixedstorage)toinsurethatnoerrorsoccurforstockplacements.
ConfirmingTransferOrdersforStorageUnits
Whenyouconfirmatransferorderoratransferorderitem,youareverifyingthattherequiredquantityof
materialhasactuallybeentransferredfromonelocationtoanotherandthattheprocessingofthe
transferorderoritemhasbeencompleted.WhenSUmanagementisactiveinyoursystem,youhave
threeoptionsforconfirmingtransferorders.Youcan
Confirmacompletetransferorder
Confirmoneofseveralitemsinatransferorder
Confirmopenitemsforasinglestorageunit
1.Toconfirmatransferorderforastorageunit,chooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInternal
WhseProcessesStockTransferConfirmTransferOrderSingleItemsforStorageUnitIn
OneStepfromtheSAPmenu.
2.Enterthestorageunitnumber.ChooseENTER.
Thesystemdisplaysalistofalltheopentransferorderitemsforthestorageunit.
3.Fromthispointyouconfirmtransferorderswithorwithoutdifferencesusingthesameprocedures
describedforthestandardsystemwithoutSUmanagement.
DisplayingtheContentsofaStorageUnit
InWM,youcandisplaystorageunit(SU)numbersinallfunctionsinwhichstockreviewscreensare
normallydisplayed.Inthesefunctions,youcandisplaytheheaderinformationforastorageunitorthe
stockcontainedinaparticularstorageunit.
Todisplaystorageunitinformation
1.ChooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInternalWhseProcessesBinsandStockDisplay
SingleDisplaysStorageUnitfromtheSAPmenu.
2.EntertheSUnumberintheStorageunitfieldontheinitialscreenandchooseENTER.
3.IfyouchooseDisplay,informationaboutthestorageunititselfisdisplayed.
Fromthisscreen,youcanchooseStoragebintodisplayinformationaboutthestoragebinorStockto

displaythecontentsofthestorageunit.
IfyouchooseStockandthereisonlyoneiteminthestorageunit,thesystemdisplaysinformation
aboutthequant.Ifthereismorethanoneiteminthestorageunit,thesystemdisplaysthestockitem
list.Fromthislist,chooseStoragebintodisplayinformationaboutthestoragebin.Todisplay
informationaboutaquant,movethecursortoalineintheitemlistandchooseQuant.
IdentificationPoint
Definition
Inmanywarehouses,certainstoragetypes(suchashighrackstorageareas)requireidentification(ID)
points.ThetransferofallstorageunitsintothesestoragetypesmustbeaccomplishedviatheIDpoint.
InWM,theIDpointisaphysicallocationinawarehousemanagedforstorageunitswhereincoming
goodsareidentifiedforfurtherprocessing.
Use
ThetransferofstockfromthegoodsreceiptareaviaanIDpointintoahighrackstorageareais
illustratedinthefollowinggraphic.

Forexample,ifyouhaveassignedtheIDpointstoragetype011tostoragetype010,whenyouattempt
tostoregoodsinstoragetype010,thesystemwillautomaticallysendthemtoIDpointstoragetype011
first.WhengoodsaretransferredfromthegoodsreceiptareatotheIDpoint,thesystemassigns
dynamiccoordinatestothestoragebinusingthequantnumber.Thisisillustratedinthefollowing
graphic:

Formixedpallets,thesystemarbitrarilyselectsoneofthequantnumbersfromthematerialsinthe
storageunit.
Structure
Anidentificationpointcanbeusedforthefollowingpurposes:
Comparisonofsysteminformationtoactualcontents
Sincestorageunitsareidentifiedbytheirstorageunitnumberwhentheyareputaway,thecontents
ofeachstorageunitcaneasilybedisplayedonthecomputerscreen.Thismakesitpossibletomake
aroughcomparisonofthesysteminformationwiththephysicalcontentsofthestorageunit.
Contourcontrol
AnautomaticcontourcontrolisoftencarriedoutattheIDpointtodeterminewhetherthestorageunit
wasloadedproperly.
Changingthemodeoftransport
Frequently,themodeoftransportischangedattheIDpoint.Forexample,storageunitsareoften
transferredfromaforklifttoaconveyor.
Todeterminethefinaldestination
ThedestinationstoragebininthefinalstoragetypeisdeterminedattheIDpoint.Sincethe
destinationbinisnotassigneduntilthestorageunitarrivesattheIDpoint,thelocationofthebinis
issuedbasedonthemostcurrentinformationabouttheavailablespaceinthestoragearea.
UsinganIDPoint
AnidentificationpointisdefinedintheWMsystemasastoragetype.Toavoidmisunderstanding,
definitionsareprovidedforthefollowingterminology:
IDPointStorageType
TheIDpointstoragetypeisastoragetypethatismanagedforstorageunits.IDpointstoragetypesare

notenteredintothestoragetypesearchstrategyconfigurationtable.
PhysicalStorageType
Thephysicalstoragetypeisthefinaldestinationforastorageunitduringputaways.Thisstoragetype
mustbeenteredintothetableforstoragetypesearches.
Therefore,thetotalputawayprocessforastorageunitconsistsoftwosteps:
1.First,atransferordermovesthestorageunittotheIDpoint.
2.AsecondtransferordermovesthestorageunitfromtheIDpointtothefinalstoragebin.
DefininganIDPointStorageType
Todefineastoragetypeasanidentificationpoint,seeStorageunitsMasterdataDefinestorage
typecontrolintheWarehouseManagementIMGdocumentation.
Example:PutawayUsinganIDPoint
OnceyouhavedefinedtheIDstoragetypeandthefinalstoragetypeinCustomizing,youcantransfer
storageunitsinitiallytoanIDpointbeforemovingthemtotheirfinaldestinationinthewarehouse.
Prerequisites
SpecifyastoragetypeastheIDpointforanotherstoragetypeinthestoragetyperecord.Thefollowing
exampledemonstratesthetransferofastorageunitintohighrackstorageviaanidentificationpoint.For
thisexample,wehavespecifiedstoragetype011astheIDpointforstoragetype010.Thefollowing
proceduredescribeshowtomanuallycreateatransferorderforastorageunitfromatransfer
requirementwithoneitem.
Procedure
Fromthetransferrequirementoverviewscreen
1.ChooseEnvironmentTOinforegr.
Thesystemgoestothepalletizationscreentopreparethestorageunitforputaway.Ifthereismore
thanoneiteminthetransferorder,thesystemdisplaysthreetabs.TheActiveworklisttabliststhe
openitems.IfyouchoosePalletization,theprocedureisbasicallythesameasdescribedbelowwith
theexceptionthatyoumustprocesstheitemsoneatatime.Formoredetailedinformationabout
creatingtransferordersfromthetabs,seeCreatingaTOforaTransferRequirementManually.
2.Onthetransferorderpreparationscreen,enter010asthedestinationstoragetypeandchoose
Putawaybckgrnd.Thesystemassignsastorageunitnumberanddestinationstoragebin(thequant
numberasadynamiccoordinate).Althoughweentered010asthedestinationstoragetype,the
systemautomaticallyassignsthepallettotheidentificationpointinstoragetype011,whichwas
definedinthestoragetypedatarecord.
3.TocreatethetransferorderchooseTransferorderPost.
Atthisstageinthetwostepprocess,thefirsttransferorderwhichbringsthestorageunittotheID
pointiscreatedandthefirststepiscompleted.

TransferringaStorageUnitfromtheIDPoint
Usage
OnceastorageunitisreceivedattheIDpoint,itismovedtothefinaldestinationstoragebinusingthe
transactionMoveStorageUnit.Thistransactioncanbeusedforseveralpurposes,butitwasdesigned
specificallytomoveindividualstorageunitsfromtheIDpointintothefinalstoragetype.
Procedure
Thefollowingproceduredescribeshowthetransactionworks:
1.ChooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInternalWhseProcessesStockTransferCreate
TransferOrderMoveStorageUnitfromtheSAPmenu.
2.EnterthestorageunitnumberandmovementtypeintotheappropriatedatafieldsandchooseGoto
Preparation.
Werecommendthatyoucreateanewmovementtypethatspecifiesthedestinationstoragetype
inthewarehousetobespecificallyusedforstorageunittransfersfromtheIDpoint.Initially,youcan
usemovementtype999(warehousesupervision)fortestingpurposes.Todefinethemovementtype
forinternaltransfersfromtheIDpoint,chooseLogisticsExecutionWarehouseManagement
ActivitiesDefineTransactionParametersinCustomizingforWarehouseManagement,andenter
thenewmovementtypefortransactioncodeLT09.
Thesystemthensearchesforanyexistingopentransferordersforthestorageunit.Ifnoopen
transferordersexist,thesystemdisplaysthetransferorderpreparationscreen.Ifanopentransfer
orderisfound,youcanconfirmtheopenitemsandpostthetransferordertothedatabase.Afteryou
confirmtheopenitems,thesystemdisplaysthepreparationscreenforthetransferorderthatwill
movethestorageunitfromtheIDpointintothefinalstoragetype.
3.Onthepreparationscreenthesystemliststhecurrentcontentsofthestorageunit.Youcanmanually
enterthedestinationstoragebinorallowthesystemtochooseitforyou.ChooseGotoCreate
trans.order.
ThesystemthenelectstotransportthestorageunitfromtheIDpointtothefinalstoragetype.Thisis
directed,amongotherthings,bytheentriesyoumakeforthedestinationstoragetypeandbinwhen
youdefinethemovementtype.
4.Tocreatethetransferorderandpostittothedatabase,chooseTransferorderPost.
Result
AsecondtransferorderisnowcreatedwhichtransfersthestorageunitfromtheIDpointtoits
destination.astoragebininthefinalstoragetype.Oncethetransferorderisconfirmed,thestock
placementviaanIDpointiscompleted.
StockPickingUsingStorageUnitManagement

Inthissectionweexplainhowtransferordersareprocessedforpickingstorageunitswhenever
materialsarepickedforgoodsissue.Also,youwilllearnhowtosetupstoragetypeswithpicking
strategiesforStorageUnitManagement(SUManagement).
ForeachoftheprimarymethodsusedinSUmanagementtoprocesstransferorders,anexampleis
presentedtoclarifywhathappensbothphysicallyandintheWarehouseManagement(WM)component
itself.
PickingStrategiesUsedinSUManagement
Forwarehousesinwhichstorageunitmanagementisactive,themannerinwhichpickingstrategiesare
carriedoutinthesystemisbasicallythesamewithorwithoutstorageunitmanagementtheyare
materialorientedandquantityorientedinWM.
Whenyoucreateatransferorderitemtopickacertainmaterial,thesystemsearchesforstoragebins
withtherequiredquantsbasedonthestrategiesdefinedinthesystem.Howthesystemautomatically
attemptstofindrequestedmaterialsisalsocarriedoutinthesamemanner.
Forstockpicks,thedifferencebetweenSUmanagedstoragetypesandstoragetypeswithoutSU
managementaredescribedasfollows:
WhenaspecificquantityisremovedfromanSUmanagedstoragetype,notonlythestoragebin
informationisupdated,butalsothestorageunitinvolved.
Whenyoucreatepicktransferorders,youcandisplaystorageunitsonselectedscreens.
Thisallowsyoutomanuallyselectstorageunitsproposedbythesystem.
InSUmanagedstoragetypes,completestockpickingisdefineddifferently.Also,therespective
functionshavebeenchanged.
CompleteStockPicksinSUManagedStorageTypes
Youshouldactivatecompletestockpickingwhenyoucannotpickstockfromthestoragebinitself.You
definehowcompletestockpicksarehandledinthesystematthestoragetypelevel.Forinformationon
howtodefinestoragetypedefaultvaluesforSUmanagement,seetheWarehouseManagementIMG
documentation.
ForstoragetypesthatarenotSUmanaged,thesystemalwaysremovestheentirequant.Afterthe
requiredmaterialispicked,thesystemfindsareturnbinfortheremainingpartofthequant.Areturn
itemiscreatedwithinthetransferorderitemthatspecifieswherethepartialquantwillbeplaced.Fora
descriptionofthisprocess,seeReleasingStockfromInspection.
ForSUmanagedstoragetypes,completestockpickdoesnotrefertothepickingofquantsbutto
storageunits.Whenonlypartofthematerialsinthestorageunitarerequired,thismeansthattheentire
storageunitmustberemovedfromthebin.

ReturningStocktotheSameBin
Ifyouhavedefinedcompletestockpickforastoragetype,regardlessofwhetheritisSUmanagedor
not,youalsohavetheoptionofactivatingtheReturnsamebinfield.
"Returnstocktothesamebin"meansthat,wheneveraquantorstorageunitispartiallyemptiedby
pickingonlypartofthematerialscontainedinitastheresultofacompletestockpick,theremaining
materialsarereturnedtothesamestoragebinfromwhichtheywereremoved.
ForstoragetypesthatarenotSUmanaged,remainingpartialquantsarenormallyreturnedtotheir
originalstoragebinsforSUmanagedstoragetypes,partialstorageunitscanalsobereturnedtotheir
originalbinsortheycanbereturnedtoastoragetypespecificallydesignatedforpartialpallets.
OptionsforCompleteStockPicking
Basedonthedefinitionforcompletestockpickandreturningstocktothesamebindescribedabove,
therearethreeoptionsavailableforconfiguringyourSUmanagedstoragetypes:
Nocompletestockpick
Completestockpickwithreturntothesamebin
Completestockpickusingapickpoint.ThesethreeprocessesaredescribedinPartialStockPicks.
LifeCycleofaStorageUnitNumber
AstockpickhasadestinationstoragetypeinWMnormally,thisistheinterimstoragetypeforgoods
issues.AsmentionedinSUManagedStorageTypes,interimstorageareascannotbeSUmanaged.
Whathappensthen,whenanentirestorageunitismovedfromaSUmanagedstoragetypeintoa
storagetypethatisnotSUmanaged?
StorageUnitTransfersintoStorageTypesthatarenotSUmanaged
WhatoccursisexactlytheoppositeofwhenastorageunitismovedfromastoragetypethatisnotSU
managedintoanSUmanagedstoragetype.IfyouhaveastockputawayintoanSUmanagedstorage
type,thesystemcreatesastorageunitnumberforthestorageunitconcerned.
IfyouhaveastockpickfromanonSUmanagedstoragetype,ontheotherhand,thestorageunit
numberofthestorageunitislost.ThismeansthatthestorageunitnolongerexistsinWMafteran
entirestorageunitismovedtoastoragetypethatisnotSUmanagedandthetransferorderitemsfor
thatstorageunitareconfirmed,.
StorageUnitTransfersintoSUmanagedStorageTypes
Foroptimizationorotherreasons,therearesomesituationsinwhichyoucreatetransferorderstomove
storageunitsfromoneSUmanagedstoragetypetoanotherSUmanagedstoragetypewithinthe
warehouse.
Forthesetypesofmovements,thefollowingoptionsareavailable:

WhenacompletehomogeneousstorageunitisremovedandtransferredtoanotherSUmanaged
storagetype,theSUnumberisnotchanged.
WhenonlypartofastorageunitisremovedandsenttoanotherSUmanagedstoragetype,this
"part"receivesanewSUnumberifitisnotincludedaspartofanalreadyexistingstorageunit.
PartialStockRemovals
Inthefollowingsections,wedescribetheprocessesthattakeplaceinthesystemwhenonlypartofthe
stockisremovedfromfullstorageunits.Therearethreeoptionstoconfigureastoragetypefor
removingstorageunits.
Nocompleteremovalrequirement
Completeremovalrequirementwithreturntothesamebin
Completeremovalusingapickpoint
Foreachoftheexamples,itisassumedthatthestoragetypefromwhichstockisremovedisastorage
typeinwhichSUmanagementisactive.
NoCompleteRemovalRequirement
By"nocompleteremoval"wemeanthatonlypartofthestockinastorageunitispickedandthestorage
unitremains(withtherestofthematerials)inthesamebin.
Usingthismethodofstockremoval,severaltransferorderscanbeprocessedsimultaneouslytopick
materialsfromasinglestorageunit.Thestorageunitisnotblockedbythesystem(forexample,dueto
unconfirmedtransferorderitems).Thestorageunitremainsinthesamebinthroughouttheentire
process.Althoughthequantityofmaterialtobepickedisblockedwhenthetransferorderispostedin
thesystem,alloftheremainingstockinthestorageunitisavailable.
CompleteRemovalRequirementwithReturntoSameBin
Forthisprocess,onlypartofthematerialscontainedinastorageunitareremoved.Asmentionedin
"Strategies"inStockRemovalsUsingStorageUnitManagement,youcandefineastoragetypefor
organizationalreasonssothatanentirestorageunitisremovedfororderpicking.Thepartialstorage
unitwiththeremainingmaterialsisthenreturnedtothesamestoragebinfromwhichitwasremoved.
InWM,forthisprocess,thestorageunitremainsinternallyinthesamebin.Thetemporarycondition,
duringwhichthestorageunitphysicallyleavesthestoragebinandreturnsagain,isnotdisplayedinthe
system.Whenyoupostatransferordertoremoveaspecificquantityofmaterialfromastorageunit,the
remainingmaterialsonthatstorageunitareblockedfromremovalbyothertransferorderitems.(The
onlyexceptionoccursformultipleprocessing.)
CompleteRemovalUsingaPickPoint
Forthisprocess,acompletestorageunitisremovedfromastoragebinandmovedtoaspecificlocation
inthewarehouse(thepickpoint)wherepartofthematerialsinthestorageunitarepicked.Thepartial

storageunitwiththeremainingmaterialsisthenmovedusuallyinapredefinedmannertoanew
storagebininthewarehouse.
PickPoint
Definition
Thepickpointistheactuallocationinthewarehousewhereitemsarepickedforapartialstockpickfrom
astorageunit.Inanautomatichighrackstoragearea,thepickpointmaybeaspecificpointalonga
conveyorbelttowhichstorageunitshavebeentransferredfororderpicking.Apickpointmayalsobea
markedfloorareawhereentirepalletscanbebroughtforpickingmaterialitems.
Use
Thefollowinggraphicshowshowsotrageunitsforpickingareassignedtoapickpointandafterwards
howtheyarebroughttoanotherstoragebin.

Onceastorageunitismovedtoastoragetypethatisnotmanagedforstorageunits,thestorageunit
numberislost.Therefore,ifallthematerialsinastorageunitaretransferredtothegoodsissuearea,
thestorageunitceasestoexistinWM.Toreceivethestorageunitwhenonlypartofthematerialsis
picked,thestorageunitisbroughttothepickpoint.Therequiredgoodsarepickedandtransferredto
thegoodsissuearea.Thestorageunitisthenreturnedtothewarehousewiththeremaininggoods.This
meansthattheremaininggoodsarestillassignedtotheoriginalstorageunitnumberinWM.Inthis
case,thetransferordercontainsnotonlyasourceanddestinationstoragebin,butalsoareturnbin.
ReturningStorageUnits
Foryourorganization,thereareseveralpossibilitiesforwhathappenstoapartialstorageunitatthepick
pointafterpicking.Twoexamplesareasfollows:
Thepartialstorageunitisreturnedtothesamestoragetypefromwhichitwaspicked,andanew
storagebinisselected.
Thepartialstorageunitistransferredtoanotherstoragetype(forexample,toastoragetypethatis

specificallydesignatedforpartialstorageunits).
ConfigurationofaPickPoint
Beforeyoupickstockfromastoragetypeusingapickpoint,youmustconfigurethestoragetypesusing
theCustomizingfunction.
First,youmustdefineapickpointstoragetype.
Secondly,youmustconnectthepickpointtotheSUmanagedstoragetypefromwhichstockistobe
picked.
PickingUsingaPickPoint
Afteryouremovestockfromacompletestorageunitusingapickpoint,itisoftennecessarytoreturn
thestorageunittoanotherbin.Thisprocessisdescribedasfollows:
1.First,atransferorderitemiscreatedtopickpartofthematerialsfromaspecificstorageunit.This
itemidentifiesthesourcestoragebinasthebinwherethestorageunitislocatedandthedestination
storagebinforthequantityrequiredisidentifiedasaninterimstoragebininthegoodsissuearea.
Technically(inthesystem),thestorageunitremainsinthesourcestoragebin,butisblockedfor
furtherstockremovals.(Theonlyexceptionoccursformultipleprocessing.).
2.AsaresultoftheSUdocumentthatwasprintedwhenthetransferorderwascreated(orthenotice
thatwassenttothewarehousecontrolunit),theentirestorageunitisphysicallyremovedfromthe
storagebinandtransferredtoapickpoint.
3.Atthepickpoint,storageunitsarereceivedwiththetransaction"TransOrderConfirmStorage
unit"Afterenteringthestorageunitnumber,individualremovalitemsaredisplayedonthescreenand
canbeconfirmed.
4.Whenthelastitempickedisconfirmed,thestorageunitwiththeremainingcontents(whichupuntil
nowwaslocatedtechnicallyinitsoriginalstoragebin)ispostedinthesystemtothepickpoint.This
systemtransfertakesplaceinthebackgroundwithouttheneedforcreatingatransferorder.Atthis
point,thestorageunitislocatedbothphysicallyandtechnicallyatthepickpoint.
5.Finally,theremainingmaterialitemsinthestorageunitaretransferredfromthepickpointtoanew
storagebinusingthetransaction"TransOrderCreateForstorageunit".
Theprimaryentryparametersforthistransactionarethestorageunitnumberandthemovement
type.Bydefininganewmovementtypetodirectstorageunitstoaspecificstoragetype,youcan
configurethesystemtomatchyourorganizationalrequirements.Steps3,4and5aboveare
accomplishedbyswitchingbackandforthbetweenthetransactions"TransOrderConfirm
Storageunit"and"TransOrderCreateForstorageunit".Toexpeditethisprocess,youcan
createauserspecificprogramtolinkthetwotransactionsasrequired.
Example:ReturningStockfromaPickPoint
Todemonstratewhathappensinthesystemwhenstockisremovedviaapickpointandapartial
storageunitisreturnedtoanotherbin,let'sassumethatyouwanttomanuallycreateatransferorderfor

agoodsissuetoacostcenterfor250boxesofpencils.Forthisexample,onepalletnormallycontains
100boxesofpencils.
Toprocessthisexample,youmustcompletethefollowingtasksintheordershown:
Createthetransferorderforthestorageunit
Confirmthetransferorderitems
Transfertheremainingquantityfromthepickpointtoanotherstoragebin
CreatingaTransferOrderforaStorageUnit
Onthetransferorderpreparationscreen,youhaveseveraloptionsforselectingmaterialitemstobe
pickedforthegoodsissue:
1.Toprocessmaterialitemsoneatatime,chooseCreateTOinforeground.Toallowthesystemto
processmaterialitemsforyou,chooseCreateTOinbackground.Todisplayandselectfromalistof
availablestock,chooseStock.
2.Todemonstratewhathappensphysicallyandinthesystem,forthisexample,let'sassumethatyou
choseCreateTOinbackground.Thesystemselects3homogeneousstorageunitscontaining100
boxesofpencils.However,only50boxesofpencilsaretoberemovedfromthethirdstorageunit.
3.Postthetransferordertothedatabase.
ConfirmingTransferOrderItemsforStorageUnits
Toconfirmtheitemsforatransferorderthatwascreatedforastorageunit
1.Choose:LogisticsLogisticsExecutionOutboundProcessGoodsIssueforOutbound
DeliveryPickingConfirmTransferOrderSingleItemsforStorageUnitInOneStepfrom
theSAPmenu.
2.EnterthestorageunitnumberforthefirstiteminthetransferorderintheStorageunitfield.Enterd
(processinbackground)intheForeground/backgroundfieldandchooseENTER.Thefirstitemis
confirmed.
3.Enterthestorageunitnumberfortheseconditeminthetransferorder,enterdinthe
Foreground/backgroundfieldandchooseENTER.Theseconditemisconfirmed.
Whathappenstofullhomogeneousstorageunitswhentheyareconfirmed?
Whenfullhomogeneousstorageunitsareconfirmed,theyaretransferredtothegoodsissuearea.
SincethegoodsissueareaisnotSUmanaged,thestorageunitnumberinformationislostandisno
longerrecognizedbythesystem.
Ifyouattempttodisplaythestorageunitsforeitherofthefirsttwoitems,thesystemrespondswithan
errormessagethatthestorageunitsdonotexist.TheSUnumberswerelostwhenthematerialwas
movedtothegoodsissuearea(whichisnotSUmanaged).
Whathappenstothepartialstorageunit?

Beforethethirdandfinalitemisconfirmed,technically(inthesystem),thestorageunitisstilllocated
intheoriginalstoragebinalthough,physically,ithasbeenremovedfromthatstoragebinandbrought
tothepickpoint.
Ifyoudisplaythestorageunitinformationforthethirdstorageunit(MasterDataStorageUnit
Display),theheaderindicatesthatthereisoneopentransferorderitem.Atthispoint,thestorageunit
hasastatusof"3"(tobepicked).
4.Afteryouconfirmthetransferorderitemforthethirdstorageunit,ifyoudisplaythestorageunit
informationagain,youwillfindthatthestorageunitwiththeremainingquantitywaspostedtothepick
point.Thequantnumberoftheremaining50boxesinthestorageunitisdisplayedasthestorage
bin.
Now,thestorageunitislocatedbothphysicallyandtechnicallyatthepickpoint.(The50boxes
requestedbythethirditeminthetransferorderwerepickedandtransferredtothegoodsissuearea.)
Tocompletethistask,youmusttransfertheremainingquantityfromthepickpointtoanotherstorage
bininthewarehouse.
TransfersfromaPickPoint
Duringapartialstockremovalusingapickpoint,oncetherequiredstockhasbeenpickedandthe
storageunithasbeenpostedtoapickpoint,theonlytaskthatremainsistotransferthestorageunit
withtheremainingquantityfromthepickpointbackintoanotherstoragebininthewarehouse.Todo
this,youmustcreateanewtransferorder.
Themanualprocedureisasfollows:
1.ChooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInternalWhseProcessesStockTransferCreate
TransferOrderMoveStorageUnitfromtheSAPmenu.
2.Enterthestorageunitnumberandthemovementtypeontheinitialscreen.Asmentionedin
TransferringStorageUnits"inIdentificationPoints,werecommendthatyoudefineanewmovement
typetodirectstorageunitstoaspecificstoragetypetomatchyourorganizationalrequirements.To
displaythepreparationscreenforplacingastorageunitintostock,choosePreparation.
3.Onthepreparationscreenyoucanenterthedestinationstoragetype,sectionandbin.Youcanalso
returnthestorageunittothesamestoragetypefromwhichitwasoriginallyremoved.
4.ChooseCreatetrans.ordertocreatethetransferorder.Thesystemselectsanewstoragebinforthe
remainingquantity.
5.Topostthetransferordertothedatabase,chooseTransferorderPostfromthemenubar.Once
youconfirmthetransferorder,theprocessiscomplete.
SUmanagedBulkStorage
SUmanagedbulkstorageisdefinedasabulkstorageareainwhichstockismanagedatthestorage

unitlevel.Inbulkstorage,severalstorageunitsfitintoasinglestoragebin(onerowinablockofrows).
Use
WhyuseSUmanagedbulkstorage?
Thegoodsreceiptdatecanbemanagedatthestorageunitlevel.
Youcanpickstorageunitsfrombulkstoragecontainingmaterialsthatbelongtomorethanonebatch.
Itisnotpossibletodeterminethestorageunituntilconfirmation.
Features
InSUmanagedbulkstorage,youcan:
Managepartialquantities
Manageallcombinationsofmixedstorage
Storebothhomogeneousandmixedstorageunitsinastoragebin
Allowmixedstoragewithoutanyrestrictionswhatsoever
Selectpreferenceswhenstoringmaterialsinbulkstoragethat:
Forbidmixedstorageentirely(onlyonematerialnumberandstorageunitswithonlyonequantis
allowed)
Allowseveralmaterialsinastoragebin,butonlyonematerialonanindividualstorageunitwith
differentbatches
Allowonlyonematerialinastoragebin,butwithdifferentbachesinboththebinandinthestorage
unit
Allowonlyonematerialnumberinastoragebinwithdifferentbatches,butwithonlyonebatchina
storageunit
ThesefeaturescanbeselectedinCustomizingwhenyoudefinetheparametersforSUManagement.
ThisbelowillustratesanSUmanagedbulkstorageareawithstoragebinsthatareoccupied.

OneoftheprimarycharacteristicsofSUmanagedbulkstorageisthatthesystemdoesnotkeepa
recordoftheexactlocationofaparticularstorageunitinabin.Becauseofthis,thesystemdoesnot
knowwhichstorageunitsarelocatedinthe"front"ofabinmakingthemaccessibleforpicking.
IdentificationofStorageUnitsinBulkstorage
Forstockremovals,thischaracteristicpresentsaproblem.Sincethesystemdoesnothavearecordof
theactualstructureofthestorageunitsinablock,itcannotrecommendspecificstorageunitsfororder
picking.
Consequently,astockremovalisinitially"neutral"asfarasstorageunitsareconcerned.Whenyou
createatransferorder,therecanbenoreferencetospecificstorageunitnumbers,becausethesystem
cannotidentifywhichstorageunitsarepickeduntiltheyarephysicallyremovedfromastoragebin.The
SUnumbersthatyouselectmustthenbecommunicatedtothesystemwhenyouconfirmthetransfer
orders.Afterwards,thesystemcanmaketheappropriateupdates.
SystemControls
AsinotherSUmanagedstoragetypes,youmanagestockinbulkstorageatthestorageunitlevel.
Sinceyoucannotdeterminewhichstorageunitswillbeselectedfororderpicking,youcancreate
transferordersforstockremovalswithoutidentifyingstorageunitnumbers.Consequently,youinitially
createtransferorderitemswhichspecifyonlyarequirement(nottobeconfusedwithatransfer
requirement)topickacertainquantityofmaterialfromadesignatedblockorstoragebininbulkstorage.
Forthispurposeseveralsystemcontrolsareprovidedforbulkstorage.
PartialPicking
Usingthisparameter,youcancontrolwhetherpartialpalletsareallowedinastoragetype.Apartial
palletisapalletwhosequantityisnotthesameasthestandardquantitydefinedinthematerialmaster

record.Youcanactivatepartialpalletmanagementindependentlyfromthemixedstorageparameter.
ThisindicatormustbeselectedwhenyouusemixedstorageindicatorsB(severalbatchesperbinand
storageunit)andX(unrestrictedmixedstorage).YoucanalsoconfigureCustomizingusingtheswitch
completestockremovalsothatyoucanpickonlyfullpalletsevenwhenpartialquantitiesareallowed.
TotalQuantCount
SincethesystemcannotidentifyspecificSUnumbersforstockremovals,anavailabilitycontrolis
implementedtopreventthesystemfromattemptingtoremovetoomanystorageunitsfromindividual
blocks.ThisproblemisresolvedinWMbythesocalledtotalquantcount.
Inbulkstorage,thetotalquantcountisthesumtotalofallstock(foreachmaterialandbatch)ina
storagebin.InformationaboutstockstoredineachbinismaintainedinthesamemanneraswithoutSU
management.However,thesystemadditionallykeepstrackofthetotalstockthathasaccumulatedin
theentirestoragebin.Thetablebelowillustrateshowthesystemcalculatesthetotalquantcount.
TotalQuantCountCalculation

Thetotalquantcountalwaysrepresentsthetotalstocksituationinastoragebininbulkstorage.
StockPlacement
Whenyouplacestorageunitsintobulkstorage,bothindividualquantsandthetotalquantcountare
updatedimmediately.Forexample,ifyouaddanotherstorageunittothestoragebinillustratedinthe
abovetable,anormalquantisaddedandthetotalquantcountisincreasedaccordingly.
StockPlacementChecks
Whenyouputawaystorageunits,thesystemchecksthemixedstorageindicatortoensurethatstorage
unitsarestoredproperly.
StockRemoval
Whenthesystemcreatesthetransferorderitemforastockremoval,itdoesnotcreateitforaspecific
quantorstorageunit.(Theexceptiontothisiswhenyoumanuallyrequestaspecificstorageunitor
quantforpicking.Inthiscase,thesytemcreatesanormaltransferorderitem.)

Initially,thesystemonlyreducestheavailablequantityofstockinthetotalquantcount.Noother
updatesarepossible,becausethesystemdoesnotknowatthispointwhichstorageunitswillbepicked.
Theparametercompleteremovaldeterminestheactualquantitythatisremovedfromthetotalquant
count.Therefore,ifyouhavedefinedcompletestockremovalforthestoragetype,theavailablequantity
inthetotalquantcountisreducedaccordinglybasedonthestandardamountdefinedinthematerial
masterforthepallettype.Completestockremovalisautomaticallyactivewhenpartialpalletsarenot
allowed.Ifcompletestockremovalisnotactive,thesystemreducesthetotalquantcountbytheexact
amountthatisrequested.
Confirmation
Whenyouconfirmtransferorderitemsforstockremovalsfrombulkstorage,youcommunicatethe
storageunitnumbersthatwereactuallypickedtothesystem.Thesystemupdatesthestorageunitand
quantinformation.
ProcessingRemainingQuantities
Theprocessingofremainingquantitiesdependsonwhetheryouhaveenteredapickpointstoragetype
inthestoragetyperecord.Remainingquantitiesoccurduringconfirmationwhentherequestedquantity
issmallerthanthequantitycontainedinthestorageunitthatwaspicked.Thismeansthatthe
processingofremainingquantitiesdoesnottakeplaceuntilyouconfirmatransferorder.
Ifyouhavedefinedapickpointforthestoragetype,thestorageunitistransferredtothepickpoint.Ifit
isamixedstorageunit,thesystemalsopostsanyothermaterialsinthatstorageunittothepickpoint.If
therenopickpointdefinedforthestoragetype,theremainingquantitystayswiththestorageunitinthe
samestoragebin.
Confirmation
Whenyouconfirmthetransferorder,thesamethinghappensthatwouldnormallyhappenwhenyou
removeastorageunitthatwaspickedfromanySUmanagedstoragetypeforwhich"completeremoval"
isdefined.Partialpalletsthatexistasaresultofstockremovalsfrombulkstoragearepostedtoapick
pointand,subsequently,areplacedintoastoragetypewherepartialstorageunitsareallowed.
TransferOrderProcessingforStockRemovals
WhenyoucreateatransferordertopickacertainmaterialfromSUmanagedbulkstorage,anormal
transferorderitemiscreated.Asmentionedpreviously,thistransferorderitemis"neutral"withrespect
tostorageunitsbecausetheindividualSUnumbershavenotyetbeenidentifiedbythesystem.Inthe
system,thisinitialtransferorderitembehavesmorelikeatransferrequirementitem,sinceitneither
updatestheactualstocknorthestorageunit(s)required.
Process
Whathappenswhenyoucommunicatetothesystemthestorageunitsthatwereactuallypickedfrom
bulkstorage?

1.First,the"neutral"transferorderitemdataisupdated.Thismeansthat,forthisitem,theconfirmed
quantityisincreasedaccordingly.
2.Secondly,itemsareaddedtothetransferorderbasedonthestorageunitsthatwereactuallypicked
fromthebulkstoragebinforthismovement.
3.Oncethestockremovalforabulkstoragebinhasbeencompleted,the"neutral"transferorderitemis
deleted.
ConfirmingSUNeutralTransferOrderItems
ProcessingStockRemovalsfromBulkstorage
Therearemanyvariationstothefollowingexampleandthescreensthatappeardependuponsettings
inCustomizing,themenusyouselectandtheentriesyoumakeonsubsequentscreens.Thefollowingis
atypicalexample.
Letsassumethatyouwanttoremove450boxesofmaterialTESTMATfrombulkstorage.Ifthereare
100boxesofTESTMATineachstorageunit,thesystemwillcreateatransferordertoremove5storage
unitsfromSUmanagedbulkstorage.Thetransferorderwillinitiallycontainonlyone"neutral"transfer
orderitemindicatingthat450boxesofmaterialTESTMATaretobepickedfrombulkstorage.
Procedure
Toconfirmthetransferorderintheexample,apossiblemanualprocedureisasfollows:
1.ChooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInternalWhseProcessesStockTransferConfirm
TransferOrderSingleDocumentInOneStepfromtheSAPmenu.
2.Enterthetransferordernumberandwarehousenumberintheappropriatedatafieldsandchoose
ENTER.Thesystemdisplaysthetransferorderoverviewscreenwithfourtabstripfolders.
3.SelectthetransferorderitemintheActiveworklistthatremovesthe5storageunitsandchoose
Confirminternallyfromtheapplicationtoolbar.
4.Onthestorageunitnumberentryscreen,entertheSUnumbersforthestorageunitspickedinthe
Storageunitcolumn(orscanthemforpicking)andchooseENTER.
Thesystemsuggeststheavailablequantityasthepickquantity.Foroneofthestorageunits,enter
only50boxesasthequantitytobepicked.DependingontheCustomizingsettings,thesystemwill
posttheremaining50boxestothepickpointstoragetype.
Youcanchangethepickquantityorenteradifferencequantity.Youcannotentertheremaining
quantity.Instead,thesystemcalculatestheremainingquantityfromtheavailablequantityandthe
differencequantity.Ifyoureducethepickquantityto0,itisthesameasnotpickingthestorageunit.
IfthequantityofthefirstSUyouenterexceedsthepickquantity,thesystemautomaticallysuggests
theremovalquantity(thequantityrequiredinthetransferorderitem)asthePickquantityand
calculatestheRemainingquantity.Ifyoudecidenottoprocessaremainingquantitythesystemwill
confirmthetransferorderwithanoverdelivery.IftheConfirmationfieldinthe"Endofconfirmation"

sectionofthescreenisselected,thesystemwillcarryouttheconfirmationandignoreanydifferences
inthetransferorder.
5.ChooseConfirminforegroundorConfirminbackground.
HowtoProcessDifferences
6.Iftherearedifferences,enterthedifferenceintheDifferencequantityfieldandchooseENTER.The
systemcalaculatestheremainingquantity.ChooseConfirminternally.
7.Inthedialogboxthatappears,chooseConfirmdifferenceorcancelandcorrectyourentries.
8.Tocompletethetransaction,chooseTransferorderPost.
Thesystemclearsthe"neutral"transferorderitemandcreatesthetransferorderitemsforeachstorage
unitremovedfrombulkstorage.
DisplayingTransferOrdersafterConfirmation
Ifyoudisplaythetransferorderafterithasbeenconfirmed,item1(theneutralitem)nolongerexists
andtheindividualstorageunitsthatwerepickedareaddedasseparateitemsinthetransferorder.
PartialStorageUnitProcessing
Whenyouremovepartofthecontentsfromafullhomogeneousstorageunitfrombulkstorage,youmay
wanttostoreitinanotherstoragetype.Todothis,youneedtoassignapickpointtoSUmanagedbulk
storagewhenyoudefinethestoragetyperecord.Thisisdoneusingthesameproceduresasthose
usedforotherSUmanagedstoragetypes.
Forbulkstoragetypesinwhichpartialpalletsareallowedorinwhichmixedstorageisallowed,theuse
ofapickpointisnotrequired.SeeUsingaPickPointforinformationonhowtodefinestoragetypesfor
thispurpose.
BulkstorageControlParameters
Toinsurethattheproperamountofstockwillberemovedfromstorage,seethesectionStrategies
StockplacementstrategiesDefinestrategyforbulkstorageDefinestoragetypecontrolinthe
WarehouseManagementIMG.InCustomizingyouneedtomaintaintwoparameters,"Total"and
"RoundOff",forSUmanagementinconnectionwiththeprocessingofpartialstorageunits.
LevelofTotalQuantCount
TheTotalfieldisusedforinternalcalculationofthetotalquantcountforSUmanagedbulkstorage.
Thisparameterinfluencesbothstockplacementsandstockremovals.
StockPlacement
Forputawaysthisparametercontrolswhetherthesystemwillautomaticallymixbatchesornot.Ifthe
parameterissetto1(batchneutral),thesystemlooksforastoragebinwherethematerialalready
exists.Thebatchnumberisnottakenintoconsiderationinthiscase.Iftheparameterissetto2(batch

specific),thesystemlooksforastoragebinwherethebatchofthematerialalreadyexistsandattempts
toaddthenewstocktotheexistingstock.Ifthatisntpossible,thesystemlooksforanemptystorage
bin.
StockRemoval
TheparametersthatinfluencepickingincludetheCompleteremovalrequirement,thelevelofthetotal
quantcountandwhetherornotapickpointisenteredinthestoragetyperecord.
Thelevelofthetotalquantcountcontrolshowthetotalsinformationisprocessed.Thesystem
calculatesthetotalquantcountseparatelyforeachstoragebinandforeachmaterialthatisinthis
storagebininSUmanagedbulkstorageareas.Materialsthatrequirebatchescanalsoinfluencethis
level.Iftheparameterissetto2(batchspecific),thesystemcalculatesatotalquantcountforeach
batch.Iftheparameterissetto1(batchneutral),allthebatchesofthismaterialareaddedtogether.
Forstockremovals,whenthetotalquantcounthasbeencalculatedforbatches,youmustalsospecify
thebatchinthetransferorderitemtoensurethatthequantityissubtractedfromthecorrespondingtotal
quantcount.Thismeansthattheusermayonlypickfromastorageunitthatcontainsthisbatch.
Whenyouconfirmthetransferorder,thesystemcheckswhetherthestorageunitentryalsocontainsthe
correspondingbatch.
Roundoff
WhenyouchooseRoundOff,youoptimizetheprocedureforpickingfromSUmanagedbulkstorage
areas.Thisfunctionisexplainedindetailintheexample.
OptimizingtheRemovalofPartialStorageUnits
WhenyouselecttheRoundOffdatacolumn,thesystemoptimizestheremovalofpartialstorageunits.
Prerequisites
Theprimaryprerequisiteisthatyouhavedefinedthestockremovalprocedureinsuchawaythatthe
systemfirstselectsastoragetypeforpickingwhichismanagedforlarge/smallquantitiesand,
afterwards,selectsthebulkstoragearea.Asaresult,thesystemsearchesforaparticularmaterialfirst
inapickingarea(large/smallstrategy)andtheninbulkstorage.
Example:OptimizationinBulkStorage
Thefollowingexampleillustrateshowtheoptimizationprocessworks.Thestoragetypesearchstrategy
isdefinedsothatitsearchesforamaterialfirstinapickingareaandafterwardsinabulkstorageareain
whichfullstorageunitswiththesamematerialarestored.Forthisexample,350boxesofamaterialare
tobepicked.Thematerialisstoredonpalletswhichcontain100boxeseach.
WhatHappensintheSystemWithoutOptimization?
Thesystembeginsbylookingforthematerialfirstinthepickingarea.Sincethe350boxesconstitutetoo
largeanamountforthepickingarea(duetothecontrolquantitydefinitioninthematerialmaster),they

arenotremovedfromthepickingarea.
Next,thesystemsearchesforthe350boxesinbulkstorageandfindsthemthere.Fourfullpalletswith
100boxeseacharepickedsincecompleteremovalisgenerallyrequiredforstockremovalsfrombulk
storage.Asaresult,apartialpalletnowexiststhatcontains50boxesofthematerial.
WhatHappensintheSystemWithOptimization?
Asinthepreviouscase,thesystemfirstsearchesforthe350boxesinthepickingareabutbecauseof
thelargeamountis"turnedaway".Next,thesystemsearchesforthematerialsinbulkstorage.With
optimization,thesystemroundstherequiredamountdowntothenextfullstorageunit.Inthiscase,the
systemselectsthreefullpalletswithatotalof300boxes(insteadoffourpalletstoincludeall350
boxes).Fortheremaining50boxes,thesystem"beginsthesearchagain"fortherequiredmaterials.
Therefore,thesystemlooksfirstinthepickingareatoseeiftheremaining50boxesareavailablethere.
Thisprocedurepreventsthesystemfromcreatingpartialpalletsunnecessarilyandprovidesoptimal
managementofthepickingarea
StorageUnitDocuments
Fortransactionsinvolvingthemovementofstorageunits,youcanprintfourdifferentdocuments:
Transferorderdocument
Thetransferorder(TO)documentisthesamedocumentthatcanbeprintedintheexistingsystem
withoutusingSUmanagement.Thisdocumentdisplaysinformationaboutasingleitemforthe
movementofamaterialinastorageunit.Ifthereareseveralitemsinatransferorderforastorage
unit,aseparateTOdocumentisprintedforeachitem.Thisdocumentdisplaysabarcode,thedateit
wascreatedandsourceanddestinationstoragebins.
Storageunitcontentsdocument
Thisdocumentprovidesalistofthecontentsandquantitiesofallthematerialsinastorageunit.The
storageunitnumberisprintedinbothnumericalandbarcodeformats.
Storageunitdocument
Thestorageunit(SU)documentdisplaysseveralsectionswiththesameSUnumberinnumericaland
barcodeformats.Thisdocumentcanbeusedtosupportyouradministrativeprocesses.For
example,whenyouneedtonotetheSUnumberforastorageunit,youcantearoffasmallsectionof
theSUdocumentforscanningorotheradministrativepurposes.
StorageUnit/TransferOrderDocument
TheSU/TOdocumentdisplaysinformationaboutthemovementofanentirestorageunit.Youcan
printstorageunitdocumentsmanuallyoryoucansetupyoursystemtoprintthemautomatically.
PrintingSUDocumentsAutomatically
TheWarehouseManagementIMGdocumentationprovidesinstructionsonhowtoconfigureyour

systemtoprintSUdocumentswhenexecutingvarioustransactions.
Therearethreesituationswhenprintingstorageunitdocumentsismeaningful.
whencreatingstorageunits
whentransferringcompletestorageunits
forstockremovals
Eachsituationinvolvesthecreationofatransferorder.Thedocumentthatthesystemprintsdepends
uponthetransactionthatiscarriedout.

PrintingSUDocumentswhenCreatingStorageUnits
Whenyoucreatestorageunits,onthetransferorderpreparationscreenyoucanmanuallycontrol
whethertheSUcontentsdocumentwillbeprintedornot.
ThesystemautomaticallyselectsthePrintSUcontentsfieldonthepreparationscreenwhenyoucreate
transferorders.ThismeansthattheSUcontentsdocumentwillbeprintedwhenyoupostthetransfer
ordertothedatabase.Ifyoudeselectthisfield,thesystemwillnotprinttheSUcontentsdocument.This
preventstheunnecessaryprintingofadocumentwhichwillbecomeobsoletesoonafteritisprinted.
Youhaveapartialpalletinthegoodsreceiptareaontowhichyouplantoaddmorematerialitems.You

maydecidetodeselectthePrintSUcontentsfieldonthetransferorderpreparationscreenbecauseyou
knowthattheSUcontentsdocumentforthestorageunitwillnolongerbevalidwithinashorttime.When
youaddstocktotheexistingstorageunit,youcanthenselectthisfieldtoprinttheactualcontentsofthe
storageunitwhenyoupostthetransferordertothedatabase.
PrintingSUDocumentsManually
Thistopicdescribeshowyoucanprintstorageunit(SU)documentsforaspecificstorageunitmanually.
Procedure
1.ChooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInboundProcessGoodsReceiptforPurchaseOrder,
OrderandOtherTransactionsPrintandCommunicationTransferOrderforStorageUnitfrom
theSAPmenu.
2.Asaminimum,youmustenterthestorageunitnumberandselectatleastoneofthefourfieldsatthe
bottomofthescreen(DocumentSelection).Youcanprintone,two,threeorallfourofthestorage
unitdocumentslisted.
3.Fieldsarealsoprovidedforprintcodes,spoolingcontroldataandtheselectionofaspecificprinter.
ChoosePrintfromtheapplicationtoolbartoprintthedocument(s)selected.
4.ChoosePrintfromthepushbuttonsectioninordertoprinttheselecteddocument(s).Inadditionto
theprintfunctionformanualprintingofentiretransferorders(PrintandCommunicationSingle
PrintTransferOrder),theselectionoptionalsocontainsthe"DocumentSelection".
StorageUnitPreplanning
Use
UsingSUmanagement,itispossibletopreplanstorageunits.Whenyoupreplanstorageunits,you
createandstoredataaboutstorageunitsintheapplicationcomponentWarehouseManagement(WM)
inadvance,thatis,beforetheseactuallyarriveinthewarehouse.Whenthesestorageunitsare
physicallyreceivedinthewarehouse,youcanthenidentifythembasedontheirstorageunitnumbers
andthenputthemaway.NomanualinputisrequiredotherthanscanningtheSUnumbers.
Prerequisites
Itisimportanttorealizethatthepreplanningofstorageunitsisnothingmorethancreatingtransfer
ordersatanearlierpointintime.Therefore,thefollowingconditionsapply:
Whenyoupreplanstorageunits,itwouldmakenosensetoconfirmthesetransferorders
immediately.
ThesystemwillonlyassignSUnumbersifyoucreatetransferorderstomovestockintoan"SU
managed"storagetype.
Whenyoucreatetransferordersusingthepreplanningfunction,thesystemsuggestsstoragebinsin
thenormalmanner.Ifyouhaveconfiguredyoursystemtosearchforphysicalstoragebins(for
example,inhighrackstorage)thesebinswillbeblockedforputawayswhenyoupreplanthestorage

units.Itisbetterthereforeifyousetupyoursystemsothatthestorageunitsarefirstassignedtoan
IDpoint.
YoucancreateaseparateIDpointasa"goodsreceiptpointforpreplannedstorageunits".SinceanID
point(astoragetypewithstockputawaystrategyQ)assignsdynamicstoragebins,itispossibleto
"store"anynumberofpreplannedstorageunitsatthatIDpoint.Werecommendthatyoucreateyour
ownWMmovementtypesforpreplannedactivitiessothatthepointsabovecanbeadheredto.
Activities
SUdocumentsareprintedwhenyoupreplanstorageunits.Youcanthenpassthesedocumentstothe
locationwherethestorageunitsareproducedinadvance.There,theycanbeattachedtothe
correspondingstorageunits.

1.Whentransferordersarepreplanned,thestorageunitsarefirsttransferredfromthegoodsreceipt
areaforproductiontoanIDpoint.
2.WhenthestorageunitsphysicallyarriveattheIDpoint,thetransferorderitemsareconfirmedanda
secondtransferorderiscreatedtomovethestorageunitsintothefinalstoragetype.
PreplanningStorageUnitsviaanIDPoint
Procedure
Topreplanstorageunits
1.ChooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInboundProcessGoodsReceiptforPurchaseOrder,
OrderandOtherTransactionsPutawayCreateTransferOrderPreplanStorageUnitsfrom

theSAPmenu.
2.Foraproductionorder,asaminimumenterthe
Warehousenumber
Plannedexecutiondate
Movementtype
Requestedquantity
Materialnumber
Plant
ChoosePreparation.
3.Enterormodifyinformationonthepreparationscreenasdesired.
4.ChoosePutawayforeground.orCreateTOinbackground.
Thesystemassignsstorageunitnumbersanddestinationstoragebins.Youcansetupthesystemto
assigndynamicstoragebins(quantnumbers)inanIDpointstoragetype.Youcanalsomanually
entertheIDpointstoragetypeinthePalletizationsectionofthepreparationscreen.
5.Postthetransferordertothedatabase(andprintthestorageunitdocumentspredefinedforyour
system).
ReceivingPreplannedStorageUnits
Inproduction,thestorageunitsarecreatedandpreprintedSUdocumentsareattachedtothe
correspondingstorageunits.InWMSyou"receive"thestorageunitswhichhavephysicallyarrivedusing
thetransactionPutawaystorageunit.Themanualprocessisasfollows:
1.ChooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInternalWhseProcessesStockTransferCreate
TransferOrderMoveStorageUnitfromtheSAPmenu.
2.Ontheinitialscreen,enterthestorageunitnumberandmovementtype.
Forpreplannedtransferorderswithopenitems,adialogboxwillappearwhichasksifyouwantto
confirmtheopenitemsforthestorageunit.WhenyouchooseYes,thesystemdisplaysthe
confirmationscreen.
3.Iftherearenodifferences,chooseConfirminternallyfromtheapplicationtoolbartoconfirmthe
transferorderitemandTransferorderPostfromthemenubartopostittothedatabase.
SinceyouchosethefunctionCreateTransferOrderforStorageUnitinstep1above,thesystem
displaysthepreparationscreenforputaway.Fromthispoint,youcreateanewtransferordertomove
thestorageunittotheIDpointandthentothefinalstoragetypeinthenormalmanner.
4.Tocreateanewtransferorderforthestorageunit,chooseCreatetrans.order.Basedonthe
movementtypedefinitionand/ormanuallyentereddata,thesystemselectsadestinationstoragebin
andcompletesthetransferorderpreparationscreen.
5.Postthenewtransferordertothedatabase.

HandlingDifferencesforPreplannedStorageUnits
Therearetwosituationsinwhichdifferencescanoccurforpreplannedstorageunits.
Normaldifferencesaredifferencesinwhichpartofthematerialsinastorageunitaremissing.
Whenlessthanthetotalpreplannedexpectedstorageunitsarriveinthewarehouse,areorganization
reportprocessesthese"missing"storageunitstoclearthesystemofpreplannedunusedtransfer
orderitems.
"Normal"Differences
Ifanormaldifferenceoccurs,enterthisinformationintothesystemwhenconfirmingthepreplanned
transferorderaftercompletingstep2describedin"ReceivingPreplannedStorageUnits"above.(For
step3,iftherearedifferences,marktheDcolumnandchooseConfirm.)
ReorganizationofPreplannedStorageUnits
Asanexample,letusassumethat,althoughyoupreplanned10storageunits,only8arriveinthe
warehouse.
Sinceonly8ofthe10storagewereactuallyplacedintostorage,theremaining2storageunitsmustbe
clearedfromthesystem.Todothis,youuseareportthatdeletesunusedstorageunitscreatedusing
thepreplanningfunction.ChooseSystemServicesReportingfromtheWMmenubarandenter
RLVSPLREintheReportfield.
Whenyoustartthereport,thescreenforthereorganizationofplannedtransferordersisdisplayed.On
thisscreen,youenterthewarehousenumberandvalidityperiod.IntheValidityperiodfield,youenter
thenumberofdaysfromtheplannedexecutiondatethattransferorderitemsaretoremainvalid.
Transferorderitemsthatarestillopenafterthevalidityperiodhasbeenexceededarecanceled.
Example
Forexample,iftheplannedexecutiondateisSeptember1,2000,andthevalidityperiodisdefinedas2
days,opentransferorderitemsareautomaticallycanceledonSeptember3,2000
BlockingStorageUnits
Ifyouwanttobulkstorageunitsfrommovementswithinthewarehouse,youcanblockindividualstorage
unitsforbothputawaysandpicks.
1.ChooseLogisticsLogisticsExecutionInternalWhseProcessesBinsandStockDisplay
SingleDisplaysStorageUnitfromtheSAPmenu.
2.EntertheSUnumberintheStorageunitfield,thenchooseStorageUnitChange,andENTER.
3.Toblockthestorageunitforputawayorpicking,selectthePutawayblockorPickblockfield.
Toexplainwhythestorageunitisblocked,youcanalsoenteracodeintheBlockingreasonfield.
4.Savethechangetothedatabase.

MultipleProcessingforSUManagement
Whenyoupostatransferordertoremoveaspecificquantityofmaterialfromastorageunit,the
remainingmaterialsonthatstorageunitareblockedfromremovalbyothertransferorderitems.The
exceptiontothisiswhenyouusethemultipleprocessingfunction.Usingmultipleprocessing,youcan
removestockfromastorageunitusingseveraltransferorders.Theonlyconditionisthatthesetransfer
ordersmustbelongtothesamemultipleprocessinggroup.