Storage Type

Definition
A storage type is a storage space, storage facility, or storage
zone, which you define for a warehouse number in Extended
Warehouse Management (EWM). The storage type is a physical or
logical subdivision of a warehouse complex, which is
characterized by its warehouse technologies, space required,
organizational form, or function. A storage type consists of one or
more storage bins.
You can define the following commonly-used physical storage
types in EWM:
Bulk storage area
General storage area
High rack storage area
Fixed bin storage area
Rack storage area
Use
The storage types form the warehouse complex and can be
located in one or more buildings. You manage all storage types
under a single warehouse number.
The standard system for EWM comes configured with several
complete storage types that you can use straightaway. These
include:
High rack storage area
Bulk storage area
Fixed bin storage area

 General storage area

Pallet storage area
These storage types have all been defined with different control
indicators for putaway and picking.
You can use the standard storage types as the basis for your
individual settings, or you can create your own storage types to
meet the special requirements of your company.
Defining Control Indicators in the Storage Type
At storage type level, you must specify the control indicators that
control the material flow (putaway and picking) in each storage
type. These include the control indicators for:
Putaway
Stock removal (picking)
Some control indicators for storage types are mutually exclusive,
and certain combinations of indicators cannot be permitted for
legal reasons or due to internal guidelines. In these cases, the
system generates an error message. We recommend that you
check and test all new combinations carefully, before you release
them in the production system.
You can only activate or deactivate the level of the available
quantities and handling unit management requirement, if there
are no stocks present within a storage type.
We recommend that you only change the capacity check for a
storage type if no more stocks are present within the storage
type.

Particular care should be taken if you subsequently change the

putaway behavior for putaway.
In the storage type, there are indicators that you can override in
the warehouse process category. This means that specific
functions, such as the confirmation requirements for putaway and
picking or the option for posting changes to the same storage bin,
are valid for specific storage types, but are not valid for a specific
posting.
For more information about changing the predefined storage
types or creating new storage types, see the Implementation
Guide (IMG) for EWM under Extended Warehouse Management
Master Data Define Storage Type.
Example
You can define several storage types for each warehouse number.
The following figure shows five storage types that are assigned to
a warehouse number: