Skip to main content

[SAP EWM] Storage type roles


 Standard Storage Type

A physical area in the warehouse where products are stored. SAP has pre-configured a number of standard storage types.

Identification Point

An area within a warehouse where goods are labelled, identified, and/or checked during the putaway process.

Pick Point

A physical area within the warehouse where goods are checked, labeled, inspected, and/or packed during the goods removal process.

Identification and Pick Point
An area within a warehouse where both identification (Identification Point) and picking (Pick Point) takes place.

Staging Area Group
A material staging area, or many material staging areas, in the warehouse.

Work Center
A physical area within the warehouse where processes such as deconsolidation, inspection, packing or value added service processing take place.

Doors
A door or many doors is a certain physical location within a warehouse, for example, the doors to the west of the warehouse.

Yard
A yard adjacent to the warehouse.

Automatic Storage Retrieval (Material Flow Control)

An area using automated storage and/or retrieval, for example, as a conveyor system.

Automatic Warehouse (Controlled by MFS)

An automated high-rack storage area with a stacker crane.

Work Center in Staging Areas Group

A work center within a material staging area.

Production Supply

An area where products for the production are staged, near the production line.

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

M7021 : Deficit of stock relevant error message during Material Document Cancellation

Issue : When posting a Cancellation for a Material Document in transaction MIGO, you see error 'M7021 Deficit of not stock relevant' although the Purchase Order is setup with an Account assignment. Material / Batch is not managed on Stock Level even though material is valuated. Resolution : The issue is due to program bug and require to implement note - 2502183 - Slog: correction for quantity check. This note is applicable for S/4 HANA 1610 (S4CORE 101) and 1709 (S4CORE 102).

Revenue Account Determination - SAP SD

Revenue account determination is one critical integration point between Sales & Distribution and Financial Module. Here on posting a billing document to account, based on this revenue account determination, system determines relevant G/L accounts for revenue posting. As like any other basic function configuration like pricing, its configuration also based on condition technique. The condition technique is used in account determination in order to allocate the correct GL account and account key assigned in the pricing procedure against condition types carries the condition values from SD to FI. IMG -> SD -> Basic Function -> Account Assignment -> Revenue account determination -> Check master data relevant for account assignment. Through check master data relevant for account assignment, one has the opportunity to create account assignment grouping criteria. This grouping criteria provides the system with an extra variable in determ

Determinations in SAP SD

Plant Determination in Sales Order 1st Preference: System fetches Delivering plant from Customer Material Info Record if Plant is not found at this level then system will look into 2nd Preference:   Delivering plant from Customer Master data if Plant is not found at this level then system will look into 3rd Preference : the Delivering plant for Material Master data If business user overwrites Plant at sales document level then this will be given highest preference. Shipping Point Determination Delivering Plant (Based on above conditions) + Shipping Conditions ( Sales Document Type or  Customer Master Data) + Loading Group ( Material Master ) Storage Location Determination Plant + Shipping Point + Storage Conditions ( Material Master )  ( MALA) Plant + Shipping Point + Situation  ( RETA) Route Determination Departure Zone or Country of the Delivering Plant + Destination Zone or Country of the Ship to Party + Shipping Condition from the Customer Master + Transport