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Shipping and Receiving with Warehouse Management (239). SAP Best Practices. Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps. Purpose
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Shipping and Receiving with Warehouse Management (239) SAP Best Practices
Purpose, Benefits, and Key Process Steps • Purpose • This scenario delivers an example of how warehouse management (WM) can be used. It does not cover all possible warehouse management processes for complete WM implementation (for example inventory counting is not part of this scenario). • WM is used for the storage of raw materials and finished goods. • Internal transfer orders are used for put away, internal transfers and removal from storage. • Benefits • This scenario shows the integration of WM with inbound logistics, production and outbound logistics • Key Process Steps • Purchasing process with transfer orders • Production order creation and processing of material movements with WM • Sales order processing and WM transfer orders
Required SAP Applications and Company Roles • Required SAP Applications • Enhancement package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0 • Company Roles • Production Planner • Warehouse Clerk • Warehouse Manager • Sales Administrator • Shop Floor Specialist
Detailed Process Description • Shipping and Receiving with Warehouse Management • This scenario describes a business process, where Warehouse Management (WM) is used for the handling of raw and finished materials in purchasing, production and sales. • The process starts with the generation of independent requirements. • In material requirements planning, the bill of materials (BOM) for the semi-finished material demand gets exploded and production is planned right down to procured component level. Procurement takes place and the goods movements are done by using WM transfer orders. • A production order is generated and executed, using WM transfer orders for the goods movements of raw materials and finished goods. • Sales order generation and delivery processing using WM transfer orders for the goods movements.
Process Flow Diagram Shipping and Receiving with Warehouse Management Event Beginning of Planning Cycle finished Product Request for a finished product Sales Admin. Sales order for Finished product Production Planner Material Requirements Planning at Plant Level & Evaluation of Stock / Requirement List Planned Independent Requirements Convert Planned Order to Production Order Purchase Requisition Planned Orders Warehouse Clerk Create transfer order for component Create transfer order for picking Create outbound delivery Confirm Transfer order (finished product) Goods Issue/ for order component Goods receipt for order (finished product) Confirm transfer order finished product Change outbound delivery Confirm transfer order for component Confirm transfer order for picking Shop floor specialist Confirm production order Ware-house manager Check WM stock per material Check WM stock per material Buyer Procurement w/o QM (130)
Diagram Connection Legend <Function> Hardcopy / Document External to SAP Financial Actuals Business Activity / Event Budget Planning Unit Process Manual Process Process Reference Existing Version / Data Sub-Process Reference Process Decision System Pass/Fail Decision