Warehouse Structure in the Warehouse Management System

• Warehouse Number
• Storage Type
• Storage Section
• Picking Area
• Storage Bin
• Quant
• Door
• Staging Area
• Warehouse Management with Lean WM

 Setting Up Lean WM

• Exercises

Basic Functions

• Number Ranges
• Foreground/Background Processing
• Bar Code Use
• Authorization Checks
• Archiving and Reorganization
• Warehouse Controlling

Planning and Monitoring

• Rough Workload Estimate
• Wave Picks
• Warehouse Activity Monitor

Basic Stock Management

• Material Master Data
• The Quant and Stock Management in WM
• Types of Stock
• Stock Category
• Units of Measure
• Batch Management
• Shelf Life Expiration Date
• Storing Materials in the Warehouse
• WM Interface to Inventory Management (IM)

Exercises

     Hazardous Materials Management

• Hazardous Material Records
• Hazardous Material Evaluation Reports

     Warehouse Movements

• Basics for Goods Movements
• Movement Types in WM

     Using Special Movement Indicators

• Transfer Requirement
• Transfer Order
• Handling Differences
• Storage of Pre-Picked Handling Units

Exercises

     Goods Receipt

• Creating Transfer Orders Immediately at the IM Posting
• Manual Creation of Transfer Orders for Putaway
• Posting a Goods Receipt Based on a Purchase Order
• Posting Returns for Deliveries
• Goods Receipt for Inspection
• Releasing Material from Inspection Stock
• Goods Receipt Without a Previous Posting in IM
• Negative Stock Check
• Stock Placement Using Storage Unit Types
• Cross-Docking
• Adding Goods to Existing Stock

Exercises

     Goods Issue

• Goods Issues Based Upon a Delivery
• Goods Issue Based on an IM Posting
• Manual Creation of Transfer Orders for Picking
• Goods Issue for Production Supply
• Multiple Processing
• 2-Step Picking

Exercises

     Stock Transfers and Replenishment

• Plant/Storage Location to Plant/Storage Location
• Internal Stock Transfers
• Replenishing Fixed Bins in the Warehouse
• Creating a Replenishment TO During TO Confirmation

Exercises

     Posting Changes in WM

• Processing Posting Changes
• Processing Posting Changes Entirely Within WM
• Processing Inspection Stock
• Releasing Consignment Stock from Inspection
• Processing Blocked Stock
• Converting Available Stock to Inspection Stock
• Changing a Material Number
• Dividing Materials into Two or More Batches
• Changing Stock Ownership from Plant to Plant
• Storage Locations in TRs, TOs and Posting Changes

Exercises

     Putaway and Picking Strategies

• Putaway Strategies
• Additional Factors that Affect Search Strategies
• Picking Strategies
• Stock Return Methods

Exercises

     Storage Unit Management

• Warehouse Management at the Storage Unit Level
• SU-Managed Storage Types
• Putaway using Storage Unit Management
• Stock Picking Using Storage Unit Management
• SU-managed Bulk Storage
• Storage Unit Documents
• Storage Unit Preplanning
• Blocking Storage Units
• Multiple Processing for SU Management

     Inventory

• Controlling the Inventory Process
• Take Continuous Inventory
• Take Annual Inventory
• Executing the Cycle Counting Inventory Method
• Take Continuous Inventory Based on Putaway
• Run a Zero Stock Check

     Mobile Data Entry

• Goods Receipt and Goods Issue
• Putaway
• Interleaving
• Picking/ Replenishment
• Pack and Unpack
• Inventory
• RF Activity Control Using the RF Monitor

End to End Customization and Business Execution (Exercise)