SAP WM or Warehouse Management is a module in SAP system which provides flexible and automated support to assist enterprises in processing all goods movements and in maintaining current stock inventories in the warehouse complex. It is fully integrated into the SAP R/3 system and the transactions that are initiated in other SAP components results in corresponding tasks in Warehouse Management activating the actual physical transfer of goods within the warehouse. It allows enterprises in controlling and administering warehouse operations from the time the goods enters the warehouse until they are moved out.

The SAP WM module is fully integrated with other SAP modules such as Inventory Management, Sales and Distribution, Production Supply, Remote Data Processing and Quality Management.

Advantages of SAP WM:

-> It can track the exact location within a storage location

-> It can manage the whole structure of the warehouse, even the complex ones

-> It provides a better picking and put-away strategy

-> Can be interfaced to an external non-SAP system

-> Provides various options in monitoring the stock movements

In this SAP WM course from Uplatz, students will be able to understand an overview of SAP WM, the organizational structure of a warehouse, Master Data, Picking and Put-Away Strategies, etc. Lastly, on successful completion of the course, students will be awarded a Certificate of Completion on the course from Uplatz.

SAP Warehouse Management

01.                  Introduction to Warehouse Management

·        Warehouse management overview in SAP R/3

·        Organization Data

·        Warehouse Structure

·        Warehouse Master Data

·        WM Material master view

02.                  Organization Data

02.01.     Define Warehouse structure

·        Warehouse number

·        Storage type

·        Storage section

·        Storage Bin

·        Picking Area

·        Storage unit

·        Quant etc..

02.02.     Master Data

·        Material Master

·        Storage bin

02.03.     Transfer Requirement

·        Create Transfer requirement automatically

·        Create Transfer requirement manually

·        Create Transfer requirement for storage type

·        Create Transfer requirement for material

03.                  Transfer Order

·        Number Range for TO

·        Create TO w.r.t Transfer Requirement

·        Create TO w.r.t Posting change notice no

·        Create TO w.r.t Storage unit

·        Create TO w.r.t Material document

·        Create TO w.r.t Inbound delivery

·        T.O. Creation In Background

·        Confirm the Transfer Order

·        Cancel the Transfer Order

·        Print Transfer Order

04.                  Put away Strategies

·        Next to empty bin

·        Fixed Bin

·        Open Storage

·        Addition to existing bin

·        Pallets

·        Fixed bin strategy

05.                  Picking Strategies

·        Shelf life expired

·        FIFO

·        Stringent FIFO

·        LIFO

06.                  Warehouse Management Business Scenario's (MM)

·        Goods Receipt processing with inbound delivery (with ASN)

·        Goods receipt processing without inbound delivery

·        Goods issue for internal consumption

·        Replenishment Control for Storage Type

07.                  Warehouse movement types

·        Define reference movement types for WM

·        Assign reference movement types to WM movement types

08.                  Search Strategies

·        Storage type search strategies

·        Storage section search strategies

·        Storage bin type search strategies

09.                  Batch Management in WM

·        Condition Tables

·        Access Sequence

·        Strategy Types

·        WM Batch Search Procedure

·        Batch Status in WM

·        Characteristics and class

·        SLED In Batch in WM

·        Manual And Automatic Batch Display In WM