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Production Staging from multiple Storage Locations

Former Member
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Hi Experts

We have a scenario in which the Production Staging needs to be done from different storage locations of which only one is WM managed. So we are making an enhancement to pull the right storage location in the Production Order for these items.

Production Order details:

Material Produced : ABC

Component 1 : 123 comes from Storage Location SL01 - WM Managed

Component 2 : 456 comes from Storage Location SL01 - WM Managed

Component 3 : 789 comes from Storage Location SL02 - IM Managed

The idea is to pull these storage locations to Production Order and stage the components that comes from WM location thru Transfer Orders and thru Production Picklist for the components that comes from IM Managed. 

Would like to know if this is a general practice in the Industry. What kinds of issues we may need to foresee with this kind of process design?

Thanks!!

Surya

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I don't see problem with the scenario described here.

But just curious why you need to "making enhancement" to pull the right storage location in production order. Should not you maintain the SL01 in material master of Component 1 & 2, which will then be bring into production by standard SAP functionality?

So we are making an enhancement to pull the right storage location in the Production Order for these items.

Production Order details:

Material Produced : ABC

Component 1 : 123 comes from Storage Location SL01 - WM Managed

Component 2 : 456 comes from Storage Location SL01 - WM Managed

Component 3 : 789 comes from Storage Location SL02 - IM Managed

Former Member
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Thank you, Wang

System is pulling the storage location from the PSA assigned in the Work Center. So now that all the three materials are required for the same work center, system is pulling the same location for all. So to avoid that, we want to pull the location from material master, so that the location comes differently for each material.

Do you know any configuration settings that can pull location only from material master inspite of PSA is assigned to different storage location.

One of the issue I can foresee with this design is, it might confuse users with multiple combinations of materials in the same production order. Some are WM Managed with backflush and other are Non-backflush items. Similarly for the IM managed items. Just thinking it might confuse a bit to the people operating on shop floor.

Regards,

Surya

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If PSA is maintained in workcenter, storage location of the PSA will always be copied to production order item as issue storage location for assigned component, unless the storage location view of the component is not maintained in material master. Please refer to note 137225 for detail logic.

I haven't come across such kind of component staging process setup like this personally. However, in my humble opinion, whether this type of scenario setup confuses user, it depends on how your build your business process around the system process.

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Hi Surya,

Once you did confirm production order material movement will happen, in the BOM if some materials placed in the WM enabled storage location system generates TR other wise GI will happen. Only those TR need to convert into TO and confirmation require. Other material will move to Production area automatically which are in non WM location.