How to implement WH with the following business case

[Former Member]

Dear all

I have a warehouse all its input is from Production.

Production give this warehouse goods up to 10 Finished Goods.

FG1, FG2, FG3, FG4, FG5, FG6, FG7, FG8, FG9, FG10.

The production of these products are very dynamic.

For example:

On 09-01-2013 production team will produce FG1, FG2, FG3.

On 09-02-2013 production team will produce FG1, FG3, FG4.

On 09-03-2013 production team will produce FG8, FG9, FG2.

I mean the production is totally dynamic.

My warehouse structure is contains 10 Racks, every Rack contains 3 levels.

R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8	R9	R10
Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1
Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2
Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3

• Every bin have a capacity of 11 Pallet.
• I can receive 15 Pallets from production from item FG1.
• Every Pallet is a batch (Batch1 till Batch 15)
• Then the logic will work like this:
  • First pallet will be stored in R1-Bin1
  • And so on for the first 11 Pallet.
  • Then starting from Pallet 12 to pallet 15 it will be stored in R1-Bin2.
• After a while I received another 20 Pallet from production from item FG9.
• Every Pallet is a batch (Batch16 till Batch 36)
• Then the logic will work like this:
  • First pallet will be stored in R4-Bin1
  • And so on for the first 11 Pallet.
  • Then starting from Pallet 12 to pallet 20 it will be stored in R4-Bin2.

Why I left 2 racks? Because I know from the production team that there are still production from FG1 that will fill Rack 1 and Rack 2.

How can I implement this using warehouse Management in SAP ECC 6.

i want to know how can i configure this on SAP.

Thanks,

[Former Member]

i also added more justification in-case it may help more.

WH Manager knows that today total production of item FG1 will probably need

around Three racks.

then any output from FG2 i wil start it from Rack 4.

let us say that the WH is totally empty.

and my first receiving is one Pallet from FG1 and one Pallet from FG2.

so what i will do is adding FG1 in R1-Bin1

and adding FG2 in R4-Bin1.

any other receiving the system will automatically will add it

according to the same item (but batches are different).

my second receiving from FG1 the system will automatically will

continue to add items to R1-Bin2, Bin3 and R2-Bin1 till Bin3 and

R3-Bin1 till Bin3.

my second receiving from FG2 the system will automatically will

continue to add items to R4-Bin2, Bin3 and R5-Bin1 till Bin3 and

R6-Bin1 till Bin3.

i hope i was able to explain it all right.

i need a complete walk through of how can i implement this on SAP.

thanks,

[JL23]

this looks like dedicated storage sections for certain materials.

so you should define a storage section and add it to the storage bin.

then you assign the indicator for the section in material master and  activate the storage section search  that will then control that this material is only stored in bins that belong to this storage section. read more details in Putaway Strategies (SAP Library - Warehouse Management Guide)

[Former Member]

no this is not dedicated storage section for certain materials.

my example was FG1 and FG2.

tomorrow it can be FG3, FG5, FG1

after tomorrow will be FG10, FG9, FG6

and so on.

thanks,

[JL23]

If it is only the warehouse manager who is able to putaway by this meaning, then you may need to go a manual putaway instead of a strategy controlled putaway. Or you have to try to get the managers logic somehow in a user exit to control the automatic bin determination.

[Former Member]

what is the user exit and how it can be done.

can you give me any examples.

inst their any standard strategy i can use?

[JL23]

you usually can find this information easily yourself, you just need to type userexit and putaway strategy into the search box on top right. or in google.

Develop Extensions for Putaway Strategies (SAP Library - Warehouse Management)

the standard strategies put away what you actually have received, but you want reserve space for something that is not yet received.

[Former Member]

“The standard strategies put away what you actually have received, but you want reserve space for something that is not yet received.”

It is not reserving at all.

It is just adding same items together.

As an example I will put the first pallet of every item by myself, then the system will continue

Remember: I said that every Bin capacity will take 10 pallets.

Rack1	Rack2	Rack3	Rack4	Rack5	Rack6	Rack7	Rack8	Rack9	Rack10
Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1	Bin1
Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2	Bin2
Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3	Bin3

Case1:

I received 15 Pallet from FG1 then I will set the first Pallet by myself in “Rack1-Bin1” then the system will continue the other 9 pallets in “Rack1-Bin1” and the other 5 in “Rack1-Bin2”.

If I received another 12 Pallets from FG2 then I will set the first Pallet by myself in “Rack5-Bin1” then the system will continue the other 9 pallets in “Rack5-Bin1” and the other 2 in “Rack5-Bin2”.

Case2:

Then I received 20 Pallets from FG1 then the system will automatically add 5 pallets in “Rack1-Bin2” and 10 Pallets in “Rack1-Bin3” and the other 5 Pallets in “Rack2-Bin1”.

Then I received 18 Pallets from FG2 then the system will automatically add 8 pallets in “Rack5-Bin2” and 10 Pallets in “Rack5-Bin3”.

Conclusion: the system will see if this item already exists in the in any place in the racks then it will automatically add this item in the same Rack-Bin and continue to the next Rack-Bin.

Thanks,

please i need help on this, this is very important to me.

thanks,

[JL23]

analysing your case 1:

based on what info should SAP place FG2 in to Rack5-Bin1 ?

if you use the same strategy then it will just continue with the next bin e.g. Rack1-Bin3.

As you want it to go to Rack5-Bin1, you need to reserve somehow all those empty bins inbetween. Only then your case 2 scenario can add the quantity to the Rack1-Bin2 and the other ones near by.

And this kind of reservation can be achieved with storage sections, where you can define that FG2 may not be stored in a section which is designated to hold FG1.

[Former Member]

i will add the first Pallet by my self of FG2 in Rask5-Bin1.

then in the next receiving the system will find the Same Item i am receiving now and continue adding to it.

if this item is FG1 then the System will continue in finish Rack1 and then move to Rack2 till Rack4.

if this item is FG2 then the System will continue in finish Rack5 and then move to Rack6 till Rack10.

tell me if you need more clarification.

thanks for helping me.

[JL23]

at least I understood what you explained. But I  think we just turn around in circles.

if you first putaway anything of FG1, then FG2 will start where FG1 finished.

if you receive 1 pallet FG1, then 1 pallet FG2, then again 1 pallet of FG1, then your rack is filled exact in this sequence if you miss to influence the putaway e.g. by storage section search or with a user exit.

how shall SAP know that there is more to putaway if it is not yet received?

[Former Member]

isnt there any strategy that can see where is the Same item exists before in my racks and then go and add to it.

if the rack is finished, isnt there any strategy that can see the Current Rack number + 1 = Rack6

and continue adding to it and so on.

thanks,

[JL23]

sure there is a strategy that can see where same item exists. but if you have no space there, then it goes over to strategy next empty bin.

Strategy I: Addition to Existing Stock - Warehouse Management System (WMS) - SAP Library

and if you haven't done anything to "reserve" a section, then the next empty bin is beyond your FG2 material

[Former Member]

i know that Strategy I: Addition to Existing Stock - Warehouse does not allow different batch.

in our case every pallet is a batch.

as per my small understanding that the Strategy B: Bulk Storage can contain in the

Mixed Storage: C - Several Batches per Bin.

but actually when i did this i am facing a lots of errors.

"Mixed storage C only allowed in block storage managed for storage units"

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