on 03-29-2016 12:52 PM
Hello EWM experts,
I am setting up the system to test the Pick Pack and Pass scenario as we have conveyors that carry the Pick HUs(totes) to the picking stations.
I am able to create Warehouse orders(Parent and child) along with Pick HUs(Totes) now, but when I confirm the picking tasks on RF, the destination bin that shows up on the RF screen is not the bin of that activity area but the packing work center.
Packing is the next step after after all the picking is completed (all sub warehouse orders are confirmed) in POSC.
I am expecting that user be allowed to scan the destination bin of the picking station after picking is completed in that picking station so that the same tote(Pick HU) can then be taken by the conveyor to the next picking station.
Am I missing something?
Thanks
Saji George
Hi Saji (or George?),
how did you setup the information of where the picker should go to when he is finished with his activity? Actually I do not know what is missing, because I have never got it running myself. This is exactly the problem I am facing too: how is the system supposed to know what the end and start bin or whatever for an activity area is supposed to be?
The documentation about it is not really helpful (Pick, Pack, and Pass During Picking - Warehouse Order Creation - SAP Library). In there it says:
"f you work with the system-controlled method, you have to define the source and destination storage bins for each activity area.
On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Extended Warehouse Management
Master Data
Storage Bin
Assign Start/End Storage Bin for Activity Area
."
But I do not understand how it should work otherwise. The problem is that also if you maintain this start and end bin, it does not work. I have looked into and tried all kind of settings (even the interim storage type / section / bin in the activity area - another setting I have no idea what it is for), but without success.
Maybe someone who reads here and knows how this is supposed to work, can give a hint? What is missing in the documentation or how is this process supposed to work?
Brgds
Juergen
P.S. but I am very sure that the size of the activity area and the sort sequence have no influence
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Juergen,
Your reply has all that I wanted to write and it has all my findings as well. I have been struggling with this for the last few days. Yes, as you mentioned, I also don't see anything specifically mentioned for the "User driven" Process in SAP Help. The SAP help only talks about "system driven" process and the requirement for source and destination bins is only mentioned for this process. SAP does not talk about source and destination bins for the "User driven" process, but I was thinking "what else could be the way to specify the source and destination"? I can't think of any other way.
Our system will have different storage types(and activity areas) along the conveyor and I would like to know if the storage types(eg. the ROLE) for the start / end bins for these stations should be different from the storage types of the actual picking stations? I understand that the aisle should be common for the two storage types and the activity area of the start/end bin-storage type and the specific storage type(picking station) should be the same logically.
I started this thread, to see if someone has already found a solution or can share some ideas. May be someone can?
Thanks
Saji George
Juergen and Reddy,
Thanks for the response. I got the solution from SAP. They have recommended Note#2309107 (created for us). Now it is picking destination bin as the end bin of the activity area (Just like the system driven process??). Now only the destination for the last picking station is the "Packing center" as per the POSC step. Our scenario is a little different though. Here the picker at the last station will not take the product to the packing center as this is done by the conveyor. Do I need an LOSC step between picking and packing?
Thanks
Saji George
Hi,
the note looks promising (and as it has never worked at all, looking on the release list...). Need to test this.
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Our scenario is a little different though. Here the picker at the last station will not take the product to the packing center as this is done by the conveyor. Do I need an LOSC step between picking and packing? |
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Yes, that you cover with the layout oriented storage control.
Brgds
Juergen
Hi George,
Can you check the below settings,
Activity area should be have only one aisle, and that aisle should be maintained in the start & end bins creation.
against this activity areas , sort sequence should be 'blank' for the activity 'PICK'.
BR,
C K Reddy
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