Multiple material to one fixed bin

[Former Member]

Hi Folks,

We have a warehouse where we have fixed bin.Due to insufficient physical bin location in warehouse

We have decided to store a multiple material having same physical characteristics in one Fixed bin.

Now my query is there any drawbacks of using one bin for multiple materials ?

For this what Removal strategy we are supposed to use ? Can we use FIFO or Fixed Bin removal strategy ?

Regards,

[Former Member]

Hello John,

You can maintain WM movement for fixed bin replenishment and Define Replenishment Control for Storage Type under below mentioned path.

SPRO -> Logistics Execution ->Warehouse Management ->Activities ->Transfers ->Define Stock Transfers and Replenishment Control

And then you can use either RLLNACH1 (LP21) report or RLLNACH2 (LP22) report to execute or plan replenishment.

[MANIS]

Hi John

From Technical point of view you can follow the below process

1) Define F-Fixed bin as Removal strategy for the storage type

2) Define same bin as fixed bin for multiple material

3) Define min,max & Replenish quantity for each material in WM 2 view of individual material

4) At the time of replenishment system checks the current stock and if the stock of fixed bin is less then the min qty then it triggers a replenishment e.g.

Current stock: 10 (available stock + open TR + putaway stock)

Min quantity: 50

Max quantity: 100

Replenishment quantity: 20

      Replenishment will take place,since current stock is< Min quantity and it will be in multiple of 20

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Operationaly it is not advisable to store multiple material in the same storage bin.This will have certain pros and cons. From a business consultant point of view i can see certain pros and cons

1) Storage BIN Capacity constraint

2) Increase in Picking time

3) Increase in Putaway time

Normally if we are running short of fixed bin then we suggest client to store slow moving material in the same bin as you received order for those material once or twice in a week / month (Depend on the business)

Hope this will help

[Former Member]

Hi John,

Since you have only one bin which is fixed i would suggest to use fixed bin removal strategy. There is no issue if you store multiple materials but make sure that you allow mixed storage for your storage type. That is in the define storage type, put 'x' for mixed storage field.

IMG->LE->WM->Master data-> Define storage type.

Regards

Vijay

[Former Member]

Hi Vijaya,

In the same fixed bin we store around 5 different materials .

Now we wanna define Maximum & Minimum bin capacity ,So what you suggest for this ?

We are defining this to replenish the bin from time to time.

So what is your suggestion for this ?

Regards,

[sushant_wanjari]

Hi John,

The max, min and replenishment quantity can be defined for individual materials in the material master record. If you wish to maintain the capacity of the storage bin, then you have to do it in the storage bin defination using LS02N.

When you run the replenishment program, do specify the relevant material as well. Please test once in the testing environment.

Thanks,

Sushant

[Former Member]

Hi John,

Use the fixed bin replenishment based on maximum and minimum bin quantity, there is no issue you can define it for multiple materials. Your storage type should have capacity check method = 3.

Let me know if you need any more help.

Regards

Vijay

[Former Member]

Hi Vijaya,

My replenishment requirement for multiple material in fixed Bin(A1-1-1) is as below :

Bin A1-1-1 contains qty 50(Mat A,Mat B,Mat C,Mat D,Mat E each with 10 qty)

Also each material Maximum qty is 100 & Min Qty is 60 & Replenish qty is 1.

So when i run LP21 the requested qty should be 50.

So for this scenario as suggested Capacity check method=3 will work out ?

Regards,

[Former Member]

Hi John,

The LP21 program will calcluate the requested quantity based on max/min quantity and replenishment quantity given in the material master.

Suppose if you want the system to determine based on max/min quantity, then the requested quantity will be always the substraction of max quantity from available quantity of the material and not the bin stock.

So, in your case when you run the LP21, the system will show requested quantity as '90' for all materials A,B,C,D & E and not 50.

Regards

Vijay

[Former Member]

Hi Vijaya,

Your above post tells that Fixed Bin Replenishment LP21 will decided accodring to Material master

setting (Max qty,Min qty & Replenishment qty ) regardless of Qty present in Bin A1-1-1 .

As there is already 50 qty in bin A1-1-1 then how  the system calculates replenishment qty as 90 ?

What is logic for this ? What you suggest to tackle with such requirement ?

Regards,

[Former Member]

Hi John,

The LP21 program calculates the requested quantity by substracting the max quantity (given in the material master) from the available material stock. For example the material A as stock 10 and the max quantity =100 and min quantity = 60 in the material master. When you run the LP21 the system calculates the requested quantity as (100-10) = 90. This method is called replenishment based on max/min quantity.

If you use the replenishment quantity method, then the LP21 calculates the requested quantity is equal to replenishment quantity.

For more details, refer below link.

http://help.sap.com/saphelp_46b/helpdata/en/35/a47df1763e0392e10000009b38f9b7/content.htm

Regards

Vijay