SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMLY (Activate Storage Type Search)
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       ⤷ LVS (Package) Application development Warehouse Management (WM)
IMG Activity
ID SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMLY Activate Storage Type Search  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87002877   IMG Activity: SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMLY 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMLY   Activate storage type search 
Customizing Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMLY   Activate storage type search 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMLY    

For putaway or pick operations, the Warehouse Management System (WMS) must know:

  • into which storage types materials can be placed
  • from which storage types materials can be removed

In the WMS, a storage type is determined as follows:

  1. In the case of a putaway, you generally know where the material for the putaway is coming from. In the case of a pick, you generally know to where the material to be removed is to be transferred.

    Information on the location from where the material is to be picked is either stored in the transfer requirement or determined by the system using the WM movement type.

  2. The system must then know into which storage type the material should be placed, or from which storage type the material should be removed. The table "Storage type search", which you are setting here, provides this information. In this table, you store the preferred sequence of storage types to be searched for the material for putaways or picks.
    If you have activated the storage unit check, this check also influences the storage type search. In this case, the storage unit type from the transfer order is also checked against the allowed storage units per storage type. The system finds this information via the table "Allowed storage unit types / storage type", which you are also setting here.
    For further information on this subject, refer to the chapter Storage type search.
  3. Furthermore, you can influence the storage type search using other indicators:
  4. As mentioned above, different indicators influence the storage type search. If, however, you are using storage type indicators and you also have materials with different stock categories or materials with different special stocks, the number of required entries in the storage type search table can become quite large.

    To reduce the number of entries, you can define an access strategy for the storage type search table. With the help of this access strategy, the system determines the required entries in the storage type search table as follows:

    • The system first tries to find a suitable match, that is, an entry in the storage type search table with all the relevant indicators from the material master and, if available, from the hazardous material master.
    • If the system does not find a suitable entry in the storage type search table, it again tries to read this table, but this time using the access strategy.

Actions

Set the required parameters for the "Storage type search" in the specified sequence:

  1. Storage type indicator

    Using the storage type indicator, you can ensure that certain materials are only removed from certain storage types or placed into certain storage types in the order of preference you have defined.

    You define the valid storage type indicators in the table for "Storage type indicators".

  2. Storage type search

    Now define the sequence of storage types to be searched by the system for stock putaway and stock pick proposals.

    Make sure that you enter the correct indicators for stock putaway and stock pick in the appropriate column.

    If you want the system to search through the entire warehouse number for a stock pick, enter "***" (stands for stringent FIFO) as the storage type. The system will then search the entire warehouse for the oldest stock of the material. The entry "+++" means that the system branches to the user exit to the stringent FIFO process (MWMTO013).

    If you are using the 2-step picking procedure, make sure that the destination storage type of the pick step is used as the source storage type for distributing the accumulated quantities. For the storage type search with the 2-step picking process, define activity type "2" (Column "Activity").

  3. Movement type references

    In the Warehouse Management component, you can set up the system so that for each WM movement type certain storage types are proposed. If you want to use this mechanism, set up the necessary reference movement types for the movement types concerned. These reference movement types must be taken into account in the table "Storage type search".

  4. Access optimization for storage type search

    Instructions for access strategy for the storage type search table

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
Mandatory / Optional 1   Mandatory activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMLY 0 HLA0006620 Stock movements 
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
V_T305 V - View OMLY 0000000001 C MM-WM Storage type determination 
V_T333_C V - View OMLY 9999999999 C MM-WM Storage type determination 
V_T334T V - View OMLY 0000000003 Storage type search 
V_T334U V - View OMLY 9999999999 Access Strategy for Storage Type Search 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20080613 
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