SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMM1 (Activate Storage Bin Type Search)
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IMG Activity
ID SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMM1 Activate Storage Bin Type Search  
Transaction Code S_ALR_87002829   IMG Activity: SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMM1 
Created on 19981222    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMM1   Activate storage bin type search 
Customizing Activity SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMM1   Activate storage bin type search 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_CFMENUOLMLOMM1    

The Warehouse Management System (WMS) can manage different sizes of storage bins within a storage type. The storage bins are determined during the storage bin search:

  1. It is generally known which loading equipment (storage unit type) is required to place the material into stock. This information is either
    • entered manually OR
    • can be found in the material master.
      • In this case, the SAP System suggests the relevant storage unit type for the putaway as a default.
  2. Then the WMS checks if the storage unit which is to be placed into stock may be put away in the storage typed determined by the storage type search.

    The table "Allowed storage unit types per storage type" contains details on which storage unit types (SUTs) may be used in which storage types.

    This table defines which storage unit type may be used within each storage type. Up to 10 storage units may be assigned per storage type.

    If more than 10 storage units are required per storage type, it is possible to activate the weak SUT check.

    To do this, enter *** in this table as the allowed SUT. This has the effect that, in theory, all SUTs are allowed for this storage type. The system then searches for a bin that matches the storage unit type according to the allowed storage bin type per SUT.

  3. Then the system searches for a suitable storage bin using the putaway strategy.
    • For this purpose you have assigned a storage bin type to each storage bin in the master data.
    • Via the table "Storage bin type search" the WMS finds information on which SUTs match which storage bin types.
      The search for a subsequent storage bin type is restricted to the permitted storage bin types which are run through sequentially according to the sequence of entries in this table.
  4. If you manually enter the storage bin during putaway, the WMS checks if the SUT may be used on the relevant storage bin.

Requirements

The storage unit type check parameters must be activated. This check is independent of a particular strategy. You can use it for all putaway strategies.

Recommendation

If you wish to implement the above weak SUT-check, check your table options exactly as performance problems may arise if the customizing option is not properly set.

The following example should illustrate these problems and their solution:

  • Storage bin types P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 are allowed for storage unit type E1. E1 is to be placed in stock in storage type 001. Here there are only storage bins of type P0.
  • Normally E1 would not be included in the storage unit types allowed for storage type 001. The WMS recognizes this and searches for a bin in the next storage type.
  • A weak SUT check is when the database is accessed 5 times unsuccessfully. This number increases depending on how many different storage sections you work with at one time.

You can check the Customizing options via the storage bin determination log (transport order management). Multiple access to the database does not greatly impair performance. The number of times the database is accessed in this way can be decreased using an optimized storage type search.

Activities

Set the parameters for bin type search in the following sequence:

  1. Bin types

    Divide your storage bins into groups (for example, large bins, small bins).

  2. Check your warehouse master data and, if necessary, fill in any missing storage bin types.
  3. Storage unit types

    Classify your storage units (for example, by palette type).

  4. Check your material masters and add palletization data, if this has not already been done.
  5. Allocation of storage unit types / storage type

    For each storage type, define which storage unit types may be placed into stock in this storage type.

  6. Allocation of storage unit types / storage bin types

    For each storage bin type, define which storage unit type may be put away.

  7. Activate the storage unit type control function in the putaway control parameters for the desired storage bin.

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_CFMENUOLMLOMM1 0 HLA0006620 A E4A0000031 A HLA0006009 A HLA0006041  
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_T301S V - View OMM1 12 Define storage type search 
V_T303 V - View OMM1 0000000001 Storage bin types 
V_T307 V - View OMM1 0000000001 Storage unit types 
V_T334E V - View OMM1 0000000001 Storage unit type check 
V_T334P V - View OMM1 0000000001 Storage Bin Type Search 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  20080611 
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