Storage location control_ SCM630

Describe the functions of storage location control in Warehouse Management. Set up storage location control. Use storage location referencesBusiness ExampleYour company wants to make sure that goods receipts are only available to salesonce the putaway is complete.Purpose of Storage Location ControlGenerally, you can use the storage location control function if InventoryManagement for your materials is in several storage locations, for examplebecause the stocks have different owners. However, you can also use a storagelocation to map processes more exactly as part of storage location control, evenwithout a separate Inventory Management function. The goal is either to controlstorage location to storage location posting changes, which are necessary in goodsreceipt and goods issue processes regardless of the situation, or to steer stocks incertain storage locations to certain storage types and to pick stock from specificstorage types.Storage location control can, for example, be used to mark goods receipts as stockin a separate storage location until such time as the putaway is completed inWarehouse Management on confirmation of the transfer order. This is particularlyadvantageous for goods receipts for purchase orders, work orders, and otheractivities because it means that even those who do not have any access to the stockoverview in Warehouse Management can always see which (partial) stocks theycan access. For example, a worker who calls the storage location stocks from thesales order sees stock in the goods receipt area or stock en route to the destinationstorage type as .unrestricted use. stock, even though it cannot be removed fromstorage immediately.

In figure 31, a storage location (0220) is created for the sole purpose of goodsreceipt postings. Storage location 0120, generally used for picking, is flagged as astandard storage location in Customizing for Warehouse Management. Putawaystorage location 0220 is not transferred to the transfer requirement createdas a result of the goods receipt posting because the stock should be assigned tostorage location 0120, not storage location 0220, on completion of the putaway.Therefore when the transfer order is created for the putaway, the system fills thedocument field Storage location (empty in the transfer requirement) with the keyof the standard storage location 0120. The posting change from 0220 to 0120occurs either in the course of the transfer order confirmation or in a separate stepon completion of the putaway. This means that for the duration of the putawayprocess, the stock for putaway is either not visible at all or clearly visible as stockthat cannot be picked, depending on the configuration of the availability check.You can set up a similar scenario for production supply.Note: If you want to use Warehouse Management for refilling stagingcontainers as part of the KANBAN solution in production control(PP-KANBAN), then storage location control is required because theKANBAN staging storage location is always different from theWarehouseManagement source storage location.

Storage Location ReferenceIf you want to put away stock from a particular storage location into a certainstorage type and then pick the stock from the same storage type, you can workwith a storage location reference. You define this indicator in Customizing forWarehouse Management, assign it to a plant / storage location / warehouse number

combination, and then use it to influence the search for a putaway or pickingstorage type.

If you use Handling Unit Management, you can use the storage location referenceif packaged and unpackaged stocks are stored in the same warehouse number.Note: If Handling Unit Management is in use, the inventory for packagedstocks has to be managed in its own specially-marked storage location.The storage location reference therefore allows you to split storage location stocksat storage type level.Figure 32: Storage location reference: splitting stock at storage type level