ReplenishmentoffixedbinsinSAPWM

Theneedforreplenishment
Webuycommoditieslikerice,attaandsugarinbulk(sayin510kgpacks)andstoretheminlargecontainers.
Butinordertousethem,wepreferpickingfromsmallerutensilsastheyarehandy.Yet,whentheseutensilsare
empty(ornearlyempty),theyneedtobereplenishedfromourlargercontainers.
Businessesalsofacesimilarsituations,andhencetheypreferhavingseparatestorageareasforbulk(say,a
godown)andracks(fromwheretheycaneasilyaccessthedesiredmaterials).
SAPWMprovidesaninterestingreplenishmenttechniquetotransfermaterialsfromabulkstorageareatoa
fixedbin.

Prerequisites
Inordertoautomatethings,SAPwouldliketoknow:
1.Thefixedbinwherethematerialistobereplenished
2.Theminimumandmaximumquantitiesthatcanbestoredinthefixedbin
3.Theminimumquantitythatcanbereplenished(owingtothepackagesize,forinstance).
Asyouwouldexpect,theaboveinformationneedstobemaintainedinthematerialmasterWMviewsatthe
warehousestoragetypelevel.

StepsinSAP
Movementtype319isusedinstandardforthispurpose.
TherequirementtypeisP,whichmaybedoneawaywith(inthemovementtypeconfiguration)
RunTcodeLP21forthispurpose.ThesystemwillproposethequantitiestobereplenishedandwillcreateTRs.
ThesecanthenbeconvertedtoTOs(manuallyorautomatically)

Calculationofreplenishmentquantity
Thelogicofcalculatingthequantitytobereplenishedisasfollows:
Currentstock=Availablestock(fromLQUA)+OpenTR+Putawaystock(fromLQUA)
IftheCurrentstock(calculatedabove)islessthantheminimumbinquantity(inarticlemaster),thenthe
quantitytobereplenishediscalculatedas:
Integralmultipleofreplenishmentquantity(inarticlemaster)sothatafterreplenishment,stocksdonotexceed
themaximumbinquantity(inarticlemaster)
Takinganexample:
Currentstock:50(availablestock+openTR+putawaystock)
Minquantity:500
Maxquantity:1000
Replenishmentquantity:100
Replenishmentwilltakeplace,sincecurrentstockis<Minquantity.
Andreplenishmentmusttakeplaceinmultiplesof100sothatthemaxquantity(1000)isnotbreached
So,50+n*100<1000
Wehaven=9andhence900wouldbereplenishedinourexample.

Ensuringavailability
ByusingLP21asabatchjob,itispossibletoensurestocksareavailableatthepointofconsumption,andno
expeditionisrequired.
AfriendaskedmehowtosetexchangeratemanuallyinMIRO.Ofcoursethisisapplicableonlyforforeign
currencypurchaseorders.Thetechniquegoeslikethis:

1)GotoMIRO
2)EnterInvoiceDate,postingdate,referencenumberandtheforeigncurrency.
3)GotoDetailstabpage&enterthedesiredexchangerate.
4)EnterthePONo&PressEnter
Itdoeswork!
Thankstomyfriendandtheonewhogavemetheanswerinthefollowinglink.
Letsfaceit.NoteverythingcanbereversedinSAP.Thishappenswhenmultiplefeaturesgetcombinedatthe
sameplace.
ConsiderthefollowingscenariowherethereisWMandHUinthesamestoragelocation.Thestandardprocess
forreceivingHUsis:
a)CreateinbounddeliveryVL31N
b)CreateHUsintheinbounddeliveryVL32N
c)CreateputawayTOagainstthedelivery:Thiswillresultinnegativestockin902storagetypeandHUswould
bepresentintheputawaystoragetype,asperthedesiredstrategy
d)DoaGRagainsttheinbounddeliveryMIGO/VL32N
Whatsinterestingisthatafterstepciscompleted,thereisnowayonecanreversetheentriesiethattheHUs
cannotdisappear.
Sowhattodo,thefollowingthreadrecommendscompletionofGRandthenfollowitupwithareturndelivery
(thereisahighchancethatGRcancellationwillnotwork).
Ifthisprocessaffectsyourreporting,thenGodhelpyou!!