CASE STUDY
Product
SAP ERP 6.08 Global Bike
Level
Beginner
Focus
Warehouse Management
Authors
Simha Magal Stefan Weidner Chris Bernhardt
Version
3.0
Last Update
July 2016
MOTIVATION
Warehousing has significant value for logistics. Current trends such as higher cost pressure, shorter cycles of innovation, higher customer expectations and globalization of markets make great demands on companies, in particular on warehouse logistics. This is especially difficult in industries with high differentiation like the consumer goods industry. Furthermore, customers have increasingly higher demands on reliability, promptness and flexibility of deliveries. Warehouse management systems support the global flow of goods between the producer and the purchaser and facilitate near fail- proof logistic operations in increasingly complex supply chains.
PREREQUISITES
Before you use this case study, you should be familiar with navigation in the SAP system. In order to successfully work through this case study, it is not necessary to have finished the WM exercises. However, it is recommended.
NOTES
This case study uses the Global Bike (GBI) data set, which has exclusively been created for SAP UA global curricula.
Warehouse Management (WM) Case Study I
This case study explains an integrated warehouse management process which
is triggered by a purchase order for a warehouse-managed storage location.
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Process Overview
Learning Objective Understand and perform a warehousing process for
ext. goods.
Scenario Due to increasing sales output in your San Diego distribution
center, the management has decided to install a Warehouse Management
System there. These adjustments have just been completed. Now the new
system needs to be tested. For this purpose, trading goods shall be
procured from a vendor and put in stock in San Diego using the new
warehouse management system.
Employees involved Jennifer Brown (Plant Manager San Diego)
Carolin Bruzik (Warehouse Supervisor)
Sunil Gupta (Warehouse Employee) Yoshi Agawa (Receiving Clerk)
Time 70 min
In order to receive goods from a vendor you need to create a purchase order. Then, goods will be
sent from the vendor to the distribution center. As soon as you register the receipt of the goods in
San Diego, you will create a transfer order for the received goods. Due to this order, the
Warehouse Management will put the goods into stock. In conclusion, you will check if th e goods
were sorted into the correct storage bins. Because this case study focuses on Warehouse
Management detailed instructions of how to receive the invoice and how to pay the vendor are not
included. However, you may use respective parts of the Materials Management (MM) case study
to finalize the procurement process and see the financial impact.
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Table of Contents
Process Overview ....................................................................................................................... 2
Step 1: Create Purchase Order .................................................................................................. 4
Step 2: Display Material Inventory ........................................................................................... 6
Step 3: Display Material Inventory Value ................................................................................ 8
Step 4: Receive Goods ............................................................................................................... 9
Step 5: Display Material Inventory ......................................................................................... 11
Step 6: Display Material Inventory Value .............................................................................. 12
Step 7: Run Bin Status Report................................................................................................. 13
Step 8: Create Transfer Order ................................................................................................. 15
Step 9: Confirm Transfer Order .............................................................................................. 17
Step 10: Run Bin Status Report............................................................................................... 18
WM I Challenge ....................................................................................................................... 20
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Step 1: Create Purchase Order
Task Create a purchase order.
Short Description Use the Easy Access Menu to create an immediate
purchase order for materials from a vendor, i.e. to start the procurement
process without having created a purchase requisition before.
Name (Position) Jennifer Brown (Plant Manager San Diego)
Time 10 min
To create a purchase order, follow the menu path:
Logistics ► Materials Management ► Purchasing ► Purchase Order ► Create ► Vendor / Supplying Plant Known
Menu path
In the Create Purchase Order screen, change the type of purchase order to
Standard PO and enter 103### (replace ### with your number) as
Vendor. Confirm your entries by clicking or Enter and accept any
warning messages with Enter.
Standard PO
103###
Then, fill in US00 as Purch.Org., N00 as Purch. Group and US00 as
Company Code.
US00
N00 US00
Select to expand the Item Overview. Enter KPAD1### as Material
(replace ### with your number), 50 as PO Quantity, SD00 as Plant, TG00
as Storage Location, 40 USD as Net Price and 8 days from today as Delivery Date.
In the next row, repeat your entries but choose EPAD1### as Material.
Confirm your entries by clicking or pressing Enter.
KPAD1### 50
SD00
TG00 40
8 days from today
Repeat for EPAD1###
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Compare your entries with the screenshot above.
Then, click on to save your order. The system will assign a Standard PO document number.
Purchase Order
Document Number
Click on the exit icon to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 2: Display Material Inventory
Task View the inventory of your material.
Short Description Use the Easy Access Menu to display the inventory of your material.
Name (Position) Jennifer Brown (Plant Manager San Diego)
Time 5 min
To display the material inventory, follow the menu path:
Logistics ► Materials Management ► Inventory Management ► Environment ► Stock ► Stock Overview
Menu path
In the Stock Overview screen, enter KPAD1### as Material (remember to
replace ### with your number). Ensure that all other search criteria fields are
blank and click on .
KPAD1###
Note that the amount of your good in San Diego is zero. However, after
double clicking on SD00 DC San Diego you can see that you have an On-
Order Stock balance of 50 for your distribution center.
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Repeat this task for the material EPAD1###.
Repeat for EPAD1###
Click on the exit icon to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 3: Display Material Inventory Value
Task View the value of your material inventory.
Short Description Use the Easy Access Menu to display the value of your material inventory.
Name (Position) Jennifer Brown (Plant Manager San Diego)
Time 5 min
To display the material inventory value, follow the menu path:
Logistics ► Materials Management ► Inventory Management ► Environment ► Stock ► Warehouse Stock
Menu path
In the Display Warehouse Stocks of Material screen, enter KPAD1### as
Material (remember to replace ### with your number). Ensure that all other
search criteria fields are blank and click on .
KPAD1###
You can see that all values listed for this material are currently zero.
Repeat this task for the material EPAD1###.
Repeat for EPAD1###
Click on the exit icon twice to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 4: Receive Goods
Task Receive goods at receiving plant.
Short Description Use the Easy Access Menu to create a goods receipt which documents the receiving of your materials in San Diego.
Name (Position) Yoshi Agawa (Receiving Clerk)
Time 5 min
To create a goods receipt, follow the menu path:
Logistics ► Materials Management ► Inventory Management ► Goods Movement ► Goods Receipt ► For Purchase Order ► PO Number Known
Menu path
In the Goods Receipt Purchase Order – Username screen, change the
Material Document drop down to Goods Receipt, adjust the type of Goods
Receipt to a Purchase Order, and input your Purchase Order Number in
the blank space next to it.
Goods Receipt
Purchase Order PO number
If you have not written down the PO number you created in the first task,
you may use the F4 help in the PO number field (first blank field next to the second drop-down field).
In the following screen, use to choose the Purchasing Documents for
Material tab. Then, enter KPAD1### as Material and press Enter.
KPAD1###
Now double click on your entry.
After your order number is filled in, please blank out the position field (field
behind your order number).
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Note If you do not clear this field, only one of the two line items of your
purchase order may be transferred.
Then, click on or press Enter.
After your purchase order data comes up select the check boxes in the OK
column. If one of the boxes is grayed out click on to close the Detail
Data Screen. Make sure that Quantity is 50, SLoc is TG00, Movement Type
is 101 and Stock Type is Unrestricted Use.
OK
50 TG00
101
Unrestricted Use
Then, click on to save your receipt. The system will assign a unique material document number.
Material document
number
Click on the exit icon to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 5: Display Material Inventory
Task View the inventory of your material again.
Short Description Use the Easy Access Menu to display the inventory of your material again.
Name (Position) Jennifer Brown (Plant Manager San Diego)
Time 5 min
To display the material inventory, follow the menu path:
Logistics ► Materials Management ► Inventory Management ► Environment ► Stock ► Stock Overview
Menu path
In the Stock Overview screen, enter KPAD1### as Material (remember to
replace ### with your number). Ensure that all other search criteria fields are
blank and click on .
KPAD1###
Note that the amount of your good for unrestricted use in San Diego has
changed now. By double clicking on SD00 DC San Diego you can also see that your On-Order Stock balance is zero now.
Repeat this task for the material EPAD1###.
Repeat for EPAD1###
Click on the exit icon to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 6: Display Material Inventory Value
Task View the value of your material inventory again.
Short Description In this step, you will use the Easy Access Menu to display the value of your material inventory again.
Name (Position) Jennifer Brown (Plant Manager San Diego)
Time 5 min
To display the material inventory value, follow the menu path:
Logistics ► Materials Management ► Inventory Management ► Environment ► Stock ► Warehouse Stock
Menu path
In the Display Warehouse Stocks of Material screen, enter KPAD1### as
Material (remember to replace ### with your number). Ensure that all other
search criteria fields are blank and click on .
KPAD1###
As you can see the value for the 50 units of your material has been added to
the distribution center in San Diego.
Repeat this task for the material EPAD1###.
Repeat for EPAD1###
Click on the exit icon twice to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 7: Run Bin Status Report
Task Check the status of your bins.
Short Description Use the Easy Access Menu to run a bin status report
which will display a detailed report of each storage bin within the specified
warehouse.
Name (Position) Carolin Bruzik (Warehouse Supervisor)
Time 5 min
To run a bin status report, follow the menu path:
Logistics ► Logistics Execution ► Internal Whse Processes ► Bins and Stock ► Display ► Bin Status Report
Menu path
In the Bin Status Report: Initial Screen, enter 100 (for your San Diego
Warehouse) as Warehouse Number and STBN*### as Storage bin (replace
### with your number). Then, click on .
100 STBN*###
In the Bin Status Report: Overview screen you should see a list of all your
storage bins for the entire warehouse in San Diego. Double click on one of
your storage bins to get detailed information. As you can see the ordered materials are note present yet. Currently they are located in temporary bins.
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Click on the exit icon twice to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 8: Create Transfer Order
Task Create a transfer order.
Short Description Use the Easy Access Menu to create a transfer order to
place your goods into your storage bin. It is a handoff from inventory
management to warehouse management. The system recognizes that there are goods that have been received, but need to be put away.
Name (Position) Sunil Gupta (Warehouse Employee)
Time 10 min
To create a transfer order, follow the menu path:
Logistics ► Logistics Execution ► Inbound Process ► Goods Receipt for Purchase Order, Order, Other Transactions ► Putaway ► Create Transfer Order ► For Material
Menu path
In the Display Transfer Requirement: List of Material screen, enter 100 (for
your San Diego Warehouse) as Warehouse Number, KPAD1### as Material
(replace ### with your number) and SD00 as Plant. Then, click on or press Enter.
100
KPAD1###
SD00
In the Transfer Requirements for Material screen, you should see a line item
describing the goods just received for your purchase order. The requirement
number should be the same as the purchase order number you received
earlier. Make sure that the line item is selected and click on the
button.
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In the Create TO for TR 00000000XX 0001: Prepare for Putaway screen, hit
or Enter to copy your quantity of 50 from the Palletization section to the
Items section. Enter 001 as Sec, STBN-1-### as Destination Bin (replace
### with your number) and use F4 to select Shelf Storage as Type. Confirm
your entries by clicking or pressing Enter.
001
STBN-1-### 001 (Shelf Storage)
Then, click on to save your transfer order. If any warnings occur ignore
them by pressing Enter. The system will assign a unique transfer order
number. Please write down this number.
Transfer Order Number
Repeat the whole procedure for your material EPAD1### to put it in the
same storage bin.
Click on the exit icon twice to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 9: Confirm Transfer Order
Task Confirm your transfer order.
Short Description Use the Easy Access Menu to confirm the transfer order
you created in the previous step. This is confirming that the goods are
physically in the storage bin indicated in the transfer order.
Name (Position) Sunil Gupta (Warehouse Employee)
Time 10 min
To confirm a transfer order, follow the menu path:
Logistics ► Logistics Execution ► Inbound Process ► Goods Receipt for Purchase Order, Order, Other Transactions ► Putaway ► Confirm Transfer Order ► Single Document ► In One Step
Menu path
In the Confirm Transfer Order: Initial Screen, enter the Transfer Order
Number from the previous task and 100 as Warehouse Number. Then click
on or press Enter.
Transfer Order Number 100
Note If you have not written down the number you can search for it using the
transaction code LT23.
In the Transfer Orders: List of Resident Documents you have to fill in 100 as
Warehouse number. Then, click on .
100
In the Confirm Transfer Order: Overview of Transfer Order Items screen
you should see an overview of your transfer order created in the previous
step. Review all of the details to make sure you have the correct quantity and storage bin.
Then, click on to confirm your transfer order. The system will return a success message.
Repeat this step for your other transfer order number (second material).
Repeat for second
Transfer Order
Click on the exit icon to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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Step 10: Run Bin Status Report
Task Check the status of your bins again.
Short Description Use the Easy Access Menu to run a bin status report,
which will display a detailed report of each storage bin within the specified
warehouse.
Name (Position) Carolin Bruzik (Warehouse Supervisor)
Time 5 min
To run a bin status report, follow the menu path:
Logistics ► Logistics Execution ► Internal Whse Processes ► Bins and Stock ► Display ► Bin Status Report
Menu path
In the Bin Status Report: Initial Screen, enter 100 (for your San Diego
Warehouse) as Warehouse Number and STBN*### as Storage bin (replace
### with your number). Then, click on .
100 STBN*###
In the Bin Status Report: Overview screen you should see that the
StorageBin STBN-1-### is filled now. Click on one of your storage bins to
display detailed information and check whether 50 of each of your goods are stored in it.
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Note As you can see each of the materials is dedicated to an own quant
within the storage bin you have selected.
Click on the exit icon to return to the SAP Easy Access screen.
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WM I Challenge
Learning Objective Understand and perform a warehousing process for ext.
goods.
Time 70 min
Motivation After having finished the Warehouse Management I case study successfully you
should now be able to solve the following challenge.
Scenario The warehouse management system has been tested without any problems, so the
management decided to use the system productively. Now your task is to order two different
products (water bottles and road helmets) from the supplier Spy Gear, 50 pieces each. A water
bottle will cost 11 USD and a road helmet will cost 27 USD. The trading goods should be
delivered in 8 days.
After the goods arrived in your Distribution Center in San Diego they need to be transferred in two different bins.
Task Information You can use the Warehouse Management I case study as a guideline but it is recommended to complete this challenge without further assistance to prove your WM skills.