DocumentusedforexecutinggoodsmovementswiththehelpofWarehouseManagement(WM).Logical,physicalgoodsmovementsorstockchangescanbethebasisforatransferorder.Theseinclude:
Thetransferordercontainsalltheinformationrequiredtoexecutethephysicaltransferofmaterialsintothewarehouse,outofthewarehouse,orfromonestoragebintoanotherstoragebinwithinthewarehouse.Inaddition,itisalsousedforexecutinglogicalstocktransfers.Logicaltransfersofstockoccur,forexample,whengoodsarereleasedfrominspectionandmadeavailableforgeneraluse.TheselogicaltransfersarecalledpostingchangesinWM.
Whenyouconfirmatransferorder,youinformthesystemthatithasbeenprocessedandthatthegoodshavearrivedattheintendeddestination(seethesectiononconfirmingtransferorders).Iftheplannedquantity(targetquantity)differsfromtheactualquantityofstockthatismoved,adifferencequantityexists.Ifyouconfirmatransferorderwithadifference,thedifferencequantityisautomaticallypostedtoaninterimstoragetypefordifferences(seethesectiononstockdifferences).
Forcertaininventorymethods(forexample,zerostockcheck,inventorybasedonputaway),transferordersserveasinventorydocuments.Inthiscase,whentheactualquantityisconfirmed(afterthefirstputawayintoastoragebin),itisupdatedinthesystemastheinventoryquantity.
Atransferordercontainsallthenecessaryinformationonaplannedgoodsmovement.
Thetransferorderconsistsofatransferorderheaderwithgeneralinformationandoneorseveraltransferorderitemswithmaterialinformation(seethesectiononcreatingtransferorders).
TransferOrderHeader
Thetransferorderheadercontainsthetransferordernumberandthedatethatitwascreatedandconfirmed.Italsoidentifiesthetransferrequirementordeliveryonwhichitisbasedaswellasthemovementtype.
TransferOrderItem
Atransferordercanhaveoneorseveralitems.Thenumberofitemscontainedinatransferorderdependsonhowmanystoragebinsthesystemaccessesinordertoreachthetotalquantityofgoodsneededforthepickingrequirementorhowmanybinsareneededtostorethegoods(putaway).
Atransferorderitemcontainssubsectionsthatspecifythedirectionofthegoodsmovementforeachitem.
Thissubsectioncontainsthesourcestoragebinandthequantityofmaterialthatisbeingtransferred.Itindicatesthestoragebinfromwhichgoodsaretobepicked(goodsissue)oraninterimstoragetype(suchasthegoodsreceiptarea)fromwhichgoodsaretakentobeputawayinthewarehouse.
Thissubsectioncontainsthequantityofmaterialthatisbeingtransferredandthestoragebinintowhichthegoodsaretobeputaway.Forexample,itmaycontainastoragebininahigh-rackstorageareathathasbeenselectedforastockputaway,oraninterimstoragetype(thegoodsissuearea)forastockpick.
If,forexample,youhavethecompletestockrequirementsetandyoupickmorestockthanrequiredfromastoragebin,thesystemcreatesasubsectionforthereturnstoragebin.Thiscanbethecase,forexample,whenacompletepalletisremovedfromtheshelf,butonlyaportionofthematerialsonthepalletispicked.Inthiscase,theremainingquantitycaneitherbereturnedtoitsoriginalstoragebinortransferredtoanotherone.