How to Understand EWM Storage Control - Brightwork Research & Analysis

Executive Summary

This article covers inbound storage control, how to use layout oriented storage control, and using layout oriented storage control in EWM.

Inbound Storage Control <blockquote “>

“Products can be putaway directly or through the use of storage control. Storage control enables complex putaway or stock removal process steps based on the warehouse processes or the physical layout of the warehouse/dc.” – EWM 100 Training Material.

Storage control combines process and layout oriented decision criteria. The process is executed first, then layout second. Process-oriented storage control only operates with handling units. Layout storage control can modify the process storage control decision. It is essentially another constraint and improves the reality of the planned movements.

<li “>Process-oriented storage control only operates with handling units <li “>Layout oriented storage control also only operates with handling units.

When to Use Layout Oriented Storage Control If stock movements in the warehouse do no travel from a source storage bin to a destination location directly. Rather travel via intermediate storage bin due to the physical layout of the warehouse.

However, you do not always need to use storage control. Often you can use direct putaway if the product being putaway does not have any processing requirement other than to be placed in a storage bin.

Advantages and Disadvantages of Storage Control Generally, storage control requires more configuration. It should have handling units configured, particularly if you use process-oriented storage control where HUs are mandatory.

You can see how rough the configuration is for storage control from these screenshots. There are very few configuration areas for Storage Control. Just the mid-four in SPRO listed below. The first 4 are BADIs, and the last one integrates Storage Control with VASs.

We will go into the Layout Oriented Storage Control and Process Oriented Storage Control. Here we are setting up an External Storage Process. Here we are setting up an external storage process, which is a series of steps. Both of these configuration steps are under Warehouse Tasks.

Process Oriented Configuration

Here we have filled in all the steps.

Now we will set up the Layout oriented Storage Control Layout Oriented You can see how the entries change from process to location oriented criteria. There is also integration between VAS and Storage Control. Layout Oriented Storage Control What automates warehouse control? Because product tasks represent the final putaway, the system will automatically create product tasks. The system updates the location of the product tasks. External process steps are assigned to an internal process. This makes it our default. We want to change the external step.