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Product Knowledge Base LE-WM

WM Organisational Structure
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Warehouse

Organizational division, usually of a plant that is used for the purpose of managing materials or goods that are stored in
storage bins.

Storage Type
A physical or logical storage area that can be defined for a warehouse in the WM system.

Storage Section
Picking Area
A logical or physical subdivision of the storage type.

Storage Bin
The smallest addressable unit of space in a warehouse (often referred to as a storage slot). Since the address of a storage
bin is frequently derived from a coordinate system, a storage bin is often referred to as a coordinate.

Quant
The existence of a material or a batch (same lot number) of a material in a storage bin. The material quantity in a quant can
be increased by an addition to existing stock.

Key of Quant
If any of these characteristics change, a new Quant is created

Material Number

Batch Number

Stock Category

Special Stock

Plant

Storage Location

Storage Unit Number

Explain storage type used in SAP Warehouse Management.

A warehouse Complex is divided into several different areas to store materials in
different manner, for example High Rack Storage Area, Bulk Storage Area, GR Area,
GI Area etc.

In SAP WM, the Storage Type have several controls.

WAREHOUSE STEP BY STEP CONFIGURATION