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SAPWMInterviewQuestionAndAnswers
BySoujanyaNaganuriOctober18,2016
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WhatisSAPWM?
TheSAPWarehouseManagementsystem(WM)providesflexible,automatedsupportinprocessingallgoods
movementsandinmanagingstocksinyourwarehousecomplex.
WhatisTransferRequirement?
Aninstructiontomovematerialsfromasourcestoragebintoadestinationstoragebininawarehousecomplex
ataspecifiedtime.
Wherecanwefindexactwhereaboutsofamaterialquantityinthewarehouse?
Storagebins
InWarehouseManagement,Storagebinsaremasterdatacreatedeitherfromtheapplicationmenuorin
Customizing.
Basedonthismasterdata,thestockoverviewinWarehouseManagementshowstheexactwhereaboutsofa
materialquantityinthewarehouse.

Whatarethetransactionsavailabletocreateatransferorderformovingpartialstockswithina
warehousenumber?
a)LT01
b)LT10
Twotransactionsareavailabletocreateatransferorderformovingpartialstockswithinawarehousenumber:
CreateTransferOrderwithoutSourceObject(transactioncodeLT01)
CreateTransferOrderfromStockList(transactioncodeLT10)
WhatistherequirementforthePurchaseorderitemsthatareincludedwhentheinbounddeliveryis
created?
Theyshouldhaveconfirmationcontrolkey
Whathappenswhennostoragelocationforpickingisspecifiedintheorderitem?
Thesystemdeterminesthestoragelocationwhenitcreatestheoutbounddeliveryandcopiesitintothedelivery
item.
Thestoragelocationenteredintheorderitemisusedintheoutbounddelivery
WhatisTransferOrder?
ArequesttotransferofmaterialsataparticulartimefromsourcestoragebintoDestinationstoragebininsame
warehousecomplex.
DifferentstocktypesandstoragetypesinWM?
StockTypesUnrestricted,Blocked,QualityStorageTypesRack,Open,Shelf,Damage.
InterimStoragetypes?
GoodsReceiptarea,GoodsIssuearea,Postingchange,Difference.
WhereyoudothestockcomparisonbetweenIMandWM?
TcodeLX23
StoragelocationisIMorWMcomponent?
IM
Whichonewillthesystemgeneratefirst,TRorTO?
FirstTRthenTO.
WhataredifferentMovementTypes
101GRReceipts
102GRPOreverse
601GIdelivery
602CancelGIdelivery

651Salesreturn
909GRAmendmentExcess
DifferencebetweenStorageunitsandHandlingunits
StorageunitisacontainerinwhichamaterialstoredortransportedwhereasHandlingunitthecombinationof
materialandPackagingmaterial.
WhereiscontroltoconfirmTOforPutawayandPicking?
ControltoconfirmTOforPutawayandPickingcanbeconfiguredatWarehouse,StoragetypesandMovement
typeslevels.
WhatistheimportanceofQuantnumber?
wheneverudotheGRsystemwillgeneratesoneQuantnumberbasedonthecombinationofMaterial,Batch,
andBin.
Differenttypesofpickingandputawaystrategies,why?Justify.
Picking
FIFOTosaletheoldestmaterialfirst
LIFOTosalethelatestmaterialfirst
Putaway:Nextemptybin,additiontotheexistingstock,mixedstorage,fixedstorage,openstorage.
WhatisPostingChange?
Apostingchangegenerallyreferstoabookkeepingchangeachangeininformationaboutaparticular
material.Formostpostingchanges,suchaschangingabatchnumberorreleasingblockedstock,thegoods
themselvesremaininthesamephysicallocation.
ReasonsforMakingPostingChangesPostingchangesaremadeforseveralreasons.Theseinclude:
Releasingstockfrominspectionintoavailablestock
Convertingblockedstocktoinspectionstock
Designatingavailablematerialasinspectionstock
ChangingaMaterialNumber
Splittingavailablematerialsintotwoormorebatches
Convertingspecialstock,suchasconsignmentstockorreturnedstock,intothecompanysownstock
Changingownershipofstockinthesamewarehousefromoneplanttoanother
WhatisthesystemLandscapeatxyzclient?
3systemlandscape
WhereiscontroltoconfirmTOforPutawayandPicking?

ControltoconfirmTOforPutawayandPickingcanbeconfiguredatWarehouse,StoragetypesandMovement
typeslevels.
StockUploadingwillhappenatwhichModuleMMorWMatrolloutinxyzclient.
FirstinIM(MM)theninWM.
IsStorageunitactivationmandatory?
Itsnotmandatory
WhatistheimportanceofQuantnumber?
WheneveryoudotheGRsystemwillgeneratesoneQuantnumberbasedonthecombinationofMaterial,
Batch,andBin.
WillthesystemcreateanydynamicstoragebinsduringtheGR?
Yes,itisinthePurchaseOrder.
ExplainWarehouseStructure.
WarehousestructurecontainsaWarehousenumber,Storagetypes,Storagesections,storagebinsandfinally
quant.
Canasinglewarehousecouldbeconfiguredformorethanonecompanycode?
Yes,itcanbe.
TellmethedifferentpickingandputawaystrategiesdefinedforxyzClientfordifferentstoragetypes.
ForRack,OpenandshelfstoragetypesthepickingstrategyisFIFO.
PutwaystrategyforRack,Open,Shelf,CRDandFixedBinisNextemptybin,Openstorage,openstorage,
openstorageandfixedbinrespectively.
CanyoutellmewhatalldocumentsgetcreatedduringGRentryinWMProcess?
PO,InboundDelivery,TransferRequirement,ShipmentandTO.
AtWhatlevelthereleasestrategiesgetdefined?
ConfiguredatCompanycodelevel.

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