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WMFUN- Course Content

Unit 1: Overview to Logistics Execution

Unit 2: Warehouse Management as a Part of Logistics Execution

Unit 3: Scenarios for Warehouse Management Implementation

Unit 4: WM Organization Structure

Unit 5: Warehouse Management's Interface with Inventory Management

Unit 6: Warehouse Management: Inbound Processes and Putaway Control

Unit 7: Warehouse Management: Outbound Processes and Stock Removal Control

Unit 8: Warehouse Management: Delivery Processes using WM

Unit 9: Internal Warehouse Operations: Posting Changes and Stock Transfers.

Unit 10: WM Interface with Quality Management

Unit 11: Internal Procurement processes with WM

Unit 12: Physical Inventory in Warehouse Management

Unit 13: Warehouse Activity Monitor

Unit 14: Technical Topics

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WMFUN_12 Course Goals

Understand various types of basic methods of carrying out Physical

Inventory in the warehouse.

Understand the customizing required to use different types of Physical

Inventory methods.

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WMFUN_12 : Physical Inventory in WM

Physical Inventory Process

Physical Inventory Process in Warehouse Management

Customizing for Physical Inventory Process in WM

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WMFUN_12 : Physical Inventory Process

Physical Inventory Preparation

Physical Inventory Count

Physical Inventory Analysis

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WMFUN_12 : Types of Physical Inventory Processes

Periodic Inventory

Continuous Inventory (Perpetual Inventory)

Cycle Counting

Sample Based Inventory

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Annual Inventory (Counted at a key date or around the key date)

Continuous Inventory (Perpetual Inventory)

Cycle Counting

Inventory on First Putaway (During Putaway)

Zero Stock Check (During Stock Removal)

Sample Based Inventory

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WMFUN_12 : Physical Inventory Process in IM and WM

IM WM

Create Physical Inventory Doc. Create Physical Inventory Doc.

Block Materials Storage Bins

(Manually or Automatically) Activate Physical Inventory Doc. Blocked

Print Physical Inventory Doc.

Print Physical Inventory Doc.

Count/Measure
Count/Measure
Storage Bins
Block
Enter Count Results Lifted
Enter Count Results
Quant (+/-)
in Interim
Clear Differences in WM Storage
Clear Differences in IM
Quant (-/+)
Clear Differences in IM In Interim
Storage

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WM
Create Physical Inventory Doc
(LI01N, LX15, LX16, LX26, LICC)

Activate Physical Inventory Do Storage Bins

(LI02N) Blocked

Print Physical Inventory Doc

(LI04)

Count/Measure
IM
1. Change in System Stock in
Enter Count Results Storage Bins Block Lifted Inventory Management
(LI11N - Count, LI14 Recount)
2. Quant2 (-/+) posted to Interim
Clear Differences in WM Quant1 (+/-) in Interim Storage Area Storage Area
(LI20) (-/+) Added to Actual Storage Bin
3. Creation of Material Doc. With
Movement Type 712

4. Creation of Accounting Document

Clear Differences in IM for the material document
Quant2 (-/+) in Interim Storage Area
(LI21)

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WMFUN_12 : Physical Inventory Process in WM - Example

Warehouse Management Inventory Remark Documents

Txn Management
Interim Storage Actual Posted
999 Storage Bin
This keeps warehouse
LI20 15- 35 20 stock = 35 15 = 20 which
Inventory Document

is equal to IM Stock Cleared in WM

This keeps warehouse

LI21 15- -- 35 stock as 35 + 15 - 15 = 35
Inventory
Cleared in IM
Document

Material Document

Account Document

Example Assumption
Initial Stock for material A in the warehouse = 20 in storage Bin 100 before count
On count stock was found to be 35.

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WMFUN_12 : Customizing for Physical Inventory Process in WM(1)

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WMFUN_12 : Customizing for Physical Inventory Process in WM(2)

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WMFUN_12: Physical Inventory in Warehouse Management - Review

In carrying out physical inventory in WM, locking and unlocking of the

bins happen automatically

There is no accounting document created while posting differences in

WM

Using warehouse management, there are two more methods available

for continuous inventory activities. These are Zero Stock check and,
Inventory check during putaway.

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