Setting up the WM-PP Interface

Use
The interface between the Warehouse Management system (WMS) and the Production Control of the
application component Production Planning (WM-PP interface) ensures direct material staging from the
warehouse to production.

Prerequisites
You have set up the application component Production Planning (PP).
You have set up the application component Warehouse Management system (WMS).
You have defined number ranges for control cycles. To do this, choose the activity

KANBAN Define

Number Range for Control Cycle in the Customizing for Production.

Procedure
You have activated the interface between the WMS and PP in the Customizing for Warehouse
Management under

Interfaces Define Production . To do this, proceed as follows:

1. Define a WMS movement type for material staging to production and a WMS movement type for
goods receipt from production in the Customizing for Warehouse Management under
Activities Transfers Define Movement Types .
2. In the standard system, WMS movement type 319 is set up for material staging.
In the standard system, WMS movement type 103 is set up for goods receipt from production.
This movement type is assigned to IM movement type 101 .
3. Define at least one production storage type as an interface storage type for material staging.
4. In the standard system, storage type 100 is set up for material staging.
5. Assign the WMS movement type for material staging to your material staging storage type in the
Customizing for Warehouse Management under

Interfaces Define production

Replenishment movement type Assign.

6. Create the production supply areas in the Customizing for Warehouse Management under
Interfaces Define production Production supply area Maintain.
7. Define and manage the physical production storage bins in the WMS.
8. For more information, see Creating Storage Bins .
9. Create control cycles for the components to be staged.
10.You define how a component is to be staged for a production supply area, and in which
production storage bin.
11. If you want to activate automatic material staging for production orders, define a production
scheduling profile in the Customizing for Warehouse Management under

Interfaces Define

Production Define control data Production View, and set the indicator WM request.
12.For more information, see Automatic Material Staging .

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You can only use automatic material staging if you have assigned a production storage bin to all
of the staging components.
13.Activate the WM-PP interface by setting the indicator PP interface active in the Customizing for
Warehouse Management under

Interfaces Define Production Define Control Data Whse

Management View Warehouse Number .

Material Staging
Purpose
You stage material you need for production at a certain time, in a particular quantity, and in a particular
production storage bin, via the WM-PP interface.

Prerequisites
The WM-PP interface is active.
For automatic material staging , you must define a production scheduling profile in the Customizing for
Warehouse Management under

Interfaces Define Production Define Control Data Production View.

Process Flow
1. You create a production order in the application component Production Planning and Control
(PP).
To display a production order, choose

Logistics Production Production Control Order Display from

the SAP menu.

The component overview shows all of the components needed for the production order.
Menu Path

Result

from the Production Order Display

screen
Goto WM pick list

Functions WM material
staging Proceed

The system displays:

The production storage bin

The material staging type

The material quantity already requested

The system executes material staging in the background, if you have released
the production order first.
To display processing errors, choose

Goto Logs WM material staging in

transaction Production Order Change.

1. Release the production order in PP.

2. The system determines the material staging type on the basis of the control cycle and
determines the production storage bins, in which the components should be staged.

3. Automatic material staging is active in the standard system. The Warehouse Management
system (WMS) automatically creates the transfer requirements (TRs) needed for material
staging.
You can also create transfer requirements for material staging manually .
Note
Transfer requirements for material staging have requirement typeP , and the requirement number is
equivalent to the number of the production order, for which the TR was created. For transfer requirements
for crate parts or release order parts, the requirement number corresponds to the number of the assigned
production supply
To display a TR for material staging, choose

Logistics Logistics Execution Internal Whse Processes

Transfer Requirement Display By Requirement .

End of the note.
1. You create transfer orders for the staging TRs in the WMS.
You can also let the system create transfer orders (TOs) automatically. This means that the system
automatically creates a TO for the material staging TR in the background. For more information, see
Automatic Creation of TOs for Transfer Requirement .
1. You execute the physical staging of the material based on the transfer order and take the material
to the production storage bin.
2. You post the goods issue for the material consumption.
There are two ways of posting the goods issue for the material consumption.
GI posting for material

What You Should Know

consumption
Backflushing with

With this kind of stock removal, the components are already at the production location.

confirmation of the

These are physically used up during the production process, but the consumption is not

production order

posted until the consumption quantity is known, that is to say after the order has been
confirmed. You do not need to enter any goods movements in Inventory Management for
these components.
The production storage bin of the materials consumed is defined in the production order.
The system reduces the material quantity in the production storage bin without creating a
TR or a TO.

Manually in Inventory

After final assembly has been completed, you have to adjust the stock levels in Inventory

Management

Management and the Warehouse Management system to correspond to the current stock
situation, and to reduce material consumption.
Enter the production order number during GI posting.

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If the WM-PP interface is not active, or if the production order or reservation was incorrectly updated due
to a previous error, the system posts a the goods issue for the material consumption to a general

interface, based on the source movement type 261 (in the standard system). In doing so, the system
creates a transfer order.
Taking Into Account Changes in the Production Order
During material staging via the WM-PP interface, the system takes the following changes into account:
Changes in product quantities
Changes in assembly part quantities
Material changes
Changes to the work center
Technical completion of production order
Cancellation of technical completion
Change in storage location or plant
Change to batches (see Pick Parts )
Changes to dates/times
Example
The system cancels, for example, all superfluous transfer requirements (TRs) for pick parts, or triggers a
follow-on request for missing quantities via a new TR.

Goods Receipt from Production

Use
Via the WM-PP interface, you can place goods from production immediately into your WM-managed
warehouse. In doing so, the system posts a goods receipt in Inventory Management (MM-IM) for the
finished material on confirmation of the production order, and creates a quant in the WM-managed
warehouse in the interim storage area for goods receipts from production.

Prerequisites
The WM-PP interface is active .

Features
Automatic Goods Receipt
You can define in the production order, via the control key of an activity, that the system automatically
posts the goods receipt of the finished material in the WM-managed warehouse on confirmation of the
activity. Posting then also occurs on partial confirmation.
You activate automatic goods receipt in the production control key by setting the indicator Automatic
Goods Receipt. Retrograde consumption posting of the staged components occurs on confirmation of the
production order, and the system automatically creates a transfer order for putaway.
Manual Goods Receipt

You can trigger the goods issue of the finished goods manually. In doing so, you post a goods receipt for
a production order in Inventory Management.
Note
In the standard system, you use the IM movement type 101 for goods receipts from production. WMS
movements type 103 is assigned to this IM movement type in the standard system.
End of the note.
With this movement type, the finished material is placed in the interim storage type 901 in the WMmanaged warehouse with the GI posting. The system generates a posting change notice. You create a
transfer order (TO) in the WMS for the putaway, based on the TR.
For more information, see Performing a Goods Receipt .
Putting Away Handing Units (HUs) from Production
You can also implement the WM-PP interface in connection with Handling Unit Management . You put
away goods finished in production into your HU-managed storage location in the form of handling units
after confirmation of the production order.
Caution
Note that if the HU number for the material to be put away is not yet known, the system creates an
inbound delivery for a posting change from storage location to storage location during the GI posting in
Inventory Management .
If the HU number for the material to be put away is known, the system does not create an inbound
delivery, but rather a material document for the stock transfer from storage location to storage location.
End of the caution.
You can put away a HU in a WM-managed storage location in the following ways:
If you know the HU number , choose

Logistics Logistics Execution Internal Whse Processes

Stock Transfer Create Stock Transfer Order Move Storage Unit in the SAP menu.
Choose

Logistics Logistics Execution Internal Whse Processes Stock Transfer Create

Stock Transfer Order From Stock List from the SAP menu, and choose the corresponding
storage type (for example, 901 - GR Area for Production).
Select the stock transfer view Storage unit on the initial screen.
Activate direct TO creation for GI posting in Inventory Management , by setting the indicator
Immediate TO Creation to A for the corresponding movement type in the Customizing for
Warehouse Management under

Interfaces Inventory Management Define Movement Types

LE-WM Interface to Inventory Management.

If you set the indicator Mail Control for Background Processing for the movement type, the system sends
a mail if an error occurs.
If you have set up the system accordingly, it does not take the entry in the column TR Create Transfer
Requirement into account.

Handling Units in Production Orders

Purpose
In the area of production orders you can use handling units (HUs) in the following cases:

Goods issues for the withdrawal of components.

For production orders with many components you can make the logistical processes considerably simpler.
You can withdraw components that are already being managed in HUs or first create the HU when the
components are picked.

Goods receipts for materials produced.

If you use make-to-stock production you can handle partial quantities of stock individually with differently
packaged handling units (for example: packaging variations for different customer groups).
Using handling units serves to optimize logistical processes and does not influence the flow of capital in
an organization. This means that all goods movements continue to be posted to the relevant production
orders.
If you use handling units, they offer you the following advantages:

Carrying out goods movements is made simpler.

Material flows become clearer and can be monitored or traced more easily.

Products can be individually packaged, even in make-to-stock production.

Integration
Depending on your organizational structure you can work with or without warehouse management
integration.

Features
The following processes and functions are available:

Material staging of the components with warehouse management integration

Material staging of the components without warehouse management integration

Packing the material produced

Post goods issue with HU

Post goods receipt with HU

Post partial goods issue with HU

Cancel goods movements with HU