| Making warehouses location controlled |  |
| As the goods volumes moving in and out of the warehouse increase, the need for more advanced warehouse management in the form of location control may arise. You can enable location control for a warehouse without inventory, that is, a newly defined warehouse, or a warehouse that has been defined but not yet been put into use, or for a warehouse for which inventory is present. To make a warehouse without inventory location controlled, in the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session, select the Locations check box. This topic describes enabling location control for warehouses with inventory. In a nutshell, to make a warehouse with inventory location controlled, in the Change Location System by Warehouse (whwmd3205m000) session, you copy the stockpoint and inventory structure information of the items of the warehouse to the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session. In this session, you assign the items to locations that you define in this session or define in advance in the Warehouse - Locations (whwmd3500m000) session or the Fixed Locations (whwmd3502m000) session. In the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session, after assigning the locations, you copy the adjusted information back to the inventory structure and stockpoint sessions by actualizing the locations assigned to the inventory. While actualizing the information, ERP LN adjusts the warehousing procedures. For a description of the procedure to make a warehouse location controlled, see How to make warehouses location controlled Prerequisites Before copying the item information to the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session, there are a few prerequisites to take into account. Block warehouse The inventory data that you copy to the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session must match the real inventory as closely as possible to limit inventory discrepancies after the process, when the inventory data are copied back to the warehouse. To limit inventory discrepancies, before copying the inventory data: Ensure there are no unconfirmed receipts Ensure that all shipment lines are confirmed or closed. Ensure that all cycle counting or adjustment orders are processed. Block the warehouse for inbound and outbound movements. To do so, in the Warehouses (whwmd2500m000) session, select the Blocked for Inbound and Blocked for Outbound check boxes. Because there may be inventory movements just before you block the warehouse, you cannot exclude the possibility of the occurrence of inventory discrepancies. In the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session, you can use the Validate Stock Point Balances option from the Specific menu to compare the inventory data in this session to the actual inventory. If there is a discrepancy, you must use adjustment orders to correct the inventory level after copying the data back to the warehouse. How to make warehouses location controlled After the prerequisites are met, you can start making the warehouse location controlled. To do so: Start the Change Location System by Warehouse (whwmd3205m000) session. Select the warehouse to be made location controlled. Select the items to be made location controlled or copied to the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session. Select the Make Item Location Controlled check box to make the selected items location controlled. For more information, refer to Make items location controlled. If required, enter a receipt, inspection, reject, or staging location in the location fields. Select the Create 'Change Location System' data for Warehouse check box to copy the items to the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session. You can also initiate location control and making items location control in separate runs. To do so, select or clear the Create 'Change Location System' data for Warehouse or Make Item Location Controlled check boxes as required before clicking Continue. To perform a trial run and print a report before actually copying the data or making the items location controlled, select the Print Report check box and in the Update Mode group box, select Simulate. To actually copy the items to the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session or make items location controlled, select Update. Note that at this point, the prerequisites must be met. Click Continue to launch the trial run or to actually copy the items to the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session. Start the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session. Look up the warehouse for which you copied the item data in the previous steps. For each item, in the New Location field, enter a new location as required. The location entered in this field overwrites the location present in the Proposed Location field when you actualize the location and inventory information. Actualizing the information is described in the final step of this procedure. You cannot enter fixed locations in the New Location field. You must create fixed locations in advance in the Fixed Locations (whwmd3502m000) session. When you copy the item data to the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session as described in the previous steps, the fixed locations are displayed in the Proposed Location field. If you want to divide the inventory of a particular item over more than one location, in the Specific menu, select Split and in the new line that appears, enter a location and the quantity to be stored in the location. If you made a mistake entering locations, select Rebuild Location System Data to remove the changes that you made. The data originally copied from the stock point and inventory structure sessions is restored. To check whether the item inventory data in this session matches the actual inventory in the warehouse, in the Specific menu, select Validate Stock Point Balances. If the inventory data in the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session matches the actual inventory, in the Specific menu, select Actualize New Location System. Make items location controlled The items that you copy to the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session must be location controlled. This is because you cannot assign non-location controlled items to a location. If you store a non-location controlled item in a location controlled warehouse, the items are stored without reference to a bulk or pick location, thus making the location system of the warehouse ineffective. Sometimes, the items, or some of the items, stored in a non-location controlled warehouse are location controlled. This is because these items are also stored in a location controlled warehouse. These items you can copy to the Change Location System (whwmd3105m000) session without making them location controlled first. Note Items contained in not-owned handling units cannot be made location controlled. To make such items location controlled, remove the items from the handling unit structure first. Related topics Using locations Inbound and outbound procedures Receipt and inspection procedures The outbound procedure The shipment procedure |