Bulk Storage Putaway Strategy - Small to large bin selection

[former_member833349]

Hello,

we are working on a new putaway strategy for our bulk storage locations. We have bulk locations of different sizes, ranging from 2 pallets to 40 pallets.

We want to make sure that when we receive new materials SAP will try and find the optimal location for the quantity received; i.e. if we receive 10 pallets we would like to put them in a location of 10 pallets and not in a location that could fit 40 pallets.

Is there a setting that would force SAP to go through all bins based on their size. Or is there an identification that we can give all bins that SAP goes through in the order we would like?

Thanks

[AlexGourdet]

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[Dominik_Tylczynski · Accepted solution]

Hello bartgerrits

The standard way to implement your requirement is to define storage bin type for each bin size and storage unit types for each pallet size. Then storage bin type strategy can be used to place a pallet in bins starting with the smallest ones - SPRO: Logistics Execution -> Warehouse Management -> Strategies -> Activate Storage Bin Type Search

The drawback is that the storage unit type of a pallet doesn't change if the pallet quantity is diminished with partial picking. E.g. let's say that initially a pallet has 10 PC and it is assigned storage unit type S10, also let's say that you have defined storage unit types S08 for pallets with 8 PC and S05 for pallets with 5 PC. Now, when you do a partial picking of 5 PC from the S10 pallet, its storage unit type will remain S10, even though you only have 5 PC know and could fit the pallet into a smaller bin.

If you don't like this approach you can use the MWMTO003 SMOD enhancement to implement a custom stock placement strategy.

Best regards

Dominik Tylczynski