Q1.What is SAP WM?

Ans:

The SAP Warehouse Management system (WM) provides flexible, automated support in processing
all goods movements and in managing stocks in your warehouse complex.

Q2.What is Transfer Requirement?

Ans: An instruction to move materials from a source storage bin to a destination storage bin in a
warehouse complex at a specified time.

Q3.Where can we find exact whereabouts of a material quantity in the warehouse?

Ans: Storage bins In Warehouse Management, Storage bins are master data created either from the
application menu or in Customizing. Based on this master data, the stock overview in Warehouse
Management shows the exact whereabouts of a material quantity in the warehouse.

Q4.What are the transactions available to create a transfer order for moving partial stocks
within a warehouse number?

Ans:

 LT01
 LT10

Two transactions are available to create a transfer order for moving partial stocks within a
warehouse number:

 Create Transfer Order without Source Object (transaction code LT01)

 Create Transfer Order from Stock List (transaction code LT10)

Q5.What is the requirement for the Purchase order items that are included when the inbound
delivery is created?

Ans: They should have confirmation control key

Q6.What happens when no storage location for picking is specified in the order item?

Ans:

The system determines the storage location when it creates the outbound delivery and copies it into
the delivery item. The storage location entered in the order item is used in the outbound delivery
 Q7.What is Transfer Order?

Ans: A request to transfer of materials at a particular time from source storage bin to Destination
storage bin in same warehouse complex.

Q8.Different stock types and storage types in WM?

Ans:

Stock Types :

 Unrestricted
 Blocked

Quality Storage Types:

 Rack
 Open
 Shelf
 Damage.

Interim Storage types:

 Goods Receipt area

 Goods Issue area
 Posting change
 Difference.

Q9.Where you do the stock comparison between IM and WM?

Ans: T-code LX23

Q10.Different Types Of Picking And Put Away Strategies, Why?

Ans:

 FIFO: To sale the oldest material first

 LIFO :To sale the latest material first
 Put away: Next empty bin, addition to the existing stock, mixed storage, fixed storage, open
storage.

Q11.Difference Between Storage Units And Handling Units

Ans:
Storage unit is a container in which a material stored or transported where as Handling unit the
combination of material and Packaging material.

Q12.Why One Should Create A Second To In Wm.

Ans:

Second TO has to be created at delivery level to move the stock from intermediate storage type to
Goods issue (delivery) area for loading the stock into vehicle.

Q13.Can You Configure The Automatic To Creation At All Document Level?

Ans:

Yes.

Q14.Where Do You Configure The Strategies For Put Away And Picking?

Ans:

SPRO->Logistics Execution->Warehouse Management ->Strategies ->Define Put away Strategies

and Logistics Execution->Warehouse Management ->Strategies ->Define Stock Removal Strategies.

Q15.Explain Warehouse Structure

Ans:

Warehouse structure contains a Warehouse number, Storage types, Storage sections, storage bins
and finally quant.

Q16.Can A Single Warehouse Could Be Configured For More Than One Company Code?

Ans: Yes it can be.

Q17.Tell Me The Different Picking And Put Away Strategies Defined For Xyz Client For
Different Storage Types.

Ans:

For Rack, Open and shelf storage types the picking strategy is FIFO. Put way strategy for Rack,
Open, Shelf, CRD and Fixed Bin is Next empty bin, Open storage, open storage, open storage and
fixed bin respectively.

Q18.Can You Tell Me What All Documents Get Created During Gr Entry In Wm Process?
 Ans:

PO, Inbound Delivery, Transfer Requirement, Shipment and TO.

Q19.Where Is Control To Confirm To For Put Away And Picking?

Ans:

Control to confirm TO for Put away and Picking can be configured at Warehouse, Storage types and
Movement types levels.

Q20.Define Storage Bin in WMS?

Ans:

Each and every storage type and storage section contains a row of storage spaces which are known
as storage bins in WMS. The coordinates of the storage bins can tell us the position in the
warehouse where goods are stored.

Q21.Define Quant?

Ans:

Quant is the stock of any material with similiar features in one storage bin. Different batches of a
material are managed by system into various different quants. Quant quantity can be increased by
an addition to existing stock. The quants can only be created or deleted via goods movements.

Q22.Define Storage Unit?

Ans:

A storage unit is a logical group of single or multiple amount of material like pallet or a container
which can be managed within a warehouse as a unit that belongs together. Storage unit (SU)
management in the Warehouse Management (WM) allow us to optimize warehouse capacity and
control material flow with the help of storage units within the warehouse.

Q23.What are the different types of Storage units?

Ans:

There are two types of Storage units :

 Homogeneous Storage units which contains only one material item

 Mixed or Heterogeneous Storage units which contains multiple material item.

Q24.What are the types of movements in SAP WMS?

Ans:

In the Warehouse Management system (WMS), there are two types of goods movements:

 Warehouse movements only affecting the warehouse

 Stock transfers within a warehouse (warehouse number)
 Posting changes
 Warehouse movements also affecting the warehouse environment
 Putaway
 Picking
 Stock transfers between different warehouse numbers

Q25.Difference between TR &TO?

Ans:

TR is an instruction to move materials from a source storage bin to a destination storage bin in a
warehouse complex at a specified time, but a TO is the confirmation to move the material.

Q26.What is the T-Code to move material by Storage Unit?

Ans: LT09

Q27.What is the T-Code to see the Handling Unit changelog?

Ans: HUMO

Q28.Transaction to change a stock type from Quality to Unrestricted?

Ans: LQ01

Q29.Storage location is IM or WM component?

Ans:IM

Q30.What are different Movement Types?

Ans:

 101 – GR Receipts
 102 – GR PO reverse
 601 – GI delivery
 602 – Cancel GI delivery
 651 – Sales return
 909 – GR Amendment Excessse Studies

Q31.You Must Always Specify A Batch Before Goods Are Issued. What Is The Solution If The
Delivery Quantities Of An Item Are To Be Taken From Different Batches?

Ans: In Ware house Management :

 Manually in the batch split screen of the delivery item

 Using automatic batch determination when creating the outbound delivery

Q32.What Is The Goods Movement Status Of The Outbound Delivery After A Goods Issue
Has Been Cancelled?

Ans:Not yet started.

Q33.The Outbound Delivery Plant For Each Item Is Defined In The Order. The System Can
Automatically Determine The Outbound Delivery Plant. Identity The Highest Priority
Outbound Delivery Plant In Descending Priority Order?

Ans:

Outbound delivery plant defined in Customer material information master record, outbound delivery
plant defined in ship-to party master record, Outbound delivery plant defined in material master.

Q34.What Is The Importance Of Quant Number?

Ans:

when ever u do the GR system will generates one Quant number based on the combination of
Material, Batch, and Bin.

Q35.Is Storage Unit Activation Mandatory?

Ans:

Its not mandatory.

Q36.Stock Uploading Will Happen At Which Module Mm Or Wm At Rollout In Xyz Client?

Ans:First in IM(MM) then in WM.

Q37. What is Posting Change?

 Ans:A posting change generally refers to a bookkeeping change – a change in information – about a
particular material. For most posting changes, such as changing a batch number or releasing
blocked stock, the goods themselves remain in the same physical location.

Reasons for Making Posting Changes Posting changes are made for several reasons.

These include:

 Releasing stock from inspection into available stock

 Converting blocked stock to inspection stock
 Designating available material as inspection stock
 Changing a Material Number
 Splitting available materials into two or more batches
 Converting special stock, such as consignment stock or returned stock, into the companys
own stock
 Changing ownership of stock in the same warehouse from one plant to another

Q38. What is the system Landscape at xyz client?

Ans:3 system landscape

Q39. Will the system create any dynamic storage bins during the GR? What do you mean by
SAP Sales and Distribution? Why is it important?

Ans:

Yes, it is in the Purchase Order. One of the primary ERP modules developed by SAP, SAP SD helps
manage shipping, billing, selling, and transportation of products and services of an organization. This
module is basically used to store customer and product data of an organization. SAP SD is important
as it is responsible for managing customer relationships starting from raising a quotation to the sales
order to the billing of a product or service. Also, when integrated with other SAP modules, SAP SD
becomes a really handy module when it comes to managing sales and distribution holistically.