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Warehouse Management
You can create an unlimited number of Stock Movements Consignment and drop-ship orders
price lists, integrate multiple curren- are smoothly processed by creating
cies, preassign prices to specific cus- SAP Business One records goods dedicated customer warehouses.
tomers, and define discount rules that receipts and goods issues in any ware-
are automatically applied to transac- house and allows you to track your You can perform cycle counts while
tions with vendors and customers. stock transfers from one warehouse orders are received and shipped, so
Special pricing tools allow you to man- to another. By integrating individual that business activity does not have to
age discounts based on volume, cash, item prices or price lists, the applica- be delayed to perform stocktaking. If
or customer accounts. tion simultaneously updates inventory the cycle count shows a level below
valuation. SAP Business One also fully the minimum stock point or a stock level
SAP Business One provides both serial integrates inventory and accounting discrepancy, the alerts management
and batch number management to track transactions. As a result, when stock feature in SAP Business One can notify
goods through the inventory cycle. levels are adjusted, inventory accounts the designated warehouse roles and
Generate and assign serial or batch are immediately credited or debited, purchasing managers.
numbers for items received from ven- and applicable inventory variances
dors, and draw from available batches are accounted for as soon as a stock The inventory count functionality allows
when items are released. To simplify movement is posted. you to record initial quantities, perform
tracking even further, SAP Business inventory tracking, and post stock
One allows you to integrate bar coding The pick-and-pack manager in SAP differences by warehouse, item, item
to pick or transfer items between Business One lets you quickly create group, vendor, or any custom-defined
locations. pick lists and pull the listed items from property. Stocktaking forms are gener-
the inventory. ated and printed using the print layout
Costing methods such as FIFO, moving designer in SAP Business One.
average, and standard price are fully inte
grated to give you a deep understanding
of your item costs so you can accurately
define prices and item discounts.
Production and Material scheduling with a more structured pro- Production and Warehouse
Requirements Planning cess using data from various sources Reports
across your business to create an ac-
SAP Business One supports all your curate picture of your production and Reporting tools in SAP Business One
basic requirements for production supply chain. Sources of data include: allow you to create sophisticated ware-
activities by enabling you to accurately • Bills of materials house and production management re-
and effectively manage bills of materials • Inventory data ports. You can choose from a variety of
(BOMs), production orders, and material • Inputs from scheduled production report formats (such as PDF, Microsoft
requirements. and purchase orders Word, Microsoft Excel) to display stan-
• Demand inputs from actual and dard reports or incorporate them as
The application simplifies definition and forecasted orders dashboards. Use predefined templates
management of BOMs for production, to issue inventory status, audit, and
assembly, and sales. For example, with valuation reports, as well as item and
a production bill of materials, you can “We’ve reduced inventory by 25% warehouse transaction lists. You can
readily document the type, quantity, also generate production reports, such
and price of materials needed to manu- because we were able to order as production orders by status and
facture the final products, as well as items more efficiently. And this BOM reports.
quantity availability. Once BOMs have
been defined, production orders can be has allowed us to lower out- With “drag-and-relate” and interactive
created and released based on them. of-stocks and reduce working drill-down functionalities, you can click
Component needs, costs, and materi- through relevant data and get answers
als availability are automatically added capital.” quickly. For more advanced reporting,
to your work orders, enforcing accurate Jason Dugan, CFO, use the report designer to integrate
allocation of raw materials to products Trudeau Distributing Company custom queries, parameters, formulas,
and volume control. and layouts. The report organizer allows
you to execute and manage your reports
Production orders allow you to initiate and efficiently distribute them to other
and track the production process and Using the MRP wizard, you can specify users through report books.
effectively move the materials used in timelines, stocks, and even data sourc-
the process through your organization. es to be considered in planning. SAP Data in reports is refreshed in regular,
For example, once a production order Business One then takes this data, predefined intervals, so you are con-
is released to the shop floor, SAP assembles it, and creates recommen- stantly updated on inventory levels and
Business One can automatically issue dations regarding your material needs – production schedules.
transactions for components needed what you’ll need and how much and
to produce the parts. when you’ll need it. Once these recom- To learn more about how SAP Business
mendations are reviewed, the MRP One can automate and optimize your
On the other hand, material requirements functionality can automatically generate warehouse management and produc-
planning (MRP) functionality in SAP production and purchase orders needed tion activities, call your SAP represen
Business One allows you to plan your to manufacture a final product in the tative today or visit us on the Web at
material requirements and maintain an quantity and time specified by the pro- www.sap.com/sme/solutions
optimum production plan for complex, duction schedule, taking into consider- /businessone.
multilevel production processes. It ation all requirements for product
replaces informal, ad hoc production components.
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Summary
Accurate and streamlined inventory management is crucial to your ability to deliver
on promise, as well as to maintain customer satisfaction and inventory cost control.
Inventory and production management tools in the SAP® Business One application
help manage detailed warehouse data, track and record stock movements, and plan
and release production orders based on your material requirements planning.
Business Challenges
• Manage inventory across multiple warehouses and locations
• Track and record stock movements
• Ensure raw materials and parts are ordered at the right time and available for production
when needed
• Avoid shortages and ensure timely delivery without maintaining surplus inventory
• Access real-time, accurate information
Key Features
• Warehouse and inventory management – Manage inventories using various costing
models, maintain item master data, and use multiple units of measure and pricing
• Goods receipt and issue control – Record goods receipts and issues; track stock
transfers; enable consignment, drop-ship, and other orders; perform inventory and
cycle counts
• Production and material requirements planning – Create and maintain multilevel bills
of materials (BOMs), issue and release production orders manually or by backflush,
and globally maintain prices for BOMs
• Efficient, up-to-date reporting – Generate reports with data that is regularly refreshed,
and display them in various report formats or as dashboards
Business Benefits
• Gain efficiency by automating processes and using integrated production functionality
• Improve customer service with on-time delivery and fewer shortages and stock-outs
• Reduce inventory costs with improved inventory control and materials planning 50 083 414 (10/01) Printed in USA.
• Improve business insight with powerful warehouse and inventory reporting tools ©2010 SAP AG. All rights reserved.
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