Extended Warehouse

Management
Warehouse Process Type
What is Warehouse Process Type
• In SAP Extended Warehouse Management the warehouse process
type controls the movements inside the warehouse.
• The system processes each warehouse process (such as goods
receipt, goods issue, posting change, and repacking) using such a
warehouse process type.
• A warehouse process type is assigned to every warehouse task
document.
• The warehouse process type has various effects on the creation of
warehouse tasks.
Use of WPT
• When different products are received in the warehouse, they are
handled in various ways.
• Some products get moved directly into a storage bin, others need to
be deconsolidated or counted first.
• This is controlled also by the warehouse process type.
WPT Assignment to Warehouse Request Doc.
WPT Characteristics
• The warehouse process type is assigned to a warehouse process
category and an activity, which are connected to each other and
show the direction of the movement in the warehouse
GM Control by WPT
The warehouse process categories describe the type of the goods movement
in the warehouse. The following warehouse process categories are
predefined in the standard EWM system:
1: Putaway
2: Stock Removal
3: Internal Warehouse Movement
4: Physical Inventory
5: Goods Receipt Posting
6: Goods Issue Posting
7: Posting Change
8: Cross-Line Stock Putaway
The warehouse process categories ‘Goods Receipt Posting’ and ‘Goods Issue
Posting’ are used internally for goods receipt and goods issue posting.
 Interim Storage Type
& Bin

The warehouse process type

can include information about
the source storage type and
storage bin for putaway
warehouse tasks, and it can
contain the destination
storage type and storage bin
for picking warehouse tasks.
WPT Determination in Delivery
Warehouse Process Control Indicator
• In the warehouse product master, in the Warehouse data view, there
is a control indicator, the Process Type Determination Indicator that
can be used to group products for which the same warehouse process
type is to be used.
• SAP EWM uses this product master indicator when determining the
warehouse process type during the creation of warehouse request
documents.
• Using the Process Type Determination Indicator to determine
warehouse process types can facilitate different handling of products
during goods receipt or goods issue.
• For example, products which are to be moved immediately into high
rack storage can be distinguished from material which needs to be
processed in some way, like re-labeling.
Configuration Steps
• SPRO → EWM → Cross-Process Settings → Warehouse Task → Define
Warehouse Process Type
• SPRO → EWM → Cross-Process Settings → Warehouse Task → Define
Control Indicators for determining Warehouse Process Type
• SPRO → EWM → Cross-Process Settings → Warehouse Task →
Determine Warehouse Process Type