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Question 1

a facility for storing goods used by manufacturers, importers, exporters, wholesalers, transport, and customs, among others.

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Warehouse

Question 2

a solution to manage standard warehouses, including stock and storage and bin locations management, picking and packing strategies, and shipping. It integrates all the functions of a warehouse and streamlines them. It controls virtually anything that comes and leaves the warehouse and how fast or slow that is.

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SAP Warehouse Management (MW)

Question 3

serves as a key component for supply chain management as it offers real-time visibility into an entire inventory in the warehouse and even in transit.

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Warehouse Management System

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an independent environment in the system.

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Client

Question 5

the smallest organizational unit where a legal set of books can be maintained.

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Company Code

Question 6

the operating area of a branch within the company. It can be a manufacturing, distribution, purchasing, or maintenance facility.

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Plant

Question 7

an organizational unit allowing differentiation between the various stocks of material in a plant.

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Storage

Question 8

identifies a complex, physical warehouse structure within the warehouse management system. It is the highest level of organizational unit in warehouse management.

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Warehouse Number

Question 9

a subdivision of a complex and physical warehouse. It is idenfied by its warehousing techniques, the form of the organization, or its function.

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Storage Type

Question 10

a logical or physical subdivision of a storage type. It also groups a series of similar storage bins.

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Storage Section

Question 11

groups storage bins together from the standpoint of picking strategies.

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Picking Area

Question 12

marks the point where the means of transport change to internal transportation.

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Warehouse Door

Question 13

a temporary storage of goods that have just arrived or will be shipped soon.

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Allocation Zone

Question 14

responsible for the type of shipping, the necessary shipping materials, and the means of transport.

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Shipping point

Question 15

the smallest addressable unit in a warehouse, which identifies the location in the warehouse where goods can be stored. It is the lowest level of organizational structur

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Storage Bin

Question 16

This master data has two (2) different organizational levels, including warehouse level and storage type level.

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Storage Bin Master Data

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contains all indicators and fields valid for the whole warehouse.

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Warehouse Level

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contains all indicators that are only valid for specific storage types.

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Storage Type Level

Question 19

the smallest addressable unit in a warehouse. It has three (3) types of data: General Data (Warehouse, Storage Type, Storage Bin Number), Storage Bin Data (Storage Section, Picking Area, Fire- containment Section, Bin Type, Max. Weight), and Status (Blocked for Putaway, Stock Removal Block, Blocking Reason).

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storage bin

Question 20

the smallest addressable unit of measurement for a material in SAP S/4HANA. It also has three (3) types: General Data (Material, Plant/Storage Location, Batch, Warehouse, Storage Type, Storage Bin), Stock Data (Total Stock, Available Stock), and Block Indicator (Block, Putaway/Removal Status).

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quant

Question 21

It contains all the information a company needs to manage a material. It is used by most components within the SAP system, including Sales and Distribution, Materials Management, Production, Plant Maintenance, Accounting/Controlling, and Quality Management.

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Meterial Master

Question 22

It stores the data concerning hazardous materials such as flammable liquids and toxic and radioactive materials. It includes General Data that specifies the Stroge Class, Water Pollution Class, Flash Point, Aggregate State, Hazardous Material Warning, and Hazardous Substance Number.

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Hazard Master Data

Question 23

It is a subset of material or homogeneous series of unreproducible units with a unique specification. It has different areas wherein information can be specified, such as Basic Data 1 & 2 (Expiration Date, Inspection Date, Trading Data, Administration Data, and Text Data), Classification of Batch, and Material Data.

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Batch Master Data

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occurs during Stock-to-Stock, Material-to-Material, and Consignment-to-Warehouse organizational levels. Once a transfer is done, changes in the stock type and material and batch number of the goods can be observed.

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transfer posting

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can take place at three (3) organizational levels. Storage Location to Storage Location, Plant to Plant, and Company Code to Company Code

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storage transfer

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transfer wherein stock is transferred between two (2) storage locations within a plant.

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Storage Location to Storage Location

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transfer wherein stock is transferred between two (2) plants belonging to the same company code.

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Plant to Plant

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transfer wherein stock is transferred between two (2) plants assigned to different company codes.

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Company Code to Company Code

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two (2) different procedures for Goods Movement.

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One-Step Procedure Two-step Procedure

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does two (2) steps simultaneously during a stock transfer from the Issuing Organizational Level to the Receiving Organizational Level. It does not use Stock In Transfer and goes directly to Stock of the Receiving Organizational Level.

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One-Step Procedure

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shows two (2) separate steps during a stock transfer, using the Stock in Transfer this time.

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Two-Step Procedure

Question 32

is a purchase order used to request or instruct a plant to transport material from one plant to another (that is, to affect a long-distance physical stock transfer) within the same corporate enterprise.

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Stock Transport Order (STO)

Question 33

the same as a stock transport order since these are technically purchased goods from the other plant, but it is a transport because the plants are under the same company code.

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purchase order

Question 34

It is generated by posting change processes in WM-administered stocks. It also has similar functionalities to Transfer Requests which record the information based on the type of change, the purpose of transport, the category of request, and the target system.

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Posting Change Notice (PCN)

Question 35

It is a request to transfer materials at a particular time from a source storage bin to a destination storage bin in a warehouse complex. It represents the expected and scheduled Goods Movement in WM. It is generated by postings in inventory management and consist of a transfer request header and line items.

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Transfer Requirement (TR)

Question 36

The central documents for WM. Every material movement requires a transfer order. It has no difference between real and logical movement. The creation of a transfer order depends on its preceding document, such as a transfer request, posting change notice, outbound delivery, or an inbound delivery. A transfer order creation can be manual, direct, and automatic.

Answer 36

Transfer Order