Professional Documents
Culture Documents
ERP Warehouse
Warehouse Management
Storage, Bins, Pallets Strategies, Pick, Pack
PLC
Automation
ASRS, Conveyors...
1 2 3
Elevator
System Visibility
Black Box
TO source bin confirmation via RF
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SAP LES
RF Terminal
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RF Terminal
RF Terminal
Update
Update Task 2
Dest.
Task 1
Source
Task n
Source Dest.
Tasks
Dest. Source
1. A Transfer Order can lead to 1...n tasks 2. The first task update starts the first step of the Transfer Order 3. The confirmation of the last task completes the second step of the TO
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Task Description
Task Examples:
Putaway Picking Replenishment Move Bundle (pick and pack)
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Task Status:
Available Hold Force Confirm Accepted Started Finished Cancelled
Task Priority
Selection Priority
LES priority TRM base priority (static) TRM dynamic priority Neighbourhood aspects Current Position (Interleaving)
Changes to Priority Manually System driven (eg. Task gets closer to the due date/time) Mode Selection
Selection Constraints
Resources
Two physical entities can define a resource Equipment Equipment (vehicle/machine) Worker
Resource + Worker
User Guided
Eg. Select Task by Handling Unit number
System Guided
System assigns after last confirmation automatically the next task Choice of semi-system guide mode
Manual
The task is assigned manually to a resource using the TRM (Task and Resource Management) Monitor
Internal
The task was assigned internally by the system, eg, new task after splitting
Allowed tasks
Possible tasks for a dedicated resource Certain tasks are excluded (not processable from this resource type, ...)
Available tasks
Allowed tasks
Tasks selection
Specials
Send Messages to Resources Resource Handling Wizard Explanation Tool Mode Setting User defined View Settings Fix Navigation Variant Setting Object Class Methods Application Log Display Unassign Tasks
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Change Priorities
TRM Monitor
Example: Send Messages to Ressources:
Fixed Messages Send to many Resources Free Messages Priority Messaging Highly Customizable User defined icons and properties
TRM Monitor
TRM Monitor The TRM monitor is a tool that keeps warehouse managers constantly up-to-date as to the current situation in the warehouse and enables managers to initiate appropriate responses in light of this situation.
ALV Table
Resource Elements
Create/Create Resource Element/Copy/Modify/Delete Opens the Resource Element Maintenance Wizard, enabling you to create, copy, modify or delete resource elements.
Messaging
Sending Messages to Resources Enables you to send messages to the presentation devices of selected resources. The below figures show how you send a message, and how it is received on the resources presentation device.
Mode Maintenance
Enables you to affect task prioritization at the task creation and selection stages by: Creating, modifying
and deleting modes (operating states that represent a set of warehouse circumstances such as a shift or season) For each mode, entering or modifying weighting factors for each of the priority entities.
Priority Explain
Opens the priority explanation tool which displays the priority model for a selected task, (including the normalized weights and priorities for the various priority entities, at both task creation and task selection stages) and enables you to view priority calculations.
Configuring Alerts
You can configure alerts by right-clicking an object class or clicking the Configure icon above the hierarchy tree. You can set the upper and lower levels for triggering alerts and decide which alerts to exclude from the alerts monitor.
Exception Handling
Exception Handling Methods The different alerts/object classes have their own methods. You invoke the methods by selecting a specific object in the ALV table, clicking the methods icon located above the ALV table, and selecting a method from the pop-up menu.
Customizing:
Assign Site to Warehouse Number Define for each Warehouse TRM active for each combination of:
From Storage Type To Storage Type Movement type
LES (WM) works either with or without TRM SAP recommends to use decentral WMS with TRM But TRM will not be restricted to decentralized WMS TRM is planned to be delivered as part of R/3 Enterprise
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