Questionnaire for Warehouse Management (WM) Module (for requirements understanding / understanding clients business process)

By G.V.SHIVAKKUMAR 

Q1) List down storage location relevant for Warehouse Management

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Q2) Do you have storage locations, which are not relevant for Warehouse Management?

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Q3) Will you use storage locations for more than one plant? Name these storage locations and the relevant plants.

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Q4) Describe the structure of your warehouse!

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Q5) Do you have warehouses with stock of different plants?

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Q6) List down Door define in the system?

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Q7) List down picking define in the system?

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Q8) Are you using external Warehouse control systems / subsystems? Do you plan to connect this system with the R/3?

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Q9) Are you using bar-code / RFID system and interface with SAP? 

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Q10) Are you using any external system determining the storage bins for stock placement / remove? If yes then which system should determine the storage bins for stock placement / remove?


Q11) For removals and batch management, which system should determine the batch?

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Q12) Which system should generate the transport orders ?

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Q13) How does your automated storage and retrieval system communicate to the legacy system? Explain or provide a design drawing.

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Q14) Are your using SUT management? 

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Q15) Are pallets managed in the system with a unique number?

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Q16) Are pallets managed in the system with a unique number?

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Q17) Are materials posted to quality inspection after goods receipt, or are they in unrestricted-use stock?

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Q18) Can goods be issued directly from the goods receipt area?

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Q19) Do you post your materials to "blocked stock"?

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Q20) Do you post your materials to return delivery stock?

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Q21) Describe the individual steps from external goods receipt to final placement in storage (putaway).

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Q22) Do you have capacity limits for your storage bins, for example, weight, volume...?

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Q23) Is a transfer requirement is generating automatically at the time of a goods receipt with reference?

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Q24) For which goods movements are transfer orders to be created automatically?

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Q25) What kind of form (printout) are you taking for stock putaways (GR slip, transfer order form, sticker, etc.)?

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Q26) Is procured material pending inspection posted to stock or does it remain in the goods receipt storage area? What happens with the samples: - Keep in GR area - post to stock - move to inspection area?

Explanation: Will procured material pending inspection be placed into permanent storage or remain in the goods receipt storage area? What happens with the sample: - Keep in GR area - place into warehouse - move to inspection area?

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Q27) Which parameters determine your putaway strategies?

Explanation: Storage type search

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Q28) Do you print the stock placement (putaway) document when the transfer order is created?

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Q29) Are transfer orders confirmed manually or automatically?

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Q30) Please list the storage types that have auto placement confirmation.

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