Production supply area (PSA) and supply area

Question

Hi,
Is there any difference between supply area and Production supply area. it woul be good if you could explain me the difference.
Thanks,
Maxx

Answer 1

Both are same
Production Supply Area is the link between Warehosue Management and Production function.
Production supply areas (PSAs) are used for material replenishment and are situated directly on the shop floor in the production department. The supply area groups work centers near production storage bins based on the material staging methods. You need to enter the PSA in the work center master data.
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An area on the shop floor where material is provided that can be directly used for production.
The supply area is used, for example, in KANBAN production control and for material staging using Warehouse Management (WM).
Proposed Supply Area in Material Master Record                                                                               
The supply area is used as an interim storage area on the shop floor    
     which is used to provide materials directly at the production line.                                                                               
The proposed supply area is mainly used for KANBAN materials that are   
     only or usually provided at one supply area in a plant. Here, this supply
     area can be easily saved in the system.                                                                               
The proposed supply area is used, for example, to determine the supply  
     area for the dependent requirements of a material.                      
     The supply area in the dependent requirements of a material is required:
     o  to enable the system to calculate the KANBAN control cycles          
        automatically                                                        
     o  to enable you to select requirements in the pull list with reference 
        to a supply area