Subcontracting scenario in Warehouse management

Hello,
We have an existing subcontracting scenario in IM.
Recently we have implemented WM.
I would like to know whether there are any customizing settings required to be made to take care of WM part.
And what would be the additional transactions required in WM( I think it will be LT03 after ME2O and LT06 after MIGO ??).
Thanks & Regards,
Pankaj

HI ,
In Ware house management you can block the stock for Physical Inventory purpose. You cannot post the stock to the warehouse using Physical Invenory.
If there is a count going on so the concerned Warehouse bin is to be blocked during Inventory so that no further goods movement is possible during that period.
Once the Physical Inventory ids done the block can be released so that the movement can again happen.
The Inventory mangement initiates the transfer requirement. This transfer requirement is used for creating the transfer orders. The transfer order confirmation is done then which actually places the stock in the concerned bin mentioned in the order.
The stock in WM can be checked in LX24/ LX26 which is same as theat of MMBE of MM.
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Prasanna
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what did your purchasing department negotiate?
do you get billed for the component A4 separately? or is the cost for A4 inlcuded in the service charge for subcontracting?
does your purchasing department order A4?
is it in your bill?
if it is in your bill and you create an extra order for this part, then you should set the SC flag in the delivery address tab of your PO along with the vendor number of your subcontractor.
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For one of our Projects, there is a requirement of Warehouse Management merely just to enable the tracking of Material received to the Storage Bin level, as they manage the Inventory in Storage Bins in the existing Warehouses.
Other no major requirement is expected from WM like, automation of Putaway, etc.
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Now the configurations for Inventory Management are enabled for all the above processes. I now need to know, what are the bare mimimum configurations required so as to enable the WM related process, following each of the IM processes, like Putaway after Goods Receipt, Stock removal before Goods Issue, etc.
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Dear All ,
I got some information I am sharing with you and closing this ticket.
1) Process :
rocesses Between the SAP System as ERP System and as WM System
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Online Help (http://help.sap.com/)
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_scm50/helpdata/en/5f/c69040bca2ef4ae10000000a1550b0/frameset.htm
SCM Portal (http://service.sap.com/scm)*
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Now QADB will not help to map the clinets requirement. Instead of QADB get AS IS information form Coreusers... thats best practice now....
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