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PLAN WAREHOUSE MOVEMENT
A transfer requirement (TR) is a document that companies use to plan
the movement of materials into and out of bins in a warehouse. In most cases the
trigger is either an activity in inventory management or a need to transfer
materials within a warehouse. The ERP system automatically creates a trans-
fer requirement when an IM activity involving a warehouse-managed storage
location occurs. The transfer requirement communicates data from the IM
processes to the WM processes. Figure 7-19 illustrates the elements of the plan
warehouse movement step.

Figure 7-19: Elements of the plan warehouse movement step

Data

Figure 7-20 highlights the data included in a transfer requirement. Master
data include data about the materials and bins involved in the movement.
Organizational data include the client, company code, plant, storage location, and
warehouse number. Transaction data include the materials to be moved, quantity,
date, transfer type (putaway, pick, or transfer), and the source of the requirement.
The source is included when the requirement was not created manually and is
typically a result of specifi c activity in IM such as a goods receipt.

Figure 7-20: Data in a transfer requirement

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