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increased or decreased and the FI impact is recorded, as we discussed in the
chapters on procurement, fulfi llment, and production.

EXECUTE WAREHOUSE MOVEMENT
Figure 7-22 diagrams the elements of the execute warehouse movement step.
Common warehouse movements include picking, putting away, and posting
changes. The document that is used to execute these movements is the trans-
fer order (TO). The creation of a TO is generally triggered either by a transfer
requirement or by a posting change notice. However, TOs can also be created
directly from delivery and material documents generated by other processes.
Finally, they can be created manually to facilitate internal warehouse transfers.

Figure 7-22: Elements of the execute warehouse movement step

Data
Figure 7-23 presents the data involved in a transfer order. The master data and
organizational data are the same as those contained in a transfer requirement. If
a reference document, such as a transfer requirement, is used, then data from this
document are copied into the transfer order. The data in a transfer order include
the material number, quantity, data, and transfer type. In addition, identifying the
source and destination bins is necessary to execute a WM transfer. The source and

Figure 7-23: Data in a transfer order

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