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Figure 7-35: Inventory impact when WM precedes IM

Business Processes in Practice 7.3: The Virtual
Truck Concept

Some of the offi ce furniture products that Steelcase goods for the outbound customer shipment are in
produces are too large to fi t on racks or shelves and place, the materials in the bin are “picked” and moved
aren’t appropriate for pallet storage. To accom- to a staging area near the truck dock. They are then
modate these products, the warehouse operates on “packed” for shipment and loaded onto the delivery
a “virtual truck” bin concept. Floor space in the truck. When a shipment is placed on the truck, a post
warehouse is marked off into bins that represent goods issue is completed, which creates all of the paper
the length and width of delivery trucks. As inbound shipping documents for the truck driver and triggers
goods are received, they are scanned with a bar code the printing of an invoice for the customer. Steelcase
scanner that is connected to SAP ERP. In turn, the processes more than 1,000 outbound customer ship-
system confi rms goods receipt automatically and then ments per week in North America in this manner.
informs the workers which bin to store the goods in.
When the bin (virtual truck) is fi lled and all of the Source: Steelcase, Inc. Materials Planning Group

REPORTING

In this section we consider several examples of reports that contain informa-
tion relevant to inventory and warehouse management. As in the case of other
processes, a variety of reporting options are available in warehouse management,
including status reports, work lists, online lists, and reports using the information
system. A list of documents, such as transfer requirements and transfer orders,
can be generated in a manner similar to the lists explained in previous chapters.
Figure 7-36 illustrates a list of transfer orders.

Figure 7-36: List of transfer orders. Copyright SAP AG 2011

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