A storage type in SAP WM ( Warehouse Management ) is defined as the physical or logical divisions of the entire warehouse where we are storing the goods. It consists of the area, facility or zone of that warehouse.
Commonly used WM Physical storage types
- Bulk storage
- Picking area
- High rack storage
- Open Storage
- Shelf storage
Interim storage areas
- Interim storage area for differences
- Goods issue area
- Goods receipt area
- Posting change zone
Default complete storage types
- high rack storage area
- pallet storage area
- picking storage area
- bulk storage area
- general storage area
The following picture shows an example to get the clear idea about how different storage types are used with ware house number and all in SAP software.
Important Notes
- Warehouse Number is used for managing these storage types
- We can create custom storage types to meet our company’s requirement
- Control parameters specifies the material flow for that storage type
- Put-away,Picking, Blocking indicators and inventory procedures are the main control parameters
- The communication between Inventory Management and WM module is through interim storage types