Has anyone picked materials from one storage location but confirmed TO to different storage location?

[former_member340496]

The business does not want to use MRP areas to segregate materials between service part and production. What they want to do is separate service parts on deliveries at our shipping storage types (915/916) from MRP view. This requirement is primarily for our international shipping area. We may pick parts for an international shipment and the parts will sit on the delivery - not goods issued because we don't want to invoice - for up to 3 months. During that time, MRP sees the inventory so replenishment is not done in a timely fashion or parts may get stolen from the shipment for a production requirement because the inventory is seen.

Could one solution be to create a non-MRP relevant storage location (say 1200) and place the shipping storage types in this storage location?  Then when the transfer order creates, the system would show the source to be from the MRP relevant SLoc (1100), stype (130), bin (A-01-A), - these are examples - with the destination to be to non-MRP relevant SLoc 1200, stype 915, bin (dynamic using the delivery number) 0080745298? Has anyone had this type of request or know of a way to satisfy the business requirements without different MRP areas? They also do not want to have two transfer orders - one with a 601 movement and one with a 311 movement.

Any known solutions or outside-the-box thinking would greatly appreciated.

Marla

[JL23]

I don't have the solution, just some critical questions and hints

Even a non-MRP relevant storage location can be warehouse managed.

The stock is shown in any stock list as long it is not goods issued, no matter if it is stored in a

non-MRP relevant storage location.

Stock that is picked for a delivery is not available for others, it is reserved. A delivery is a MRP element and hence should be taken into consideration in the planning run.

A non-MRP relevant storage location will only solve your planning issues if you move the material there if it is not yet picked  and allocated to a delivery.

Do your thieves really use SAP to check if the stock is there, or do they just see the stock in the warehouse? As said, the non-MRP relevant storage location will not solve this issue since the stock is still visible.