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Please help to gather the requirments from the user

Former Member
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Hi All,

Currently I have assigned for one project , could you please help me what are the queries or requirments gather from the user, below are the details.

My company recently carved from the main company, and now they want implement new ware house and rolocate the stock in that ware house.

Could some body help me what are the queries i need to ask to get the user requirments.

Areas or, Ware house structure, how Stock Transfer

Regards,

Muralikrishna Nandigama

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Hi

More to add with Ravi pls check

Warehouse/Stores

1) Do you have storage locations, which are not relevant for Warehouse Management ?

2) Do you have warehouses with stock of different plants?

3) Describe the structure of your warehouse!

4) Are you using external Warehouse control systems / subsystems? Do you plan to connect this system with the R/3 ?

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Q: 5) Which system should determine the storage bins for stock placement / removement ?

A:

Q: 6) For removals and batch management, which system should determine the batch?

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Q: 7) Which system should generate the transport orders ?

A:

Q: 😎 How does your automated storage and retrieval system communicate to the legacy system? Explain or provide a design drawing.

A:

3.4.4.1. Stock Placement Processing

Questions:

Q: 1) Are pallets managed in the system with a unique number?

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 2) Are materials posted to quality inspection after goods receipt, or are they in unrestricted-use stock?

A:

Q: 3) Can goods be issued directly from the goods receipt area?

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 4) Do you post your materials to "blocked stock"?

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 5) Do you post your materials to return delivery stock?

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 6) Describe the individual steps from external goods receipt to final placement in storage (putaway).

A:

Q: 7) Do you have capacity limits for your storage bins, for example, weight, volume...?

Explanation: Index for storage bin structure Index for storage bin structure

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 😎 Is a transfer requirement to be generated automatically at the time of a goods receipt with reference?

A:

Q: 9) For which goods movements are transfer orders to be created automatically?

A:

Q: 10) What kind of form (printout) do you need for stock putaways (GR slip, transfer order form, sticker, etc.)?

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Q: 11) Is procured material pending inspection posted to stock or does it remain in the goods receipt storage area? What happens with the samples: - Keep in GR area - post to stock - move to inspection area?

Explanation: Will procured material pending inspection be placed into permanent storage or remain in the goods receipt storage area? What happens with the sample: - Keep in GR area - place into warehouse - move to inspection area?

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Q: 12) Which parameters determine your putaway strategies?

Explanation: Storage type search

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Q: 13) Do you print the stock placement (putaway) document when the transfer order is created?

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 14) Are transfer orders confirmed manually or automatically?

A:

Q: 15) Please list the storage types that will have placement confirmation.

A:

Q: 16) Does your legacy system automatically determine the storage bin in which to place the materials? Is this done manually?

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Q: 17) Who is notified of a stock putaway? How is this person notified?

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Q: 18) Will you maintain placement strategies (for example, storage types, storage sections, storage bins) for your stock materials?

A:

Q: 19) How many storage bins do you have per storage type?

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Q: 20) How many stock putaways (items) do you have per day?

A:

Q: 21) Do you receive consignment stock from vendors?

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 22) Do you receive articles that have batch or serial numbers from vendors?

A:

Q: 23) Do you create a pre-allocation of your materials within warehouse management?

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 24) Do you group together your pick list for multiple processing for a particular shipping point, route, pick date, stock placement, stock removal?

A:

Q: 25) Do you receive materials with batch or serial numbers from vendors?

A:

Posting Change WM

Questions:

Q: 1) Do you use transfer orders to implement transfer postings with respect to consignment material?

A:

Q: 2) Which movement types will you use for posting changes?

A:

Q: 3) What type of documentation (forms) is to be generated in the case of transfer postings?

A:

Q: 4) Who is to be informed of a transfer posting? How is this person to be informed?

A:

Difference Processing During Stock Placement

Questions:

Q: 1) How do you handle stock differences that are noticed either at the time of transfer order confirmation or continuous inventory based on bin-to-bin transfer?

A:

3.4.4.4. Confirmation of Stock Placement

Questions:

Q: 1) Do you want to confirm the quantities involved in when stock is placed into or taken out of storage manually or automatically?

A:

Return Delivery

Questions:

Q: 1) Will you be required to retain costs for material that is inspected as a result of a stock purge?

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 2) Will you create action plans/tasks for this defective material?

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 3) Do you enter data (for example, defects, characteristic results, specific findings) on the defective material found in the stockroom or on the shop floor?

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 4) Do you have to inspect/re-inspect defective material found in your stockroom or on the production floor?

A: [ ]Yes

[ ]No

Q: 5) Which documentation should accompany the goods that are returned to the vendor?

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Q: 6) Describe the handling of inspection lots where the usage decision has determined that they are to be rejected and returned to the vendor.

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Vishal...

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Questions:

Q: 1) Is the value of a material the same throughout the company, or can the value of the same material be different in different plants?

Q: 2) Will negative Stocks be allowed in any plants?

Q: 3) Do you need special plants for your maintenance work apart from the common logistics plants?

Q: 4) How does material move between plants (for example, using purchase orders or not)?

Q: 1) Shall purchasing groups represent individual buyers or groups of buyers? If Groups of buyers, provide a list of groups.

Q: 1) Which purchasing departments exist in your enterprise?

Q: 2) if there is more than one department, which handles all purchasing, specify which department(s) negotiates pricing terms and conditions with your suppliers.

Q: 3) Do you have departments outside your purchasing department, which handle purchasing? If so, list these departments and what they purchase.

Q: 4) How do you procure materials/services in your enterprise?

Q: 5) Which material types/external services do you procure?

Q: 6) Do you have corporate and localized purchasing functions?

Q: 7) Do you negotiate vendor pricing at a corporate or local level?

Q: 1) List the storage locations that you will need for each Plant.

Q: 2) Will negative Stocks be allowed in any storage locations? If yes, specify the storage locations.

Q: 3) Are there any stocks in your company that you own, but that are not stored in your company physically?

Q: 4) Explain your strategy(s) regarding material receiving and product picking.

Q: 5) Does each part have a unique location or can they be stored anywhere?

Q: 6) EH&S: Are your hazardous substances stored in separate storage locations (i.e. does anything prevent you from storing them together)? How many hazardous substance warehouses are there in each plant?

Q: 1) Do you utilize bins for storing material?

Q: 1) Do you have storage locations, which are not relevant for Warehouse Management?

Q: 2) Will you use storage locations for more than one plant? SRISTI these storage locations and the relevant plants.

Q: 3) Are you using external Warehouse control systems / subsystems? Do you plan to connect this system with the SAP ?

Q: 4) Which system should determine the storage bins for stock placement / removal?

Q: 5) For removals and batch management, which system should determine the batch?

Q: 6) Which system should generate the transport orders?

Q: 7) How does your automated storage and retrieval system communicate to the legacy system? Explain or provide a design drawing.

Q: 😎 Do you need traceability of materials based on pallet information?

Q: 9) Do you want to control whether goods in the goods receipt zone are displayed in the availability check?

Q: 1) Are pallets managed in the system with a unique number?

A:

Q: 2) Are materials posted to quality inspection after goods receipt, or are they in unrestricted-use stock?

Q: 3) Describe the individual steps from external goods receipt to final placement in storage (put away).

Q: 4) Do you have capacity limits for your storage bins, for example, weight, volume...?

Q: 5) Is a transfer requirement to be generated automatically at the time of a goods receipt with reference?

Q: 6) For which goods movements are transfer orders to be created automatically?

Q: 7) What kind of form (printout) do you need for stock put away (GR slip, transfer order form, sticker, etc.)?

Q: 😎 Which parameters determine your put away strategies?

Q: 9) Do you print the stock placement (put away) document when the transfer order is created?

Q: 10) Are transfer orders confirmed manually or automatically?

Q: 11) Please list the storage types that will have placement confirmation.

Q: 12) Who is notified of a stock put away? How is this person notified?

Q: 13) Will you maintain placement strategies (for example, storage types, storage sections, storage bins) for your stock materials?

Q: 14) How many storage bins do you have per storage type?

Q: 15) How many stock put away (items) do you have per day?

Q: 16) Do you create a pre-allocation of your materials within warehouse management?

Difference Processing

Questions:

Q: 1) How do you handle stock differences that are noticed either at the time of transfer order confirmation or continuous inventory based on bin-to-bin transfer?

A:

Q: 1) Are to-bin transfer orders confirmed separately or automatically by the system?

Q: 2) Which data is confirmed (e.g. actual time, transport equipment used)?

Q: 3) Do you want to confirm the quantities involved in when stock is placed into or taken out of storage manually or automatically?

Q: 1) Which movement types will you use for posting changes?

Q: 2) What type of documentation (forms) is to be generated in the case of transfer postings?

Q: 3) Who is to be informed of a transfer posting? How is this person to be informed?

Q: 1) Do you use storage-bin-to-storage-bin stock transfers?

Hope this will help... reward if useful.

Regards

Ravi