Sap Wm Kanban Process 491g61

Kanban Processing

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The Kanban Board is the key transaction within Kanban processing.

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Within the Kanban Board you can view the current status of all the Kanban containers, all of the materials that are within the Kanban area, the quantities of each material that is/should be available within each Kanban container.

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Furthermore, the Kanban Board also allows the to start and finish the Kanban process.

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To access the Kanban Board use transaction PK13N

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Note transaction PK13 can also be used.

You can view the Kanban Board by Supply Area and by Material. However, you can also view the entire Kanban area for a particular Plant. To view all the Kanbans for a plant, enter the Plant number as shown and then click on

to advance to the new screen.

You will now see a list of all the materials, their supply area, their Kanban container quantities and a graphical representation of the Kanban containers. The colour of the Kanban container indicates its current status: GREEN means the container is currently FULL RED means that the container is currently EMPTY PURPLE means that the container has not yet been replenished (ie it may be

If you double click on a container you can see additional information on the container including: •

The Kanban ID Number

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The Material it contains

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The Container Quantity

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Its current status

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When it was last changed (date and time)

If a container if found to be Empty and therefore needs to be replenished, then within PK13N (single) click on the container to highlight it and click on

A message will now appear at the bottom of the screen telling you that the Kanban has been processed and the container will now turn RED to indicate it is Empty. In the background the system will now generate a Transfer Order to pick the Kanban material from the Warehouse.

The TO for Kanban will automatically be printed. Note that in the future it will be possible to transact this TO on the RF device. The will now use this print out to go and physically pick the Kanban items from the warehouse and then take them to the Kanban area.

The creation of the TO can be seen within the WM Stock Overview LS26. Here you can see that we are looking to pick 6 pieces from the Small Parts Storage type and then put them away inot the Kanban Interface (storage type 610). When the TO is confirmed, this will remove the stock from the Warehouse and post the stock into the KANB storage location.

When the goods have been physically picked and the Kanban container has been replenished, the will either confirm the TO (using LT12) or can set the status of the container back to Full via the Kanban Board (PK13N as shown here). Select the relevant container by (single) clicking on it and press The container will now turn GREEN indicating it is now Full. This will confirm the open TO and will move the goods from the Warehouse to the KANB storage location. The items will now be available for picking from the Kanban area.