SAP WM Interview Questions

As someone well-versed in enterprise resource planning, you're likely familiar with the crucial importance of SAP WM. This software serves as a vital tool in the management of warehouse activities, making it indispensable for organizations that wish to enhance their supply chain efficiency. If you're looking to develop your expertise in this area and have a job interview on the horizon, it's essential to have a firm grasp of SAP WM concepts and be prepared to answer related questions with skill and confidence. This article aims to provide you with an overview of some of the most frequently asked SAP WM interview questions, arming you with the knowledge and poise necessary to excel in your upcoming interview.

In this article, we will cover the following:

• SAP WM Interview Questions
• Warehouse Management Interview Questions

SAP WM Interview Questions

Q1) What is SAP WM?

Ans: The SAP Warehouse Management System (WM) provides flexible, automated support in processing all goods movements and in managing stocks in your warehouse complex.

Q2) What is Transfer Requirement?

Ans: An instruction to move materials from a source storage bin to a destination storage bin in a warehouse complex at a specified time.

Q3) Where can we find the exact whereabouts of a material quantity in the warehouse?

Ans:

Storage bins

In Warehouse Management, Storage bins are master data created either from the application menu or in Customizing.

Based on this master data, the stock overview in Warehouse Management shows the exact whereabouts of a material quantity in the warehouse.

Q4) What are the transactions available to create a transfer order for moving partial stocks within a warehouse number?

Ans:

LT01

LT10

Two transactions are available to create a transfer order for moving partial stocks within a warehouse number:

Create Transfer Order without Source Object (transaction code LT01)

Create Transfer Order from Stock List (transaction code LT10)

Q5) What is the requirement for the Purchase order items that are included when the inbound delivery is created?

Ans: They should have a confirmation control key

Q6) What happens when no storage location for picking is specified in the ordered item?

Ans:

The system determines the storage location when it creates the outbound delivery and copies it into the delivery item.

The storage location entered in the order item is used in the outbound delivery

Q7) What is Transfer Order?

Ans: A request to transfer materials at a particular time from the source storage bin to the Destination storage bin in the same warehouse complex.

Q8) Different stock types and storage types in WM?

Ans: Stock Types – Unrestricted, Blocked, Quality Storage Types – Rack, Open, Shelf, Damage.

Q9) Interim Storage types?

Ans: Goods Receipt area, Goods Issue area, Posting change, Difference.

Q10) Where do you do the stock comparison between IM and WM?

Ans: T-code LX23

Q11) Is the storage location is IM or WM component?

Ans: IM

Q12) Which one will the system generate first, TR or TO?

Ans: First TR then TO.

Q13) What are different Movement Types

Ans:

• 101 – GR Receipts
• 102 – GR PO reverse
• 601 – GI delivery
• 602 – Cancel GI delivery
• 651 – Sales return
• 909 – GR Amendment Excess

Q14) Difference between Storage units and Handling units

Ans: A storage unit is a container in which a material is stored or transported whereas a Handling unit is a combination of material and Packaging material.

Q15) Where is a control to confirm TO for Put Away and Picking?

Ans: Control to confirm TO for Put away and Picking can be configured at Warehouse, Storage types and Movement types levels.

Q16) What is the importance of Quant number?

Ans: whenever u do the GR system will generate one Quant number based on the combination of Material, Batch, and Bin.

Q17) Different types of picking and put-away strategies, why? Justify.

Ans: Picking

• FIFO – To sell the oldest material first
• LIFO – To sell the latest material first

Put away: Next empty bin, addition to the existing stock, mixed storage, fixed storage, open storage.

Warehouse Management Interview Questions

Q18) What is Posting Change?

Ans: A posting change generally refers to a bookkeeping change - a change in information - about a particular material. For most posting changes, such as changing a batch number or releasing blocked stock, the goods themselves remain in the same physical location.

Reasons for Making Posting Changes Posting changes are made for several reasons. These include:

• Releasing stock from inspection into available stock
• Converting blocked stock to inspection stock
• Designating available material as inspection stock
• Changing a Material Number
• Splitting available materials into two or more batches
• Converting special stock, such as consignment stock or returned stock, into the company's own stock
• Changing ownership of stock in the same warehouse from one plant to another

Q19) What is the system Landscape at XYZ client?

Ans: 3 system landscape

Q20) Where is the control to confirm TO for Put Away and Picking?

Ans: Control to confirm TO for Put away and Picking can be configured at Warehouse, Storage types and Movement types levels.

Q21) Stock Uploading will happen at which Module MM or WM at rollout in XYZ client.

Ans: First in IM(MM) then in WM.

Q22) Is Storage unit activation mandatory?

Ans: It’s not mandatory

Q23) What is the importance of Quant number?

Ans: Whenever you do the GR system will generate one Quant number based on the combination of Material, Batch, and Bin.

Q24) Will the system create any dynamic storage bins during the GR?

Ans: Yes, it is in the Purchase Order.

Q24) Explain Warehouse Structure.

Ans: The warehouse structure contains a Warehouse number, Storage types, Storage sections, storage bins and finally quant.

Q25) Can a single warehouse could be configured for more than one company code?

Ans: Yes, it can be.

Q26) Tell me the different picking and put-away strategies defined for XYZ Client for different storage types.

Ans: For Rack, Open and shelf storage types the picking strategy is FIFO. Put away strategy for Rack, Open, Shelf, CRD and Fixed Bin is Next empty bin, Open storage, open storage, open storage and fixed bin respectively.

Q27) Can you tell me what all documents get created during GR entry in WM Process?

Ans: PO, Inbound Delivery, Transfer Requirement, Shipment and TO.

Q28) At What level do the release strategies get defined?

Ans: Configured at the Company code level.