Storage Type Roles in
SAP EWM
Standard Storage Type: A physical area in the warehouse where products are stored. SAP has pre-configured a number of standard storage types.
Identification Point :An area within a warehouse where goods are labelled, identified, and/or checked during the putaway process.
Pick Point:A physical area within the warehouse where goods are checked, labeled, inspected, and/or packed during the goods removal process
Identification and Pick Point: An area within a warehouse where both identification (Identification Point) and picking (Pick Point) takes place.
Staging Area Group:A material staging area, or many material staging areas, in the warehouse.
Work Center:A physical area within the warehouse where processes such as deconsolidation, inspection,packing or value added service processing take place.
Doors:A door or many doors is a certain physical locationwithin a warehouse, for example the doors to the west of the warehouse.
Yard:A yard adjacent to the warehouse.
Automatic Storage Retrieval (Material Flow Control):An area using automated storage and/or retrieval, for example an a conveyor system.
Automatic Warehouse (Controlled by MFS):An automated high-rack storage area with a stacker crane
Work Center in Staging Areas Group: A work center within a material staging area.
Production Supply:An area where products for the production are staged, near the production line.
