A merchandise management system (WMS or WaWi for short) is a model for mapping the flow of goods in a company's business process. The term primarily refers to software for scheduling and logistics.
The functions of SAP Business One comprehensively cover all important aspects of merchandise management and offer flexible tools for warehouse and inventory management, sales, purchasing and production.
Functions in SAP Business One:
warehouse management:
- Definition of bearings and their attributes.
- Warehouse valuation methods and article master data as central elements.
- Management of storage locations, inventories and manual stock transactions.
Incoming and outgoing goods:
- Recording of Incoming goods (even without purchasing documents) and outgoing goods.
- Processing of goods returns and utilisation of storage locations.
Article management:
- Management of articles, alternative articles and business partner catalogue numbers.
Sales and purchase documents:
- Support of different document types (articles or services).
- Definition of stock, sales and purchase items.
Pricing and units of measure:
- Pricing for articles/services and management of units of measure.
Serial and batch numbers:
- Management for tracking and identification.
Other relevant points:
- Support for EAN 13 and Code 39.
- Item availability check and inventory management in several (also virtual) warehouses.
- RetailIntegration of physical shops with point-of-sale.
- Stock assessmentAffects stock value, material costs and profit calculation.
- Reports and accountingVarious stock reports, reconciliation of stock accounts.
- Support for perpetual inventory and WIA stock accounts in production
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