Hazardous Material Management
Unit Overview
This unit describes how to use the hazardous material master to declare materials as hazardous materials and how to put these away into certain areas of the warehouse.
Unit Objectives
After completing this unit, you will be able to: • Create a hazardous material master record • Define a material as a hazardous material
• Customize storage procedures for handling hazardous materials
Unit Contents
Lesson: Hazardous Material Handling ... 40 Exercise 3: Hazardous Material Handling... 45
Lesson: Hazardous Material Handling
Lesson Overview
This lesson describes the Customizing settings that are required to maintain the hazardous material master record and to activate the hazardous materials check at storage type level and storage section level.
Lesson Objectives
After completing this lesson, you will be able to: • Create a hazardous material master record • Define a material as a hazardous material
• Customize storage procedures for handling hazardous materials
Business Example
Certain materials need to be declared as hazardous materials and therefore need to be put away into a specific storage type.
The aim of hazardous material handling is to store hazardous materials separately according to storage class and water pollution class. The storage class categorizes the hazardous materials according to their storage conditions. Examples include: • Storage class 1: Explosive materials
• Storage class 3.B: Combustible liquids • Storage class 6.1 Poisonous materials • Storage class 7 Radioactive materials
The water pollution class classifies hazardous materials according to their level of water pollution:
• Water pollution class 1: Low hazard to water • Water pollution class 2: Hazard to water • Water pollution class 3: Severe hazard to water
Hazardous Materials Master Data
Figure 14: Hazardous Material Handling: Master Data
Materials are assigned to a hazardous material within a geographical region. The hazardous material master record stores data such as the storage class and the water pollution class. The geographical region is derived from the assignment of a regional code to a warehouse number and to the hazardous material master record. If a material is to be put away to different plants or warehouse numbers with
each storage type whether hazardous material handling is active. The handling of hazardous materials is activated at storage type level or section level. You can activate hazardous material handling for each storage type, except the interim storage area. Do not assign a water pollution class or storage class to storage types that will not be assigned hazardous materials. However, there must be an entry for each storage type in the assignment table of permitted storage classes, otherwise you will be unable to put away any materials. Storage types that are intended for hazardous materials can be assigned several permitted storage classes. An entry must be made for each storage class in the table of permitted storage classes. In order to print the inventory list for the fire department, all storage bins in the warehouse number must be assigned a fire-containment section.
Hazardous Materials in Warehouse Management
The storage class and water pollution class of a hazardous material are taken into account during the storage type search. This means that a separate entry needs to be maintained in the storage type search table for each storage class/water pollution class combination. The additional information for the storage type search also needs to be taken into account.
Figure 15: Storage Type Control and Storage Section Control
There are three reports in the Warehouse Management system that provide an overview of the quantity of stored hazardous materials:
• The fire department inventory list (report RLS10060) displays information about the storage class, water pollution class and the amount of water pollutants among the hazardous materials in your warehouse. You can choose to run the report for a range of fire-containment sections and storage types within the warehouse or for the entire warehouse.
• The correct storage check (report RLS10070) creates a list for each storage type that lists the number of bins that were checked, the number of quants that were correctly stored and the number of quants that were stored incorrectly due to the hazardous material storage parameters that were set up for your warehouse.
• The hazardous substance list (report RLS10080) lists materials by hazardous material record number, concentration, hazardous material warning,
aggregate state and quantity. This report only selects materials from storage types that are defined as storage types for hazardous materials in the WM system.
Exercise 3: Hazardous Material Handling
Exercise Objectives
After completing this exercise, you will be able to: • Configure the storage of hazardous materials
• Create a hazardous material master record and assign it to a material master record
Business Example
The engineering department has requested a new lubricant for use in the pump assembly. This new lubricant is considered a hazardous material and must be stored accordingly. You need to configure your warehouse for storing hazardous materials. You then need to create the hazardous material master records and assign them to the appropriate material master records.
Task 1:
Configure warehouse number 1## for storing hazardous materials.
1. Hazardous material storage type 006 already exists; however, no storage bins have yet been created. Create storage bins 001 to 004 in storage section 001. Assign the fire-containment section B to the storage bins. Each storage bin can hold a maximum weight of 1000 kilograms.
2. In Warehouse Management Customizing, activate the hazardous materials check in warehouse number 1## at storage type level. Normally, the hazardous material check is active for all storage types (except for the interim storage area) so that hazardous materials are not stored incorrectly. For the purposes of this exercise, we will activate the hazardous materials check for just storage type 006. The lubricant is considered a water pollutant.
3. Once you have activated the hazardous material check, check the regional code of your warehouse number.
4. Configure storage type 006 so that you may store hazardous materials from storage class 3A.
5. If hazardous materials are received that are assigned storage class 3A and water pollution class 2, they should be stored in storage type 006. Change the storage type search sequence accordingly.
Task 2:
Create a hazardous material master record and link it to a material master record. 1. Create the hazardous material master record T-GEF01-## with a description
of your choice. Use the regional code of warehouse number 1## (see task 1, step 3). The hazardous material belongs to warehouse class 3A and is water polluting. The material is fluid.
2. Create the new material master record T-BW22-## for plant 1000, warehouse number 1## and storage location 01## as a copy of the material T-BW20-##. The new material is a trading good of the “Mechanical Engineering” industry. Create the following views: Basic Data 1, Purchasing, General
Plant Data/Storage 1, Warehouse Management 1, Warehouse Management 2
and Accounting 1. Assign the hazardous material master record T-GEF01-## to the Material Management 1 view.
Task 3:
Test your configuration by using the example of a putaway.
1. Post a goods receipt without reference for 500 pieces of the material T-BW22-## in plant 1000, storage location 01##.
2. Create and confirm a transfer order for the putaway. You will receive an error during processing because the system will not be able to find a bin for the last quant of materials. Confirm the warning message and create the transfer order. Leave the fifth pallet in the goods receipt area.
Solution 3: Hazardous Material Handling
Task 1:
Configure warehouse number 1## for storing hazardous materials.
1. Hazardous material storage type 006 already exists; however, no storage bins have yet been created. Create storage bins 001 to 004 in storage section 001. Assign the fire-containment section B to the storage bins. Each storage bin can hold a maximum weight of 1000 kilograms.
a) Choose Logistics → Logistics Execution → Master Data → Warehouse
→ Storage Bin → Create → Manually.
b) Enter warehouse number 1##, storage type 006, storage bin 001 and choose Enter.
c) Enter the storage section 001, fire-containment section B, maximum weight 1000 and save to create the storage bin.
d) Repeat this process for the storage bins 002, 003 and 004. Choose
Cancel to leave the transaction.
2. In Warehouse Management Customizing, activate the hazardous materials check in warehouse number 1## at storage type level. Normally, the hazardous material check is active for all storage types (except for the interim storage area) so that hazardous materials are not stored incorrectly. For the purposes of this exercise, we will activate the hazardous materials check for just storage type 006. The lubricant is considered a water pollutant.
a) Choose Tools → Customizing → IMG → Execute Project then SAP
Reference IMG.
b) Choose Logistics Execution → Warehouse Management → Hazardous
Materials → Strategies → Activate Hazardous Material Management.
c) Choose Activate.
d) Select storage type 006 in warehouse number 1## and enter 1 in the
Hazardous Mat. Mgmt field (Hazardous material check only at storage type level). Set the value in the WPC Water Pollution Class column to
2(Water pollutant). Save your changes.
3. Once you have activated the hazardous material check, check the regional code of your warehouse number.
a) Choose Logistics Execution → Warehouse Management → Hazardous
4. Configure storage type 006 so that you may store hazardous materials from storage class 3A.
a) Choose Logistics Execution → Warehouse Management → Hazardous
Materials → Strategies → Activate Hazardous Material Management.
b) Choose Storage Type then New Entries.
c) Enter warehouse number 1##, storage type 006, storage class 3A and save your changes.
5. If hazardous materials are received that are assigned storage class 3A and water pollution class 2, they should be stored in storage type 006. Change the storage type search sequence accordingly.
a) Choose Logistics Execution → Warehouse Management → Hazardous
Materials → Strategies → Activate Hazardous Material Management.
b) Choose Determine search sequence then New Entries. c) Enter the following data:
Field Name or Data Type Values
WNo 1##
Operation E
Storage Class (Stor.Class) 3A
WPC Water Pollution Class 2
1st Storage Type 006
d) Repeat this step for stock removal management and replace the operation indicator E with A. Save your changes.
Task 2:
Create a hazardous material master record and link it to a material master record. 1. Create the hazardous material master record T-GEF01-## with a description
of your choice. Use the regional code of warehouse number 1## (see task 1, step 3). The hazardous material belongs to warehouse class 3A and is water polluting. The material is fluid.
a) Choose Logistics → Logistics Execution → Master Data → Material
→ Hazardous Material → Create.
b) Enter T-GEF01-## in the Hazardous material number field and D in the Regional codes field. Choose Enter.
c) Enter a hazardous material text of your choice (for example, Lubricant group 01, enter the storage class 3A, the water pollution class 2 and the state of matter 2 (Fluid).
d) Save to create the hazardous material master record.
2. Create the new material master record T-BW22-## for plant 1000, warehouse number 1## and storage location 01## as a copy of the material T-BW20-##. The new material is a trading good of the “Mechanical Engineering” industry. Create the following views: Basic Data 1, Purchasing, General
Plant Data/Storage 1, Warehouse Management 1, Warehouse Management 2
and Accounting 1. Assign the hazardous material master record T-GEF01-## to the Material Management 1 view.
a) Choose Logistics → Logistics Execution → Master Data → Material
→ Material → Create → Immediately.
b) Enter the material number T-BW22-##, choose the industry sector
Mechanical Engineering, the material type Trading Goods and the
material number T-BW20-## as the copy template. Choose Enter to confirm your entries.
c) Select the views Basic Data 1, Purchasing, General Plant Data/Storage
1, Warehouse Management 1, Warehouse Management 2, Accounting 1
and choose Enter.
d) Enter plant 1000, storage location 01##, warehouse number 1## and choose Enter. The reference material is created for the same organizational units.
e) Choose Enter to confirm the creation of the individual views. In the
Warehouse Management 1 view, enter T-GEF01-## in the Hazardous material number field.
Task 3:
Test your configuration by using the example of a putaway.
1. Post a goods receipt without reference for 500 pieces of the material T-BW22-## in plant 1000, storage location 01##.
a) Choose Logistics → Logistics Execution → Inbound Process → Goods
Receipt for Purchase Order, Order, Other Transactions → Enter Goods Receipt for Purchase Order.
b) Select Other for the document reference field (Purchase order is the default setting). The system changes the movement type from 101 to 501 (GI receipt w/o PO).
c) Enter the material number T-BW22-## on the Material tab page in the detailed data area. Enter the quantity 500 on the Quantity tab page. Enter the plant 1000 and the storage location 01## on the
Where tab page.
d) Choose Enter to confirm your entries and save to create the document. 2. Create and confirm a transfer order for the putaway. You will receive an
error during processing because the system will not be able to find a bin for the last quant of materials. Confirm the warning message and create the transfer order. Leave the fifth pallet in the goods receipt area.
a) Choose Logistics → Logistics Execution → Inbound Process → Goods
Receipt for Purchase Order, Order, Other Transactions → Putaway → Create Transfer Order → For Material Document.
b) Choose Enter and then Edit → Put Away→ Foreground: The system should propose the storage bin 001 in storage type 006 for storing the first quant.
c) Confirm this and the next three system proposals with Enter. The fifth quant cannot be stored in storage type 006 because it contains only four storage bins.
d) Choose Cancel .
e) Select the fifth item, choose Delete selected items and then Save . Choose Yes when the system asks you whether the generated items are sufficient.
Lesson Summary
You should now be able to:
• Create a hazardous material master record • Define a material as a hazardous material
Unit Summary
You should now be able to:
• Create a hazardous material master record • Define a material as a hazardous material