How To Fix LT272 - Plant/Sloc cannot be assigned to warehouse because pr. supply area exists

LT272 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: LT - LE-WM: View or Table Maintenance Error Messages

• Message number: 272

• Message text: Plant/Sloc cannot be assigned to warehouse because pr. supply area exists

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message LT272 - Plant/Sloc cannot be assigned to warehouse because pr. supply area exists ?

  The SAP error message LT272 indicates that a plant/storage location (SLoc) cannot be assigned to a warehouse because a production supply area (PSA) already exists for that plant/storage location. This typically occurs in the context of warehouse management and inventory management in SAP.
  
  Cause:
  
  
  Existing Production Supply Area: The primary cause of this error is that there is already a production supply area defined for the specified plant and storage location. A production supply area is used in the context of production planning and is linked to a warehouse for managing stock that is directly supplied to production.
  
  
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be configuration settings in the Warehouse Management (WM) module that prevent the assignment of the plant/SLoc to the warehouse if a PSA is already defined.
  
  
  
  Solution:
  To resolve this error, you can take the following steps:
  
  
  Check Existing PSAs:
  
  Go to the transaction code /SCWM/PSA or /SCWM/PSA01 to view the existing production supply areas.
  Identify if