How To Fix PK617 - Replenishment location &1 is WM-managed and supply area is initial

PK617 - Overview

• Message type: E = Error

• Message class: PK - Production - KANBAN

• Message number: 617

• Message text: Replenishment location &1 is WM-managed and supply area is initial

What causes this issue?

You entered a replenishment storage location (field RepLoc) that is
assigned to a WM-managed warehouse, but there is no production supply
area (field SupplyArea) in the corresponding replenishment element.
This is not possible in a S/4HANA cloud environment.
This error has probably occured during the manual staging of a material.
Please check your settings for the production supply area assigned to
this material and the corresponding control cycles.

System Response

The creation of replenishments with these kind of storage locations is
not supported.

How to fix this error?

You have to abort the transaction.

Procedure for System Administrators

The system issues an error message and will not allow you to continue with this transaction until the error is resolved.

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• What is the cause and solution for SAP error message PK617 - Replenishment location &1 is WM-managed and supply area is initial ?

  The SAP error message PK617 indicates that there is an issue with the replenishment process in a Warehouse Management (WM) environment. Specifically, it states that the replenishment location is WM-managed, but the supply area is not defined (initial). This can occur in scenarios where the system is trying to perform a replenishment task but cannot find the necessary configuration to do so.
  
  Cause:
  
  WM Management: The location specified for replenishment is managed by the Warehouse Management system, which requires specific configurations to be in place.
  Missing Supply Area: The supply area for the replenishment process is not defined or is set to initial (blank). This means that the system does not know where to source the stock from for replenishment.
  
  Configuration Issues: There may be a lack of proper configuration in the Warehouse Management settings, particularly regarding the supply area and its relationship to the storage location.
  
  
  Solution:
  
  
  Define Supply Area:
  
  Go to the configuration settings in