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Preface
23
Target Audience
23
Objective
24
Structure of this Book
24
Acknowledgments
28
1 Introduction to SAP Extended Warehouse Management
31
1.1 The SAP Product Pyramid
31
1.2 Introducing SAP Business Suite
34
1.2.1 SAP Event Management
36
1.2.2 SAP Supply Network Collaboration
37
1.2.3 SAP Transportation Management
37
1.2.4 SAP Demand Planning
38
1.2.5 SAP Supply Network Planning
38
1.2.6 SAP Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling
38
1.2.7 SAP Service Parts Planning
39
1.2.8 SAP Auto ID Enterprise
39
1.2.9 SAP Extended Warehouse Management
40
1.3 Warehouse Management in General
40
1.4 Warehouse Management Solutions from SAP
41
1.5 Comparing SAP Extended Warehouse Management and SAP ERP Warehouse Management
43
1.5.1 Mapping a Warehouse Complex in a Warehouse Management System
43
1.5.2 Functionalities
44
1.5.3 Planning Capabilities
46
1.5.4 Monitoring Capabilities
46
1.5.5 Reporting and Analytics
48
1.5.6 Output Management Capabilities
48
1.5.7 Connect with Supporting Warehouse Technologies
49
1.5.8 User Interfaces
49
1.6 Business Benefits of SAP EWM
49
1.7 Deployment Options of SAP EWM
52
1.7.1 Deploying SAP EWM on SAP ERP
53
1.7.2 Deploying SAP EWM on SAP Supply Chain Management
53
1.8 ASAP 8 Implementation Methodology and SAP EWM
54
1.8.1 Project Preparation
55
1.8.2 Business Blueprint
57
1.8.3 Realization
60
1.8.4 Final Preparation
63
1.8.5 Go-Live and Support
64
1.8.6 Run SAP EWM
64
1.9 Key Reference Points
64
1.10 SAP EWM on SAP HANA
65
1.11 Summary
65
2 Organizational Structure and Definition
67
2.1 Client
69
2.2 Company Code
70
2.3 Plant
71
2.4 Storage Location
72
2.5 Warehouse
73
2.5.1 Overview of Warehouse
73
2.5.2 Definition and Assignment of Warehouse-Specific Settings in SAP ERP
74
2.5.3 Maintaining SAP EWM Parameters in SAP ERP
76
2.5.4 Distribution Model Generation
77
2.5.5 Define Queue for Transfer to SAP EWM
79
2.5.6 Decentralized Warehouse Management System Integration
79
2.5.7 Assignment of a Decentralized SAP Supply Chain Management System
80
2.5.8 Delivery Split
80
2.5.9 Warehouse Number Customizing
82
2.5.10 Define and Assign the SAP EWM Warehouse Number
82
2.5.11 SAP ERP and SAP EWM Warehouse Integration
83
2.6 Summary
85
3 Warehouse Structure
87
3.1 SAP EWM and SAP ERP Linkage
89
3.2 Storage Type
90
3.2.1 General
91
3.2.2 Putaway Control
100
3.2.3 Stock Removal Control
111
3.2.4 Goods Movement Control
115
3.2.5 Replenishment
117
3.3 Storage Section
118
3.4 Storage Bin
119
3.4.1 Storage Bin Types
119
3.4.2 Bin Access Type
119
3.4.3 Storage Bin Structure
120
3.4.4 Storage Bin Master
121
3.4.5 Loading Storage Bins
123
3.4.6 Mass Changes to Storage Bins
124
3.4.7 Generating Storage Bins
124
3.4.8 Loading Storage Bins Sorting
126
3.4.9 Sorting Storage Bins
126
3.4.10 Fixed Bin Assignments
127
3.4.11 Maintaining Verification Field
128
3.4.12 Printing Labels for Storage Bins
129
3.5 Staging Area
129
3.6 Warehouse Door
130
3.7 Activity Area
131
3.8 Work Center
132
3.8.1 Specify Work Center Layout
132
3.8.2 Definition of Work Center
133
3.8.3 Optimize Work Center Determination
134
3.8.4 Definition of Master Data Attributes
135
3.8.5 Determination of Work Center
135
3.8.6 Work Center Print Control
135
3.9 Summary
136
4 Master Data
137
4.1 Supply Chain Unit
139
4.1.1 Maintaining a Supply Chain Unit
139
4.1.2 Assignment of Supply Chain Units
140
4.1.3 Supply Chain Unit Calendar Assignment
141
4.2 Business Partners
141
4.2.1 Maintain Business Partner Screen
143
4.2.2 Plant
146
4.2.3 Customer
146
4.2.4 Vendor
148
4.2.5 Party Entitled to Dispose
149
4.2.6 Carrier
149
4.2.7 Employee
150
4.2.8 Miscellaneous Roles
150
4.3 Warehouse Product Master
152
4.3.1 Material Master in SAP ERP
152
4.3.2 Product Master in SAP EWM
159
4.3.3 SAP EWM-Specific Master Data Settings
187
4.4 Transportation Data
188
4.4.1 Prerequisite Configuration
188
4.4.2 Transportation Hierarchy
189
4.4.3 Transportation Lanes
190
4.4.4 Transportation Zones
190
4.4.5 Transportation Routes
190
4.4.6 Carrier Profiles
191
4.5 Packaging Materials
192
4.6 Packaging Specifications
193
4.6.1 Structure of Packaging Specification
194
4.6.2 Maintain Packaging Specification
197
4.6.3 Initial Data Transfer of Packaging Specification
198
4.6.4 Determination of Packaging Specification
199
4.6.5 Activating the Packaging Specification
201
4.6.6 Distribution of Packaging Specifications
201
4.7 Route Determination
202
4.8 Summary
203
5 Cross-Process Definitions
205
5.1 Handling Units
205
5.1.1 Handling Unit Configuration Settings in SAP Extended Warehouse Management
207
5.1.2 Packing Materials and Specifications
212
5.1.3 Post Processing Framework Customizing for Handling Unit Printing
213
5.1.4 Automatic Packing in Inbound Delivery
214
5.1.5 Packing during Warehouse Task Confirmation
215
5.1.6 Status Management
216
5.1.7 Packing and Deconsolidation Using Radio Frequency
217
5.2 Warehouse Order
219
5.2.1 Warehouse Order Overview
219
5.2.2 Warehouse Order Settings
221
5.3 Storage Control
228
5.3.1 Storage Control Overview
228
5.3.2 Process-Oriented Storage Control
230
5.3.3 Layout-Oriented Storage Control
232
5.4 Exception Handling
233
5.4.1 Configuring Exception Codes
234
5.4.2 Exception Code Profile Assignment
238
5.4.3 Maintain Business Context
238
5.5 Batch Management
239
5.5.1 Batch Management-Specific Configuration
240
5.5.2 Batch Management in Goods Receipt
243
5.5.3 Batch Management in Goods Issue
244
5.5.4 Batch Status Management
244
5.5.5 Documentary Batch Management
244
5.6 Stock Identification
245
5.6.1 Usage of Stock Identification
246
5.6.2 Splitting Warehouse Tasks
247
5.6.3 Splitting Stock in Goods Receipt
247
5.6.4 Splitting Stock in Goods Issue
247
5.7 Resource Management
248
5.7.1 Queue Definition
248
5.7.2 Resource
250
5.7.3 Definition and Execution of Resource Execution Constraints
252
5.7.4 Maintain Resource Group
255
5.7.5 Maintain the Queue Sequence for Resource Groups
255
5.7.6 Maintain Resource
256
5.7.7 Maintain Execution Priorities
256
5.7.8 Maintain Users
257
5.7.9 Processor
257
5.7.10 System-Guided Using Resource Management
258
5.7.11 Resource Monitoring
258
5.8 Post Processing Framework
259
5.8.1 Purpose of the Post Processing Framework
260
5.8.2 Structure of the Post Processing Framework
260
5.8.3 Configuring the Post Processing Framework
262
5.8.4 Printing via Post Processing Framework
264
5.9 Travel Distance Calculation
267
5.9.1 Settings for Travel Distance Calculation
268
5.9.2 Examples of Travel Distance Calculation
269
5.9.3 Network Generation
270
5.10 Serial Number Management
270
5.10.1 Serial Number Profile
272
5.10.2 Provisional Serial Number
274
5.10.3 Settings/Configuration
274
5.10.4 Serial Number in Deliveries
275
5.10.5 Serial Number in a Warehouse Task
276
5.10.6 Serial Number in the Warehouse Monitor
276
5.11 Summary
277
6 Integrating SAP Extended Warehouse Management with SAP ERP
279
6.1 Dependency of Systems on Business Scenarios
279
6.1.1 Application Link Enabling
281
6.1.2 Intermediate Document
281
6.1.3 Remote Function Call
282
6.2 Settings
284
6.2.1 Basic Settings
284
6.2.2 General Settings
286
6.2.3 Delivery Settings and Integration
289
6.2.4 Goods Movement Mapping
290
6.2.5 Map Storage Locations
290
6.2.6 Customer-Specific Movement Types
290
6.2.7 Transportation Settings
291
6.3 Data Load Systems
292
6.4 Migration from LE-WM
292
6.4.1 Warehouse Product Migration
293
6.4.2 Storage Bin Migration
294
6.4.3 Stock Migration
296
6.4.4 Physical Inventory Completeness Migration
297
6.4.5 Map Storage Unit Type to Packaging Material
298
6.4.6 Map Warehouse Management Unit of Measure to Packaging Material
298
6.5 Master Data Integration between SAP ERP and SAP EWM
299
6.5.1 Basic Setup
299
6.5.2 Integration of Master Data via CIF
299
6.5.3 Integration of Master Data via IDoc
303
6.6 Logistics Inventory Management Engine
303
6.7 Summary
303
7 Inbound Processing
305
7.1 Basic Setup for Inbound Delivery Processing
306
7.1.1 Introduction to Document and Item Categories
307
7.1.2 Defining Document Types
308
7.1.3 Defining Item Type
310
7.1.4 Document Type and Item Type Mapping from SAP ERP to SAP EWM
311
7.1.5 Determining Document Types and Item Types in SAP EWM
313
7.1.6 Existence Check of Packaging Specification
314
7.1.7 Batch Management and Remaining Shelf Life Check in the Inbound Delivery
316
7.1.8 Defining Print Profiles
317
7.2 General SAP EWM Delivery Document Structure
318
7.3 Inbound Delivery Notification
322
7.3.1 Inbound Delivery Notification against Advance Shipping Notice
324
7.3.2 Notification Delivery in SAP EWM for the Purchase Order/Production Order
327
7.4 Inbound Delivery in SAP EWM
328
7.5 Communication between SAP EWM and SAP ERP
332
7.6 Check-In Process
333
7.7 Unloading and Goods Receipt
338
7.7.1 Unloading
340
7.7.2 Goods Receipt
341
7.8 Putaway Processing
342
7.8.1 Configuration Setup for Putaway
343
7.8.2 Putaway Rules
344
7.8.3 Availability Group Configuration for Putaway
346
7.8.4 Process-Oriented Storage Control for Inbound Processes
349
7.8.5 Layout-Oriented Storage Control for Inbound Processes
353
7.8.6 Deconsolidation Process
355
7.8.7 Value-Added Services for Inbound Processes
357
7.8.8 Final Putaway
358
7.9 Check-Out Process
362
7.10 Expected Goods Receipt
363
7.10.1 Push/Pull Expected Goods Receipt from SAP EWM
363
7.10.2 Maintaining the Expected Goods Receipt Notification
364
7.10.3 Maintaining the Expected Goods Receipt
364
7.11 Stock-Specific Unit of Measure in the Inbound Process
365
7.12 Summary
366
8 Advanced Production Integration
369
8.1 Master Data and Settings for Advanced Production Integration
371
8.1.1 Define Production Supply Areas
374
8.1.2 Mapping and Replication of Production Supply Areas
374
8.1.3 Assignment of Bin to Production Supply Area
375
8.2 Integration of Production Supply in SAP EWM
376
8.3 Component Staging for Production
377
8.4 Batches in Staging and Consumption
378
8.5 Catch Weight in Staging and Consumption
379
8.6 Staging and Consumption
379
8.7 Receipt from Production
380
8.8 Consumption Posting/Back Flushing for Production Supply
381
8.9 Goods Issue for Production Supply
382
8.10 Goods Receipt from Production
383
8.10.1 Receipt from Production in Advanced Production Integration
383
8.10.2 Receipt of Handling Units from Production
384
8.11 Summary
385
9 Outbound Processing
387
9.1 Basic Setup for Outbound Delivery Processing
389
9.1.1 Document Type and Item Type Mapping
389
9.1.2 Route Determination
391
9.1.3 Batch Management in the Outbound Delivery
391
9.1.4 Warehouse Process Type Determination
392
9.1.5 Warehouse Order Creation for Outbound Delivery
394
9.1.6 Storage Control in Outbound Processes
394
9.2 Stock Removal Strategy Definition
396
9.2.1 Storage Type Determination
397
9.2.2 Storage Type Search Sequence Determination
398
9.3 Stock Determination and Valuation
399
9.3.1 Stock Determination
400
9.3.2 Stock Valuation
401
9.4 Wave Management
401
9.4.1 Wave Templates
403
9.4.2 Wave Template Attributes
403
9.5 Door and Staging Area Determination
405
9.6 Outbound Delivery Creation
408
9.6.1 Overview of the Outbound Delivery Process
408
9.6.2 Direct Outbound Delivery Process
410
9.6.3 Outbound Process with Cartonization Planning
414
9.7 Check-In/Check-Out Process
415
9.8 Picking and Loading Execution
417
9.8.1 Execution with the Pick List
418
9.8.2 Execution with Mobile Devices
420
9.8.3 Pick Denial/Handling Differences in Picking
422
9.8.4 Packing
423
9.8.5 Pick, Pack, and Pass
426
9.9 Invoice before Goods Issue
428
9.10 Post Goods Issue
430
9.11 Stock-Specific Unit of Measure in the Outbound Process
431
9.12 Canceling Outbound Delivery
431
9.13 Summary
434
10 Shipping and Receiving
435
10.1 Yard Management
435
10.1.1 Yard Management Activities
436
10.1.2 Activation of Yard Management
437
10.1.3 Yard Structure
438
10.1.4 Yard Organizational Units Definition and Bin Assignments
441
10.1.5 Transportation Unit
443
10.1.6 Vehicles
445
10.1.7 Check-In and Check-Out
445
10.1.8 Functions of Yard Management
446
10.1.9 Yard Monitoring
446
10.1.10 Yard Activity Updates in SAP ERP
447
10.2 Transportation Units and Vehicles
447
10.3 Transportation Management Linkage with SAP EWM
450
10.3.1 Basics
452
10.3.2 SAP TM Interfaces
452
10.3.3 Maintain Shipments
454
10.3.4 Maintain Freight Documents
455
10.4 Staging Area and Door Determination (Inbound/Outbound)
456
10.5 Transit Warehousing
459
10.6 Summary
460
11 Physical Inventory
463
11.1 Physical Inventory Types
464
11.1.1 Periodic Inventory
465
11.1.2 Cycle Counting
465
11.1.3 Continuous Inventory
465
11.1.4 Sampling
466
11.2 Physical Inventory Procedures
466
11.2.1 Ad Hoc Physical Inventory
467
11.2.2 Annual Physical Inventory
467
11.2.3 Cycle Counting
467
11.2.4 Storage Bin Check
468
11.2.5 Low Stock Check
468
11.2.6 Zero Stock Check
469
11.2.7 Putaway Physical Inventory
469
11.2.8 External Procedure
469
11.3 Physical Inventory Settings
469
11.3.1 Physical Inventory Area-Specific Settings
470
11.3.2 Warehouse-Specific Settings
471
11.3.3 Printing Physical Inventory Documents
477
11.4 Physical Inventory Process
478
11.4.1 Create a Physical Inventory Document
479
11.4.2 Process Physical Inventory
482
11.4.3 Difference Analyzer
483
11.4.4 Stock Comparison with SAP ERP
484
11.4.5 Post Differences Automatically to SAP ERP System
484
11.5 Stock-Specific Unit of Measure in Physical Inventory
485
11.6 Physical Inventory Counting via Radio Frequency
487
11.7 Reporting
488
11.7.1 Reports in Physical Inventory
488
11.7.2 Physical Inventory Progress Report
490
11.7.3 Physical Inventory Count Overview
490
11.7.4 Physical Inventory Document Overview
491
11.8 Summary
491
12 Internal Movements
493
12.1 Replenishment
493
12.1.1 Replenishment Configuration
494
12.1.2 Replenishment Strategies
499
12.2 Rearrangement
507
12.2.1 Rearrangement Configuration
507
12.2.2 Slotting Data
509
12.2.3 Performing Slotting and Rearrangement
509
12.2.4 Alerts for Rearrangement
510
12.3 Stock Transfer
511
12.3.1 Document Type and Item Type Mapping
511
12.3.2 Internal Stock Transfer Process
512
12.4 Ad Hoc Movements
514
12.4.1 Creation of Ad Hoc Warehouse Tasks
514
12.4.2 Execution of Ad Hoc Warehouse Tasks
514
12.5 Posting Changes
516
12.5.1 Planned Posting Change from SAP ERP
517
12.5.2 Basic Settings
517
12.5.3 Direct Posting Change
520
12.5.4 Processing Posting Changes
520
12.5.5 Automatic Posting Change
521
12.6 Summary
522
13 Warehouse Monitoring
523
13.1 Warehouse Management Monitor
524
13.1.1 Understanding the Warehouse Management Monitor
525
13.1.2 Configuring the Monitoring Tree
534
13.1.3 Customizing Warehouse Monitor Nodes
535
13.2 Easy Graphics Framework
537
13.2.1 Warehouse Cockpit
538
13.3 Graphical Warehouse Layout
540
13.4 Alerts
542
13.5 Summary
543
14 Radio Frequency Framework
545
14.1 Basic Settings
546
14.1.1 Logical Transactions
546
14.1.2 RF Menu and Screen Manager
553
14.1.3 Verification Control
555
14.1.4 Assign Presentation Profile to Warehouse
556
14.1.5 RF Function Keys
556
14.2 RF Navigation
557
14.2.1 Standard Navigation
557
14.2.2 Direct Navigation
558
14.2.3 Virtual Navigation
559
14.3 Processing Using RF
560
14.4 SAP Solutions for Auto-ID and Item Serialization
561
14.5 Summary
562
15 Labor Management
563
15.1 Labor Management Activation
564
15.1.1 Employee Master
566
15.1.2 Formulas and Conditions
567
15.2 Engineered Labor Standards
570
15.2.1 Determining Engineered Labor Standards
571
15.2.2 Uploading Engineered Labor Standards
573
15.3 Direct Labor Activities
574
15.4 Indirect Labor Activities
577
15.4.1 Create External Storage Process Steps for Indirect Labor
577
15.4.2 Capturing Indirect Labor efforts
577
15.5 Planning and Simulation
579
15.5.1 Workload Planning for Active Documents
580
15.5.2 Preprocessing
580
15.5.3 View Planned Workload Data
581
15.5.4 Simulation
582
15.6 Employee Performance
582
15.6.1 Employee Performance Documents
583
15.6.2 Transfer Performance Documents to Human Resources
583
15.7 Labor Demand Planning
584
15.8 Summary
585
16 Quality Management
587
16.1 Quality Inspection Engine Architecture
588
16.2 Quality Inspection Engine Data
589
16.3 Customizing Quality Management
590
16.4 Quality Management Master Data
593
16.4.1 Warehouse-Specific Quality Management Data
593
16.4.2 Maintain Inspection Rule
594
16.4.3 Sample-Drawing Procedure
594
16.4.4 Maintain Quality Level
595
16.4.5 Dynamic Modification
595
16.5 Inspection Object Type
595
16.6 Quality Inspection Groups
597
16.7 Quality Inspection Process
597
16.7.1 Recurring Inspections
598
16.7.2 Acceptance Sampling
599
16.7.3 Presampling in Production
600
16.7.4 Goods Receipt Control
601
16.8 Quality Inspection Document Creation
602
16.9 Inspection Decision Recording
602
16.10 Follow-Up Actions
602
16.11 Warehouse Inspection Monitoring
603
16.12 Quality Inspection Using Radio Frequency
604
16.13 Quality Inspection in Returns Management
605
16.13.1 Returns in the Distribution Network
606
16.13.2 Advance Returns Management
606
16.14 Summary
607
17 Value-Added Services
609
17.1 Configuration
611
17.1.1 Product Group Type and Product Group
611
17.1.2 Setting Up Value-Added Service Relevance
612
17.1.3 Maintaining Value-Added Service Settings for a Warehouse
614
17.2 Master Data
615
17.2.1 Maintaining the Material Master
615
17.2.2 Creation of Packaging Specification for Value-Added Services
618
17.3 Warehouse Processes
620
17.3.1 Goods Receipts Process
621
17.3.2 Goods Issue Process
623
17.3.3 Internal Warehouse Processes
624
17.4 Orders
625
17.5 Value-Added Services Execution Using the Work Center
627
17.6 Auxiliary Product Consumption Posting
628
17.7 Summary
629
18 Cross-Docking
631
18.1 Planned Cross-Docking
632
18.1.1 Transportation Cross-Docking
634
18.1.2 Merchandise Cross-Docking
637
18.2 Opportunistic Cross-Docking
642
18.2.1 Push Deployment and Pick from Goods Receipt
642
18.2.2 SAP EWM-Triggered Opportunistic Cross-Docking
644
18.3 Exceptions in Cross-Docking
648
18.4 Summary
648
19 Material Flow System
651
19.1 Structure of MFS
652
19.1.1 Programmable Logic Controller
653
19.1.2 Communication Channel
653
19.1.3 Communication Point
654
19.1.4 Conveyor Segment
654
19.1.5 Resources
655
19.2 Setting Up the Material Flow System
656
19.3 Repeating or Resending an Acknowledgment Telegram
658
19.3.1 Telegram Repetition and Channel Check
658
19.3.2 Reprocessing Incoming Telegrams
659
19.3.3 Periodic Custom Logic
659
19.4 Material Flow System in the Warehouse Management Monitor
659
19.5 Exception Handling in the Material Flow System
660
19.6 Material Flow System in the Easy Graphics Framework
660
19.7 Material Flow System for Case Conveyor Systems
661
19.7.1 Setting Up Material Flow Systems for Case Conveyor Systems
661
19.7.2 Putaway and Stock Removal Strategy
662
19.7.3 Handling Unit Movements
663
19.7.4 Routing for Case Conveyor Systems
664
19.7.5 Material Flow System Actions for Case Conveyor Systems
664
19.7.6 Process Examples
665
19.8 Summary
665
20 Kitting
667
20.1 Kit to Order Using Sales Orders
669
20.1.1 Kit to Order Using Sales Orders in SAP CRM
670
20.1.2 Kit to Order Using Sales Orders in SAP ERP
671
20.2 Kit to Stock
674
20.2.1 Kit to Stock Using Production Orders
674
20.2.2 Kit to Stock Initiated from VAS in SAP EWM
675
20.3 Reverse Kitting
675
20.4 Summary
676
21 Dock Appointment Scheduling
679
21.1 SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling Settings
680
21.2 Docking Locations and Loading Points
681
21.2.1 Docking Location
681
21.2.2 Loading Points
682
21.3 Appointment Management
683
21.3.1 Alliance with Carriers
683
21.3.2 Integration with SAP EWM
683
21.4 Summary
686
22 User Maintenance and Archiving
689
22.1 Roles for SAP EWM
689
22.1.1 Standard Roles
691
22.1.2 Identity Management Integration
694
22.1.3 Roles for Dock Appointment Scheduling
694
22.2 Data Archiving
696
22.3 Summary
697
Conclusion
699
The Authors
701
Index
703