Introduction

25

Target Audience

25

Objective

26

Structure of the Book

26

Acknowledgements

31

1 Warehouse Management in SAP

35

1.1 What Is Warehouse Management?

35

1.2 Warehouse Management with SAP

37

1.3 SAP S/4HANA Conversion and Migration

41

1.4 Deployment Options for SAP EWM

44

1.4.1 Decentralized Deployment

44

1.4.2 Centralized Deployment

45

1.5 Basic and Extended Warehouse Management

46

1.6 Summary

48

2 Organizational Structures

49

2.1 Client

50

2.2 Company

51

2.3 Company Code

52

2.4 Plant

53

2.5 Storage Location

55

2.6 Warehouse

56

2.6.1 Creating a Warehouse in SAP S/4HANA

56

2.6.2 Creating a Warehouse in Embedded EWM

57

2.6.3 Linking Embedded EWM and SAP S/4HANA Warehouses

58

2.6.4 Mapping Warehouses

61

2.6.5 Assignment of Business Partners

61

2.6.6 Delivery Split

62

2.7 Summary

63

3 First Steps in Implementing Embedded EWM in SAP S/4HANA

65

3.1 Basic System Setup

66

3.2 Master Data Integration

70

3.3 Delivery Settings and Integration

71

3.3.1 Distribution Model

71

3.3.2 Delivery Mapping in Embedded EWM

72

3.3.3 Mapping Plant and Storage Location in Embedded EWM

74

3.4 Migration from Third-Party Systems

75

3.5 Migration from WM to Embedded EWM

77

3.5.1 Migration of Warehouse Product Data

78

3.5.2 Storage Bin Migration

80

3.5.3 Stock Migration

81

3.5.4 Physical Inventory Completeness

82

3.6 Summary

84

4 Warehouse Structures

85

4.1 Storage Type

87

4.1.1 General Settings

88

4.1.2 Putaway Control

96

4.1.3 Stock Removal Control

109

4.1.4 Goods Movement Control

113

4.1.5 Replenishment Control

115

4.2 Storage Section

116

4.3 Storage Bins

117

4.3.1 Storage Bin Master

117

4.3.2 Storage Bin Types

121

4.3.3 Bin Access Type

122

4.3.4 Storage Bin Structure

122

4.3.5 Creating Storage Bins

126

4.3.6 Modifying Storage Bins

128

4.3.7 Executing Storage Bin Sorting

129

4.3.8 Assignment of Fixed Bins to Product

129

4.3.9 Bin Verification Field

131

4.3.10 Printing Storage Bin Labels

132

4.4 Staging Area and Warehouse Door

133

4.4.1 Staging Area

133

4.4.2 Warehouse Door

134

4.4.3 Assigning Staging Area to Door

135

4.5 Activity Area

135

4.6 Work Center

138

4.6.1 Work Center Layout

139

4.6.2 Define Work Center

140

4.6.3 Optimizing Work Center Determination

144

4.7 Summary

145

5 Master Data

147

5.1 Supply Chain Unit

148

5.2 Business Partners

148

5.3 Product Master

152

5.3.1 Material Master in SAP S/4HANA

152

5.3.2 Product Master in Embedded EWM

157

5.4 Packaging Material

185

5.5 Packaging Specifications

187

5.5.1 Packaging Specification Structure

187

5.5.2 Creation of Packaging Specification

190

5.5.3 Determination of Packaging Specification

193

5.6 Routes

194

5.7 Summary

195

6 Cross-Process Settings

197

6.1 Warehouse Requests

197

6.1.1 Process Code Profile

199

6.1.2 Status Profile

201

6.1.3 Quantity Offsetting Profile

201

6.1.4 Text Profile

202

6.1.5 Field Control Profile

203

6.1.6 Incompleteness Check Profile

204

6.1.7 Action Profile

205

6.1.8 Partner Profile

206

6.1.9 Reference Document Profile

207

6.1.10 Date Profile

208

6.1.11 Process Profile

209

6.2 Handling Units

211

6.2.1 Overview

211

6.2.2 Configuring Handling Units

214

6.2.3 Printing Handling Units

217

6.3 Warehouse Tasks

218

6.3.1 Warehouse Process Type

219

6.3.2 Product Warehouse Task

224

6.3.3 Handling Unit Warehouse Task

224

6.4 Warehouse Order

225

6.4.1 Overview of Warehouse Order Creation

225

6.4.2 Configuring Warehouse Orders

227

6.4.3 Printing Warehouse Orders

234

6.4.4 Manual Assembly of Warehouse Orders

235

6.5 Storage Control

236

6.5.1 Storage Control in Outbound Process

237

6.5.2 Storage Control in Internal Process

239

6.5.3 Process-Oriented Storage Control

240

6.5.4 Layout-Oriented Storage Control

243

6.6 Exception Handling

245

6.6.1 Configuration Elements of Exception Codes

246

6.6.2 Define New Exception Code

248

6.6.3 Exception Code Usage

251

6.7 Batch Management

252

6.7.1 Configuring Batch Management

253

6.7.2 Batches in Goods Movement

256

6.7.3 Documentary Batch

258

6.8 Stock Identification

259

6.8.1 Utilizing Stock Identification

261

6.8.2 Using Stock Identification for Splitting Stock

262

6.9 Catch Weight Management

264

6.9.1 Master Data Changes for Catch Weight

264

6.9.2 Using Catch Weight

266

6.10 Postprocessing Framework

268

6.10.1 Configuring Postprocessing Framework

270

6.10.2 Postprocessing Framework Execution

278

6.11 Travel Distance Calculation

278

6.11.1 Settings for Travel Distance Calculation

281

6.11.2 Travel Distance Calculation

282

6.12 Serial Number Management

283

6.12.1 Serial Number Profile

284

6.12.2 Serial Number Requirements

287

6.12.3 Provisional Serial Numbers

290

6.12.4 Using Serial Numbers

290

6.13 Quality Management

294

6.13.1 Configuring Quality Management

295

6.13.2 Master Data in Quality Management

300

6.13.3 Quality Inspection Process

303

6.13.4 Quality Inspection Scenarios

305

6.14 Summary

317

7 Inbound Processing

319

7.1 What Happens During Inbound Processing?

320

7.2 Configuring Inbound Delivery Processing

324

7.2.1 Document Category and Document Types

324

7.2.2 Item Category and Item Types

325

7.2.3 Mapping the Inbound Delivery

326

7.2.4 Stock Type Determination in Inbound Delivery

327

7.3 Inbound Delivery

331

7.4 Check-In

332

7.5 Unloading and Goods Receipt

334

7.5.1 Unloading

335

7.5.2 Quantity Adjustment in Inbound Process

337

7.5.3 Goods Receipt

338

7.6 Putaway

339

7.6.1 Deconsolidation

340

7.6.2 Putaway in Embedded EWM

342

7.6.3 Putaway Strategies

351

7.7 Summary

358

8 Outbound Processing

359

8.1 What Happens During Outbound Processing?

360

8.2 Configuring Outbound Delivery Processing

363

8.2.1 Document Type and Item Type in Outbound Process

363

8.2.2 Mapping Outbound Deliveries

365

8.2.3 Assigning Item Type to Document Type

366

8.2.4 Configuring and Using Consolidation Groups

367

8.3 Outbound Delivery

368

8.3.1 Outbound Delivery Order

368

8.3.2 Outbound Delivery Creation

372

8.3.3 Delivery Creation Using References

373

8.3.4 Direct Outbound Delivery Process

373

8.3.5 Changing Order Quantity

375

8.4 Stock Removal

376

8.4.1 Warehouse Tasks

377

8.4.2 Storage Type Determination

379

8.4.3 Stock Removal Strategies

381

8.5 Picking and Packing

386

8.5.1 Stock Removal Execution

388

8.5.2 Handling Denials During Picking

391

8.5.3 Picking Cancellations

394

8.5.4 Handling Differences while Picking

397

8.5.5 Use of Pick HUs in Picking

398

8.5.6 Packing in Outbound Process

400

8.6 Loading

402

8.6.1 Door and Staging Area Determination

402

8.6.2 Integration with Yard Management

403

8.7 Goods Issue Posting

405

8.8 Summary

406

9 Internal Warehouse Processes

407

9.1 Replenishment

407

9.1.1 Basic Settings

409

9.1.2 Planned Replenishment

414

9.1.3 Order-Related Replenishment

415

9.1.4 Crate Part Replenishment

418

9.1.5 Direct Replenishment

420

9.1.6 Automatic Replenishment

422

9.2 Ad Hoc Warehouse Movement

423

9.3 Posting Change

425

9.3.1 Basic Settings

426

9.3.2 Posting Change Process

428

9.4 Stock Transfer

430

9.4.1 Warehouse Request for Stock Transfer

430

9.4.2 Internal Stock Transfer Process

431

9.5 Summary

432

10 Physical Inventory

433

10.1 What Is Physical Inventory?

433

10.2 Physical Inventory Processes

435

10.2.1 Periodic Physical Inventory

436

10.2.2 Continuous Physical Inventory

436

10.2.3 Cycle Counting

438

10.2.4 Sample-Based Inventory

439

10.3 Configuring Physical Inventory

441

10.3.1 Physical Inventory Area-Specific Settings

441

10.3.2 Warehouse-Number-Specific Settings

444

10.3.3 Define Tolerance Group

446

10.3.4 Define Reasons and Priority

448

10.3.5 Printing in Physical Inventory Process

451

10.4 Physical Inventory Documents

453

10.4.1 Create a Physical Inventory Document

454

10.4.2 Process a Physical Inventory Document

457

10.4.3 Difference Analyzer

460

10.4.4 Stock Comparison with SAP S/4HANA

461

10.4.5 Post Differences Automatically to SAP S/4HANA

462

10.5 Using Radio Frequency in Physical Inventory Processes

462

10.6 Summary

464

11 Resource Management

465

11.1 What Is Resource Management?

466

11.2 Configuring Resource Management

466

11.2.1 Define Queue Types

466

11.2.2 Define Queues

467

11.2.3 Define Resource Types

469

11.2.4 Maintain Execution Priorities for Resource Type

470

11.2.5 Define Resource Group

471

11.2.6 Define Resource

472

11.3 Radio Frequency

474

11.3.1 System-Guided Processing

475

11.3.2 Semi-System-Guided Processing

478

11.4 Task Interleaving

479

11.5 Pick, Pack, and Pass

480

11.5.1 Configuration

481

11.5.2 Warehouse Order Processing

484

11.6 Resource Execution Constraint

485

11.6.1 Configuration

485

11.6.2 Task Execution

487

11.7 Summary

488

12 Warehouse Monitoring and Reporting

489

12.1 Warehouse Monitor

489

12.1.1 Warehouse Monitor Layout and Features

490

12.1.2 Personalizing the Warehouse Monitor

494

12.1.3 Message Queue Monitoring

500

12.2 Graphical Warehouse Layout

503

12.3 Measurement Services

504

12.4 Summary

505

13 Advanced Production Integration

507

13.1 What Is Advanced Production Integration?

507

13.2 Configuring Advanced Production Integration

510

13.3 Production Material Request

513

13.4 Production Supply Area

514

13.4.1 Managing Production Supply Area Stock in a Warehouse

514

13.4.2 Define Production Supply Area

515

13.5 Staging and Consumption

518

13.6 Receipt from Production

520

13.7 Summary

522

14 Radio Frequency Framework

523

14.1 What Is the RF Framework?

523

14.2 Configuring the RF Framework

525

14.2.1 Logon and Logoff

525

14.2.2 Menu Manager

526

14.2.3 Screen Manager

528

14.2.4 Modifying RF Transactions

530

14.2.5 Verification Profile

534

14.3 Navigation in RF

535

14.4 Process Execution Using RF

537

14.5 Summary

538

15 Cross-Docking

541

15.1 What Is Cross-Docking?

541

15.2 Merchandise Distribution

542

15.2.1 Merchandise Distribution Cross-Docking

544

15.2.2 Merchandise Distribution Flow-Through

545

15.3 Opportunistic Cross-Docking

548

15.3.1 Triggered in Embedded EWM

549

15.3.2 Push Deployment and Pick from Goods Receipt

551

15.4 Summary

553

16 Wave Management

555

16.1 What Is Wave Management?

555

16.2 Configuring Wave Management

557

16.2.1 Wave Types

557

16.2.2 Wave Categories

557

16.2.3 Set Automatic Wave Generation for Warehouse Process Type

558

16.2.4 Maintain Wave Capacity Profile

558

16.2.5 Wave Templates

560

16.2.6 Wave Template Determination

563

16.3 Wave Creation Process

565

16.4 Two-Step Picking

570

16.4.1 Configuration

571

16.4.2 Execution of Two-Step Picking

573

16.5 Summary

575

17 Slotting and Rearrangement

577

17.1 What Is Slotting?

577

17.2 Configuring Slotting

578

17.2.1 Storage Parameters Determined Using Slotting

579

17.2.2 Condition Technique

582

17.3 Slotting Process Steps

584

17.3.1 Simulate Slotting

584

17.3.2 Perform Slotting

585

17.3.3 Activate Planned Values

587

17.4 Rearrangement

588

17.4.1 Configuring Rearrangement

588

17.4.2 Rearrangement Process

589

17.5 Summary

590

18 Shipping and Receiving

593

18.1 What Are Shipping and Receiving?

593

18.2 Configuring Shipping and Receiving

595

18.2.1 General Settings

595

18.2.2 Transportation Unit and Vehicles

599

18.2.3 Loading and Unloading

603

18.3 Yard Management

605

18.3.1 Configuring Yard Management

606

18.3.2 Yard Structure

607

18.3.3 Check In and Check Out

610

18.3.4 Internal Yard Movements

611

18.3.5 Executing Yard Management

612

18.3.6 Monitoring in Yard Management

614

18.4 Shipping Cockpit

614

18.5 Summary

616

19 Labor Management

617

19.1 What Is Labor Management?

617

19.2 Settings for Labor Management

618

19.2.1 Activating Labor Management

619

19.2.2 Settings for Indirect Labor Task

620

19.2.3 Processor

620

19.2.4 Shift Management

623

19.2.5 Formulas and Conditions

627

19.3 Engineered Labor Standards

629

19.4 Planning in Labor Management

631

19.4.1 Preprocessing

632

19.4.2 Creation of Planned Workload

634

19.4.3 Simulation of Planned Workload

635

19.5 Execution in Labor Management

635

19.6 Employee Performance

637

19.7 Summary

639

20 Value-Added Services

641

20.1 What Are Value-Added Services?

641

20.1.1 Structure of VAS Order

642

20.1.2 Execution of VAS Order in VAS Work Center

643

20.2 Configuring Value-Added Services

645

20.2.1 Product Group Type and Product Group

645

20.2.2 Number Range for VAS Order

647

20.2.3 Activate Order Management for VAS

647

20.2.4 Define Relevance for VAS

647

20.2.5 Warehouse Number-Dependent VAS Settings

649

20.2.6 Planned Times for VAS Activities

650

20.2.7 VAS Effort

651

20.2.8 Packaging Specification for VAS

652

20.3 Process Variants for Value-Added Service

653

20.3.1 VAS with Process-Oriented Storage Control

653

20.3.2 VAS with Process Steps

654

20.3.3 VAS without Process-Oriented Storage Control or Process Steps

655

20.4 Auxiliary Products in Value-Added Services

656

20.5 Printing Value-Added Services Documents

658

20.6 Summary

660

21 Kitting

661

21.1 What Is Kitting?

661

21.2 Kit to Stock

663

21.2.1 Kit to Stock Using Production Order

664

21.2.2 Kit to Stock Using VAS Order

665

21.3 Kit to Order

666

21.3.1 Kitting During Picking

667

21.3.2 Kitting at a Kit-Specific Work Center

668

21.3.3 Kitting at Packing Work Center

673

21.4 Reverse Kitting

674

21.5 Summary

677

22 Cartonization Planning

679

22.1 What Is Cartonization Planning?

679

22.2 Configuring Cartonization Planning

682

22.3 Creation of Planned Shipping Handling Units

685

22.3.1 Creation for Outbound Delivery Order

687

22.3.2 Creation for Waves

688

22.3.3 Creation During Creation of Warehouse Orders

689

22.4 Managing Planned Shipping HUs in the Warehouse

690

22.5 Summary

693

23 SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling

695

23.1 What Is SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling?

695

23.2 Configuring SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling

696

23.2.1 Docking Location

696

23.2.2 Loading Points

697

23.2.3 Appointment Management

700

23.2.4 Integration with Embedded EWM

701

23.3 Planning for Carriers

704

23.4 Summary

704

24 Material Flow System

705

24.1 What Is the Material Flow System?

706

24.2 Configuring the Material Flow System

708

24.2.1 Building Blocks

708

24.2.2 Basic Configuration

713

24.3 Reprocessing Telegrams Using Material Flow System Actions

716

24.4 Summary

719

25 Integration with Other SAP Solutions

721

25.1 Integration with SAP Transportation Management

722

25.1.1 Configuring Integration with SAP Transportation Management

722

25.1.2 Delivery-Based Integration Process

724

25.1.3 Transit Warehousing

726

25.1.4 Warehouse Billing

727

25.2 Integration with SAP Global Trade Services

729

25.2.1 Compliance Management in Outbound Process with Embedded EWM

729

25.2.2 Transit Procedure

731

25.2.3 Scrapping with Customs Warehousing Procedure

733

25.2.4 Safekeeping

734

25.3 Summary

735

Appendices

737

A SAP Fiori Applications

737

A.1 SAP Fiori Apps for Warehouse Clerks

737

A.2 SAP Fiori Apps for Warehouse Shift Supervisors

742

A.3 SAP Fiori Apps for Warehouse Operatives

743

A.4 Role-Independent SAP Fiori Apps for Embedded EWM

744

B The Authors

745

Index

747