SAP Extended Warehouse Management: Processes, Functionality, and Configuration
1st Edition
Published on 28. March 2010
Book
Hardback
847 pages
978-1-59229-304-9 (ISBN)
Description
Got questions about SAP Extended Warehouse Management? This configuration guide can help!. You'll learn about the key capabilities of the EWM solution; explore the configuration elements available in the standard solution; discover the methods used to solve common business process requirements; and find out how to extend the solution to meet your more complex or unique business requirements.
1. The Warehouse Structure
Learn about the warehouse structure, which provides the baseline for modeling warehouse
processes.
2. Product Master Data
Understand why effective master data management is critical to the success of any SAP EWM
implementation, and how it can help you maximize the value of the application to your organization.
3. Physical Inventory (PI)
Explore the capabilities of SAP EWM that support PI, including the main objects used by PI, supported procedures, and integration with Resource Management.
4. Warehouse Monitoring and Analytics
Read about the various tools available for monitoring and reporting on warehouse activities,
including the Warehouse Management Monitor, the Easy Graphics Framework, and SAP
NetWeaver Business Warehouse (SAP BW).
5. Deploying EWM
Gain an understanding of the deployment options for SAP EWM, and how to use the automated configuration method and data load programs to get you started quickly.
Highlights:
Warehouse Stock Management
Production Supply
Internal Movements
Exception Handling
Cross Docking
Yard Management
Kitting
Labor Management
Authorizations and Roles and Archiving
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Persons
Author
M. Brian Carter has nearly 12 years of experience with SAP software, 11 of those working directly for SAP - 8 years in consulting and 3 years in solution management. He is currently acting as a solution manager in the SAP Business Unit Service and Asset Management, focusing on Extended Warehouse Management and Reverse Logistics. He has been focusing on the SAP Extended Warehouse Management product since the months before its initial release in December 2005.
Frank-Peter Bauer has worked with SAP Extended Warehouse Management since 2002, first as a developer in the EWM development team and then as a solution manager for the SAP solution for service parts management, focusing on EWM. Since 2007, he has worked in the consulting department for supply chain management as a principal consultant, project lead, and business development manager for EWM. Before joining SAP, Frank-Peter worked for six years as a supply chain consultant focusing on logistics and warehousing. He has worked on implementation of EWM with companies in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Sweden.
Joerg Lange has worked since 2002 for SAP Deutschland AG
& Co. KG as Senior Consultant and Project Manager, working with customers mainly in the logistics area, especially warehouse management. In 2004, he participated in the development phases of SAP Extended Warehouse Management and since then has worked on implementation projects in Germany, France, Italy and the U.S. Joerg currently lives in Ratingen, Germany with his wife, Rebecca, and his son, Jonas.
Tim Dalm is a Principal Consultant with SAP America, Inc.,
with eight years of experience with SAP logistics and warehouse management solutions. He has worked on several SAP Extended Warehouse Management projects in the US and Europe. Tim currently lives in Philadelphia, PA.
Christoph Persich is a solution consultant and project lead in the SAP field services department, where he leads customer projects for warehousing. His focus is the online mobile device integration with radio frequency technologies, which he successfully implemented in several customer projects. He is also responsible for implementing SAP RFID solutions and integrating them into the SAP solutions for warehouse processes.
Content
... Acknowledgments ... 25
1 ... Introduction to SAP Extended Warehouse Management ... 27
... 1.1 ... Background and History ... 27
... 1.2 ... The Evolution of SAP WMS ... 29
... 1.3 ... The EWM Brand ... 33
... 1.4 ... Target Audience ... 35
... 1.5 ... Summary ... 36
2 ... Organizational Structure ... 37
... 2.1 ... Plants ... 39
... 2.2 ... Storage Locations ... 40
... 2.3 ... Warehouses ... 42
... 2.4 ... Summary ... 53
3 ... The Warehouse Structure ... 55
... 3.1 ... Storage Types ... 56
... 3.2 ... Storage Sections ... 87
... 3.3 ... Storage Bins ... 88
... 3.4 ... Activity Areas ... 105
... 3.5 ... Doors and Staging Areas ... 107
... 3.6 ... Work Centers ... 110
... 3.7 ... Summary ... 115
4 ... Product Master Data ... 117
... 4.1 ... The ERP Material Master ... 117
... 4.2 ... The EWM Product Master ... 130
... 4.3 ... Summary ... 173
5 ... Other Warehouse Master Data ... 175
... 5.1 ... Business Partner Data ... 175
... 5.2 ... Supply Chain Units (SCUs) ... 184
... 5.3 ... Master Data for Transportation ... 187
... 5.4 ... Packaging Materials ... 194
... 5.5 ... Packaging Specifications ... 196
... 5.6 ... Production Master Data ... 203
... 5.7 ... Resources ... 209
... 5.8 ... Summary ... 228
6 ... Warehouse Stock Management ... 229
... 6.1 ... Quants ... 230
... 6.2 ... Stock Types ... 239
... 6.3 ... Owner ... 244
... 6.4 ... Party Entitled to Dispose ... 246
... 6.5 ... Batch Management ... 251
... 6.6 ... Documentary Batch Management ... 256
... 6.7 ... Serial Number Management ... 258
... 6.8 ... Handling Unit Management ... 277
... 6.9 ... Transportation Units ... 283
... 6.10 ... Stock Identification ... 283
... 6.11 ... Shelf-Life Expiration Date Control ... 286
... 6.12 ... Catch Weight Management ... 291
... 6.13 ... Tracking Country of Origin ... 298
... 6.14 ... Stock Determination and Valuation ... 300
... 6.15 ... Special Stocks ... 303
... 6.16 ... Summary ... 305
7 ... Warehouse Document Types ... 307
... 7.1 ... Inbound Delivery Documents ... 307
... 7.2 ... Outbound Delivery Documents ... 310
... 7.3 ... Warehouse Tasks ... 312
... 7.4 ... Warehouse Orders ... 314
... 7.5 ... Waves ... 318
... 7.6 ... Physical Inventory Documents ... 319
... 7.7 ... Value-Added Service Orders ... 321
... 7.8 ... Stock Transfers and Posting Changes ... 322
... 7.9 ... Quality Inspection Documents ... 324
... 7.10 ... Summary ... 325
8 ... Integration from ERP to EWM ... 327
... 8.1 ... Basic System Setup ... 329
... 8.2 ... Master Data Integration ... 330
... 8.3 ... Delivery Integration ... 337
... 8.4 ... Purchase Order and Production Order Integration ... 339
... 8.5 ... Summary ... 342
9 ... Inbound Processing ... 343
... 9.1 ... Goods Receipt Notification ... 344
... 9.2 ... Truck Arrival and Yard Management ... 360
... 9.3 ... Goods Receipt Preparation ... 365
... 9.4 ... Unloading and Goods Receipt ... 369
... 9.5 ... Putaway Processing ... 372
... 9.6 ... Slotting ... 393
... 9.7 ... Quality Management in EWM ... 400
... 9.8 ... Summary ... 408
10 ... Outbound Processing ... 411
... 10.1 ... Outbound Delivery Creation ... 411
... 10.2 ... Overview of Outbound Processing in the Warehouse ... 416
... 10.3 ... Route Determination ... 422
... 10.4 ... Details of Warehouse Process Steps ... 427
... 10.5 ... Summary ... 468
11 ... Production Supply ... 469
... 11.1 ... Organizational Structure for Production Supply ... 469
... 11.2 ... Setting Up the Integration to Production ... 472
... 11.3 ... Executing the Production Supply ... 476
... 11.4 ... Summary ... 481
12 ... Internal Warehouse Movements ... 483
... 12.1 ... Replenishment ... 483
... 12.2 ... Rearrangement ... 500
... 12.3 ... Ad Hoc Moves ... 511
... 12.4 ... Posting Changes ... 513
... 12.5 ... Summary ... 515
13 ... Configuring Multistep Warehouse Movements ... 517
... 13.1 ... Introduction ... 517
... 13.2 ... Process-Oriented Storage Control ... 524
... 13.3 ... Layout-Oriented Storage Control ... 527
... 13.4 ... Summary ... 529
14 ... Physical Inventory ... 531
... 14.1 ... Introduction ... 531
... 14.2 ... Physical Inventory Process ... 534
... 14.3 ... Physical Inventory Objects ... 535
... 14.4 ... Supported Methods for Physical Inventory ... 545
... 14.5 ... Integration to Resource Management ... 548
... 14.6 ... Monitoring the Physical Inventory Progress ... 550
... 14.7 ... Summary ... 553
15 ... Warehouse Monitoring and Reporting ... 555
... 15.1 ... Warehouse Management Monitor ... 555
... 15.2 ... Easy Graphics Framework ... 566
... 15.3 ... Graphical Warehouse Layout ... 574
... 15.4 ... Warehouse Reporting ... 575
... 15.5 ... Summary ... 584
16 ... Exception Handling ... 585
... 16.1 ... Configuring Exception Codes ... 586
... 16.2 ... Using Exception Codes ... 592
... 16.3 ... Managing Stock Transport Order (STO) Exceptions ... 597
... 16.4 ... Managing Exceptions at Cross-Docking ... 602
... 16.5 ... Confirmation Corrections ... 604
... 16.6 ... Summary ... 606
17 ... Cross-Docking ... 607
... 17.1 ... Transportation Cross-Docking (TCD) ... 610
... 17.2 ... EWM-Triggered Opportunistic Cross-Docking ... 618
... 17.3 ... Merchandise Distribution ... 623
... 17.4 ... Push Deployment and Pick From Goods Receipt ... 625
... 17.5 ... Summary ... 629
18 ... Yard Management ... 631
... 18.1 ... Yard Management Structure ... 632
... 18.2 ... Transportation Units and Vehicles ... 634
... 18.3 ... Check-In and Check-Out ... 642
... 18.4 ... Yard Movements ... 643
... 18.5 ... Monitoring the Yard ... 646
... 18.6 ... Interfacing Yard Data to ERP ... 647
... 18.7 ... Summary ... 648
19 ... Value-Added Services (VAS) ... 649
... 19.1 ... Configuration and Master Data for VAS ... 650
... 19.2 ... VAS Order Creation ... 656
... 19.3 ... VAS Integration in Warehouse Processes ... 656
... 19.4 ... Summary ... 666
20 ... Kitting ... 667
... 20.1 ... Kit to Order using ERP Sales Orders ... 668
... 20.2 ... Kit to Stock ... 681
... 20.3 ... Reverse Kitting ... 684
... 20.4 ... Summary ... 686
21 ... Labor Management ... 687
... 21.1 ... Activating Labor Management ... 688
... 21.2 ... Master Data for Labor Management ... 690
... 21.3 ... Engineered Labor Standards ... 695
... 21.4 ... Direct Labor Activities ... 698
... 21.5 ... Indirect Labor Activities ... 701
... 21.6 ... Calculating Workload for Planning ... 703
... 21.7 ... Employee Performance ... 708
... 21.8 ... Summary ... 711
22 ... Data Capture and Resource Optimization ... 713
... 22.1 ... Overview of Data Capture Methods for Warehousing ... 714
... 22.2 ... Technical Mobile Data Capture Integration ... 714
... 22.3 ... Resource Management and Warehouse Optimization ... 719
... 22.4 ... System-Guided Processing ... 725
... 22.5 ... RF Framework ... 731
... 22.6 ... Comparison of the Mobile Online User Interface Technologies ... 739
... 22.7 ... Integration of the Other Technologies ... 747
... 22.8 ... Summary ... 754
23 ... Integration with Other Applications ... 755
... 23.1 ... Integration with CRM ... 756
... 23.2 ... Integration with SNC ... 759
... 23.3 ... Integration with SPP ... 761
... 23.4 ... Integration with Global ATP ... 764
... 23.5 ... Integration with Global Trade Services (GTS) ... 765
... 23.6 ... Integration with Other Applications ... 766
... 23.7 ... Integration with BW ... 767
... 23.8 ... Master Data Integration ... 767
... 23.9 ... Integration with Inventory Management (IM) ... 768
... 23.10 ... Integration with Purchasing ... 771
... 23.11 ... Integration with ERP Sales and Distribution ... 772
... 23.12 ... Integration with PP ... 773
... 23.13 ... Integration with Finance ... 774
... 23.14 ... Integration with HR ... 775
... 23.15 ... Integration with Material Flow Systems ... 777
... 23.16 ... Integration with Warehouse Subsystems ... 779
... 23.17 ... Summary ... 780
24 ... Post-Processing Framework (PPF) and Form Printing ... 781
... 24.1 ... Overview of the PPF ... 781
... 24.2 ... Administration of the PPF ... 782
... 24.3 ... Printing in EWM Using PPF ... 787
... 24.4 ... Summary ... 788
25 ... Authorizations and Roles and Data Archiving ... 789
... 25.1 ... Authorizations and Roles ... 789
... 25.2 ... Data Archiving ... 794
... 25.3 ... Summary ... 795
26 ... Deploying Extended Warehouse Management ... 797
... 26.1 ... Deployment Options for EWM ... 797
... 26.2 ... Automatic Configuration ... 804
... 26.3 ... Data Loads ... 807
... 26.4 ... Summary ... 813
27 ... Conclusion ... 815
... 27.1 ... What We Covered ... 815
... 27.2 ... Key Learnings ... 816
... 27.3 ... The Future of EWM ... 816
... 27.4 ... Next Steps ... 816
... Abbreviations ... 819
... The Authors ... 823
... Index ... 825