Week 1: Introduction to TM and EWM in SAP S/4HANA
Unit 7: Objects and Business Processes in EWM:
Inbound
Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Business documents and objects
Warehouse
Handling Unit Queue Resource
Process Type
Inbound Delivery Warehouse Inbound Delivery
Work Center Warehouse Task
(EWM) Order (ERP)
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Business documents and objects
assigned Transportation
Work Center
Unit
contains source or destinationed
Inbound Delivery replicated Inbound Delivery contains moves
Handling Unit Warehouse Task
(ERP) (EWM)
grouped
Property of Define activity
Warehouse
Order
Warehouse execute contain
Process Type
Resource Queue
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Overview inbound process
SAP SAP EWM
Purchase order
ERP
replication
Inbound delivery Inbound delivery
unloading
Inbound delivery Goods receipt
Create putaway
task
Confirm putaway
WT
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
ASN and ERP integration
▪ The ASN is sent from the supplier to SAP S/4HANA, which validates the data and creates the inbound delivery
▪ The inbound delivery is replicated to SAP EWM. The integration is done via QRFC.
Supplier SAP S/4HANA ERP SAP S/4HANA EWM
Purchase
Order
IDOC Inbound Inbound
ASN
Delivery Delivery
Goods
Receipt
Inbound
Delivery
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Unloading, packing, and goods receipt
Goods Receipt
▪ The goods receipt can be posted on delivery level or
HU level.
▪ The update to the ERP delivery can be sent directly
or after the complete delivery is received and
putaway in the warehouse.
Warehouse Stock
▪ An SAP EWM warehouse can contain multiple
storage locations, also from multiple plants (and/or
ERP system if deployed decentrally).
▪ A warehouse stock type in SAP EWM always
contains the ERP stock type (Free, Quality, Blocked)
and the stock owner.
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Unloading, packing, and goods receipt
Unloading
▪ For simple unloading processes, unloading deliveries Complex Unloading
or handling units (HUs) automatically trigger a status
change. ▪ Unloading executed with
warehouse tasks
Packing in Inbound Delivery
▪ Packing information in ASN (ERP delivery) ▪ System guided unloading
possible
▪ Automatic packing
▪ Manual packing ▪ Handling units in inbound
delivery required
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Quality management integration
▪ Embedded SAP EWM interacts directly with Quality Inbound Insp. Lot
DLV Quality
Management. In decentral deployment, Quality Lot qty 3 PAL
Area
Inspection Engine (QIE) is used. 3 PAL Sample 3 EA WT
1 PAL
▪ Quality process can be executed at work centers.
▪ QM in SAP EWM can be used with or without
inspection rules.
▪ Rounding of sample size to HU or package size.
WT Final
▪ Split inspection stock into sample and remaining 2 PAL Putaway
“putaway” stock. Bin
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Deconsolidation
Deconsolidation
▪ Deconsolidation in SAP EWM divides up a
deconsolidation handling unit (deconsolidation HU)
across multiple putaway HUs, for example when a
deconsolidation HU contains different products that
you want to put away in different storage sections.
Workstation
▪ A work center is a physical unit in the warehouse, in
which you can perform warehouse activities such as
packing, distribution, or weighing.
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Layout-oriented routing
Door 1
Goods Receipt Standard Storage Area Packing Area Staging Area
Zone 1
Door 2
Handover
Door 4
Door 3
Deconsolidation Bulk Storage Area Small Parts Area
Door 5
Zone
Staging Area
2
Door 6
Clearing Zone
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Process-oriented routing
Door 1
Goods Receipt Standard Storage Area Packing Area Staging Area
Zone 1
Door 2
Door 4
Door 3
Deconsolidation Bulk Storage Area Small Parts Area
Door 5
Zone
Staging Area
2
Door 6
Clearing Zone
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Putaway
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Key takeaways
In SAP EWM, packed materials are represented as
handling units during the whole process
The SAP EWM stock type represents the ERP stock
type and the stock owner
Movements through the warehouse can be controlled
by layout and/or process-oriented routing
Packing in SAP EWM can be done:
▪ Manually
▪ Automatically in inbound delivery
▪ With an ASN
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Objects and business processes in EWM: inbound
Further reading
Basic Settings for EWM in SAP S/4HANA – Getting
Started Guide
https://d.dam.sap.com/a/No4hU1s/BasicSettings
_EWMinS4_V01.pdf?rc=10
Quick Implementation of Preconfigured Warehouse
W001 with SAP S/4HANA, On-Premise Edition –
Solution Manager
https://d.dam.sap.com/a/nzHZP29/QuickImpGuide
_S4HANA.pdf?rc=10
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