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SAP EWM Training manual Part 1

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 CONTENTS
01.ERP-EWM Integration 1
02.Delivery Integration 41
03.Warehouse Structure 52
04.Inbound Process 69
05.HU Master Data 96
06.Packaging materials 110
07.Process oriented storage control-Deconsolidation 123
08.Value added services 138
09.Storage Section determination 158
10.Quality Inspection 161
11.Bin sectioning and pallet storage 181
12.Fixed Bin storage 202
13.Slotting 212
14.Rearrangement 227
15.Layout Orient storage control 241
16.Simple Outbound Process 262
17.Outbound Process-Packing 275
18.Outbound Process-VAS 286
19.Warehouse order creation rules 298
20.Wave management 309
21.Staging Area - Door determination 324
22.Mobile data entry 353
23.Physical Inventory 292
24.Replenishment 412
25.Posting Changes 427
26.Kit-to-order 432
27.Kit-to-stock 464
28.Opportunistic Cross Docking 489
29.Exception Handling 507
30.HU Print in EWM 517
31.Repetitive manufacturing 530
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1 ERP-EWM INTEGRATION
 Org structure to be defined in the ERP system such as Company code, Business Area, controlling area, Plant,
Storage locations, sales org, Shipping points, distribution channels, divisions etc.
 WH to be created in the ERP system and need to assign to plant/storage location.
Note: No need to copy dependent entries such as Storage type, storage sections etc. as ERP warehouse acts
as a bridge between EWM warehouse and Plant storage location combination.

Settings mentioned in this document are key to the integration and to be performed in a sequential manner.

ERP Settings:

Basic settings for EWM Linkage

Need to maintain EWM and ERP specific parameters

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Define Queue for transfer to EWM:

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Generate distribution Model ERP-EWM:

Distribution model is used to transfer the data from ERP to EWM client

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Here warehouse number is intermediate warehouse i.e. ERP warehouse and EWM’s logical system is Logical
client of EWM. Distribution model view is a free text.
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Enter the required details and execute

Log sent and Log received messages:

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Register Navigation from Queue:

Once distribution model is created execute the register.

Select register and execute

EWM Settings:

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Create a Warehouse in EWM client
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This is just a warehouse and no dependent entries copied here as of now.

This warehouse should be linked to ERP warehouse.

Define EWM business system:

This is the logical system of the EWM client.

Define business system:

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There are chances that a single EWM system is linked with multiple ERP systems, if we define entries here
then ERP warehouses with same number also can be linked with single EWM warehouses. That linkage is
shown in the next screenshot.

Map warehouse numbers from ERP to EWM:

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Here business system is a logical system of ERP system. Need to maintain entries for ERP and EWM linkage.

As mentioned earlier if we need to link multiple ERP WH to single EWM WH we need to maintain
combination here. Business system will be different for each ERP system.
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The same assignment to be done in the ERP system as shown below

Assignments are done as of now.

We need to define warehouse activities in the EWM system.

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We need to assign Supply chain unit to the warehouse. Supply chain unit is the physical location of WH.

We need to transfer the plant to EWM and extend this as supply chain unit.

Party entitled to dispose: this is the actual organizational element of the plant in SCM server. This is nothing but the
plant. We need to create the plant as vendor and then enhance the plant vendor as Business partner in EWM.

Default ship to: this is also plant, we need to define the plant as customer and then maintain it as Business partner in
EWM.

Create a Vendor in ERP and assign the plant to Vendor in additional purchasing data

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Create Vendor in ERP system
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Note: Never maintain title for any business partner, this will lead to inconsistencies in EWM

Create Customer in ERP

Assign customer to plant in shipping data for plants of material managementPurchase orderSetup stock
transport orderDefine shipping data for plants

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Check the plant

Now transfer the data from ERP to EWM using CFM1

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Create Loc/BP, this is very important for Plant, as we need to create the plant as vendor as well as location.
The same is applicable for customer.
Enter required details and execute

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Generate integration model

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Go to CFM2

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Start the integration model and check

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Check in EWM system in /n/sapapo/loc3

Check plant

Check shipping point

Check vendor

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Check customer

Check BP transaction
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Now plant is received in EWM as location, now maintain this as a supply chain unit
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We need to maintain attributes for this supply chain unit in order to maintain this as a warehouse.

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Now go to assignments and then maintain supply chain unit in the warehouse
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In the ERP system, we already maintained plant as a vendor and plant as a customer but in EWM system we
need to maintain the same in business partner.

Go to BP and maintain Vendor as a plant in the identification

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CRM011 represents plant

Note: Need to assign the customer to the plant, this would needed other customization, this is done in stock
transport order customizations.

Now go warehouse assignment and maintain party entitled to dispose and default ship to.

Earlier we just copied the warehouse and assigned to supply chain unit, party entitled to dispose and default
ship to. Now we need to copy dependent entries such as storage type, sections, work centers, bin structures,
warehouse order creation rules etc.

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All assignments are done, but we need to identify the stocks in storage locations, in order to do that we need
to assign storage locations to EWM warehouse.
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For every goods movement system checks for this settings as we maintained the combination of availability
group and storage locations.

Now we need to maintain the associated receiving office and shipping office with the combination of supply
chain unit and shipping and receiving point.

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The same settings to be maintained in ERP server in order to determine the receiving point at the time of inbound.

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Copy number ranges for Warehouse request, task and warehouse order:

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Required integration settings are done and we are ready for testing

Test Case:

 Create master material master and vendor master in ERP

 Transfer the data using core interface (CIF)
 Create the PO in ERP and maintain confirmation control key.
 Create the Inbound delivery ( check for goods receiving point and decentralized WM relevancy)
 Observe inbound delivery is transferred to WMS.
 Check the EWM system for received inbound delivery from the ERP
 Create test bins in EWM
 Perform goods receipt in EWM
 Check the material document transferred to ERP.

Materials in ERP

Vendor

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CIF master data

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Test Case Inbound:

Create PO

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Create inbound delivery

Note: make sure we are entering external ID and this should be unique for a warehouse

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Check intermediate warehouse is picked

Check for Decentralized warehouse relevancy and goods receiving point

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Observe inbound delivery is distributed to WMS i.e. EWM system

Login EWM client and check for the received inbound delivery document with t code /n/scwm/prdi
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Before performing GRN, create bins in the staging areas and storage types

T code: /n/scwm/ls01

9010 is staging area for goods receipt

9020 is staging area for goods issue

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Create test bins

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Perform GRN for the inbound delivery

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Test Case Outbound:

Transfer the customer to EWM server

Create Sales order

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Create outbound delivery

Check decentralized warehouse relevancy and shipping point

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Check the distributed delivery in EWM system

T code: /n/scwm/prdo

Create the picking warehouse task

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Post goods issue in /n/scwm/prdo transaction

Check the delivery in ERP

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Inbound and outbound test cases are working, interface is successful.

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02 DELIVERY INTEGRATION
 This document is to map the delivery type and item category of ERP system to EWM system

Example
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Document type is EL and item category is ELN

When saved inbound delivery will be distributed to EWM system and displays an information

To check to which WMS system the document is distributed

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Here YW1 is intermediate warehouse, Click “i’

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Here we can see the receiver client

Now login to EWM system and check the inbound delivery notification document

Check the header data such as document category and document type, goods receiving office etc in inbound delivery
notification

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Check the item data such as stock type, owner, party entitled to dispose and more important Item category and Item
type.

Now check Inbound delivery header data

Document type is INB and document category is PDI

Check the item data inbound delivery

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Item category is DLV and Item type is IDLV.

In the above scenario when inbound document is created in ERP, it is distributed to EWM and creates Inbound
delivery notification. When inbound delivery notification is activated then it creates Inbound delivery.

The same is applicable for Outbound process also, when the outbound delivery created in ERP, it is distributed to
EWM and created Outbound delivery request which will be converted to Outbound delivery.

So we need to make necessary settings in EWM to map the delivery type, item type and item category.

Check the standard mapping of ERP and EWM document types and item categories

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Inbound document type EL is mapped to INB

Outbound document type LF is mapped to OUTB

Check the item types of ERP and EWM mapping

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EL ELN is mapped to IDLV

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LF TAN is mapped to ODLV

In the above screenshot, one entry of EL is mapped to INB and other entry is business system specific. Entry without
business system is a generic entry but if we maintain any business system that will be specific to business and it
precedes the entry without business system.

If any Z document types and item types available then we need to maintain those specific entries in the above table.

If required to create new document types and item types for Inbound in EWM system, can be created and define
allowed item types for document types.

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If required to create new document types and item types for Outbound in EWM system, can be created and define
allowed item types for document types.

If inbound or outbound delivery is observed we can find reference documents as shown below

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If we need to add or remove them in the view we need to make some settings

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Here system profile standard and if we need to change we can create new customer profile and make necessary
changes

Everything we observe in the warehouse is controlled by cross-process settingsDelivery-warehouse request.

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Document categories that exist in the delivery processing in EWM are

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03 WAREHOUSE STRUCTURE
Organizational data such as warehouse number, storage type, storage section, bins and activity areas customization is
mentioned in the document

Before defining warehouse structure make sure that plant is defined as a vendor and customer.

Plant, vendor, customer should be distributed to EWM server and vendor & customer should be defined as business
partner with specific role as location
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Check the standard storage types copied to warehouse

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Highlighted storage types are physical storage types and others are work centers and staging areas

For ex:

Storage type can be identified by storage type role and these are specific to any activity.

Unlike ECC WM we need to define each work center and storage type with a bin. In order to perform any activity at
least a bin must exist in the storage type.

Storage type control data can be defined in 5 sections.

 General data
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 Put away control
 Stock removal control
 Goods movement control
 Replenishment
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Now define own storage types

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Create sections

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In order to define the search sequence we need to define storage type group and assign storage types to storage type
group.

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Creating bin master

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Bins types specifies the dimension of the bin

Define bin access type- Bin access type plays an important role the determination of the resource. Access itself
specifies that how a resource can access the bin.

Define Bin identifiers- specifies how a bin structure can be identified like Aisle, Stack, Level etc.

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Define a Bin structure:

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Create bins with defined structure

T Code: /n/scwm/ls10

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Display any bin

Check the activity area nothing is available.

Activity area is the logical grouping of bins. Bins may be from same storage type or from other storage types.

Observe staging areas, doors and shipping and receiving in the IMG, no need to define anything new as of now

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Check the activity area node

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There are some standard activities such as put away, stock removal, internal movement, replenishment etc. we can
use same activities for the current warehouse operations.

Define activity area: Activity area is logical grouping of bins. All bins that are available in the warehouses to be
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grouped in order to perform warehouse activities

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Assign bins to Activity area

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Define sort sequence for activity area:

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Here we will define what an activity area is performing in what sequence

Check the transaction /n/scwm/sbst for bin sorting after sort sequence is defined.

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Once activity area is defined and assigned to bin, execute the bin sorting and check the bin

In activity areas tab all activities are defined for the bin, this means that the bin allowed for this kind of activities.

Note: consolidation group in the activity area plays an important role in the put away or picking. For example if we
have an activity area with two storage types in that and when tried to perform put away, materials belong to different
storage types. In this case system will not allow to put away directly as the consolidation conflict will be there. Then
we must de-consolidate materials and then perform the put away.
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This is configured in next documents.

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04 INBOUND PROCESS
This document is to explain the document flow from ERP to EWM and vice versa and subsequent actions to be done in
the EWM.

Put away strategy and picking is mainly dependent on Warehouse process type. For each put away or picking WPT
plays an important role in the determination of destination bin in put away and source bin in picking based on certain
parameters.

WPT plays almost same role like movement type, but it is not same like movement type.

Differences will be discussed later.

Ex of how a WPT is determined

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Create an Inbound delivery in ERP and it will be distributed to EWM

Check /n/scwm/prdi

Check the inbound delivery notification

This is just a replica of ERP inbound and nothing gets determined

Check inbound delivery

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Here WPT is determined 1010 which is SAP standard

WPT plays in important role in triggering strategies

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Check the stock in /n/scwm/mon

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Now create a new WPT in IMG

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The activity that this WPT performs is put away

Each WPT is identified by its warehouse process category & activity.

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Default storage type assigned for this WPT is 9010 which is storage type for goods receipt and the storage bin is GR-
ZONE. If required to assign other bin, create a new bin and assign it to the WPT.

Create bin /n/scwm/ls01

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Availability group assigned to WPT is 001.

We just defined WPT, need to make settings for determining WPT.

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Create an inbound delivery and check if this WPT is determined for document type INB and item type IDLV

WPT determined is WPT1 based on the determination table

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Earlier system was picking 1010 based on warehouse number and document type, now we have more specific entry
with warehouse number, document type and item type. So system will always check for more specific entries.

So search based on access sequence

1. All key fields are specified.

2. Document type, item type, and processing priority are specified.
3. Document type, item type, and control indicator are specified.
4. Document type and item type are specified.
5. Item type, processing priority, and control indicator are specified.
6. Item type and processing priority are specified.
7. Item type and control indicator are specified.
8. Item type is specified.
9. Document type, processing priority, and control indicator are specified.
10. Document type and processing priority are specified.
11. Document type and control indicator are specified.
12. Only the document type is specified.
Now if we try to create task for the inbound it fails as WPT is not searching for the destination bin

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So we need to make customization to determine destination bin.

First we need to identify which storage type the stock should be placed, for this we need to define the search
sequence.

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Assign storage types to search sequence

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No need to input storage type group here, of we specify storage type group stock will not move to other storages until
first storage type is filled.

We just defined search sequence but we need to influence parts to move to particular storage types. This can be done
by assigning put away control indicator in material master.

Define put away control indicator

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Note: for one search sequence we can maintain several storage types, if first storage type is not empty then system
searches for second and so on.

Now determine the search sequence

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Put away rule can be selected here, if we don’t select here system will considers the put away rule that is assigned to
the storage type. If we maintain put away rule in the above table this will have precedence over storage type.

Now we need to optimize the search sequence, i.e. maintain the preference for the search sequence, unless we
perform this system will not determine the sequence we maintained above.

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We already have the access sequence with certain parameters, but our parameters are put away control indicator,
WPT & party entitled to dispose

Move this access sequence to top in order to make this more preferable

Test case:

Create material master in ERP and distribute them to EWM.

Create product master data in EWM and assign put away control indicator

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Create inbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Check inbound delivery in EWM

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Post goods receipt and create warehouse task

Now system is able to find destination bin

Save the warehouse order and then confirm

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Availability group:

Availability group plays an important role in the internal stock transfers

For ex:

Create an inbound delivery and perform goods receipt and move stock to destination bin

Goods receipt

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Check the stock in IM

Now create the Warehouse task and create warehouse and move the stock to destination bin

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Now check the stock in IM

Stock moved to other storage location, this is by assigning availability groups to storage locations in EWM

Check the material movements in IM

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How this stock moved from s.loc PROC to s.loc SALE, there might be a posting which occurred in the background
based on certain parameters is explained in further steps
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Define availability group

Standard availability groups

Define stock type

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Define EWM Stock types

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Here each stock type is assigned to one availability group

Check the ERP integration, each storage location is assigned to availability group

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Create an inbound delivery and focus how these stock types and availability groups getting determined

Check this in EWM

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Check the stock type is F1, we will check how F1 is determined

Check the WPT is WPT1 and the availability group assigned to WPT

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Availability group 001 is assigned to F1 in the IMG

Now perform goods receipt for the inbound delivery

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Create warehouse task and create the warehouse order

Now check the warehouse order is determined storage type TYP1

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Now check storage type TYP1 data

Availability group that is assigned to TYP1 is 002 and mandatory is selected. The importance of this check box is that, if
you put away a stock quantity with a stock type from a different availability group into the storage type, the system
automatically performs a posting change for the quantity into the relevant stock type of the mandatory availability
group, during warehouse task confirmation.

002 availability group is assigned to F2

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And 002 is assigned to s.loc SALE in ERP integration

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So when the warehouse order is confirmed, stock type changes in EWM to F2 and creates posting change in ERP also
with movement type 411 and the stock will be moved to SALE

Check the stock in EWM and ERP

Check material movements

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05 HU MASTER DATA
A handling unit is a physical unit that consists of the packaging materials (load carrier / packaging material) and the
goods contained therein. A handling unit is always a combination of materials and packaging materials. All the
information contained in the material items, such as batches and serial numbers, is always available by way of the
handling units.

Every part that is received or shipped will be in a packed format. In order to maintain packed format movement HU
will be used.

Material master data:

Once the material master data is created in ERP we will CIF the data to SCM server which will create APO master data.
(/n/sapapo/mat1)
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Before performing any put away or picking related transactions we need to maintain the product master data in EWM
such as storage type data, warehouse product data, slotting data, replenishment data etc (/n/scwm/mat1)

Warehouse product is specific to party entitled to dispose (which is plant)

Storage type data

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The same material can have different parameters of different storage type. For ex same part should go to TYP1 and
TYP3. TYP1 doesn’t have section determination but TYP3 have section determination. The same can be maintained in
storage type data.

Define packaging material types:

Usually vendor sends materials in packed format. When we receive ASN HU may exist. When we save the ASN the
same HU data will be distributed to EWM. This kind of HU data which is received from ERP to EWM is external HU
data. EWM should accept this data.

If vendor doesn’t sends any packaging information and when we pack materials in EWM and perform GRN and put
away through PPF actions EWM sends information to ERP. ERP should accept the data sent by EWM. This is internal to
EWM and external to ERP.

So if we define any setting related to HU, there should not be any overlap between ERP data EWM data.

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Note: packaging material not necessary as this will not be much useful in EWM since packaging material group is used
in automatic creation of HUs. But in EWM we will using packspec to determine automatic packing.

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Define number ranges:
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Define number range assignment to packaging material type:

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Create packaging materials in ERP and make sure to assign correct packaging material types in each one of them.

Now if we try to CIF created packaging materials system will not allow to transfer the data from ERP to EWM as
packaging material types are not available in EWM

Create packaging material type in EWM

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Note: TW variable-tare weight variable, weight may vary based on weather conditions etc.
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Closed indicator: HU are closed or open. Based on this indicator volume considerations will vary.

Delete indicator: if required to delete the HU after it is unloaded/repacked. Physically we may use that HU but with
different parameters in it.

Define number ranges

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In ERP Y1 is internal and Y2 is external & in EWM Y1 in external and Y2 is internal.

Assign number ranges to packaging material types:

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Now define HU types

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Define HU type group

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Define allowed HU types to warehouse
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Now transfer packaging material to EWM

Create product master data in EWM:

Packaging data to be assigned in the product master data. Assign HU types to the products.

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Note: Handling units are client level at ERP and warehouse level at EWM

Test case:

HU in ERP and transfer to EWM

Create inbound delivery, pack materials in ERP and distribute them to EWM

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Now inbound delivery along with packing information is transferred to EWM.

Check EWM inbound delivery HU data

Perform GR and put away and check the stock, HU is displayed in the stock.

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Test case:

HU in EWM and transfer to ERP

Create inbound without packing

Check the inbound in EWM, no HU information is available

Pack in EWM

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Perform GRN and put away and check in ERP if HU is updated.

Check EWM stock

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Till now what we did is manual packing, the same can be automated if we maintain pack spec and certain
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06 PACKAGING MATERIALS & PACKAGING SPECIFICATION

This document explains how to automate packing using pack spec

Example:

Create inbound delivery and don’t pack in ERP

Go to EWM and pack

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HUs created, now pack materials in HU. ( drag and drop if required change the qty)

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When saved HUs will be constructed

Perform GRN and put away.

This is manual method of packing, if we already know that particular material and qty will be packed with certain
packing material, the process of packing can be automated by using pack spec.

Create packaging materials and CIF them to EWM and maintain product data in EWM. Maintain HU types for those
materials

Create pack spec for material (/n/scwm/packspec)

Choose pack spec group SAP and enter, a pack spec number will be generated

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Element type PACK is not assigned to packaging material type EWPM

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After that save the pack spec

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If HU creation is checked HU will be created automatically
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Maintain the condition type and activate the pack spec

Note: if pack spec is activated then only HU will be created.

Test case:

Now create a pack spec for material PART_YA01_6

Enter the required packaging material and qty to be packed in packaging material

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Create the inbound delivery and check in EWM

HUs created automatically

Perform GR and put away and check the stock

So packaging specification plays an important role in wherever HU is involved

Note: Pack spec is not local to EWM, it is at SCM level.

Customization

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Define element type
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YPCK is main packaging element type and YAUX is auxiliary element type

Define level type

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New level types YLV1 and YLV2

Define new level set

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Create a packaging specification group

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Activate with condition type: if we set this indicator pack spec cannot be activated until we maintain condition type.

Determine packaging specifications:

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Check for standard condition tables, access sequences, condition types and determination procedure. If required we
create our own determination procedures

For ex standard table for inbound delivery has supply chain unit, product and ship from.

Determination procedure

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Elements of determination procedure

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This condition type is used in inbound delivery document type determination

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Test case:

Create materials in ERP, distribute them to EWM and maintain product data in EWM

Create pack spec by choosing the created packaging specification group (if nested packing maintain levels of data)

Create inbound delivery which will be distributed to EWM

Check the HU created and packed automatically

Perform GR and put away the stock

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07 PROCESS ORIENTED STORAGE CONTROL
EWM is mainly focused on process rather than storage. Each process that is performed in the warehouse is mapped in
the system in order to control the storage process. These involves unloading, deconsolidation, value added services,
counting, quality inspection or combination of all. This is process oriented storage control.

All these processes are carried out in an organizational element called work center. Once the steps are configured,
system will create a warehouse task to move the stock to subsequent work centers.

External process step

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IB01, IB02 & IB03 are standard external steps and UNLO, SPR, PUT are standard internal process steps. We can define
our external steps but these steps should be assigned with standard internal steps for each activity such as unload,
deconsolidate, VAS, put away etc.

Storage process definition:

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Create a storage process and specify the direction of the process i.e. inbound or outbound or internal movement.

Assign storage processes step to storage process:

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Enter the required process steps, here IB01 is to move stock from door to staging area, IB02 is to move from staging
area to deconsolidation work center and IB03 is to move from deconsolidation area to destination storage type.
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Auto WT indicator: if we check this indicator system will create a warehouse task once the activity is completed in the
current work center to move stock next work center

Product/HU task: this will specify at what point of time HU task to be created either at decon station or later.

Process oriented storage control:

Create bins for doors, decon station etc

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The steps are stock to be moved from door to staging area and then staging area to decon station. Finally from decon
station to destination bin. The same is configured above.

Note: here destination bin is hard coded, this will not be the case in real time as stock always will not go to same
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decon bin. If multiple destinations available, we need to check the rule based indicator

During IB01 stock will move from 9030 to 9010 and in step IB02 stock will move from 9010 to 8010-decon station.

Note: IB03 is final put away step in this process which is not defined here, because that will be taken care by put away
strategies

In the above configuration 8010 is a decon storage type, which is a work center. Create a work center.

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Each time the work center is defined we need to assign the bin to the work center

n/scwm/tworkst

Now define the warehouse process type and assign the created process to the WPT

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Most important is storage process and source storage type.

Now define the relevancy for any process

Create relevancy indicator

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Now determine the WPT

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Determination is based on the document type, item type and process type determination indicator.

Now define the combination of WPT and storage search sequence, if this not maintained system will not search for
destination bin

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Test case:

Create materials in ERP and distribute them to EWM

Create the product data for materials and assign WPT determination indicator

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Create an inbound delivery and pack in ERP and distribute to EWM

Observe the WPT triggered if that is correct

Post goods receipt and create the HU Task

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Now open the monitor and see warehouse tasks created

Check the status of the warehouse tasks and confirm the open tasks

Stock moved from DOORBIN to GR-ZONE

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Confirm the task to move stock from GR-ZONE to DECONBIN

Now there are no open tasks, means we need to perform some activity, i.e. repack the HU into individual HU using
/n/scwm/dcons

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Check individual HUs created

Select HUs and close the task

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Observe the stock moved to destination bin

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Check the stock

Test case2:

Create an Inbound delivery in ERP and pack in EWM and then perform the same process.

Rule based Indicator:

Now remove the source and destination for the step IB02 and check rule based indicator. Destination and source will
be identified by rules

To identify source and destination we need specify the deconsolidation station

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Source is identified from the previous step however and destination is maintained as decon work center

If the search is specific to activity area, then maintain settings as below

Test cases

 Create inbound with single part and then check if deconsolidation triggering
 Create inbound for same activity area and consolidation group and check the scenario
 Create inbound for different activity areas and consolidation groups and check the scenario

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08 VALUE ADDED SERVICES

Value added service is also process oriented storage control. Any activity that is performed to add the value to the
product. For example special packing, labeling, bubble wraps, oiling, greasing etc will come under VAS. This is
performed in inbound and outbound.

Note: VAS can also be performed without POSC

VAS is executed in a storage type called work center.

Process oriented storage control

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Define external storage process step

Storage process definition

Assign process steps

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Process oriented storage control

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Now define VAS work center

Assign bin to the work center /n/scwm/tworkst

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Define WPT for VAS relevancy

Most important in the WPT is source and storage process

Define control indicators for WPT determination

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Determine WPT

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Determine search sequence for new WPT

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VAS process needs VAS order to be created to execute the data

Define relevancy for VAS

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Pack spec process is most important as this is the master data for VAS

Define Auxiliary material type for auxiliary packaging material, these are not really required for HU creation. These will
be used for VAS such as labels etc

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Create Auxiliary packaging materials in EWM

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When new packaging material type is created we need to assign element type to the packaging material type

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Test case:

1. Create Auxiliary products and distribute them to EWM

2. Create some materials and distribute them to EWM
3. Create product data for auxiliary materials and materials and maintain process type determination indicator and
put away control indicator
4. Create packaging specification for VAS

Select pack spec group as VAS

Need to input the correct external step for VAS

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Input the auxiliary packaging material and check all data, save and activate

 Create inbound delivery and pack in ERP and distribute to EWM

Check the inbound delivery if VAS order created

Perform GR and go to warehouse task, since this is a HU task, task is under HU task create tasks and save

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Now go to monitor /n/scwm/mon and check tasks

B indicates waiting task and blank indicates open task

Select the open task and confirm

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As per the process step stock moved from door to staging area and this is open task, confirm the task

Now there are no open tasks, stock moved to DECONBIN. We need to deconsolidate this HU in decon station

Go to /n/scwm/dcons

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Deconsolidate all tasks, close all individual HUs and check the monitor

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Now there are open tasks to move stock from decon station to VAS station, confirm them

Now we need to perform VAS activity in work center

T code /n/scwm/vasexec

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Start the VAS activity and input completed qty and end the vas activity

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Close all HUs and then in monitor task will open for final put away, confirm the task

Perform the same for all other VAS orders, close and confirm the final put away tasks.

VAS Consumption

The cycle which is explained above is using an auxiliary packaging material which is not an inventory managed. What if
the auxiliary materials are consumption relevant. The same explained in below process

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The only thing that needed is to maintain product master data.
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Check the consumption relevant VAS. If this is selected then we must have the stock of this material.

So we need to build the stock for this material.

Create a PO and inbound delivery and perform direct put away for materials

Check the stock

Now this stock is available in the storage, but we need to perform VAS activity in the work center, so we need to
assign consumption to the work center

Create a bin for VAS consumption

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Assign bin to the work center

/N/SCWM/73000001 - Assign Storage Bins for VAS Consumption Posting

Now we need to move the stock to the consumption bin

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This is an unplanned movement which doesn’t have any planning and execution document.

This can be done by /N/SCWM/ADHOC

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Create the task and then confirm, stock will be moved to consumption bin

Test case:

Create inbound delivery for materials relevant for VAS and distribute to EWM

Perform IB01, IB02 activities

Then go to /n/scwm/vasexec

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Check the stock that is consumed

check stock in ERP also.

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09 STORAGE SECTION DETERMINATION
Create storage section indicators
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Maintain storage section search sequence

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Maintain section check

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Now maintain the product master data

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Test case

Create inbound delivery and perform GR, perform POSC

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10 QUALITY INSPECTION ENGINE
Quality inspection will be used to inspect the received goods satisfy quality criteria. Goods may be received from
external procurement, stock from the production or internal movements

Counting also can be included in POSC to see if the physical quantity or weight or volume is matching with the goods
receipt document.

Different inspections are controlled by Inspection object types. If inspection object type is active, system will look for
inspection rule.

Inspection rule is the master data for quality inspection.

Setup storage process for QIS

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Define storage process

Assign storage process

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Define process oriented storage control

Define work centers

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Assign bin to work center

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Define warehouse process type

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WPT control indicators

Determine WPT

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Determine search sequence for put away

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Define quality inspection engine

Generate inspection object type:

This is a onetime activity, if new version is created old version will not work and dependent quality inspection settings
will not work

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Maintain inspection object types version

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Here we can activate the inspection object types

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If one version is de activated by creating new version, older versions can be activated here

Warehouse dependent activation of Inspection object type

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Inspection object type 2 indicated counting and 4 indicates quality inspection

We need to activate inspection object type, then only this setting is active

Define number ranges for inspection documents

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These are client level not warehouse specific

Define decision codes

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Define the decision code and assign to decision group

Determine error codes and efforts

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Define efforts, defect and assign to defect group

Maintain follow up action

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Usually all these are pre-defined, no need to create new. If required by business we can create.

Maintain master data for Quality inspection

/N/SCWM/QRSETUP

Test case:

Create materials and distribute them to EWM

Create product master data, maintain process type determination indicator and process

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We need to maintain the quality inspection group on order to group the materials for same type of quality inspection
process

Define quality inspection group

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Maintain Quality inspection group in storage data for product master data

Now create count document /N/SCWM/QRSETUP

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Create Quality inspection document

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Here instead of maintaining each product if we specify the quality inspection group the same can be replicated to all
products that are assigned with this quality inspection group

Create inbound delivery for count relevant products and perform the count

Check if count document generated

Perform GR and create the task

Go to monitor and check the processes

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Confirm goods movement from door to staging area and see if HU is moving to count work station

Confirm the goods movement from staging area to count work center

Now logon to count work center /N/SCWM/QINSP

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Double click on the product master data and check the count tab

Just click decide without difference to confirm the stock and save

Note: if need to maintain the differences we need to configure exception handling which is configured later.

Once counting is done, HU task to move stock to decon station

Perform the deconsolidation and final put away

Test case QI:

Create inbound delivery and pack

Perform GR and observe inspection document created.

Note: Inspection document will be created after GR as we maintained inspection process in the inspection master
data creation

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After GR observe document flow, inspection document is created

Create warehouse task and check monitor

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Confirm the task to move stock from door to staging area

As per the storage process that we defined after the stock is received it should go to decon station, confirm the task
to move stock from staging area to decon station and perform deconsolidation in the work center

After deconsolidation check there will be open tasks to move the stock from DECONBIN to QIBIN

Confirm the tasks and log on to quality inspection work center

Double click on the product and check quality inspection type

Enter decisions and follow up action and then close HUs.

Task will open to move stock to destination bin, confirm tasks and check the stock and material movements.

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11 BIN SECTIONING AND PALLET STORAGE
Using pallet storage, the system processes different HU types and allocates them to suitable storage bin section. This
storage strategy is commonly used in storage types that represent areas of pallet racking in a warehouse. One bin is
often divided into several smaller sections and these sections are temporary. Once the stock is placed using the
configuration system created several sections in the bin and once the stock is removed temporary sections will be
removed and bin will remain. In this strategy you can only put away one HU types in a storage bin.

Typical bin sectioning can be represented as shown below

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Usually high rack storages in a warehouse are of pallet storage. Normally mixed storage not allowed in pallet storage.

Configure pallet storage:

Create a storage type which acts as a pallet storage

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Here important fields are storage behavior and HU requirement. Storage behavior controls the type of storage i.e.
standard storage or bulk storage or pallet storage.

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Check for the mixed storage and mixed storage in HU, change as per the business requirement.

Create storage section:

Define bin types

Create bin structure for bins

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Create bins for this structure

Create activity area

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Define sort sequence

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Perform bin sorting /N/SCWM/SBST

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Create storage type and section determination

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Storage bin determination

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Assign bin types to storage types
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Assigning HU types to the storage type

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Assign HU types to each bin type

Now setup put away rules for pallet storage

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In the above table S is sequence and HU is maximum no of HUs per bin and these are in combination with warehouse
number, storage type and bin type. And the sectioning is defined like A,B,C,D etc

Perform bin sectioning for bin type and HU type

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Here the combination is maintained to determine the bin sectioning in the combination of bin type and HU type

Test case:

Packing in ECC
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Create some materials in ECC and distribute them to EWM

Create the PO and then create inbound delivery in ECC

Pack in ECC and create some multiple HUs for total qty i.e. partial qty per HU

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System creates HUs per partial qty and will distribute to EWM

Check in EWM

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Perform goods receipt and create WT

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Check the destination bin and check how system created bin sectioning. For 10 HUs created 10 sections are created in
the bin

Confirm the task and check for the stock in the monitor

Here we can see that bin is created as sections depending on the structure we maintained in the pallet strategy

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Packing in EWM

Create packspecs for products in EWM

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Make sure EWM packaging material is used to create HUs

Now create inbound delivery in ECC and distribute to EWM. Make sure no packing is maintained in ECC

Now check in EWM and see if HUs are created automatically using the packspec

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Now perform goods receipt and create WTs

Bin sections are created with the structure we maintained in pallet strategy

Confirm tasks and check the stock

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In this way one can configure pallet strategy based on the HU type and bin type combination.

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12 FIXED BIN STORAGE
Usually some of the products which have high volumes of orders are to be stored in fixed bins in order to pick them
effectively. If the fixed bins are full then the system will search for reserve storage based on the set up and while
picking stock will be moved from reserve storage to fixed bins using replenishment

Customizing the fixed bin strategy

Set up a fixed bin storage type

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Maintain max number of fixed bins, check max no of bins and use fixed bins.

Create storage section

Define the bin structure

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Define activity area

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Assign bins to activity area

Define sort sequence for activity area

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Create bins using /N/SCWM/LS10 and perform bin sorting /N/SCWM/SBST

Define storage search sequence

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Assign storage types to search sequence

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Note: we also created a storage type TYP5 which acts as reserve storage for fixed bin storage and master data, search
sequence etc is defined same as fixed bin storage

Define put away control indicator

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Specify storage type search sequence

Create a part in ERP and transfer that to EWM

Maintain the storage type data and put away control indicator for the product

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Assign fixed bins for the product /N/SCWM/FBINASN

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Display fixed bin assignment /N/SCWM/BINMAT

Maintain capacity for bins

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Test case:

Create inbound delivery and transfer to EWM

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Perform goods receipt and create warehouse task

Observe destination bins, 2 bins are fixed bins and the other is from reserve storage

Note: total qty of the task is 2000, as the capacity of fixed bins is 500, remaining qty will be moved to reserve storage.
We are splitting the WT in this case. This setting is made in storage type definition

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If split during put away is not selected in the above example total stock will be moved to reserve storage as the
capacity of fixed bin is less.

Now confirm warehouse orders to move stock to destination bin.

Check the stock

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Partial stock moved to reserve storage, the same can be moved to fixed bin using replenishment.

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13 SLOTTING
Slotting is the process of determining a storage concept for a product that ensures the most optimum put away and
picking of goods.

To optimize warehouse processes and utilize the storage bins in an optimal way EWM offers slotting and re
arrangement processes

Slotting determines optimal put away parameters like storage type, storage section and bin type for a product per
warehouse. These planning values are stored in the product master and can be activated at any point of time

Slotting automatically determines a storage concept for the product. It does this by determining underlying storage
parameters that control put away of the product

Slotting process can use variety of data in determining the put away control indicators
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 Product master data

 Storage requirement data
 Packing data
 Demand forecasts

Demand forecasts will be taken from APO data

Slotting determines the following storage parameters and stores them in the product master

 Put away control indicator

 Maximum quantity in the storage type
 Storage section indicator
 Storage bin types

Determination of put away control indicator is mandatory and others are optional

Slotting can be done in background or foreground

We have the option of updating planned put away indicator and after reviewing we can update actual put away
indicator

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Slotting works on a condition technique

Customize slotting

Slotting can be found in goods receipt node. There are multiple nodes under slotting such as master data, general
settings, influencing parameters and condition technique. No other settings actually required other than condition
technique

We can use some of the influencing parameters to form a condition technique

Create a condition table

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Define access sequence

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Define condition type

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Determination procedure

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Assign determination procedure to warehouse

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Once this is done, we need to create & register the procedure under a maintenance group

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Check if the maintenance group exists in the global maintenance group

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As the condition maintenance group is register in the global maintenance context, we can maintain condition records
for slotting

Now check if the condition can be maintained for slotting

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Check all parameters determined such as warehouse handling indicator, warehouse number, warehouse product
group, warehouse storage conditions.

Now maintain the condition record

Test case:

Create a part and CIF to EWM

Check for the entries in storage type data such as warehouse product group, storage conditions and warehouse
handling indicator

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Now execute the slotting /N/SCWM/SLOT

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The setup we did is for determining the put away control indicator only, so check the put away control indicator and
select the update mode of slotting and execute

Note: slotting update can is of 3 types, we can select any one based on our requirement.

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Since the packaging specification not available, displays a warning message, save the result

Now check the product master if slotting updated planned put away indicator

Planned put away indicator is updated, now activate the slotting then put away control indicator will be updated.

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Now check the product master

Now select other part and select the slotting update mode and try to execute

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Since the packaging specification not available, slotting cannot be executed

Note: slotting mode update material master at status green will run only if all the data related to product is green.

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14 REARRANGEMENT
Rearrangement is used to optimize the location of products in the warehouse by moving stock to relevant optimal
storage bin. The system compares the current storage type, section and bin type with the optimal parameters of
slotting. If current parameters are not optimal, the system proposes an optimal storage bin. The system also displays
number of empty bins per storage type, section, storage bin type as part of the analysis

Rearrangement allows optimizing the space in the warehouse by moving stock to optimal locations.

Slotting results are trigger point for rearrangement.

When searching for the optimal destination storage bin, the system uses search sequence for storage types, sections
and bin types. Entries in the search sequence are sorted by slotting index and in descending order. System proposes
alternative storage bin only if the slotting index is lower than that of the current storage bin.
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Customize rearrangement

In order to test rearrangement process, let’s create some storage types, sections, bin structures, bins, put away
control indicators and any other required data.

Now configure goods receipt process i.e. storage type, section and bin type search sequence

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Assign storage types to storage type search sequence

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Here we need to maintain evaluation points for each sequence no, so that the rearrangement process is triggered
based on the difference of evaluation points.

Note: evaluation points and slotting index are same

The first sequence no shouldn’t have slotting index.

Maintain storage section search sequence:

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Need to maintain slotting index or evaluation points here also.

Define storage bin determination:

Maintain evaluation points or slotting index here also

Test case:
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For testing place these parts in non optimal storage types

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For ex: the above part is to be placed in non optimal storage types

Perform the put away and check the stock

Check the stock, now the stock is in non optimal storage types

Now maintain the condition record for the slotting

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So based on the key combination put away control indicator is defined here
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Maintain the storage data in product master

Now perform the slotting /N/SCWM/SLOT

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Save the slotting results and check the product master

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Planned put away control indicator is determined

Now activate slotting results, so that the put away control indicator is updated in product master data

Check the product master

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So the actual put away indicator is also updated

Customize rearrangement:

Rearrangement is to move stocks from non optimal location to optimal location. A warehouse task is generated
during this process

Specify default values for rearrangement process:

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Specify document type and item type for rearrangement:

Now perform rearrangement /N/SCWM/REAR

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Rearrangement can be done for material, storage type, storage section and bin

Select all parts and execute rearrangement

Check the analysis of rearrangement result

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System proposes the optimum bin type, section & storage based on evaluation points

Current bin situation and proposed bin situation can be seen in the above screen

Create the warehouse task

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Confirm these tasks

Now check the stock

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Stock moved to the optimal storage type

Note: in the above demonstration we only created condition type for storage type determination, we can also create
a condition type with storage section or bin type determination or the combination of any of storage type, section &
bin.

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15 LAYOUT ORIENT STORAGE CONTROL
LOSC is used to make sure the products are moving accurately based on the physical layout and constraints of the
warehouse. Goods in warehouse might not travel directly from a source bin to a destination bin but rather travel via
intermediate storage.

If a multilevel warehouse exists and the stock movements are done with special resources then the movements are
based on the physical layout from source to destination.

For example if a product is to move from source location destination bin based on the physical layout, it should go to
the intermediate location and then to the destination location
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nd
In the above example, stock should move from 9010 to 0080. As 0080 is in 2 floor stock cannot directly move from
source to destination. Intermediate task will open to move stock to ID point and thereafter stock will be handed over
to elevator. From elevator stock will be moved to destination bin.

In this process we need to check for which storage type has layout restriction

Customize LOSC:

The customization is based on an assumption that if stock that is moving to storage type TYP6 has layout restriction
and stock should move through intermediate storage.

Define a storage type:

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Maintain the availability group as 001 and uncheck mandatory and GI. If these are maintained stock will change to
unrestricted in intermediate storage

Also uncheck put away completion, if this is checked that means put away is completed if stock moved to this storage

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Define a section
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Create one intermediate bin

Define layout oriented storage control

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As per the above setup if stock is to move to TYP6, then it should pass through TYP9

Test case:

Create inbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Make sure put away control indicator and other required fields are maintained in the product master data

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Like POSC, LOSC also works with HUs, so products needs to be packed either in ERP or maintain packaging instructions
in EWM

Check in EWM

Perform unload and goods receipt

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Create warehouse task

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2 warehouse tasks created, this is because of intermediate step which we maintained in LOSC table

Check warehouse tasks in monitor

Open task is to move stock from source bin to intermediate bin once this is confirmed other task will open to move
stock from intermediate bin to destination bin

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Confirm the other task also

This is how a simple LOSC process works

POSC and LOSC:

LOSC can also be executed with the combination of POSC

In this case system first executes POSC and then check for the LSOC if there is any layout restriction in the storage

In the customization we need to maintain the combination of POSC and LOSC

In the example below, product that is coming to TYP2 is relevant for POSC but has layout restriction before moving to
TYP2, so we introduced a combined process called POSC & LOSC

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Here destination storage type is TYP2 and source is left blank, means any product that is moving to TYP2 has layout
restriction. Since we didn’t maintain layout restriction in between storage processes, system will execute POSC and
then LOSC.

Test case:

Create inbound delivery for a part that is supposed to go to TYP2 and distribute to EWM

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Introduce a TU, perform docking at the door, unload and goods recipt

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Assign delivery numbers to the TU and assign the TU to doors

Unloading and GRN performed and check open tasks

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In the above example we have 2 parts. After goods receipt stock is moving to deconsolidation step as per the
customization

One part is relevant only for POSC and the other task is to execute LOSC process

Confirm the task to move stock to intermediate bin

Perform deconsolidation (in this example transactions are performed in mobile screens)

After confirming tasks, check the monitor

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One part is not relevant for LOSC, so after deconsolidation task will open to move to destination bin. Other product is
relevant for LOSC, so after completing deconsolidation stock moved to interim bin

Confirm these tasks

So stock moved to interim bin and other task opened to move stock to destination also

After fulfilling requirements of LOSC, stock will be moved to destination bin

In some cases there are chances that intermediate storage type itself has a layout restriction, means the stock before
moving to intermediate storage should go to another intermediate storage.

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In the above case, stock should move from 9010 to 0080. For 0080 storage type 0081 bin ELEV is the pre requisite but
for 0081 and ELEV, storage type 0081 bin ID-POINT is the pre requisite

In this case task to move from 9010 to 0080 will be inactive and 0081 bin ID-POINT will be active. Once this is
confirmed another active task will open to move from 0081 ID-POINT to 0081 ELEV. Once this is confirmed another
task will open to move stock to the destination bin.

Let’s demonstrate a cycle with this scenario

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In this if stock to move to TYP9, that should move to TY10 first.

As we are making ID-POINT pre requisite for TYP9 activate the ID-POINT check for storage type TYP9

Test case:

Create inbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Assign the delivery to TU, dock at the door, unload and perform goods receipt

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Go to monitor and check the delivery status
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Perform deconsolidation

Now check the monitor, a task will open to move stock to ID-POINT

Confirm the task, another task will open to move stock to interim bin

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Confirm this task, then final put away task will open

Confirm the task, stock will move to destination bin

LOSC in Outbound:

During inbound ID-POINT plays an important role in the stock movements where as in outbound pick point will play
an important role

In order to make the scenario clearer let’s create a storage type and deactivate ID point in that. Also create a storage
type which acts as a Pick point

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Create one storage type which acts as PICK POINT

Create sections

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Create a bin in TY12 which acts as a PICKPOINT

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Now maintain entries in LOSC table

So as per this entry, if we pick stock from storage TY11, it should go through a PICKPOINT

Now maintain search sequence to pick stock from TY11

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Test case:

Create a delivery and pick, pack and load goods to perform goods issue, check if the stock is moving to PICKPOINT
before moving to staging

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The process of outbound starts with order from customer. Delivery will be created and distributed to decentralized
system and the transactions takes place in EWM. Printing, packing etc will be taken care in EWM. Finally goods issue
i.e. material documents will be transferred to ERP through PPF actions.

When outbound delivery is distributed to EWM it creates an outbound delivery request which will be converted to
outbound delivery order which is a warehouse request. Once picking, packing and goods issue is done that will result
in outbound delivery which gets communicated to ERP for document flow update and material document update
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Destination will be determined by WPT but source to be determined by removal strategies

Define warehouse process type:

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Here warehouse process category “2” and activity PICK plays an important role. Since the WPT is for stock removal
destination storage type is assigned.

Determine warehouse process type:

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Standard WPT is already assigned to combination of document type and WPT but we have assigned more specific
entry with document type, Item type and WPT. This will have precedence over standard settings.

Now in order to identify the source storage bin, we need to maintain stock removal rules based on certain parameters

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Specify search sequence

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Assign storage types

Either storage type or storage type group is to be assigned. Storage type group is grouping of storage types

Define stock removal control indicator

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Determine storage type search sequence for stock removal

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Optimize access strategies for storage type determination

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Create the access strategies and make that the most preferred

Test case:

Maintain product master data with stock removal indicator

Create sale order, delivery and distribute to EWM

Check the WPT determined

Create the task to check if the stock is being picked from source bin

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Save the task and go to confirmation screen

Confirm the order

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Go to the outbound main screen and post goods issue and check if the material document is distributed to ERP

Outbound delivery is created which will update the document flow in ERP

Check the document flow in ERP

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Delivery split

If a warehouse request has more than one delivery items and if we want to issue goods separately then we can
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activate the delivery split for warehouse

Check the delivery split for delivery type

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Test case:

Create outbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Create the warehouse task and pack them into separate HUs in EWM
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Create pick HUs and confirm in foreground and assign HUs. Confirm the tasks.

Go to outbound transaction HU tab and post goods issue separately for each HU

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Check PPF actions and other documents

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Now go to sale order and check the delivery split documents

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POSC can be more efficient in Outbound since picking should be more optimum compared to put away

Define process oriented storage control

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Standard outbound external steps are

If required we can create our own external steps or we can use standard, but internal process step should be same.

Define storage process

Assign steps to storage process

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Create pack work center

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Maintain bin for work center /N/SCWM/TWORKST

Define WPT

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System will not allow to maintain storage process as this is limited to inbound. For outbound warehouse order
creation rules will be used to identify the WPT.

Define warehouse order creation rule

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For testing just create blank creation rule for now and assign storage process

Assign this WO creation rule in WPT

Determine WPT

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Determine search sequence

Test case:

Create a delivery and distribute to EWM

Open the outbound delivery in /N/SCWM/PRDO

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Observe the WPT and create a warehouse task

Go to confirmation screen and check for the warehouse order creation rules that triggered

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For now as the process of packing is not automated, create a pick HU manually and assign it to each task

Select the product WT and click confirm in foreground to assign the pick HU to the task

Once pick HU is assigned then confirm the warehouse order

Now go to monitor and observe tasks

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Observe the destination storage bin and step.

As the picking is completed, as per the storage process definition stock will move to packbin

Now go to pack work center and perform the packing /N/SCWM/PACK

Activities such as packing, repacking, nested packing can be performed here, once the activity is done, close the HU
and save

Go to monitor to see the next open task

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Task will open to move the stock from packbin to staging area, confirm the task.

Now stock is in outbound staging area, perform goods issue and check for sub sequent documents in ERP also

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Value added services such as special packing, labeling etc can be performed in outbound. This is also comes under
POSC. Standard steps and process available, based on the requirement we can create our own.

Define relevance for VAS

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Define POSC

Define step

Define storage process

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Assign storage processes

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Maintain POSC

OB01-Pick will be based on search control, OB02-Pack, YVS2-VAS order & OB03 is to move from VAS to outbound
staging area.

Create work center for VAS

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Assign bin to the work center

/N/SCWM/TWORKST

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Create warehouse order creation rules

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Create one simple warehouse order creation rule and assign the process to that.

Create a packspec for VAS order

Note: In inbound VAS, auxiliary materials are maintained as consumption relevant, since we are using auxiliary
packaging materials for special packing we need to maintain stock.

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Maintain VAS bin for VAS work center

Test case:

Create pack spec VAS for materials in EWM

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Maintain correct external step for VAS

Create outbound delivery and distribute them to EWM

Check the outbound delivery in EWM if VAS order created or not

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Create warehouse task

Go to confirmation screen and create pick HUs manually and assign them to each warehouse order

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Select warehouse order and confirm in foreground to assign HU manually

Confirm warehouse orders

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Go to monitor and check for the material moments

Stock moved from source bin to pack bin

Now perform packing in pack work center

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There exists open task to move stock from pack bin to VAS bin, confirm the task

Stock moved to VAS work center

Now complete VAS activity

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Task will open to move stock from VAS bin to outbound staging area, confirm the task and perform goods issue.

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19 WAREHOUSE ORDER CREATION RULES
Warehouse order creation rules will be mainly used in picking to make pick trips optimize pick process in order to
meet sales dead lines

Rules can be used in inbound and internal processes also but it will be more useful in outbound

Define number ranges for warehouse orders

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Define sort rules for warehouse tasks

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Fields for sort rules

Define filters for warehouse order creation rules

Define filter criterion such as item filter or subtotal filter, min max weights and volumes etc

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Define limit values for size of warehouse orders

Limit is the size of the warehouse order, where as filters are sizes of picking handling units

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Define pack profile for warehouse order

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Define warehouse order creation rules

Define search sequence for activity area

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We can review the warehouse order in overview

We defined pack profiles, but packaging materials not linked to pack profiles, so we need to create packaging
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Maintain packaging material and condition record along with pack profile and activate the pack spec

Note: product is not required as we are not creating the pack spec specific to product
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Now activate the log for warehouse in order to check the warehouse rules how they are triggering.

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Test case:

Create outbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Create tasks

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Confirm warehouse orders

Observe if HUs created or not

Note: after picking is completed, system will just propose the packaging material but will not create HU automatically.
In order to automate the HU creation i.e. where to create HUs we need to assign bins to each activity areas in
transaction /N/SCWM/SEBA

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If this setting is maintained then only system creates the HU automatically by checking pack spec

Now confirm the warehouse orders and check in monitor

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Check open tasks and perform each task in respective work centers and perform goods issue

The test case mentioned above is a basic example of how a warehouse order creation rule works, but the same can be
made more complex by maintaining various set of rules such as item filters, sub totals, limits and pack profiles.

If any of these is broken, rule will change.

For ex: if a material weight is 5kg, outbound is created for 100 pieces, total weight becomes 500 kg. If the filter is set
for 300kg, total weight 500kg is more than the filter weight. Here filter is broken, then system will not find any rule
and no pick handling unit. In this case if we maintain the combination of complex algorithm, activity area & creation
rules combination system will find next available rule and creates pick handling units.

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20 WAVE MANAGEMENT
WAVES are group of outbound delivery items which will optimize the picking process.

Picking, packing, staging, loading everything should be done in planned way in order to meet delivery schedules.
Warehouse tasks can be combined based on customer, route etc.

Waves can be created manually, auto wave assignment.

Will use wave templates to create waves. Template will have attributes to form waves

Test case:

Create some outbound deliveries and distribute them to EWM

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Try to process them individually and check how many warehouse orders and pick HUs have been created. System will
propose individual pick HU for each n every warehouse order, cancel all warehouse and try to process them using
/N/SCWM/WAVE transaction and observe the difference

Now for manual wave testing lets create a wave template

/N/SCWM/WAVETMP

Here wave type is for monitoring purpose and wave category is item filter. Assignment is whether we add unassigned
items in the current wave or in the next wave

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Here will define wave parameters such as wave cut off time, release time, pick start and end time, pack start and end
time, staging end time and wave completion. For better planning enter the details from back work scheduling.

Note: For ex: if we maintain cut off day as 1 that means it will look for previous day cut off.

Test case:
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Now create some outbound deliveries and distribute to EWM

Create a Wave and assign wave template and option and check how the system is reading all cut off times

Since the release method selected in the template is manual, we need to release the wave manually. If release
method is automatic as soon the time reaches release cut off time wave will be released automatically. If immediate
is set when the wave is saved it will also be released

Auto wave assignments

Route determination plays an important role in determining the auto waves

Activate route determination

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So route is activated for the warehouse

Now create a route using /N/SCTM/ROUTE this is Transportation Management transaction

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Route always works with locations not with partners

Now create a delivery and check if the route is getting determined

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Now maintain the complete set up for wave determination

Maintain Wave types

Maintain wave categories

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Set automatic wave generation for WPT

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Maintain capacity profiles

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Now set up wave template determination

Wave template determination is based on the condition technique

Define condition table

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Define the table based on required fields

Define the access sequence

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Define condition type

Define determination procedure

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Assign the procedure to the document type

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Define condition maintenance group

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If this maintenance group is not maintained, condition records will not be determined

Maintain the condition record in /N/SCWM/WDGCM

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So if a delivery is created with above combination of warehouse, ship to and route system will determine wave
template 1 and wave template provides the information such picking, packing and staging

Now login /NSPPFCADM, ppf admin transaction and activate the wave creations
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Check the assignment here, usually this is a Basis activity

Test case:

Create the delivery and distribute to EWM

Check the wave assigned to the delivery or not

Check the ppf actions if warehouse request assigned to wave or not

Check in /N/SCWM/MON complete details

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Check wave cut off dates and other details

Now create one more delivery and observe that it will be added to the current wave since the wave cut off time not
reached and wave is unreleased

Same way if we keep on creating outbound deliveries all deliveries will be added to the current until the wave is
released or capacity profile is reached

Now release the wave manually for testing and proceed with other activities

Also maintain release method as immediate and proceed for creating deliveries, if release method is immediate as
soon as the wave is created it will also release i.e. no other delivery will be added to the wave. Usually this will be
used in urgent deliveries cases.

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21 STAGING AREA & DOOR DETERMINATION
Staging areas are responsible for goods receipts and goods issues.

We need to define staging area group, staging area and staging bay. Here we will consider staging area group as
storage type, staging area is storage section and staging bay is storage bin

Staging area group is a storage type with role “D”

In standard 9030 & 9040 are doors in inbound and outbound, 9010 & 9020 staging areas in inbound and outbound

Define storage types for staging area and doors

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Define doors

Define storage sections

Define bins for staging area and door

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Define staging area

Define staging area and door determination group

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Define doors

Here we defined 3 inbound and 3 outbound doors, direction will specify if the door is inbound or outbound, action
profile is to identify the door

Assign staging area determination group to door

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Assign staging area to warehouse door

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Now remove hard coding of staging areas and doors in WPTs and maintain condition records in shipping and receiving
activities
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Now maintain conditions /N/SCWM/STADET_OUT for outbound /N/SCWM/STADET_IN for inbound.

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Determine access sequence /N/SCWM/STADET_ASS

Till now what we have done is customizing, we have to assign bins to doors in master data

/N/SCWM/DOOR_SCU

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Maintain staging area determination group for all parts

Test case:

Create one inbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Check if the door and staging area getting determined

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Similar create outbound delivery and check if staging area and door getting determined

So both inbound and outbound staging areas and doors are getting determined

Usually stock will be received or shipped in transportation units such as truck, lorry, container etc. we need to identify
them as TUs in EWM.

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Setup for creating TUs

Create a packaging material in ERP and distribute to EWM.

Link Packaging material to means of transport.

/N/SCWM/PM_MTR
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Assign created packaging material to means of transport

Note: check the means of transport in Route

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Create a TU /N/SCWM/TU

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Mention means of transport, packaging material and direction. Direction specifies if it is inbound or outbound

TU number which we created is external, if nothing is mentioned at the time of creation system will take internal
number ranges

Define number ranges

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In order to test the storage process which involves staging area, door and TU we need to enhance the storage process
and remove any hard coding and make the determination rule based

For ex: for the outbound storage process

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Steps involved are

Include a step for loading task after staging and check auto task for staging step

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Define POSC

Note: for packing step, destination can be made rule based but we need to define the same in transaction
/N/SCWM/PACKSTDT-pack station determination
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So the storage processes are

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Here no destination bin is maintained, everything is a rule based, system will search destination bins based on the
customization.

Test case Inbound:

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Create set of inbound deliveries

Create a TU and assign inbound deliveries to the TU

Assign deliveries to the TU

Note: if Idoc set up is available, vendor can assign the deliveries to the TU and no need to assign here manually

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Activate the TU

TU is arrived in the facility, we need to dock this to any one of the door

Perform the transaction arrival at door

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Note: before this, make sure no TU is assigned to this door

Perform Goods receipt

After goods receipt, check the status of GR/GI

Create warehouse tasks

Go to monitor and check tasks

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Check open tasks, these are unloading tasks from door to staging area, confirm tasks

Once open tasks are confirmed based on our POSC set up, next tasks will open

Confirm open tasks, and go to decon station and perform deconsolidation

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Perform other processes and confirm warehouse tasks to move stock to destination bin

Once all transactions are done, undock the TU from door

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Note: undocking can also be done after GRN and other steps can be performed later

Test case:

Create sale, delivery and distribute to EWM

Check if deliveries are assigned to wave

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Release the wave manually so that it creates warehouse tasks and orders manually

Confirm the tasks, pick HU will be created and an additional task will open to move stock from pick HU to pack work
center

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Confirm tasks

Log in pack work center and perform packing

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Task will open to move stock from pack station to vas station, confirm tasks
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Log in vas work center and perform vas execution

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Note: here no vas order exists as we didn’t maintain vas pack spec for materials

After vas is done, a task will open to move stock from vas station to outbound staging

Confirm tasks

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After confirming, task will open move stock from staging area to door bin, confirm this task also

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All process steps are completed, now we need to create a TU and assign deliveries to the TU and door to be assigned
to TU

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Assign deliveries to TU

Assign door to TU

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Dock TU to door

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Complete loading

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Perform Goods issue

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Undock the TU from the door
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Now the door is not assigned to any TU, so other TU can be assigned with some other deliveries

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22 MOBILE DATA ENTRY
Although all transactions in the warehouse are done with desktop transactions or in the warehouse monitor, usually
resources in the warehouse will use mobile devices for their work.

In a complex warehouse, the usage of mobile device is a requirement for fast and accurate data entry

Radio frequency frame work:

EWM enables to use RF devices for personalized menus and screens

Supports large variety of device sizes, device types and data entry types

By using RF framework faster and error free data communication can be attained
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Two types of mobile devices available, GUI character based and browser based

Resources in EWM

Resource is a user or equipment which can execute work in the warehouse

Resource logs in to RF environment and receives work for execution and resource can be tracked in the monitor

A resource will be assigned to resource type and resource group

Resource type is the technical qualification of the resource i.e. height it can reach, distance it can travel etc

Resource group will be for assignment purposes i.e. work assignments such as inbound outbound etc

Queues

Queue is a logical file to which warehouse tasks for processing. Queues define movements by which work in the
warehouse is managed and assigned

Queues will be defined by WT parameters

 Source activity area

 Destination activity area
 Bin access type
 Warehouse process type

Define queues

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Define queue determination criteria

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Here possible activities and queues to be assigned

Define queue access sequence

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Test case:

Create inbound delivery and check if queues are getting determined

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Perform GRN and create warehouse tasks

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Check the queue determined

Go to monitor and perform series of steps as per the POSC set up

Unlock the warehouse order and confirm

Check new warehouse order generated with other queue

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Confirm all process steps

Log in decon work center and perform decon

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Decon work is done, check for open tasks

After confirming this, stock will move to destination bin

Test Case:

Create outbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Create WT and WOs and check for the queue

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Go to wave and release the wave manually to create warehouse order

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Check the queue

Confirm the warehouse order and check for the next queue which is created

Confirm these orders and perform packing

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Again queue is created to move stock from pack work center to VAS station

Perform VAS activity

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Once VAS activity is done, one more queue to move stock from VAS work center to outbound staging area

Confirm WO

Perform loading and issue goods

Resources:

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Resource is person or equipment which is used to perform activities in the warehouse. Resource type is defined and
bin access type and HU type group will be assigned to resource type.

Resource type is qualification of the resource

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This is the only customizing activity and others are master data

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/N/SCWM/RGRP maintain resource group

This is for queue assignment

Maintain Queue sequence for resource group

/N/SCWM/QSEQ

Maintain resource

/N/SCWM/RSRC
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Maintain users
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/N/SCWM/USER

Test case:

Create inbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Perform GR and create HU warehouse tasks

Log into the monitor resource management

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Check for the open WO in queues

Assign the warehouse order to resource

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After assignment is done, confirm the WO, next task will open which is work center move, if checked in the queue
open WO will be available in other queue, assign resource to that queue and perform other transactions

Test case2:

Create outbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Check in resource management queues for open WO queues

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Assign this to resource

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Perform other transactions

Test cases for Queue management and execution using mobile screens:

Test case:

Create a delivery and distribute to EWM

Release the wave

Once the wave is released check for warehouse orders and queue assignment

Go to queue and assign resource

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Now log in to /N/SCWM/RFUI transaction for mobile screen and perform transactions

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We can click on the selection screen or enter the number to go to next screen
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Enter source bin, source HU and click enter

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Enter, so the warehouse order is confirmed

System will ask for the next warehouse order

Tasks will open to move stock to next work center

Perform operations in the work center and close HUs

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Once this is done, new warehouse orders will create to move stock to next work center

Again go to monitor screen and execute warehouse orders

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Test case:

Create inbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Perform Goods receipt to create warehouse order

Log in RF screen and perform transactions

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Check tasks, unloading task is done and a task will open to move to decon station

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Destination HU is not available, so create a destination HU by clicking F4

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Check for open tasks in the monitor, stock will move to Vas station

Once vas activity is done, put away in the destination bin

Read the source data

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And read destination data

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Once this is done, WO is confirmed to move stock to destination bin

Test case:

Create outbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Release the wave

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Pick task is opened and assigned to the queue

Note: usually we were getting an additional task to handover HU to the resource earlier, the same can be controlled
by a setting in the IMG

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If we maintain WPT 3050 in the field WPT HU for resource then stock will be directly handed over to resource

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Now log in pack work center and close HUs

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Execute next transactions based on the process steps

Mobile data entry customization:

The above shown menu is the standard menu provided by SAP. Usually dedicated users will be performing dedicated
transactions. For them it is not required to display all the menu, user will except to view only certain transactions.

For ex: loading always performed by transportation unit, for this user it is not required to view all other options

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We can manage the same using menu customization

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Define presentation profiles

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Define personalization profiles

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Go to RF Menu manager
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Above menu is the standard menu, we can customize the same as per the requirement

For ex: system guided is not required, we can remove that node

We can move the sub nodes to the main nodes also

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In the same way we can customize depending upon requirement

What we defined earlier is just a presentation screen, this is not assigned to any warehouse or user. Changes will
reflect if this is assigned to warehouse and user

Now assign the presentation profile to warehouse

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Now go to /N/SCWM/USER transaction to assign this to user id

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Now login to RF screen and check the result

System guided option is not available, also selection WR is available in the main menu

This is because of customization

This is all about menu management.

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Inside the menu if business require to include any other fields the same can be managed using screen management

For ex: in deconsolidation if required to add any other field we need to get the enhancement trigger dialogue and find
out all values
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Ctrl+shift+F1 to get the enhancement trigger dialogue

Now go to screen manager in IMG

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All information that is required to technical team can be found out here

To conclude, resource & queue management play a big role in the RF transactions

Menu management and screen management will dependent on business specific requirement and screen
management can be done by technical team.

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23 PHYSICAL INVENTORY
Physical inventories are used to verify that the stock exists in warehouse to satisfy certain accounting and control
requirements in addition to keep book and actual inventory in balance.

In EWM in order to perform physical inventory we need to define the physical inventory area. Physical inventory area
will be assigned to activity area which in turn will be assigned to warehouse

Important physical inventory processes used in EWM are

 Continuous physical inventory

 Periodic physical inventory
 Cycle counting

In a periodic physical inventory stock is counted in a certain period example end of fiscal year. During this period we
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can prohibit stock movements.

Continuous physical inventory can be done at any time. There are different types.

 Adhoc physical inventory

This can be done at any time, for example if a product is damaged. This procedure can be done at bin level or
product specific
 Low stock check
This procedure is storage bin specific. When confirming the warehouse task if the remaining qty is lower than
the configurable threshold, system will automatically creates physical inventory in the background
 Zero stock check
This is also same as low stock check, but the threshold value is zero.
 Put away physical inventory
This process is only at the time of put away. This is carried out at the time of first put away in a bin in a fiscal
year.
 Storage bin check
This is not a physical inventory in true sense, this is just to make sure if the product exists in the bin or not.
The quantity of product is immaterial in this case

Cycle counting means performing physical inventory at regular intervals during a fiscal year

Products will be categorized based on the material movements and cycle counting can be triggered based on the
indicators

Business terminology is ABC analysis and will divide products based on the frequency of orders of products

Difference analyzer

Difference analyzer is a tool that allows to analyze the differences in EWM and reconcile stocks in ERP particularly
accounting. This is not only used in physical inventory but at the time of deliveries for shortages and overages of
quantities.

Define physical inventory area:

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Physical inventory area is independent entry; we need to assign this to activity areas.

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Before performing this activity check if our activity areas allow physical inventory or not.

If
activity areas are not allowed for INVE activity, need to maintain entries.

Note: we can also define one activity area for activity INVE and assign all storage types to that activity area. Need to
perform bin sorting for newly created activity area.

If bin sorting is performed then only that bin will be assigned to activity.

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After checking all the above mentioned points assign physical inventory area to activity area
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Note: one physical inventory area cannot be assigned to more than one activity area

Define number ranges for physical inventory documents

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Specify physical inventory specific settings at warehouse level

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Test case:

Create a physical inventory procedure and check if there are any errors
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Select Bin specific physical inventory procedure in this case

Propose indicator activates the physical inventory document

Block indicator will block the bin

Freeze book inventory will freeze the material movements.

Check if any open warehouse tasks/orders exist for this bin

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If yes confirm or cancel.

For ex: in the selected bin open tasks exists, either cancel or confirm
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If open tasks exist we can still count in that bin, but we cannot freeze the bin

Also check if EWM and ERP stocks are matching each other.

Now save the physical inventory document

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Now check the bin status

Bin is locked by active physical inventory

Now process the physical inventory document /N/SCWM/PI_PROCESS

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Now enter the count and try to post the count results and observe any issues

System will trigger an error for tolerances because we never maintained tolerances for the warehouse

Now maintain tolerances in IMG

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The above is for posting differences

Also maintain for recount

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Now define tolerance groups for difference analyzer

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We are maintaining value based tolerance, but in EWM we never maintained value of any product or stock.
Accounting view never transferred to EWM

This should be done in /N/SCWM/PI_USER_DIFF for difference analyzer and /N/SCWM/PI_USER for recounting
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Test case:

Create a physical inventory document in EWM /N/SCWM/PI_CREATE

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Process PID

/N/SCWM/PI_PROCESS

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Enter count results

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Check the book qty and enter count qty and save

Note: customization can be done to hide the book qty

Then post the differences, this will create and confirm warehouse tasks.

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Check the monitor

Tasks created for difference qty, as this is already confirmed difference will be posted to difference analyzer

/N/SCWM/DIFF_ANALYZER

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Check differences and post. This will reduce the stock in EWM and ECC server.

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Check stocks now

Check in ERP

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Check material movements

Stock reduced with 711 movement.

Other important transactions available in EWM are

Cycle counting:

Cycle counting is physical inventory process in which parts are categorized based on material movement. This is
always performed at product level not at bin level

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24 REPLENISHMENT
Many warehouses will have dedicated picking areas that serve as primary picking areas for materials to be shipped. As
storage bins are depleted of stock they must be filled with stock timely. This process is called replenishment. Before
replenishment control is used in a warehouse certain data fields in the warehouse product master must be updated.
Fields that play important role in the replenishment are

 Maximum stocking qty

 Minimum stocking qty
 Replenishment qty

These fields can be specified at storage type level in the product master data

Replenishment control types

 Planned replenishment
 Order related replenishment
 Automatic replenishment
 Direct replenishment

Note: Crate part replenishment is used in Production supply area

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Planned replenishment: This is executed in foreground or background based on minimum and maximum quantities
and replenishment quantities. Based on the availability of the stock planned replenishment can be triggered.

Ex: Minimum qty=10

Maximum qty=100

Available qty=5

Minimum replenishment qty=4

So the replenishment qty=maximum qty-current bin qty and then rounded down to multiples of replenishment qty

I.e. 100-5=95, when rounded down to multiples of 4 replenishment qty is 92.

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Automatic Replenishment: no need of executing any job, moment the stock falls below minimum qty warehouse task
is created to move the stock from reserve storage to fixed bin

Order related replenishment: this method considers all open warehouse request quantities into account for a
product. In this method it is possible that the system will generate replenishment tasks to exceed the replenishment
maximum qty.

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Direct replenishment: this is triggered by the entry of an exception code during a pick denial. For ex system displays
some qty in the bin, when the picker try to pick those qty in the bin if the picker finds that the qty is less and enters an
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exception code which will trigger the replenishment.

Customize Replenishment

Activate replenishment for storage type in this case planned replenishment

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Activate replenishment strategy, here planned replenishment and WPT for replenishment is 3010.

Also activate the replenishment at the bin or storage type level

In this example we activated replenishment at storage type level.

Now we need to define strategies to move stock from other bins to this storage type

At present all storage types grouped into one group and stock will be picked from the group

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Now remove this entry and maintain only fixed bin picking storage type
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So the picking will take place only from TYP4 as per the above setting

But we need to move the stock from other storage types to this storage type

So define the search sequence to move stock from other storages to fixed bin storage

We need to determine this search sequence

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Now maintain the master data

Let’s assume we are trying to pick parts that are not in the fixed bin storage type

Now we don’t have stock of this part in storage type TYP4.

Now try to execute the planned replenishment for this product

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Tasks will be created to replenish the stock

Check these tasks in monitor

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Confirm these tasks and check if the stock moved to new storage type
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So the maximum qty is replenished to new storage type

Now try to execute the replenishment again and check

System will not propose any replenishment as the full qty already exists

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To test, Now create an Adhoc movement to move stock to the other storage

/N/SCWM/ADHOCPROD
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Check the stock of part in TYP4

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Qty remaining in the bin is falling below the minimum qty

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Now try to execute the replenishment

Complete the replenishment and check the stock

This is how planned replenishment works.

Now create the replenishment strategy with order related replenishment

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This is just activation of replenishment strategy but we also need to maintain rough bin determination for stock
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removal in order identify open warehouse orders

Rough bin determination is done at 2 levels i.e. storage type level and WPT level

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Now check the fixed bin assignments for the product, if not available assign fixed bins to the product

Maintain master data for all parts for which testing is planned

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Test case: create a delivery and distribute to EWM

Check the outbound delivery order in EWM

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So total required qty is 450 but only 195 qty exists in the bin. Now try to run the planned replenishment and check

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This will not work, because as per the master data, maximum stock exists.

Now try to execute with order-related replenishment

So required qty is replenished, create tasks and confirm them to move the stock to the fixed bin

This is how order-related replenishment works

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Auto replenishment:

Create auto replenishment strategy

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Test case:

Issue the stock to deliveries and make the stock to fall below minimum qty

Now check the open WT for this part

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Confirm open WT to move stock to the fixed bin so that stock will be replenished

Direct replenishment works with exception handling which is explained in Exception handling

25 POSTING CHANGES
Posting change is primarily a change in the information related to a stock. In warehouse view posting change is
changing the quant parameters. Generally physical location of the stock will not change. Examples include stock
movement from quality to unrestricted or vice versa

In this process posting change originates from ERP either from MIGO which will create outbound delivery document
and will transferred to EWM as warehouse request document.

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Also posting changes can be created in EWM manually. We need to maintain strategies in EWM. If posting change is
originated in EWM, ERP will be updated with material document

Customize posting changes-ERP Settings:

These settings are for posting change originates in ERP

Define delivery type

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Define item category

Define Item category determination

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Customization settings in EWM

Map document types from ERP to EWM

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Map item types from ERP to EWM

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Determine storage type search sequence for stock removal

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26 KIT-TO-ORDER
A kit is a list of products that always delivered together. Kits can be group of materials used to repair machinery or
they can be add on products for any other products.

EWM doesn’t store kits as master data. EWM receives the structure of a kit in the form of items of an outbound
delivery from ERP system.

The structure containing the kit in the outbound delivery, in combination with a packaging specification is used as a
basis for producing a kit in EWM

Kit consists of header and components. Header represents the finished kit and a component represents the product in
the kit

EWM doesn’t support nested kits

The process of building kits is called kitting. Types of kits are kit to order, kit to stock and reverse kitting supported by
EWM. In kit to order kitting is done based on customer order, this is similar to make to order in manufacturing
process. In order to support pre assembled kits EWM also supports kit to stock process in which kits are pre
assembled and placed in the stock.

Kit-to-order:

With kit to order system automatically assembles the kits if there is no kit in the stock

Rules for kit to order:

 Kit is always delivered in full to a customer

 Kit header and kit components always scheduled for the same delivery date
 All components of a kit must come from same warehouse
 Kit prices are always calculated at the header level

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 Kit header and components have a quantity ratio. Quantity ratio is calculated if there is a change in the kit
header level or kit component level

In order to work with kits we need to activate BC sets for the kitting in ERP and EWM systems

Activate BC set t code SCPR20 in ERP

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Check item category and other details

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Activate BC sets in EWM system also

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If we are implementing EWM then we need to activate these kinds of BC sets in ERP and EWM systems, then only
delivery processing will occur.

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Create some parts and transfer them to EWM

Note: Item category group should be KIT for kit to order scenarios
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Create BOM for kitting

BOM usage should be sales and distribution. Enter components and save the BOM

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Create a PO and inbound delivery to produce the stock of components. Stock is not required for header materials
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Create a sale order for the header product; components will be copied automatically after entering header materials

Note down item categories for header and components KITH & COMP respectively

Now create a delivery and distribute to EWM

Check the delivery in EWM

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Check the picking status of header product. Since header is non stock material it is not relevant for picking

Item type for header is OKM and item type for component is OKC

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Also check the hierarchy

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We can see components in the hierarchy. We never maintained BOM in EWM. This hierarchy flows from sale order
and delivery of ERP

Now the process of kitting is, pick goods from source location, perform kitting, stage and load.

We need to setup POSC for this process.

Create a dedicated WPT for kitting process

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Determine WPT

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Maintain the search sequence for stock removal

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Define stock removal indicator

Determine storage type search sequence

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Now maintain entries for staging area determination in easy access

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So the basic set up for stock removal is done, as mentioned earlier kitting is nothing but a VAS order which is to done
in a work center. This is done via POSC steps
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Now configure POSC for kitting

Define external step

Now define the storage process

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Assign storage processes

Here the process is picking, build a kit and then stage goods
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Now define POSC

As mentioned kitting is performed in a work center we need to define a work center for kitting activities

Note: we can also use a standard storage type to build a kit.

Define a work center layout

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Each work center layout will allow performing some activities. In this layout it is allowed perform kitting.

Define work center

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During stock removal system should find out warehouse order creation rules to create warehouse orders

Define warehouse order creation rules

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In this we are not maintain any other entries related to filters, sub filters, limits etc. only we are maintaining the
storage process. If storage process is identified system should create only one rule.

Note: the same can be enhanced if we maintain filters, sub filters, limits etc.

For testing maintain this rule in WPT

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Define relevance for VAS order

Maintain relevant settings for document category, document type and item type

Now create a pack spec with appropriate pack spec group

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Maintain the conditions. Here we are maintaining only the product and not customer. We can also include customer
also to make it customer specific

Maintain the product in the header

Maintain the step in the warehouse tab

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Activate the pack spec

If we observe we are maintaining pack spec for only the header item but we are not maintaining any kit structure in
EWM. Kit structure will be picked from outbound delivery

Test case:

Maintain the sales BOM and include components in ERP

Create a sale order and delivery and distribute to EWM

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Check all details such as WPT, route, kit structure, staging area & door and VAS order etc

Check for tasks

We can see only components are getting picked since the header item is non pick able

Create warehouse order

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Observe the warehouse order creation rule and confirm the warehouse order

Now create a task to move stock to move to kitting work center

Note: we can also create a HU directly in KIT-TO-ORDER bin, then no need to create additional task to move from
HUCREATEBIN to KIT-TO-ORDER bin

Now login to kit work center and perform kitting /N/SCWM/VASEXEC

Note: as mentioned earlier kitting is also a process of vas execution

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Complete the vas execution, generate kits and close HU.

One more task will open to move stock to staging bay. Load the stock and perform goods issue.

Kit to order without VAS order:

As kitting is assembling 2 or more components in a work center, we also perform kitting without VAS order. Kitting
can be done in other work centers also

This is the most used scenario in distribution centers as this has the minimum documentation

For this scenario to work, we shouldn’t maintain VAS relevancy for item type
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Remove this entry

We can use the same WPT, but we need to define new storage process which works for kitting without VAS

Define the storage process

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Define POSC
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Here the destination is 8030 instead of 8050. That means a normal pack work center can perform kit activities with
this assignments

Create a work center layout for kitting

Make sure this work center layout allows kitting activities

Define the work center

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Make sure storage type is 8030 as kit activity is packing in this case

Define warehouse creation rule

Test case:

Create a delivery and distribute to EWM

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Check WPT and kit structure

Note: no VAS order will be available as we are performing kitting without VAS order

Create a WT and WO

Create a pick HU and confirm the order in foreground to assign pick HU

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Go to monitor and check tasks and subsequent tasks

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We can observe that the stock is moved to kit2order bin which is a pack work center not a VAS work center
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Log in to pack work center

Select the HU and generate kits and close the HU

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A task will open to move the stock to staging area

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Confirm the task

Perform loading and goods issue

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Kitting is done in a pack work center

Kitting at the time of picking:

In above scenarios kitting is performed in VAS work center and pack work center. But kitting can be done at the time
of picking. In this case if 2 or more parts are picked in a pick HU kitting already performed. So the HU will move to
pack work center and we need to only close the HU.

For this scenario to work we need to make settings as shown below

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We need to select the check box. But this is grayed out in EWM 9.2 version, not sure if this scenario is supported in
this version
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27 KIT-TO-STOCK
In addition to the kit to order, we can also execute kits based on the forecast or sales promotions and store them in
the warehouse. This process is called kit to stock

Kit creation can be triggered in ERP system using a production order which is created manually or through MRP or
kitting can be triggered in EWM using a VAS order. The best example for kit to stock is service parts planning
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In this process one outbound delivery and inbound delivery will be created. Outbound delivery to pick goods from
storage and inbound delivery is to store goods after executing kitting

This process is same as MTS in ERP

We need to activate BC sets to implement kit to stock in EWM system

Prepare some material master data and distribute to EWM

Create inbound delivery to get some stock in EWM and ERP

Create a BOM with BOM category 1

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Note: transferring the BOM is not required as EWM never stores BOM master data, instead we will create packaging
specification for header component

Kit to stock with VAS order:

We need to make relevant settings for kit to order scenario

Define order types for VAS for kit to stock

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When the VAS order type is KTS, with the above mentioned settings, system automatically creates outbound delivery
and inbound delivery and the VAS procedure is OVSK

Check document types for outbound delivery

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Check item types for outbound delivery
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Define document types for inbound delivery

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Define item types for inbound delivery
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As we activated BC set for kit to stock to work, we can observe that above mentioned document types, item types
already supplied by standard BC set.

Now check WPTs associated with document types for inbound and outbound deliveries

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We can see KTSI and KTSO are standard WPTs defined by system for document types

Check WPTs KTSI and KTSO

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In order to perform kit to stock with VAS order we need a work center. Kit to stock process requires goods issues and
goods receipt. But normal work center will not allow goods issues and goods issues. So we need to define a storage
type which acts as a work center in staging area. Storage type role should be “I”

Define a storage type

Define a storage section

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Create a bin
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Define a step in POSC for kit to stock

Define a work center layout

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Make sure post components and post kits are maintained for this layout

Change kit is not required

Now define a work center

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Assign the bin to the work center

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Now go to WPT definition and assign storage type to WPT

Maintain storage type for put away WPT but not required for removal. This is because inbound staging will become
outbound staging. The same can be observed in further steps

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Create a packaging specification for the header product with VAS order type KTS

Packaging specification group is KITS

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Enter the product

Enter the external step for kit to stock

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Now maintain stock removal and put away strategies for components and kit

Sequence for put away

Note: stock type is maintained as “F1”, this is because once goods issue of stock type F2 is posted to kit work center
and after performing kitting stock type changes to F1. So we need to put away F1 stock type to the destination bin

Now create VAS order manually using /N/SCWM/VAS_KTS

Note: earlier we were creating VAS orders with inbound and outbound deliveries. We can also create VAS orders
manually using /N/SCWM/VAS_I, VAS_O, VAS_KTS, VAS_KTR, VAS_INT or we can switch between screens with any
one of the transaction

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Once this saved it generates one outbound delivery and one inbound delivery

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Inbound delivery is not visible in this screen, but if we search with document type we can observe inbound delivery

Now check the staging bay in outbound delivery

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If we check WPT KTSO we never maintained this staging bay

But we maintained for KTSI

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This is the link between outbound and inbound during kit to stock

Also note that we will not process inbound document. Follow further steps to understand better

Go to outbound delivery order and create tasks to pick components of kits

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Confirm the warehouse order

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Create a pick HU and confirm in foreground to assign pick HU to warehouse tasks

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Check if HU is assigned to tasks or not and then save

Check the monitor

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Now stock moved to kit work center

Log in to kit work center which is VAS work center

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In this VAS activity screen we can observe two tabs post components and post kits

Post components is to perform goods issue and post kits is to perform kit completion

Now complete VAS

Now go to post components tab and post components

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Here we have two options, post components and post HUs. If we don’t have any pick HU we can post individual items.
If we have items packed in HUs then we need to post HUs. In our case we are posting HUs

After that we need to post kits

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After posting kits we can see a task opened for kit header. This is the task to move completed kit to the destination
bin

Now go to task and confirm in background

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Stock moved to destination bin

Check outbound and inbound documents, goods issues and receipts posted

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Reverse Kitting:

Reverse kitting is to split kits into components. The setup required for reverse kitting is exactly the same as kit to
stock.

Transaction used is /N/SCWM/KTR which will generate outbound and inbound delivery and remaining steps will be
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28 OPPORTUNISTIC CROSS DOCKING
When a warehouse space is expensive and keeping the too much stock increases the cost of storage. In this case it will
be better to issue goods to customer or production directly from the inbound staging.

Cross docking is a method used to optimize the processing of goods in a warehouse by using incoming stock directly
for outbound processing without storing them in the warehouse

Benefits of cross docking include:

 Reduces the handling of materials in the warehouse, potentially avoiding damaging and additional labor
requirements
 Speeds up the material flow in the warehouse and reduces the lead time
 Reduces storage space requirements and stock keeping costs
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 Reduces the transportation costs

There are several possibilities of cross docking. We need to distinguish between Planned and opportunistic cross
docking

In planned cross docking the planning is already made in the system before goods actually arrive in the warehouse or
before releasing the outbound delivery

Transportation cross docking and merchandise distribution are types of planned cross docking.

Push deployment, pick from goods receipt and EWM triggered opportunistic cross docking comes under opportunistic
cross docking

EWM triggered opportunistic cross docking:

This process takes place entirely in EWM system. It is driven either by inbound delivery or outbound delivery. When
tried to create task for inbound delivery it searches for the outbound opportunity and when tried to create task for
outbound delivery it searches for inbound stock opportunity

We can activate this cross docking method for inbound delivery and outbound delivery separately at warehouse or at
product level

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Note: if opportunistic cross docking is activated at warehouse level, system performance will have huge impact
because each time inbound or outbound delivery is created, system always search for opportunities

So in order to set up opportunistic cross docking we need to activate cross docking

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So we should have product group type for cross docking so that if we maintain product group in master data, system
proposes opportunistic cross docking only for specific parts and not for entire warehouse

Define product group types:

This setting is client level as other applications such as APO, TM will be using product groups

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Define product groups

Assign product group type to EWM triggered opportunistic cross docking

Now create some master data and distribute to EWM

Maintain product group in the master data using /N/SAPAPO/MAT1

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Now create inbound delivery and bring some stock to inbound staging.

Since we are considering a scenario where the stock should move to staging area not to the destination bin, create a
WPT and determine the WPT to move stock to inbound staging

Create control indicators for WPT determination

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Determine WPT

Maintain WPT determination indicator in product master data

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Also maintain storage type search sequence as we created new WPT

Now create inbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Perform goods receipt and put away stock will move to the destination bin. This is actual process of moving the stock.

Now we will configure EWM triggered opportunistic cross docking in EWM

Maintain the stock determination groups:

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Configure stock determination:

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We need to create the search sequence in order to remove the stock from staging area also

For this will create a new WPT for picking the stock

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Maintain the search sequence for stock removal
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Change the sequence so that the first storage type is S910

Determine storage type search sequence

Note: stock type considered is F1, because incoming stock type F1, so system should allow to pick F1 stock also

Maintain the product master data:

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Stock determination group should be assigned to the product

Test case Inbound driven Opportunistic cross docking:

Create outbound delivery and distribute to EWM

Create inbound delivery and distribute to EWM

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Perform goods receipt, create the task for inbound delivery and check the destination bin

Destination bin is staging area of outbound.

Now confirm tasks

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Check the outbound delivery

We can observe that picking and packing is completed. This is because of opportunistic cross docking which is
activated. Inbound delivery is able to find open outbound delivery and assigned the stock to outbound delivery

Just perform loading and goods issue

This is how opportunistic cross docking triggered by inbound within EWM

Test case outbound driven opportunistic cross docking:

Create inbound delivery, distribute to EWM and perform goods receipt

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Create outbound delivery, distribute to EWM and create a picking task

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Check the source bin from where the stock is being picked. It is inbound staging bin

Now confirm the warehouse order

Check the status of inbound delivery

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Status is set to put away and warehouse activity completed

This is how outbound driven opportunistic cross docking works within EWM

Usually cross docking is either inbound or outbound driven depending upon business requirement

This can be configured in the customizing, activate opportunistic cross docking

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If we select inbound or outbound only that scenario works. If we select both, two scenarios works

Opportunistic cross docking for partial quantities:

Commonly full quantity may not be picked from the inbound staging or full quantity may not be available in the
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staging for picking. In this case we can work with partial quantity.

For ex: quantity available in the inbound staging is 200 and required for picking is 100.

Create inbound delivery for 200 quantities and perform goods receipt

Now create outbound delivery for 100 quantities and create a pick task

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Stock will be picked from inbound staging and confirm the warehouse order

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Now check the status of inbound delivery

We can see put away status as partially completed, now create warehouse tasks

Check the open qty

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Create warehouse order and confirm to move stock to the destination bin
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In the same way, if 200 qty is required for outbound delivery and only 100 available in the inbound staging, system
will pick 100 from staging area and remaining 100 from bin

This is how opportunistic cross docking works

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29 EXCEPTION HANDLING
Exception handling name implies that when we are dealing with exceptions how the system should behave to accept
exceptions.

Quality inspection results, shortages, overages and pick denials etc will be handled using exception handling

To keep the gap between the physical warehouse and the system data, detected inconsistencies must be entered in
warehouse management system as soon as possible

For example if a warehouse employee is assigned with a pick warehouse task in a bin and when the picker reaches the
bin he may not find enough stock in the bin or bin is empty. Then he can enter an exception. Based on the
customization system may block the bin for further processing or trigger physical inventory or replenishment or direct
the employee to another bin
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Exception codes can be entered for almost each and every process step

Nearly 40 exception codes supplied by standard EWM system

Now to demonstrate the use of exception codes

Consider any open warehouse task, confirm the task in foreground

When confirming change the destination bin and check

Since we are changing the destination systems prompts to enter exception code.

Now the activity we are trying to do is changing the bin, so corresponding exception code to be entered

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We can observe that exception code for changing the destination bin is not available for this desktop transaction. This
would require customization

Configure exception handling:

Let’s consider the above scenario of changing the destination bin in desktop transaction

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Select the exception code and click on define exception code

Here we can see the business context and step

Business context is the type of activity we are performing and the step is allowed method of transaction

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For put away task allowed method of using the exception code is RF HU task and RF product task.

So we will define the desktop method of exception code

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Now try to change the destination bin in the warehouse task and check if this exception code is allowed

Test case:

Take any open warehouse task and try to confirm in foreground

Actual bin identified by the system can be seen in the screen. Now try to change the bin manually

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Enter the exception code

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Configure process codes for exception handling:

If we are working with delivery documents there are chances that shortages, overages and quality issues may arise.
We need to adjust these differences.

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Using a process code along with exception codes can be made during such situations

For ex: check inbound delivery

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We can use any of the process code to adjust the quantity difference

These process codes can be configured as shown below

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We can assign process codes to exception so that exception handling can be done with process codes

Now let us consider some scenarios related to quantity differences

Exception codes used for handling quantity differences is DIFD

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Business contexts allowed are

Depending on the requirement we can configure these codes and proceed to book exceptions

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30 PRINT HU
Printing a HU is an important part of logistics execution process as the material movements are usually managed
using a HU number with RF or mobile device.

Configuration path:
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Define table, access sequence and condition types.

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Define determination procedure:

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Assign determination procedure:

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Assign determination procedure to packaging material type

Create condition maintenance group:

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Maintain warehouse specific printing parameters:

T code: /N/SCWM/60000431

Enter default printer for warehouse

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Select the warehouse and maintain printer pool, spool parameters etc

These parameters will act as default for each spool data and we need to select required spool data when the
condition record is maintained.
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Create logical conditions for printing HU:

T code: /N/SCWM/PRHU5
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Create a logical condition and maintain condition

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Select field and double click to maintain the constant

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In this example selected field is packaging material type and the value is maintained in the constant.

Maintain condition record for HU print:

T Code: /N/SCWM/PRHU6

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Select application and condition maintenance group, execute

Select the condition type and maintain required fields

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Enter warehouse, form, Printer, action etc and save

Test case:

Create a HU and print

Check the spool and preview

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31 REPETITIVE MANUFACTURING
Document type mapping:

In a non warehouse managed storage location if Back flush is performed, GRN is automatically performed. But if the
storage location is decentralized warehouse managed, Inbound delivery will be created based on the decentralized
WMS integration settings.
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Perform back flush and see if inbound delivery is generated

Transaction: MFBF
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Before performing back flush make sure material master has production version maintained, rate routing is
maintained, BOM is maintained.

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Check inbound delivery

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Interface settings in EWM

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Delivery type in ERP is DIG, code initiator is GRR. Doc type in EWM is IRM

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Define document types for inbound delivery

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Doc type is IRM and the doc category for IDN is IDR and doc category for ID is PDI. Maintain the combination. In the
details maintain action profile which is for executing the automatic GR for inbound delivery.

Action profile is /SCWM/PRD_IN_RM

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Define Item type

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Define document type determination:

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Define item type determination

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Now check the PPF action which is assigned to doc category and doc type

T Code: SPPFCADM

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Action definition is /SCWM/PRD_IN_POST_GR_ON_SAVE
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Set processing as immediate processing

Now maintain the determination procedure

IMG EWM Cross process settings  Delivery-warehouse request  Actions  Configure action scheduling

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Maintain condition records /N/SCWM/DLVPPFC

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Now if the back flush is performed in ERP, inbound delivery is created and distributed to EWM. Check the inbound
delivery in EWM
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Check the goods receipt status and proceed to perform warehouse activities

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