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SAP Extended Warehouse Management
(SAP EWM)
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Activity Area
Definition
Logical section of the warehouse that groups storage bins based on defined warehouse activities.
Examples of activity areas include:
Putaway
Picking
Inventory
Use
You use activity areas to provide logical subdivisions in your warehouse. In these activity areas, different warehouse workers
execute certain warehouse activities, such as putaway or picking.
You create activity-dependent bin sortings within an activity area. Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) uses these bin
sortings to optimize the execution of warehouse tasks.
Structure
An activity area consists of one or more assigned storage bins.
You can define the assigned storage bins using the following attributes:
Aisle
Stack
Level
Bin subdivision
Depth
Information about the storage type
Any assigned deconsolidation groups
You can sort these storage bins into any sequence you want, and assign as many activities to them as you require.
For more information, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for Extended Warehouse ManagementunderMaster Data Activity
Areas Assign Storage Bins to Activity AreasandDefine Sort Sequence for Activity Area .
Note
To be able to work with activity areas, you have to generate the bin sorting.
On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Extended Warehouse Management Master Data Storage Bin Sort Storage
Bins.
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You can generate activity areas from storage types in Customizing. For more information, see the IMG for EWM under Master
Data Activity Area Generate Activity Area from Storage Type . In this case, the activity area has the same storage bins as
the storage type.
Integration
EWM generates warehouse orders for each activity area.
When EWM generates warehouse tasks, it considers the activity area and copies attributes from this activity area, such as the
deconsolidation group.
Storage Section
Definition
In Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), a storage section is an organizational subdivision of a storage type, which groups
together storage bins with similar attributes for the purpose of putaway. The criteria for grouping bins together are freely
definable: for example, heavy parts, bulky parts, fast-moving items, slow-moving items.
Use
You can use the storage section as an organizational aid for putting away goods in the warehouse. If you use storage types and
storage sections, you must define the organizational aims clearly. The physical location is the principal organizational factor. The
use of storage sections in a storage type is only mandatory if you use storage section control or storage section search in the
storage type.
Note
You can define control parameters and control values only in the storage type.
For information on how to define a storage section for a storage type, see Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management
under Master Data Define Storage Sections .
Example
High rack storage areas frequently consist of numerous storage bins of varying size. In many high-rack storage areas, low-level
bins are larger because they are reserved for particularly bulky and heavy parts. The bins located at higher levels are smaller.
The following figure shows a high-rack storage area divided into two storage sections. You use the front storage section for fast-
moving items and the rear one for slow-movers.
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High-Rack Storage Area Divided into Two Storage Sections
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