SAP Extended Warehouse Management: Processes, Functionality, and Configuration

M. Brian Carter has nearly 12 years of experience with SAP software, 11 of those working directly for SAP - 8 years in consulting and 3 years in solution management. He is currently acting as a solution manager in the SAP Business Unit Service and Asset Management, focusing on Extended Warehouse Management and Reverse Logistics. He has been focusing on the SAP Extended Warehouse Management product since the months before its initial release in December 2005. Frank-Peter Bauer has worked with SAP Extended Warehouse Management since 2002, first as a developer in the EWM development team and then as a solution manager for the SAP solution for service parts management, focusing on EWM. Since 2007, he has worked in the consulting department for supply chain management as a principal consultant, project lead, and business development manager for EWM. Before joining SAP, Frank-Peter worked for six years as a supply chain consultant focusing on logistics and warehousing. He has worked on implementation of EWM with companies in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Sweden. Joerg Lange has worked since 2002 for SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG as Senior Consultant and Project Manager, working with customers mainly in the logistics area, especially warehouse management. In 2004, he participated in the development phases of SAP Extended Warehouse Management and since then has worked on implementation projects in Germany, France, Italy and the U.S. Joerg currently lives in Ratingen, Germany with his wife, Rebecca, and his son, Jonas. Tim Dalm is a Principal Consultant with SAP America, Inc., with eight years of experience with SAP logistics and warehouse management solutions. He has worked on several SAP Extended Warehouse Management projects in the US and Europe. Tim currently lives in Philadelphia, PA. Christoph Persich is a solution consultant and project lead in the SAP field services department, where he leads customer projects for warehousing. His focus is the online mobile device integration with radio frequency technologies, which he successfully implemented in several customer projects. He is also responsible for implementing SAP RFID solutions and integrating them into the SAP solutions for warehouse processes.

... Acknowledgments ... 25 1 ... Introduction to SAP Extended Warehouse Management ... 27 1.1 ... Background and History ... 27 1.2 ... The Evolution of SAP WMS ... 29 1.3 ... The EWM Brand ... 33 1.4 ... Target Audience ... 35 1.5 ... Summary ... 36 2 ... Organizational Structure ... 37 2.1 ... Plants ... 39 2.2 ... Storage Locations ... 40 2.3 ... Warehouses ... 42 2.3.1 ... Defining the Warehouse Numbers ... 42 2.3.2 ... Integrating to DWM and EWM ... 45 2.3.3 ... Specifying the Warehouse Management Methodology ... 46 2.3.4 ... Delivery Split Indicators ... 49 2.3.5 ... Connecting ERP to EWM ... 50 2.3.6 ... Defining the Warehouse in EWM ... 50 2.3.7 ... Assigning the Warehouse in EWM to the ERP Warehouse ... 52 2.3.8 ... Assigning Business Partners and Supply Chain Units ... 52 2.4 ... Summary ... 53 3 ... The Warehouse Structure ... 55 3.1 ... Storage Types ... 56 3.1.1 ... General ... 58 3.1.2 ... Putaway Control ... 65 3.1.3 ... Stock Removal Control ... 79 3.1.4 ... Goods Movement Control ... 83 3.1.5 ... Replenishment ... 86 3.2 ... Storage Sections ... 87 3.3 ... Storage Bins ... 88 3.3.1 ... Creating Storage Bins ... 89 3.3.2 ... Generating Storage Bins Using Storage Bin Structures ... 94 3.3.3 ... Mass Change to Bins ... 98 3.3.4 ... Setting Up Storage Bin Sorting ... 98 3.3.5 ... Fixed Bin Assignments ... 99 3.3.6 ... Creating Verification Fields ... 101 3.3.7 ... Printing Labels for Storage Bins ... 102 3.4 ... Activity Areas ... 105 3.5 ... Doors and Staging Areas ... 107 3.6 ... Work Centers ... 110 3.6.1 ... Work Center Layout ... 110 3.6.2 ... Creating Work Centers ... 111 3.6.3 ... Optimizing Work Center Determination ... 114 3.7 ... Summary ... 115 4 ... Product Master Data ... 117 4.1 ... The ERP Material Master ... 117 4.1.1 ... Existing Views of the ERP Material Master ... 118 4.1.2 ... WM Execution ... 121 4.1.3 ... WM Packaging ... 124 4.1.4 ... Integrating the ERP Material Master to EWM ... 126 4.2 ... The EWM Product Master ... 130 4.2.1 ... General ... 132 4.2.2 ... Properties ... 133 4.2.3 ... Units of Measure ... 139 4.2.4 ... Classification ... 143 4.2.5 ... Packaging Data ... 144 4.2.6 ... Storage ... 150 4.2.7 ... Warehouse Data ... 155 4.2.8 ... Slotting ... 163 4.2.9 ... Storage Type Data ... 165 4.3 ... Summary ... 173 5 ... Other Warehouse Master Data ... 175 5.1 ... Business Partner Data ... 175 5.1.1 ... Customers ... 179 5.1.2 ... Vendors ... 182 5.1.3 ... Employees ... 182 5.1.4 ... Plants ... 183 5.1.5 ... Other Business Partner Roles ... 183 5.2 ... Supply Chain Units (SCUs) ... 184 5.2.1 ... Maintaining SCUs ... 184 5.2.2 ... Assigning SCUs to the Warehouse ... 185 5.2.3 ... Using SCUs in Transportation ... 186 5.2.4 ... Assigning Calendars to SCUs ... 186 5.3 ... Master Data for Transportation ... 187 5.3.1 ... Prerequisite Configuration ... 187 5.3.2 ... Transportation Hierarchy ... 188 5.3.3 ... Transportation Lanes ... 188 5.3.4 ... Transportation Zones ... 189 5.3.5 ... Transportation Routes ... 191 5.3.6 ... Carriers as Business Partners ... 193 5.3.7 ... Carrier Profiles ... 193 5.4 ... Packaging Materials ... 194 5.5 ... Packaging Specifications ... 196 5.5.1 ... Structure of the Packaging Specification ... 197 5.5.2 ... Creating a Packaging Specification ... 199 5.5.3 ... Activating the Packaging Specification ... 200 5.5.4 ... Distributing Packaging Specifications ... 201 5.5.5 ... Determination of Packaging Specifications ... 202 5.6 ... Production Master Data ... 203 5.6.1 ... Creating Production Supply Areas ... 203 5.6.2 ... Mapping Production Supply Areas ... 205 5.6.3 ... Assigning Bins for Production Supply ... 206 5.7 ... Resources ... 209 5.7.1 ... Resource Types ... 210 5.7.2 ... Execution Priorities ... 211 5.7.3 ... Resource Groups ... 212 5.7.4 ... Queues ... 213 5.7.5 ... Queue Sequences ... 215 5.7.6 ... Queue Types ... 216 5.7.7 ... Queue Type Sequences ... 216 5.7.8 ... Standard Bin (or "Start Bin") ... 217 5.7.9 ... Tracking the Current Storage Bin ... 217 5.7.10 ... Maintaining Users ... 218 5.7.11 ... Resource Execution Constraints (RECs) ... 218 5.7.12 ... Processors ... 221 5.7.13 ... Presentation Devices ... 226 5.8 ... Summary ... 228 6 ... Warehouse Stock Management ... 229 6.1 ... Quants ... 230 6.1.1 ... Definition of a Quant ... 230 6.1.2 ... Adding To Existing Quants ... 231 6.1.3 ... Displaying Quants ... 231 6.1.4 ... Stock Visibility on Storage Bins, Resources, and Transportation Units ... 233 6.1.5 ... Physical Stock and Available Stock, Incoming and Outgoing Stock ... 236 6.1.6 ... Logistics Inventory Management Engine (LIME) ... 238 6.2 ... Stock Types ... 239 6.3 ... Owner ... 244 6.4 ... Party Entitled to Dispose ... 246 6.4.1 ... Stocks from a Single Plant in One Warehouse ... 247 6.4.2 ... Stocks from Several Plants in One Warehouse ... 249 6.4.3 ... Background on the Party Entitled to Dispose ... 250 6.4.4 ... Link between Custodian, Party Entitled to Dispose, and Owner ... 251 6.5 ... Batch Management ... 251 6.5.1 ... Batch Management in EWM ... 253 6.5.2 ... Batches in the Goods Receipt Process ... 254 6.5.3 ... Batches in Goods Issue Process ... 255 6.6 ... Documentary Batch Management ... 256 6.6.1 ... Distribute Documentary Batch Management Settings to EWM ... 258 6.7 ... Serial Number Management ... 258 6.7.1 ... Setting Up Serial Number Profiles ... 261 6.7.2 ... Serial Numbers in Delivery Processing ... 266 6.7.3 ... Provisional Serial Numbers ... 271 6.7.4 ... Serial Numbers in Warehouse Tasks ... 272 6.7.5 ... Serial Numbers in the Warehouse Management Monitor ... 274 6.7.6 ... General Settings for Using Serial Numbers in EWM ... 275 6.8 ... Handling Unit Management ... 277 6.8.1 ... Structure of an HU Hierarchy ... 277 6.8.2 ... Packaging Materials ... 278 6.8.3 ... Empty HUs in EWM ... 278 6.8.4 ... Printing HUs ... 279 6.8.5 ... Smart Forms Available in EWM Standard for Printing HUs ... 279 6.8.6 ... PPF Framework and Condition Maintenance for HU Printing ... 280 6.8.7 ... Status Management ... 281 6.8.8 ... Unique Identification of HUs Using Serialized Shipping Container Code (SSCC) Numbers ... 282 6.9 ... Transportation Units ... 283 6.10 ... Stock Identification ... 283 6.10.1 ... Creation of Stock Identification ... 284 6.10.2 ... Deletion of a Stock Identification ... 285 6.10.3 ... Use of Stock Identification ... 285 6.10.4 ... Splitting a Stock Identification ... 286 6.11 ... Shelf-Life Expiration Date Control ... 286 6.11.1 ... Master Data for SLED Control ... 287 6.11.2 ... SLED Control in Goods Receipt Process ... 288 6.11.3 ... SLED Control in Goods Issue Process ... 290 6.11.4 ... Monitoring SLED of Warehouse Stock ... 290 6.12 ... Catch Weight Management ... 291 6.12.1 ... Activating CWM per Product ... 292 6.12.2 ... Integration of CWM into the EWM Processes ... 293 6.12.3 ... Integration of CWM into the EWM Delivery Process ... 294 6.12.4 ... Integration of CWM to Physical Inventory ... 296 6.13 ... Tracking Country of Origin ... 298 6.13.1 ... Country of Origin without Batch Management ... 299 6.13.2 ... Country of Origin with Batch Management ... 299 6.14 ... Stock Determination and Valuation ... 300 6.14.1 ... Stock Determination ... 300 6.14.2 ... Stock Valuation ... 303 6.15 ... Special Stocks ... 303 6.15.1 ... Sales Order Stock ... 304 6.15.2 ... Project Stock ... 305 6.16 ... Summary ... 305 7 ... Warehouse Document Types ... 307 7.1 ... Inbound Delivery Documents ... 307 7.2 ... Outbound Delivery Documents ... 310 7.3 ... Warehouse Tasks ... 312 7.3.1 ... Product Warehouse Tasks ... 313 7.3.2 ... Handling Unit Warehouse Tasks ... 314 7.3.3 ... Yard Warehouse Tasks ... 314 7.4 ... Warehouse Orders ... 314 7.4.1 ... The Warehouse Order Concept ... 315 7.4.2 ... Warehouse Order Creation Rules ... 316 7.4.3 ... Warehouse Orders for Physical Inventory Documents ... 318 7.5 ... Waves ... 318 7.6 ... Physical Inventory Documents ... 319 7.7 ... Value-Added Service Orders ... 321 7.8 ... Stock Transfers and Posting Changes ... 322 7.9 ... Quality Inspection Documents ... 324 7.10 ... Summary ... 325 8 ... Integration from ERP to EWM ... 327 8.1 ... Basic System Setup ... 329 8.2 ... Master Data Integration ... 330 8.3 ... Delivery Integration ... 337 8.4 ... Purchase Order and Production Order Integration ... 339 8.4.1 ... Pulling Expected Goods Receipts into EWM from ERP ... 340 8.4.2 ... Pushing Expected Goods Receipts from ERP to EWM ... 341 8.5 ... Summary ... 342 9 ... Inbound Processing ... 343 9.1 ... Goods Receipt Notification ... 344 9.1.1 ... Goods Receipt Notification Based on Advance Shipping Notice ... 345 9.1.2 ... Goods Receipt Notification for Purchase Order/Production Order ... 352 9.1.3 ... Setup for Inbound Delivery Processing ... 354 9.2 ... Truck Arrival and Yard Management ... 360 9.2.1 ... Setting Up Yard Management ... 364 9.3 ... Goods Receipt Preparation ... 365 9.3.1 ... Administrative Goods Receipt Based on ASNs ... 365 9.3.2 ... Administrative Goods Receipt Based on EGRs ... 367 9.4 ... Unloading and Goods Receipt ... 369 9.4.1 ... Unloading ... 369 9.4.2 ... Visual Inspection and Completeness Check ... 370 9.4.3 ... Posting Goods Receipt ... 372 9.5 ... Putaway Processing ... 372 9.5.1 ... Process-Oriented Storage Control for Inbound Processes ... 373 9.5.2 ... Layout Oriented Storage Control for Inbound Processes ... 375 9.5.3 ... Combined Storage Control for Inbound Processing ... 375 9.5.4 ... Quality Inspection in Inbound Processes ... 375 9.5.5 ... Deconsolidation ... 378 9.5.6 ... Value Added Services ... 381 9.5.7 ... Putaway ... 382 9.6 ... Slotting ... 393 9.7 ... Quality Management in EWM ... 400 9.7.1 ... Quality Inspection Engine Architecture ... 400 9.7.2 ... Quality Inspection Engine Data ... 401 9.7.3 ... Counting ... 403 9.8 ... Summary ... 408 10 ... Outbound Processing ... 411 10.1 ... Outbound Delivery Creation ... 411 10.1.1 ... Outbound Processing for Sales Orders ... 412 10.1.2 ... Direct Outbound Delivery Process ... 414 10.2 ... Overview of Outbound Processing in the Warehouse ... 416 10.3 ... Route Determination ... 422 10.3.1 ... Executing the Route Determination ... 422 10.3.2 ... Setting Up Route Determination ... 426 10.4 ... Details of Warehouse Process Steps ... 427 10.4.1 ... Warehouse Process Type Determination ... 427 10.4.2 ... Wave Management ... 429 10.4.3 ... Warehouse Order Creation during Outbound Processes ... 435 10.4.4 ... Storage Type Determination ... 440 10.4.5 ... Stock Removal Strategies ... 443 10.4.6 ... Storage Control in the Outbound Processes ... 446 10.4.7 ... Picking Execution -- Optimization of Picking ... 447 10.4.8 ... Execution with Picking List ... 447 10.4.9 ... Execution with Mobile Devices ... 449 10.4.10 ... Cancelling Picking ... 452 10.4.11 ... Pick Denial ... 453 10.4.12 ... Pick, Pack, and Pass ... 453 10.4.13 ... Pick Point Handling ... 456 10.4.14 ... Packing ... 458 10.4.15 ... Door and Staging Area Determination ... 460 10.4.16 ... Loading, Shipping, and Freight Order Management ... 462 10.4.17 ... Freight Order Management ... 464 10.4.18 ... Invoice Before Goods Issue ... 465 10.4.19 ... Posting Goods Issue ... 467 10.5 ... Summary ... 468 11 ... Production Supply ... 469 11.1 ... Organizational Structure for Production Supply ... 469 11.1.1 ... Single EWM Warehouse ... 469 11.1.2 ... Separate EWM Warehouse ... 470 11.1.3 ... Non-EWM-Managed Storage Location ... 471 11.1.4 ... Configuring the Organizational Structure for Production Supply ... 472 11.2 ... Setting Up the Integration to Production ... 472 11.3 ... Executing the Production Supply ... 476 11.3.1 ... Production Staging ... 477 11.3.2 ... Executing the Picks for Production ... 478 11.3.3 ... Goods Issue and Backflushing ... 480 11.4 ... Summary ... 481 12 ... Internal Warehouse Movements ... 483 12.1 ... Replenishment ... 483 12.1.1 ... Planned and Unplanned Replenishment ... 484 12.1.2 ... Configuration for Replenishment ... 484 12.1.3 ... Planned Replenishment ... 489 12.1.4 ... Order-Related Replenishment ... 492 12.1.5 ... Crate Part Replenishment ... 496 12.1.6 ... Direct Replenishment ... 498 12.1.7 ... Automatic Replenishment ... 500 12.2 ... Rearrangement ... 500 12.2.1 ... Additional General Configuration for Rearrangement ... 501 12.2.2 ... Master Data for Determination of Optimal Storage Bins ... 505 12.2.3 ... Execution of Rearrangement ... 507 12.2.4 ... Alerts for Rearrangement ... 509 12.3 ... Ad Hoc Moves ... 511 12.3.1 ... RF Creation and Execution of Ad Hoc Warehouse Tasks ... 512 12.4 ... Posting Changes ... 513 12.5 ... Summary ... 515 13 ... Configuring Multistep Warehouse Movements ... 517 13.1 ... Introduction ... 517 13.1.1 ... Storage Control in Inbound ... 518 13.1.2 ... Storage Control in Outbound ... 520 13.1.3 ... Storage Control for Warehouse Internal Movements ... 522 13.2 ... Process-Oriented Storage Control ... 524 13.2.1 ... Definition of Storage Process ... 524 13.3 ... Layout-Oriented Storage Control ... 527 13.4 ... Summary ... 529 14 ... Physical Inventory ... 531 14.1 ... Introduction ... 531 14.2 ... Physical Inventory Process ... 534 14.3 ... Physical Inventory Objects ... 535 14.3.1 ... Physical Inventory Documents ... 535 14.3.2 ... Physical Inventory Areas ... 540 14.3.3 ... Difference Analyzer ... 541 14.3.4 ... Physical Inventory Using External Systems ... 543 14.3.5 ... Stock Comparison to ERP ... 544 14.3.6 ... Posting Differences Automatically ... 544 14.4 ... Supported Methods for Physical Inventory ... 545 14.4.1 ... Ad Hoc Physical Inventory ... 545 14.4.2 ... Annual Physical Inventory ... 545 14.4.3 ... Low Stock Check (Storage Bin Specific) ... 545 14.4.4 ... Putaway Physical Inventory ... 546 14.4.5 ... Cycle Counting ... 546 14.4.6 ... Storage Bin Check ... 547 14.5 ... Integration to Resource Management ... 548 14.6 ... Monitoring the Physical Inventory Progress ... 550 14.7 ... Summary ... 553 15 ... Warehouse Monitoring and Reporting ... 555 15.1 ... Warehouse Management Monitor ... 555 15.1.1 ... Overview of the Warehouse Monitor ... 556 15.1.2 ... Personalizing the Warehouse Monitor ... 559 15.2 ... Easy Graphics Framework ... 566 15.2.1 ... Enhancing the Warehouse Cockpit ... 567 15.3 ... Graphical Warehouse Layout ... 574 15.4 ... Warehouse Reporting ... 575 15.4.1 ... Overview of EWM BW integration ... 575 15.4.2 ... EWM-Specific Reporting Content ... 577 15.4.3 ... BW Objects for Reporting ... 577 15.4.4 ... Extraction Process ... 581 15.4.5 ... Reporting Tools ... 582 15.5 ... Summary ... 584 16 ... Exception Handling ... 585 16.1 ... Configuring Exception Codes ... 586 16.1.1 ... Technical Information about EWM Exception Codes ... 586 16.1.2 ... Defining a New Exception Code ... 588 16.2 ... Using Exception Codes ... 592 16.3 ... Managing Stock Transport Order (STO) Exceptions ... 597 16.3.1 ... Background and Overview of STOs ... 597 16.3.2 ... General Customizing for STO Discrepancies ... 598 16.3.3 ... General Customizing for STO Discrepancies ... 598 16.3.4 ... Carrier Responsibility ... 599 16.3.5 ... Shipper Responsibility ... 599 16.3.6 ... Correction Delivery for the Shipping Warehouse to Clear Difference ... 601 16.4 ... Managing Exceptions at Cross-Docking ... 602 16.5 ... Confirmation Corrections ... 604 16.6 ... Summary ... 606 17 ... Cross-Docking ... 607 17.1 ... Transportation Cross-Docking (TCD) ... 610 17.1.1 ... Cross-Docking Routes ... 611 17.1.2 ... TCD Storage Locations ... 613 17.1.3 ... Integration of TCD into EWM Stock Processing ... 615 17.1.4 ... TCD for Contract Packagers ... 617 17.1.5 ... Additional Remarks about TCD ... 617 17.2 ... EWM-Triggered Opportunistic Cross-Docking ... 618 17.2.1 ... Variants of Opportunistic Cross-Docking ... 618 17.2.2 ... Activating Opportunistic Cross-Docking ... 619 17.3 ... Merchandise Distribution ... 623 17.4 ... Push Deployment and Pick From Goods Receipt ... 625 17.4.1 ... Putaway Delay at Goods Receipt in EWM ... 627 17.4.2 ... Integration of PD and PFGR into the EWM Storage Control ... 628 17.5 ... Summary ... 629 18 ... Yard Management ... 631 18.1 ... Yard Management Structure ... 632 18.2 ... Transportation Units and Vehicles ... 634 18.2.1 ... Creating Transportation Units ... 635 18.2.2 ... Other Functions of the Transportation Unit UI ... 637 18.2.3 ... Creating Vehicles ... 639 18.2.4 ... Other Functions of the Vehicle UI ... 640 18.3 ... Check-In and Check-Out ... 642 18.4 ... Yard Movements ... 643 18.5 ... Monitoring the Yard ... 646 18.6 ... Interfacing Yard Data to ERP ... 647 18.7 ... Summary ... 648 19 ... Value-Added Services (VAS) ... 649 19.1 ... Configuration and Master Data for VAS ... 650 19.1.1 ... Configuration for VAS ... 650 19.1.2 ... Master Data for VAS ... 653 19.2 ... VAS Order Creation ... 656 19.3 ... VAS Integration in Warehouse Processes ... 656 19.3.1 ... VAS for Outbound Process ... 657 19.3.2 ... Using the VAS Work Center and VAS Execution ... 660 19.3.3 ... Effort Codes and Consumption of Auxiliary Materials ... 662 19.3.4 ... VAS for Inbound Processes ... 664 19.3.5 ... VAS for Internal Processes ... 665 19.4 ... Summary ... 666 20 ... Kitting ... 667 20.1 ... Kit to Order using ERP Sales Orders ... 668 20.1.1 ... Kit to Order at a Work Center Using VAS Orders ... 669 20.1.2 ... Kit to Order at a Work Center without VAS Orders ... 678 20.1.3 ... Kit to Order During Picking ... 678 20.2 ... Kit to Stock ... 681 20.2.1 ... Kit to Stock Using an ERP Production Order ... 681 20.2.2 ... Kit to Stock Initiated from VAS Orders in EWM ... 682 20.3 ... Reverse Kitting ... 684 20.4 ... Summary ... 686 21 ... Labor Management ... 687 21.1 ... Activating Labor Management ... 688 21.2 ... Master Data for Labor Management ... 690 21.2.1 ... Processors ... 690 21.2.2 ... Formulas and Conditions ... 691 21.3 ... Engineered Labor Standards ... 695 21.3.1 ... Determining Engineered Labor Standards ... 695 21.3.2 ... Uploading Engineered Labor Standards ... 696 21.4 ... Direct Labor Activities ... 698 21.4.1 ... Capturing Start and End Times ... 698 21.4.2 ... Travel Distance and Travel Time ... 700 21.5 ... Indirect Labor Activities ... 701 21.5.1 ... Creating Indirect Activity Types ... 701 21.5.2 ... Entering Indirect Activities on the GUI ... 702 21.5.3 ... Entering Indirect Activities on a Mobile Device ... 702 21.6 ... Calculating Workload for Planning ... 703 21.6.1 ... Assigning the Planning Activity Area ... 704 21.6.2 ... Calculating the Planned Workload ... 704 21.6.3 ... Preprocessing ... 705 21.6.4 ... Viewing Planned Workload in the Warehouse Monitor ... 706 21.6.5 ... Operational Planning ... 707 21.6.6 ... Loading Planning and Simulation Results ... 708 21.7 ... Employee Performance ... 708 21.7.1 ... Creating the Employee Performance Documents ... 708 21.7.2 ... Efficiency versus Utilization ... 709 21.7.3 ... Viewing Calculated Results on Mobile Devices ... 710 21.7.4 ... Viewing Employee Performance in the Warehouse Monitor ... 711 21.8 ... Summary ... 711 22 ... Data Capture and Resource Optimization ... 713 22.1 ... Overview of Data Capture Methods for Warehousing ... 714 22.2 ... Technical Mobile Data Capture Integration ... 714 22.3 ... Resource Management and Warehouse Optimization ... 719 22.3.1 ... Users ... 720 22.3.2 ... Resources ... 721 22.3.3 ... Queues ... 722 22.3.4 ... Resource Groups ... 723 22.3.5 ... Resource Types ... 724 22.4 ... System-Guided Processing ... 725 22.4.1 ... Monitoring of the Resources ... 729 22.5 ... RF Framework ... 731 22.5.1 ... Advantages of the EWM RF Framework ... 732 22.5.2 ... Setup of the RF Framework ... 732 22.5.3 ... Enhancing the EWM RF Transactions ... 735 22.5.4 ... Personalization of the EWM RF Transaction ... 738 22.6 ... Comparison of the Mobile Online User Interface Technologies ... 739 22.6.1 ... SAP Console ... 739 22.6.2 ... SAP Web SAPConsole ... 740 22.6.3 ... SAP ITSmobile ... 741 22.6.4 ... SAP ABAP and Java Web Dynpro ... 745 22.6.5 ... Third-Party Integration ... 746 22.6.6 ... Windows Terminal Server and Citrix Integration ... 747 22.7 ... Integration of the Other Technologies ... 747 22.7.1 ... Pick-by-Voice Integration ... 747 22.7.2 ... RFID Integration ... 749 22.8 ... Summary ... 754 23 ... Integration with Other Applications ... 755 23.1 ... Integration with CRM ... 756 23.1.1 ... Business Partners ... 756 23.1.2 ... Outbound Orders and Deliveries ... 757 23.1.3 ... CRM Sales Order Status Updates ... 758 23.1.4 ... Returns Order Processing ... 758 23.2 ... Integration with SNC ... 759 23.2.1 ... Integration with ASNs ... 760 23.2.2 ... Integration of Return ASNs ... 760 23.3 ... Integration with SPP ... 761 23.3.1 ... Demand and Forecast Data for Slotting ... 761 23.3.2 ... Inbound Receipts for Vendor Purchases ... 762 23.3.3 ... Inbound and Outbound Deliveries for Stock Transfers ... 763 23.3.4 ... Kit to Stock ... 764 23.4 ... Integration with Global ATP ... 764 23.5 ... Integration with Global Trade Services (GTS) ... 765 23.6 ... Integration with Other Applications ... 766 23.7 ... Integration with BW ... 767 23.8 ... Master Data Integration ... 767 23.9 ... Integration with Inventory Management (IM) ... 768 23.9.1 ... Adjustments from Inbound and Outbound Deliveries ... 768 23.9.2 ... Posting Changes ... 768 23.9.3 ... Physical Inventory Adjustments ... 769 23.9.4 ... Comparing and Synchronizing Inventory ... 769 23.10 ... Integration with Purchasing ... 771 23.10.1 ... Transfer of ASNs and Inbound Deliveries ... 771 23.10.2 ... Downloading Expected Receipts for Purchase Orders ... 771 23.10.3 ... Inbound Delivery Creation in EWM ... 772 23.11 ... Integration with ERP Sales and Distribution ... 772 23.11.1 ... Integrating Deliveries from ERP to EWM ... 772 23.11.2 ... Processes Supported Using ERP SD ... 772 23.12 ... Integration with PP ... 773 23.12.1 ... Production Receiving ... 773 23.12.2 ... Production Supply ... 773 23.12.3 ... Kit to Stock ... 773 23.13 ... Integration with Finance ... 774 23.13.1 ... Goods Movements ... 774 23.13.2 ... Material Valuation ... 775 23.13.3 ... VAS Billing ... 775 23.14 ... Integration with HR ... 775 23.14.1 ... Employee Data ... 775 23.14.2 ... Performance Data ... 776 23.15 ... Integration with Material Flow Systems ... 777 23.16 ... Integration with Warehouse Subsystems ... 779 23.16.1 ... Integration with Warehouse Control Units ... 779 23.16.2 ... Integration with Voice Picking Systems ... 780 23.17 ... Summary ... 780 24 ... Post-Processing Framework (PPF) and Form Printing ... 781 24.1 ... Overview of the PPF ... 781 24.2 ... Administration of the PPF ... 782 24.2.1 ... Defining Action Profiles and Actions ... 783 24.2.2 ... Condition Configuration ... 785 24.3 ... Printing in EWM Using PPF ... 787 24.4 ... Summary ... 788 25 ... Authorizations and Roles and Data Archiving ... 789 25.1 ... Authorizations and Roles ... 789 25.1.1 ... The Authorization Concept ... 790 25.1.2 ... Control of Authorizations for EWM ... 791 25.1.3 ... Standard Roles Delivered with EWM ... 792 25.2 ... Data Archiving ... 794 25.3 ... Summary ... 795 26 ... Deploying Extended Warehouse Management ... 797 26.1 ... Deployment Options for EWM ... 797 26.1.1 ... Deploying EWM on SCM ... 798 26.1.2 ... Deploying EWM on ERP ... 799 26.1.3 ... The Standard Connection to ERP ... 800 26.1.4 ... Connecting EWM to Older Releases of ERP ... 800 26.1.5 ... Connecting EWM to a Non-SAP ERP ... 800 26.1.6 ... Deploying EWM in a Mixed Warehousing Environment ... 801 26.1.7 ... EWM Sizing and Deciding How Many Servers to Deploy ... 801 26.1.8 ... Deciding Where to Position Your EWM Servers ... 803 26.1.9 ... High Availability for EWM ... 804 26.2 ... Automatic Configuration ... 804 26.2.1 ... BC Sets for EWM Configuration ... 804 26.2.2 ... Executing and Troubleshooting BC Sets ... 806 26.3 ... Data Loads ... 807 26.3.1 ... Loading Business Partners ... 807 26.3.2 ... Loading Products ... 808 26.3.3 ... Loading Storage Bins ... 809 26.3.4 ... Loading Storage Bin Sorting ... 810 26.3.5 ... Loading Packaging Specifications ... 810 26.3.6 ... Loading Stock ... 812 26.3.7 ... Loading Labor Management (LM) Data ... 813 26.4 ... Summary ... 813 27 ... Conclusion ... 815 27.1 ... What We Covered ... 815 27.2 ... Key Learnings ... 816 27.3 ... The Future of EWM ... 816 27.4 ... Next Steps ... 816 ... Abbreviations ... 819 ... The Authors ... 823 ... Index ... 825