Warehouse Management with SAP S/4HANA

Namita Sachan is a senior SAP consultant at Capgemini UK with more than 10 years of experience with SAP supply chain management solutions and SAP GTS. She has worked with clients around the world in the UK, US, and Europe. She has experience in multiple industry sectors and has worked on several SAP EWM implementation projects for mid-sized and large warehouses. Aman Jain is a business process and architecture specialist for Accenture United Kingdom and Ireland. He has more than 9 years of experience using SAP warehousing solutions in multiple industries, such as consumer product group, oil and gas, and communication technology. He has implemented multiple end-to-end greenfield projects for SAP EWM and SAP S/4HANA supply chain solutions.

... Foreword ... 25

... Preface ... 29

... Target Audience ... 29

... Objective ... 30

... Structure of the Book ... 30

... Acknowledgments ... 35

1 ... Warehouse Management in SAP ... 37

1.1 ... What Is Warehouse Management? ... 38

1.2 ... Warehouse Management with SAP ... 39

1.3 ... SAP S/4HANA Conversion and Migration ... 44

1.4 ... Deployment Options for EWM in SAP S/4HANA ... 46

1.5 ... Basic and Extended Warehouse Management ... 51

1.6 ... Summary ... 52

2 ... Organizational Structures ... 53

2.1 ... Client ... 54

2.2 ... Company ... 55

2.3 ... Company Code ... 56

2.4 ... Plant ... 57

2.5 ... Storage Location ... 59

2.6 ... Warehouse ... 60

2.7 ... Summary ... 72

3 ... First Steps in Implementing Embedded EWM in SAP S/4HANA ... 73

3.1 ... Basic System Setup ... 74

3.2 ... Master Data Integration ... 78

3.3 ... Delivery Settings and Integration ... 79

3.4 ... Migration from Third-Party Systems ... 83

3.5 ... Migration from WM to Embedded EWM ... 86

3.6 ... Migration of Objects from SAP EWM to Decentralized EWM in SAP S/4HANA ... 91

3.7 ... Summary ... 92

4 ... Warehouse Structures ... 93

4.1 ... Storage Type ... 95

4.2 ... Storage Section ... 124

4.3 ... Storage Bins ... 125

4.4 ... Staging Area and Warehouse Door ... 145

4.5 ... Activity Area ... 147

4.6 ... Work Center ... 150

4.7 ... Summary ... 157

5 ... Master Data ... 159

5.1 ... Supply Chain Unit ... 160

5.2 ... Business Partners ... 161

5.3 ... Product Master ... 164

5.4 ... Packaging Material ... 198

5.5 ... Packaging Specifications ... 200

5.6 ... Routes ... 209

5.7 ... Summary ... 211

6 ... Cross-Process Settings ... 213

6.1 ... Warehouse Requests ... 214

6.2 ... Handling Units ... 228

6.3 ... Warehouse Tasks ... 237

6.4 ... Warehouse Order ... 244

6.5 ... Storage Control ... 257

6.6 ... Exception Handling ... 267

6.7 ... Batch Management ... 275

6.8 ... Stock Identification ... 288

6.9 ... Catch Weight Management ... 294

6.10 ... Postprocessing Framework ... 299

6.11 ... Travel Distance Calculation ... 309

6.12 ... Serial Number Management ... 315

6.13 ... Quality Management ... 329

6.14 ... Summary ... 357

7 ... Inbound Processing ... 359

7.1 ... What Happens During Inbound Processing? ... 360

7.2 ... Configuring Inbound Delivery Processing ... 366

7.3 ... Inbound Delivery ... 373

7.4 ... Check-In ... 375

7.5 ... Unloading and Goods Receipt ... 377

7.6 ... Putaway ... 383

7.7 ... Summary ... 403

8 ... Outbound Processing ... 405

8.1 ... What Happens during Outbound Processing? ... 406

8.2 ... Configuring Outbound Delivery Processing ... 410

8.3 ... Outbound Delivery ... 419

8.4 ... Stock Removal ... 428

8.5 ... Picking and Packing ... 438

8.6 ... Loading ... 457

8.7 ... Goods Issue Posting and Partial Goods Issue Using Delivery Splits ... 460

8.8 ... Summary ... 467

9 ... Internal Warehouse Processes ... 469

9.1 ... Replenishment ... 470

9.2 ... Ad Hoc Warehouse Movement ... 487

9.3 ... Stock Consolidation ... 489

9.4 ... Posting Change ... 494

9.5 ... Stock Transfer ... 501

9.6 ... Summary ... 504

10 ... Physical Inventory ... 505

10.1 ... What Is Physical Inventory? ... 505

10.2 ... Physical Inventory Processes ... 510

10.3 ... Configuring Physical Inventory ... 516

10.4 ... Physical Inventory Documents ... 528

10.5 ... Physical Inventory Using Paper-Driven Counting ... 541

10.6 ... Using Radio Frequency in Physical Inventory Processes ... 544

10.7 ... Summary ... 545

11 ... Resource Management ... 547

11.1 ... What Is Resource Management? ... 548

11.2 ... Configuring Resource Management ... 550

11.3 ... Radio Frequency ... 558

11.4 ... Task Interleaving ... 563

11.5 ... Pick, Pack, and Pass ... 564

11.6 ... Resource Execution Constraint ... 569

11.7 ... Summary ...