Warehouse Structure, Resource Management, and Master Data

• The following are study notes based on the provided text related to SAP S/4HANA and Extended Warehouse Management (EWM).

Delivery Document Transfer to EWM

• Delivery documents, essential for goods receipt and shipping in EWM, are transferred from SAP S/4HANA manually via Transaction VL06 or automatically upon creation. Automatic transfer occurs when the plant and storage locations are managed by EWM.

Product Master Data in EWM

• Transaction /SCWM/MAT1 is used to input warehouse-specific data in the product master, including the EWM warehouse number and party entitled to dispose. This transaction allows maintaining warehouse-relevant data like the stock removal or putaway control indicator.

Delivery Document Field Control

• Field control determines which fields on a delivery document can be displayed or changed.

Required Product Master Data

• Essential product master data includes the base unit of measure (UoM) and product properties like weight and volume.

Mapping EWM to SAP S/4HANA Warehouse

• Mapping involves configuring the SAP S/4HANA warehouse, a business system, and the EWM warehouse. Multiple SAP S/4HANA warehouse numbers can be assigned to each EWM warehouse number.

Identifying the Integration Model in SAP S/4HANA

• Key elements identifying the integration model in SAP S/4HANA are the model name, application, and target system. The integration model initiates from the SAP S/4HANA system and contains all data to be transferred to the EWM system.

Elements of EWM Master Data

• Key components of EWM master data include storage types and storage bins, packaging specifications, and warehouse product master, all maintained to perform warehouse functions.

System Profiles for Delivery Document Type

• Delivery system profiles, which cannot be changed, are assigned when creating a customer profile, whereas system profiles are predefined and not configurable.

Structural Elements of a Packaging Specification

• Packaging specifications include the header (description, content information), level sets, level types, and element types. These specifications can be defined using Transaction /SCWM/PACKSPEC.

Mapping Date/Time Types in EWM

• Date types are mapped in EWM through the configuration interface for delivery processing, focusing on EWM document types and item types, business systems, and date/time types in an SAP S/4HANA system.

Data Transfer Methods from SAP S/4HANA to EWM

• Document data between SAP S/4HANA and EWM systems are transferred via Business Application Programming Interfaces (BAPIs) in real time. Delivery document data can be transferred from an SAP S/4HANA system to an EWM system for processing, and updates to delivery documents can be transferred from EWM to SAP S/4HANA.

EWM Delivery Item Data

• EWM delivery items include product, batch, owner, party entitled to dispose, goods movement bin, over-delivery and under-delivery quantity tolerance, stock type, and quantity of inbound delivery or outbound delivery order.

Structural Elements of a Warehouse in EWM

• Structural elements of a warehouse complex include warehouse numbers, storage types, storage sections, activity areas, quants, and storage bins.

Work Center Correspondence in EWM

• Storage types configured for work centers with storage type role E (work center) and I (work center in staging area group) act as work centers.

Setting Up a New Warehouse in EWM

• Setting up a new warehouse involves organizational units like the warehouse number, storage types, and storage sections.

Action Profile Assignment in EWM

• Action profiles are assigned at the delivery document type and item type level, which facilitates printing and other subsequent processes in delivery processing.

Queue Determination Parameters

• Queue determination is configured for source activity area, bin access type, destination activity area, activity, and warehouse process type.

Definition and Influence of a Resource Group

• A resource group is a grouping of resources that helps prioritize work for RF frameworks and determines the sequence of allowed queues, influencing warehouse order selection for a resource.

Parameters for Queue Determination Criteria

• Parameters for queue determination include activity area (source and destination), activity type, and warehouse process type, configured via the IMG path SCM Extended Warehouse Management.

EWM Warehouse Organization Code

• The 4-digit code used to identify a warehouse complex in EWM is the warehouse number.

Storage Type Roles

• Storage types are configured with roles like pick point, automatic warehouse (controlled by the MFS), staging area group, and bulk storage.

Maximum Characters for Storage Bin Coordinate

• The maximum length for creating a storage bin name in EWM is 18 alphanumeric characters using Transaction /SCWM/LS01.

Data Transferred from SAP S/4HANA to EWM

• Master data transferred includes the material master, customer master, and vendor master. Transaction data includes inbound and outbound delivery documents.

Assigning Storage Bins to Activity Area

• Storage bins are assigned to an activity area based on aisle, stack, and level.

Warehouse Activities at a Work Center

• A work center, consisting of storage bins, is used for activities like packing, deconsolidation, and, in the case of inbound processing, quality inspection.

EWM Warehouse Determination in SAP S/4HANA

• Plants and storage locations must be assigned to the warehouse number to ensure SAP S/4HANA recognizes which storage locations are controlled by EWM.

Dividing Storage Type for Hazardous Products

• To handle hazardous products, storage is divided by maintaining a separate storage type or storage section, with a separate storage section indicator.

Transfer of Transaction-Related Data to EWM

• Transfer of transaction data is performed via BAPIs/qRFCs.

SCU Assignment in EWM

• An SCU contains geographical data, address data, time zone, and communication details assigned to EWM warehouses.

RF Mobile Processing Options

• In RF mobile, partially system-guided processing allows selection of the Handling Unit (HU) from the source to be processed.

Controlling RF Transactions

• The display on a mobile device can be controlled via the presentation and personalization profile. Presentation profiles support different menu structures, while personalization profiles allow customers to make changes to the default SAP settings.

Semi-System-Guided Queue Processing

• After scanning the HU, the system checks for an open warehouse task for the HU, verifying availability in the specified storage bin and ensuring the reported resource can process the HU.

System-Guided Processing in EWM

• In system-guided processing, the warehouse task is locked when performing warehouse activity via the RF device.

Supported Barcode Types

• The RF framework supports GS1-128 barcode types.

RF Framework Functionalities

• The RF framework includes functionalities like recovery, work execution transactions (picking, putaway, etc.), and logoff.

RF Function Key (F8)

• The (F8) function key in RF is used for "List".