(2) Extended Warehouse Management With SAP Supply Chain Management

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Executive Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Advantages of Extended Warehouse Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

InboundProcesses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

YardManagement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

PutawayandStockRemovalStrategies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

ExpectedGoodsReceipt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Cross-Docking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

PickfromGoodsReceiptandPushDeployment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

TransportationCross-Docking. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Value-AddedServices.................................................................. 6

QualityManagement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

OutboundProcesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7WaveProcessing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

ReplenishmentProcessing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

StorageBinManagementandOptimization. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

ManagingHandlingUnits. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Slotting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

TakingPhysicalInventory. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

DistributionCenterProcesses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

PlanningandMonitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

RadioFrequencySupport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

SerialNumberSupport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

ResourceManagement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

LaborManagement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Automation,SupportforMaterialFlowSystems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

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Allcompaniestodayareoperatinginaturbulenteconomic

environment.Everydimensionofbusinessrequiresgreaterspeed

andefficiency.Theabilitytoplanandexecuteefficientlyaswell

assenseandrespondtoreal-timesignalsisfastbecomingacom-

petitivefactor.SAPempowerscompaniestoadapttoanever-

changingcompetitiveenvironmentbyofferingthemnotonly

theplanningandexecutionsoftwaretomanageenterprise

operations,butalsothevisibilityandcollaborationtechnology

toextendthoseoperationsbeyondcompanyboundaries.

Tokeeptheirsupplychainsrunningsmoothly,companiesneed

tomanagetheirwarehousesefficiently.Theyarelookingforsoft-

warethatcanhelpthemimprovetheirwarehousemanagement

processes.

TheSAP®SupplyChainManagement(SAPSCM)applicationoffersextendedwarehousemanagement(EWM)functionality

thatincludessupportforinboundandoutboundprocessing,

facilitymanagementandstorage,andphysicalinventory

managementaswellasforcross-docking,workloadbalancing,

andlabormanagement.Thisfunctionalityhasnowbeen

enhancedtoprovidebroadersupportandisavailableintheSAP

ExtendedWarehouseManagement(SAPEWM)applicationfor

SAPSCM.

SAPEWMprovidesflexible,automatedsupportforprocessing

goodsmovementsandmanagingstockinyourwarehousefacili-

ties.Itisdesignedtoworkspecificallyinhigh-volumewarehouses

thatrequiresupportforcomplexprocesses.Theapplication

bringsplanningandexecutionfunctionsclosertogether,

enablingwarehousestotakeadvantageofplanningfunctionsas

wellascomplexexecutionfunctions.

WithSAPEWM,youhavetheoptionofmappingallyour

warehousefacilitiesindetail,downtostorage-binlevel.Thisnot

onlygivesyouanoverviewoftheentirequantityofmaterialin

thewarehouse,butalsoletsyoudetermineinexactlywhichbina

certainmaterialislocated.Asaresult,youcanoptimizetheuse

ofvariousstoragebinsandstockmovementsaswellasstore

materialstocksfromseveralplantstogetherinrandomstorage

areas.

BecauseSAPEWMiscompletelyintegratedwithinventoryman-

agementanddeliveryprocessingsoftware,itenablesyoutocon-

trolandoptimizevariouswarehouseprocesses.Businessprocess-

estriggeredinotherapplicationcomponentstriggermovements

inyourwarehouse.Youcanorganize,control,andmonitor

thesemovementsinSAPEWM.

ExECutivE SuMMAry ADvAntAgES of ExtEnDEDWArEhouSE MAnAgEMEnt



Putawaystrategiesincludemanualentry,fixedbinstorage,

generalstorage,additiontoexistingstock,emptystoragebin,

nearfixedpickingbin,palletstorage,andbulkstorage.Strategies

forstockremovalincludefirstin,firstout;lastin,firstout;first

expiration,firstout;partialquantitiesfirst;removalaccordingto

quantity;shelf-lifeexpiration;andfixedbin.Anyofthesestrate-

giescanbeenhancedormodifiedusingbusinessadd-in(BAdI)

technology.

Expected Goods Receipt

Normally,anadvancedshippingnotification(ASN)orinbound

deliveryiscreatedintheenterpriseresourceplanning(ERP)sys-

temtostartthegoodsreceiptprocessinthewarehouse.With

SAPEWM007,theERPpurchasingdocumentisrepresentedas

aplannedgoodsreceiptenablinggoodsreceiptprocessestobegin

inthewarehouse.ThegoodsreceiptisthenstreamlinedwithinSAPEWM,allowingyoutocreateandverifyinbounddeliveries

basedonthearrivalofthetruck.Tolerancechecksareprocessed

ontheincomingreceipts.Thewarehousesupervisorcancheck

theworkloadandplanfuturereceiptsbasedonthenumberof

ASNandpurchase-orderitemsscheduledfortheday.Goods

receiptfunctionsincorporateinternalreceiptsfromproduction

ordersandstocktransportsfromotherfacilitiesaswellasreceipts

fromexternalsuppliers.

Cross-Docking

WithSAPEWMyoucanreducewarehousecostsbyminimizing

producthandling.Cross-dockingletsyoutransportproducts

directlyfromgoodsreceipttogoodsissue,therebyincreasingthe

numberofhandlingunitsprocessedandexpeditingthefulfill-

mentofurgentorderswhilereducingprocessingandstorage

costs.

highlightS

Thefollowingsectionsdescribethekeyfunctionsandbenefits

ofSAPEWM.

ibd Pcesses

Yard Management

Withtheapplication’snewyardmanagementfunctionality,you

canmanagetrucksandtrailersinyouryard,maptheirmove-

mentsbasedonwarehousetasks,andmonitortheyardviaa

warehousemonitor.Youcandefinetheyardwithintheware-

housestructure.Thisdefinitioncanbeuniquetoonewarehouse

orusedformultiplewarehouses.Oryoucandefinemultiple

yardsforonewarehouse.Parkingspacesaremappedasstandard

storagebinsthatcanbegroupedintoyardsections.Vehiclesare

checkedintoandoutoftheyardusingcheckpoints.Froma

checkpoint,avehiclemightbedirectedtoaparkingspaceortoa

doorforimmediateloadingorunloading.Aninboundtrailercanbeunloadedandthenimmediatelyloadedasanoutbound

trailertoincreaseassetutilization.Yardmovementsareper-

formedviaradiofrequency(RF)ordesktoptransactions.The

service-enabledarchitectureoftheyardmanagementfunction-

alityprovidestheadditionalflexibilityyouneedtoenhance

schedulingandstreamlinevehicleortransportunitactivities.

Putaway and Stock Removal Strategies

WithSAPEWM,putawayandremovalstrategiesareusedto

assignappropriatebinsforplacementandpicking.Thesestrate-

giesdeterminethecorrectbineachtimeawarehousetaskiscre-

ated.Forgoodsreceipt,theputawaystrategyusesparametersin

theproductmasterdatatomaximizewarehousecapacity,auto-

maticallydeterminingsuitablestoragebinsforincomingprod-

ucts.Ongoodsissue,removalstrategiesaredeterminedfrom

productmasterdatatofindtheoptimalpickingbin.Theapplica-

tionalsoletsyouprocesscertaingoodsmovementsmanually,

overridingsourceanddestinationstoragebinsthatarenormally

determinedautomatically.Putawayandremovalstrategies

arealsousedtoprocessinternalmovements–forexample,

replenishmentandrearrangement.



Pick from Goods Receipt and Push Deployment

Pickfromgoodsreceipt(PFGR)andpushdeployment(PD)

functionsareopportunisticorunplannedcross-docking

activities.Forunplannedcross-docking,youworkwithstandard

inbounddeliveriesandstartbyusingthestandardgoodsreceipt

process.Atthetimeofgoodsreceipt,thewarehouseprocesstype

andstocktypearecheckedtodeterminewhethertheproductis

relevantforputawaydelay.Ifrelevant,theputawaydelayis

startedandthegenerationofputawaywarehousetasksis

delayed.Ifaback-ordersituationexists,anoutbounddelivery

documentiscreatedandtheproductiscross-dockedtothe

shippingarea.Ifthewarehouseprocesstypeandstocktypeare

notrelevant,thewarehousetasksaregeneratedforputaway

withoutdelay,whichmeansthatPDandPFGRfunctionsarenot

performed.

TheSAPAdvancedPlanning&Optimization(SAPAPO)com-

ponentdefineswhetheraninbounddeliveryisPD-relevantor

PFGR-relevant.ThismeansthatSAPAPOdefinesthecross-

dockingrelevanceafterpostinggoodsreceipt.

InPFGR-relevantdeliveries,SAPAPOdetermineswhetherstock

istobemoveddirectlyafterreceipttoacustomerortoa

differentwarehouse.Thedecisionisbasedononeorseveralback

ordersheldintheSAPCustomerRelationshipManagement

(SAPCRM)application.ForPD-relevantdeliveries,SAPAPO

decideswhethergoodsaretobemovedfromonelocationto

another.Thisdecisionistriggeredbygoodsreceiptandisbased

onasalesforecast.

Transportation Cross-Docking

Transportationcross-docking(TCD)isaformofplannedcross-

dockingthatallowsyoutooptimizetransportationcosts.TCD

supportsthetransportofhandlingunitsacrossdifferent

distributioncentersorhubsontothefinaldestination.Itallows

youtoconsolidatemultipledeliveriestonewtransports,change

themeansoftransport,orprocessexportactivitiescentrally.If

thefinaldestinationisadistributioncenterorwarehouseatthe

customersite,asalesorderinSAPCRMformsthebasisforTCD.

However,youcanalsouseTCDtotransporthandlingunitsto

yourownfinalwarehouse.Inthiscase,astocktransferorder

formsthebasisforTCD.

Value-Added Services

WithSAPEWM,value-addedservices(VAS)canbeexecutedin

thewarehouseusingorders.TypicalVASactivitiesareassemblingproduct,labeling,packing,orkitting.TheVASorderinstructs

thewarehouseworkeraboutwhatactivityneedstobeperformed

forwhichproducts.Theorderlinksthedeliveryitemwiththe

packagingspecificationcontainingthedetailsfortheservicethat

istobeexecuted.ThepackagingspecificationtellswhatVAS

activitiesneedtobeperformed,andthedeliveryitemtellsthe

exactamountofworktobedone.Auxiliaryproductsusedfor

particularservicesarealsorecordedintheVASorder.Youcan

usethedatacollectedintheVASorderasabasisforcalculating

externalbillingandinternalserviceproviders.TheVASorder

alsoservesasdocumentationoftheactivity.



Quality Management

Qualitymanagement(QM)functionsinSAPEWMareenabled

throughaqualityinspectionengine(QIE)thatmapsinspection

processes.TheQMfunctionsletyoucheckwhetherdelivered

productssatisfyyourqualitycriteria.Upongoodsreceipt,you

caninspecttheentiredelivery,inspectdeliveredhandlingunits,

countthedeliveredproducts,andinspectthedeliveredproducts

foracustomerreturn.Withinthewarehouse,youcantriggera

qualityinspectionmanuallyforaproductthathasbeenput

away.UsingSAPCRM,youcandefineparametersthatinfluence

thegoodsreceiptandqualityinspectionprocessofcustomer

returns.Theresultsofaninspectionareevaluatedandcanthen

triggerlogisticalfollow-upactionssuchasstocktransferor

scrapping.

SAPEWMalsousestheQIEtoprocessqualityinspectionfunc-tions.Aqualityinspectionallowsyoutouseadefectcatalogto

appraisethequalityofanobject(suchasadelivery),handling

unit,orproduct.Youcanalsointegratetheseinspectionfunc-

tionsintovariousapplicationsintheSAPBusinessSuitefamilyof

businessapplicationsaswellasintonon-SAPapplications.The

inspection-enginefunctionssupplementthecomprehensiveQM

functionsintheSAPProductLifecycleManagement(SAPPLM)

application.TheQIEwasdesignedforuseinaheterogeneoussys-

temlandscape.Becauseitisservice-oriented,itcansupportnew

processessuchastheprocessforexecutinginspectionsviathe

decentralizedwarehousemanagementsoftwareinSAPSCM.

obd Pcesses

Wave Processing

Awavegroupswarehouserequestitemstocontrolwarehouse

processessuchaspickingactivitiesorpostingchanges.These

groupingsarethenprocessedtogether.Warehouserequestand

splititemscanbegroupedintowavesbasedonactivityarea,

route,orproduct.Wavescanbegeneratedautomaticallyorman-

uallyusingtemplates.Thewavetemplatedefinestheattributes

ofthewaveandservesastheinfrastructureforautomaticwave

assignment.Templatesenablethesamewaveattributestobe

reusedfordifferentwarehouserequestitemsthatcomplywith

thesameconditions.Theycanalsobeusedinmanualwave

creation.Inthecaseofautomaticwavecreation,templates

mustbeusedtoassignorsplititemstoexistingwaves.

Theoutboundprocessstartsbygroupingdeliverylineitemsintowavesthatcanmodelaconstraint-basedcalculationthattakes

materialhandlingequipmentintoconsideration.Withthenum-

berofpalletassemblypositionsknown,anappropriateamount

ofworkcanbeidentifiedandreleasedtothefloor.Certainpicks,

suchasfullpallets,areidentifiedtobypasstheconveyorsystem

andinsteadbepickedfromreserveanddirectlystagedforship-

ping.Thisresultsinasignificantlaborsavings.Otheritemsare

pickedtoaconveyor,wheretheyareroutedtoeitherapallet-

buildingstationoraparcel-shippingstation.Afterbeingplaced

onapalletormanifested,productsareloadedandagoodsissue

isposted.



Replenishment Processing

Replenishmentprocessesensurethatforwardpickareasare

stockedinappropriatequantitiestosupportpickingrequire-

ments.Therearemultiplepossibilitiesformanagingreplenish-

mentincludingminimumandmaximumstocklevels,demand-

basedstockrequirements,andexception-basedreplenishment.

Inareplenishmentsystembasedonminimumandmaximum

levels,whentheminimumlevelisreached,areplenishmenttask

iscreatedtorefillthebininpalletquantitiesuptothemaximum

level.Demand-basedreplenishmentplansarebasedonopen

warehouserequests.Directorexception-basedreplenishment

processesreacttoshortfallsthatbecomeapparentduring

warehousetaskconfirmation.

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Yourfacilityisdescribedandmappedbasedonthedifferentstor-ageareaswithinSAPEWM.Forexample,high-rackstorageareas,

bulkstock,andfixedbinareasaremappedasstoragetypeswithin

thewarehousestructure.Stockscanbemanagedasacombina-

tionofproductsandpackagingmaterialsdefinedashandling

units.Handlingunitsprovideflexibilityofmovementaswellas

visibilityintothecontentsofapalletorcontainer.

Productstocksaremanagedatastorage-binlevel.Storagebins

aredefinedaccordingtoyourrequirements,usingtemplates.

Everystoragebinismappedinyourwarehouse,enablingyou

toconstantlytrackallmovementsindetail.Youhavecomplete

visibilityofyourwarehouseproductsatalltimes.

WithSAPEWMyoucanoptimizestorageofyourwarehouse

stockssothateachproductisstoredinthemostoptimumbin

accordingtosizeandfrequencyofaccess.Firstyouuseslotting

functionstosuggestthebestfitforaproductwithintheware-

house,thenyoureorganizethewarehouse,relocatingproducts

thatarenotcurrentlystoredinoptimumpositions.Theslotting

functionenablesSAPEWMtoupdatemasterdatatoensure

properplacementandpickingofproductsinthefuture.

Inventorymanagementandextendedwarehousemanagement

arefullyintegrated.Byenablingyoutousephysical inventory

proceduresandenterstockdifferences,SAPEWMensuresthat

thebookinventorybalanceininventorymanagementalways

matchestheactualwarehousestock.

Managing Handling Units

Ahandlingunitisaphysicalunitcomprisingthepackaging

materialandtheproduct.Youcanaccessalltheinformation

containedintheproductfromthehandlingunit.Theitems

comprisingahandlingunitcanconsistofthematerialitems,

auxiliarypackagingmaterials,orotherhandlingunits,which

canbedisplayedinanoverview.Eachhandlingunitisuniquely

identified.

Generalstatusmanagementenablesyoutodocumentthephysi-calstatusofthehandlingunit(suchasplannedorrealized)and

otherattributes(suchasweighed,loaded,blocked,orposted

goodsissue).Additionallyyoucandefineauserschematocreate

yourownstatusforapackagingmaterialtype.

Slotting

Slottingdeterminestheproductmasterdatathatdirectsput-

awayandremovalstrategies.UsingtheslottingfunctioninSAP

EWM,youcanpreventstorage-bindeterminationforproducts

thathavenotyetbeenslotted.Atthewarehouselevel,youcan

controlwhetherstorage-bindeterminationofaproductistobe

permittedwhenslottinghasnotyetbeenperformed.

Theslottingsoftwaretakesintoaccountproductdata,require-

mentdata,andpackagingdatatodeterminethemostoptimum

storagebininthewarehouse.Theseparametersdescribethearea

inwhichtheproductistobestored,thepropertiesrequiredfor

thestoragebin,andtheputawaystrategytobeused.Slotting

softwarealsolooksatmasterdatathatisdependentontheexe-

cutionprocess.Ifaputawayprocessisdependentonexecution

data,thisinformationisincludedduringthestorage-bindeter-



minationprocessbutdoesnothaveanaffectontheslotting

results.Youcansimulateslottingresultsbyrunningtheslotting

functionwithoutupdatingtheproductmaster.Whenyouare

satisfiedwiththeresult,youcansaveandactivateit.

Taking Physical Inventory

WithSAPEWM,physicalinventoryisperformedattheware-

houselevel.Regularcyclecountingensuresyouhavetheright

amountoftherightproductintherightbin.Youarefreeto

definethefrequencyforcountingA,B,andCitems.Ananalyzer,

availablewithconfigurabletolerancegroups,letsyoumanage

stockdifferencesandthenevaluateandpostthedifferencesback

totheERPsystem.Youcanalsodefinethemaximummonetary

orpercentagelimitallowabletospecificusersforpostingdiffer-

ences.Andyoucanmanagecountsataproductorbinlevelby

cyclecounting,verifyingthattheproductisintherightlocation,verifyingthebalanceatthetimeofputawayorpick,conducting

zeroorlow-stockchecks,andconductingannualwall-to-wall

physicalinventoryprocedures.

Dsb Cee Pcesses

Planning and Monitoring

AcentralwarehousemonitorinSAPEWMgiveswarehouse

personnelcompleteandup-to-datevisibilityintoallwarehouse

activity.Thewarehousemonitordisplaysinformationon

picking,putaway,physicalinventory,resourcemanagement,

warehousestocks,oranywarehouseactivity.Userscansetup

themonitortoshowonlythebusinessprocessesthatinterest

them.Theycanalsousethemonitorasaninteractivetoolfor

assigning,initiating,andcontrollingwork.

Radio Frequency Support

SAPEWMsupportsradiofrequencytechnologyforfaster,

moreaccuratedataentry.RFdevicesinteractdirectly,ensuring

accuratedatavalidation.Theyletyouenterandverifydatausing

barcodesortags,whichensuresahigh-qualitystandardinyour

warehouse.SAPsoftwareisdeviceagnosticandprovidestoolsto

translatemessagesandinformationfromtheRFdeviceasneces-

sary.Youcanuseradiofrequencyidentificationthroughout

yourwarehouseprocessesfortaskconfirmation,packing,

loading,andunloading.

Serial Number Support

SerialnumbersarealsosupportedinSAPEWMandcanbeman-

agedatthedocumentleveloratthebinlevel.Ifserialnumbers

aretrackedatthedocumentlevel,yourecordtheserialnumber

onlyatthetimeofinboundoroutbounddelivery.Iftrackedatthebinlevel,thenumbersarenotonlyrecordedatthetime

ofreceiptandissuebutarealsocapturedforeachtask

confirmation.

Resource Management

Throughitsresourcemanagementfunctionality,SAPEWM

maximizestheefficiencyofwarehouseprocessesbyfacilitating

themanagementanddistributionofworkviaqueues.The

resourcecanbeineitheranRFornon-RFenvironment.The

queueshelpyouoptimizeselectionofwarehouseordersforthe

resourcerequestingworkwhilethewarehousemonitorhelps

youmonitorandcontrolresourceseffectively.

Assigningresourcestoqueuesensuresfocusedmanagement

anddistributionoftasksthroughoutthewarehouse.Workcan

beassignedautomaticallyormanuallytoavailableresources.

Resourcesrequestingsystem-guidedworkareprovidedwith

theoptimumtasks,basedonarangeoffactorsincludingmode,

lateststartdate,executionpriorities,assignedqueues,resource

qualifications,andwarehouseorderstatus.



Awarehouseorderrepresentstheoptimumexecutablework

packageawarehouseemployeeshouldperformataspecifictime.

Itconsistsofeitherwarehousetasks–whicharegroupedinto

warehouseordersandavailableforprocessing–orphysical

inventoryitems.Thescopeandtypeofawarehouseordercan

beadjustedbyusingthewarehouseordercreationrulesthat

aredefinedincustomizing.Warehouseordersareassignedto

warehouseworkersviaresourcemanagementfunctionality.

Labor Management

SAPEWMoffersrobustlabormanagementfunctionalitythat

allowsyoutotrackemployeeperformanceagainstengineered

laborstandardsorotherperformancemetrics.Withthisfunc-

tionalityyoucanmanageyourworkforceefficientlyusingEWM

toolsforplanning,simulating,andmeasuringemployeeactivi-

ties.SAPEWMtracksdirectandindirectlabor,givingyouanaccurateoverviewofallwarehouseemployeeactivities.Using

authorizationprofiles,itkeepssensitiveinformationsecure

andupholdsassociateanonymity.

Withthisnewlabormanagementfunctionality,youarebetter

abletomanageandmeasureemployeeproductivityandtoplan,

simulate,measure,andviewwarehouseactivities.Out-of-the-

boxreportingletsyouviewemployeeperformancebyindividual

orbygroupforbothdirectandindirectactivities.Employeescan

haveimmediatefeedbackontheirownefficiencybyviewing

transactionresultsontheirRFdeviceorinthewarehousemoni-

tor,accessiblefromtheirdesktop.Traveltimesarecalculatedfor

bothverticalandhorizontalmovements.Supervisorscanplan

andsimulateactivitiesacrossvarioustime“buckets.”

Thenewfunctionalityalsoletsyoudefinekeyperformanceindi-

cators(KPIs)thatsupportyourbusinessmodelandconfigure

alertswhenKPIsarenotmet.TheseKPIscanbedisplayedina

graphicalframeworkthatallowsyoutodisplaymultipleservices

atonce,givingyouaquickvisualofthemostimportantKPIsyou

aretracking.Becausetheselabormanagementfunctionsare

integratedwithhumanresources(HR)software,youcannow

offerincentive-basedwages.Thesupervisorhasanopportunity

toreviewandapprovetheworkloaddatapriortopassingbonus

calculationstotheHRsystem.

Automation, Support for Material Flow Systems

SAPEWMalsocontainsaninterfacetoexternalsystems(ware-

housecontrolunits),allowingyoutointegrateautomatedput-

awayandstorage-retrievalsystems,forkliftcontrolsystems,con-

veyorsystems,andotherautomatedequipmentforallproductmovementsusingstandardapplicationlinkingandembedding

processing.

Amaterialflowsystemallowsadirectconnectiontoautomatic

storageandretrievalsystems.Yousimplyconnectaprogram-

mablelogiccontrollertoSAPEWM.Youcanusethismaterial

flowsystemtocontrolmovementofhandlingunitsinautomated

systems,toactivateordeactivateconveyorsegments,togroup

conveyorsegments,ortoactivateordeactivatecorrespondence

atvariouslevels.Thewarehousemonitorgivesyouvisibilityfor

monitoringcommunicationpoints,currentandpreviousflow,

andthecompleteflowforahandlingunit.



SAPEWMgivesyoufullcontroloverwarehouseprocesses,man-

agingmovementswithinthewarehousefromthepointofgoods

receipttogoodsissueandextendingtotheyardfromthetime

atrailerchecksinallthewaythroughtoproductcheckout.It

featurestheadvancedfunctionalityforslottingandrearrange-

mentthatkeepsyourproductsstoredinoptimumlocationsand

thelaborandresourcemanagementfunctionalitythathelpsyou

manageyourwarehousepersonnelandmeasuretheireffectiveness

andefficiency.

SAPEWMalsogivesyouthetoolsyouneedtoimproveyour

warehouseefficiency.Forexample,whenanexceptiontothe

normalprocessoccurs,SAPEWMprovidesthefunctionality

youneedtokeeptheexceptionfrombecomingmajorissue.

Theapplicationextendsyourreal-timevisibilityandcontrolofwarehouseoperations.Itcantransformyouroperationsintoan

adaptivefulfillmentsupplychaininwhichcommunitiesofcus-

tomers,suppliers,andpartnersshareknowledgeandresources

toadjustintelligentlytomarketconditions.Withtheabilityto

respondfastertochangesinsupplyanddemand,youincrease

yourcompetitivenessandultimatelyimproveyourbottomline.

TofindouthowSAPSCMandSAPEWMcanstreamline

warehouseoperationsatyourcompany,pleasecallyourSAP

representativetodayorvisitusonlineatwww.sap.com/scm.

iMProvED WArEhouSEControl: KEy to grEAtErSuPPly-ChAin EffiCiEnCy

Deployment Options

The SAP® Extended Warehouse Management

(SAP EWM) application was originally released

with the 2005 release of SAP Supply Chain

Management. It is connected to other SAP

software as follows:

• In a full landscape, it connects to the SAP ERP

2005 application using queued remote function

call (qRFC) and core interface (CIF) technology.

• Connections to SAP ERP software from release

SAP ERP 4.6C through release SAP ERP 2004

use an IDoc interface with CIF for master data.

• SAP EWM 2007 can also be deployed with theSAP ERP 2005 software landscape using qRFC

and CIF technology.



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