Consulting Solution EWM Stock Blocking with QM Integrationsapidp/012002523100015071002014E/MHT... · The Consulting Solution „Stock Blocking with SAP-ECC QM Integration“ provides

Consulting Solution

EWM Stock Blocking with QM IntegrationJörg Lange / Jörg Michaelis

SAP Consulting Germany

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Agenda

General Information

Functional Description

Realization in the system

Technical CV


Consulting Solution

Requirements known, concept and solution existing

Solution used by multiple customers

Usage of the knowledge of SAP Consulting and SAP Development

Functionality based on SAP standard functionality

Solution available in all EWM releases

Solution

Fast and easy to be implemented

Efficient and short project duration

Time saving leads to cost saving, also at the customer sideTime

Exact pricing possible due to fix price implementation

No running costs like user licenses, maintenance

In advance investment by SAP Consulting reduces cost risk

Cost sharing model strongly reduces cost of the customer implementation

Cost

Well-tried solution, with efficient and cost-saving

implementation for a high security of the investment

This Consulting Service means for you…


Scope of Service

Fixed price contains the following services

Technical implementation

Configuration Guide

Technical documentation

Explanation of the function and hand over

6 Month free of charge post implementation care (Error

corrections after technical implementation end), after this

consulting support based on normal fees


Agenda

General Information



Technical CV


Limited functionality in EWM standard for stock blocking

EWM already provides some functionality for stock blocking, but it lacks some

features which are important to several industries.

In Standard EWM ...

Stock can only be blocked manually

Expired Stock (shelf life) can not be blocked automatically in the background

No Integration to SAP ECC Quality Management Notifications

EWM does not allow to enter or display a reason for blocking

Inspection documents have to be created manually per HU, which leads in SAP ECC to

one Quality Inspection Lot per HU!

No simple tracking who has blocked the stock, for how long was it blocked and who

unblocked the stock

No guidance with possible follow-on functions, such as „Release stock“, „Correct

Expiration Date“ or „Scrap Stock“


Functionality of this Consulting Solution

The Consulting Solution „Stock Blocking with SAP-ECC QM Integration“ provides

the following enhanced functionality:

Mass-blocking of stock with a comfortable transaction, for example blocking based on

Shelf Life Expiration Date, on GR Date, on Product or on Storage Section

Expired Stock (shelf life) can be blocked automatically in the background

Full Integration to QM (Quality Notifications and Inspection lots)

Quality Notification and Inspection Lot Summary (only one document for multiple stocks of

same product / batch combination)

Inspection documents are created in the background (use of EWM Quality Inspection

Engine)

Simple tracking and full visibility about the blocked stock

Guidance with possible follow-on functions, such as „Release stock“, „Correct Expiration

Date“ or „Scrap Stock“ via the Quality Notification

Simple handling and safe processing to ensure stock gets block at right time!


Stock Blocking with SAP ECC Quality Notifications

The use of ECC Quality Notifications for blocking and unblocking stock has several

huge advantages compared to an EWM-internal blocking:

Quality Notification is a Standard functionality in SAP ECC for quality issues

Highly customizable framework

Several standard follow-on actions are already available in QM standard

Communication with partners (e.g. Supplier) possible

Workflow connection possible (e.g. for approvals)

Many SAP customers have Quality Notifications already in use -> No process change with

EWM

... and much more!


Process Flow with Integration to SAP-ECC Quality

Notifications

EWM

Select stocks based

on criteria

ECC

Create QIE

document per HU

RFCBackground

job

Quality Notification

Create quality

notification for

material and batch

Update QIE

document

Check pending

notifications and trigger

follow-on action

Capture decision for

quality notification

Read QIE document

by external number

Decide quality

inspection

document

RFC

QRFC

Stock posting change

QRFC

Stock postingStock posting change QRFC


Stock Blocking with SAP-ECC Inspection Lots

The use of ECC Inspection lots for blocking and unblocking stock has several huge

advantages compared to an EWM-internal blocking:

Inspection Lot is a Standard functionality in ECC for triggering checking process and

documenting checking results

Highly customizable

Using inspection specifications

Printing of inspection instructions

Result recording

Inspection lot completion

... and much more!


Process Flow with Integration to SAP-ECC Inspection Lots

EWM

Select stocks based

on criteria

ECC

Create QIE

document per HU

RFCBackground

job

Inspection Lot

Create quality

notification for

material and batch

Update QIE

document

Check pending

inspection lots and

record inspection results

Capture usage decisionRead QIE document

by external number

Decide quality

inspection

document

RFC

QRFC

Stock posting change

QRFC

Stock postingStock posting change QRFC


Detailed Functional Scope (1/2)

Comfortable, ease-to-use transaction for the mass blocking of warehouse stock

Stock Blocking report for background mode use

Creation of QIE documents (Insp. Object Type 5) and ECC QM Quality Notifications

Enhanced Stock Blocking Interface between ECC and EWM

Unblocking functions in ECC and EWM

Two major business cases are supported:

- Blocking stock where the shelf-life is expired (can run automatically in background)

- Blocking stock for specific selection criteria


Detailed Functional Scope (2/2)

Four different blocking methods- QIE document being created triggering ECC Quality Notification

- QIE document being created triggering ECC inspection lots

- QIE document being created w/o ECC integration

- Pure stock postings to defined destination stock type

Follow-on steps and functions (dependent on blocking method)

- Follow up action of quality notification triggers release of QIE document with

specific decision code (release or scrapping) and allows the user to perform

batch changes (e.g. shelf-life)

- Inspection lot decision triggers release of QIE document

- Standard release of QIE document (using EWM standard transactions)

- No follow up action planned


Detailed Scope of this Consulting Solution

In Scope

Coding packages for EWM and ECC

(transport requests)

Basic set-up of new ECC quality

notifications and inspection lot type

Basic set-up of EWM Quality Inspection

Engine (QIE)

Two follow up actions in notifications for

decision processing

Follow up action for inspection lots

EWM stock selections as shown on

screen-shot

Technical documentation

Explanation and demo of the solution in

the customer system

Possible enhancements

Detailed set-up of quality notifications

Workflow connection for quality

notifications

Direct EWM stock overview out of quality

notification (via RFC call)

EWM stock selections by customer

additional batch attributes


Agenda

General Information



Technical CV


Starting the transactionStock selection in EWM

Selection fields to specify

stocks to block

Actions for selected stock

Processing and logging

options


Result of stock selection

If report is started not in background mode, the selected stock can be limited by

selecting single lines.


Detailed log available

in foreground and background mode

In background mode, the log is saved to the database for later investigation


Internal Quality Inspection Document

Exception code to state reason of stock

blocking

Creation data and time of document

Status of document

ECC document number

(quality notification)


Quality Notification Processing in SAP-ECC

A quality notification with a specific notification type will be created

References and quantities are being filled

from EWMActions allow to decide EWM quality

inspection documents with different

decision codes


Inspection Lot Processing in SAP-ECC

References are being filled

from EWM

Type and origin of

Inspection Lot


Decision to release stock

Quality Inspection Document can be decided

a) by a follow-on action in the Quality Notification

b) by posting the usage decision of an SAP-ECC Inspection Lot

c) by deciding the Inspection Document manually in EWM

Status QI14 = “Insp. in

Ext. Sys. Completed”


Agenda

General Information



Technical CV


Technical CV

Solution

Enhanced Stock Blockings

Interface Alerting

Add-on/Modification

Add-on

Function available

SAP ECC 6.0 or higher

EWM 5.0

EWM 5.1

EWM 7.0

EWM 7.1 (EhP 1 and 2)


Links

Wiki to find consulting solutions

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http://wiki.sdn.sap.com/wiki/display/SCM/EWM+Consulting+Solutions

Thank you for your attention!

Thomas Korte

EWM Consultant

SAP Deutschland AG & Co. KG

Tesdorpfstraße 8

20148 Hamburg

Mobile: 49 171-5582881

mailto: [email protected]

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