Subcontracting Process in Extended Warehouse Management

SAP Extended Warehouse Management, EWM - Delivery Processing, EWM - Goods Movement, EWM - Master Data, EWM - Shipping and Receiving

Introduction: Subcontracting is the process where child materials (components) are issued to an external vendor for final assembly. In this blog, I will try to explain the configuration and steps required to accomplish the subcontracting process with EWM managed. Configuration required: Document type and Item type integration: When we issue the component material from our […]

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Yard Management in SAP EWM

SAP Extended Warehouse Management, EWM - Delivery Processing, EWM - Goods Movement, EWM - Master Data, EWM - Shipping and Receiving, SAP Activate, SAP S/4HANA

Introduction: In this blog post you will learn about the yard management in SAP EWM. Yard is a location outside the warehouse where the vehicle/TUs will arrive & leave to load and unload the goods. It is usually implemented to manage the truck movements within the yard. Below are the important aspects of a yard […]

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SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) deployment options with S/4 HANA

SAP Extended Warehouse Management, SAP EWM, EWM - Basic Functions, EWM - Delivery Processing, EWM - Master Data

Introduction: Nowadays, SAP S/4 HANA is taking up rapidly, many companies face the challenges while deciding right SAP EWM solution for their businesses. This blog carries the functional information between SAP S/4 HANA EWM deployment options and will help you to decide right EWM solution which depends on enterprise structure, current system landscape, future automation […]

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Distribution of Packing Instructions as Packaging Specifications in EWM

EWM - Delivery Processing, EWM - Interfaces, EWM - Master Data

Introduction: The most of the times, it is common requirement to create the packing instructions in the ERP and the packaging specifications in EWM. Since these two activities will have the same functionality, it would be better to have common approach/solution to reduce the effort of creating these packing instructions/packaging specifications. The ERP and EWM […]

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GS1-128 Barcode Understanding and Technical Details

EWM - Master Data, EWM - Basic Functions, EWM - Delivery Processing

Primarily in any WMS transformation project scanning solution is still one of the cheapest and faster method of deployment. SAP EWM supports standard GS1 128/EAN128 barcode type. Often, we work with GS1 barcode labels. This blog gives an understanding of the SAP EWM configuration aspects, Zebra MC33 Device settings and technical details. Sample Business scenario: […]

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Picking in Alternative UOM: The hidden power of Packaging Specification

EWM - Master Data, EWM - Basis

A warehouse storage type may consist of products in variable UOM of measure like, Boxes, cases and Pallets. However, the base UOM is primarily in smallest UOM as recommended by SAP. Consider a case where a storage type contains products with UOM as Boxes, cases, Pallets and EA. Boxes, Cases & Pallets- Alternative UOM AUoM […]

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