SAP Extended Warehouse Management - Material Flow Systems

Explore the SAP extended warehouse management material flow systems, focusing on external partner integrations, telegram exchange via tcp/ip and RFC, and applications across pallet, case, and shuttle conveyor setups.

Learn the key terms and objects of SAP EWM MFS, including PLC, communication channels, points, routing, telegrams, and how the PLC-SAP CM interface exchanges telegrams.

Understand how SAP EWM MFS communicates with external partners using telegram headers and structures to route handling units between communication points via conveyor systems.

Explain how sequence numbers prevent lost or overtaken telegrams between the conveyor system and the SAP M system, and how telegram repetition guarantees a response or retry when needed.

discover how routing in sap ewm mfs adapts to conveyor types, from pallet to high-performance case conveyors, using layout oriented routing or external material flow computers.

Compare timeout handling with logical acknowledgement for telegram exchanges among SAP, IWM, and external PLCs, focusing on routing decisions for handling units.

Learn to monitor SAP EWM material flow objects in the warehouse monitor, focusing on the telegram buffer to track inbound and outbound messages, diagnose PLC or telegram delays.

Define material flow system customising and master data in SAP EWM, covering PLC interfaces, telegram structures, communication channels, and routing for conveyor systems.

learn the one thing that drives SAP EWM material flow systems: maximize speed by eliminating overhead at the communication point and precomputing decisions for handling units and open warehouse tasks.