SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) : Business Process

Explore how Glass Plus structures its SAP landscape across client, company, plant, and storage locations, with three production sites in Germany, Belgium, and France, guiding SAP implementation.

Explore how EWM handles receiving, scanning, inventory checks, repacking, and storage in racks by size, content, type, and customer, and uses forklifts, transport systems, and picking robots, including returns management.

Thomas starts as a warehouse clerk at Glass Plus Germany, receiving, inspecting, and stocking glass bottles, using SAP to track inventory and prepare orders for shipment.

Explore how master data in SAP EWM, including supply chain units (SCU), business partners, and products, defines warehouse parameters, tracks stock movements, and supports goods receipt and shipping.

Explore how to access and view a supply chain unit in SAP EWM, including master data navigation, address, type, and attributes such as warehouse, goods receipt, and shipping office attributes.

Learn to check and verify an SAP EWM business partner in master data, search by number or name, and view details and roles such as customer or supplier.

Explore how SAP extended warehouse management links ERP material data to warehouse product records, including unit of measure, weight, volume, storage views, and master data.

Explore how warehouse structure in SAP EWM optimizes storage, picking, packing, and delivery, covering warehouse number, storage type, sections, bins, and quants.

View how an ERP inbound delivery links to SAP EWM, verify purchase orders and material receipts, and track document flow from purchase order to stock placement and goods receipt.

Configure four dedicated SAP EWM storage bins for a new glass item, enforcing a 1500 kilo capacity per bin and blocking areas to reserve them exclusively for this product.

Create storage bins in SAP EWM data, assign warehouse 1210, set storage type and section, block for put away and perform a mass edit to set a 1.5 ton limit.

Create the limestone material in the ERP and a corresponding product in the EWM to enable global management and external identification, with warehouse-level control in SAP.

Create a new raw material in sap erp using mm01, copy key data from an existing material, assign views and organization levels, and save the material master.

Create a new material as an sap ewm product from erp data, set warehouse data and put-away and stock-removal controls, then save after entering product, warehouse number, and disposal details.

Discover how Glass Plus uses SAP ERP and EWM to manage limestone receipt from purchase order through inbound delivery, warehouse orders and tasks to goods receipt and inventory posting.

Explore how the warehouse request triggers the warehouse order and warehouse tasks, enabling traceability, efficiency, and flexibility in SAP EWM's goods receipt workflow.

Learn to create a purchase order in SAP with ME21N by selecting the supplier, entering the purchasing organization and company code, item and quantity, confirming with inbound delivery, and saving.

Create the inbound delivery in ERP for SAP EWM, verify supplier and purchase order, delivery date, material, quantity, and storage location 121S, then save and distribute to proceed.

Monitor inbound deliveries in SAP EWM by verifying the ERP and EWM inbound delivery 127 and confirming that goods receipt, put away, and unloading have not started yet.

Select the inbound delivery 127 in the EWM process, then choose lines to execute, use the pencil to change, perform the goods receipt, and save to update stock.

Create a warehouse task from an inbound delivery, connect it to the corresponding warehouse order, and review the liaison between order and task in the warehouse monitor.

In this final step of the inbound process, confirm warehouse task 391 for inbound delivery 127, complete put-away, and verify the destination bin stock (20.03) with ten units.

Navigate the end-to-end goods issue process in sap ewM, detailing sales orders, outbound deliveries, warehouse requests, orders, and tasks leading to ERP-triggered goods issue updates.

Inspect stock in the warehouse management monitor to identify bins and quantities, then create and save a sales order (OR) with customer, ship-to, part number, quantity, and price.

Create the outbound delivery by entering the sales order in vlo1n, verify shipping point 1210, and assign warehouse 121 for the EWM warehouse before saving.

Verify warehouse requests against ERP outbound deliveries in the SAP EWM outbound process using the warehouse management monitor, and track picking, loading, and goods issue statuses for outbound delivery orders.

Create a warehouse task in the EWM outbound process, linking the outbound delivery order to the warehouse request, then save to enable picking and preparation for loading.

Navigate the outbound delivery order to access the warehouse task and warehouse order, verify bin locations and stock in 2002 and 2003, and confirm the warehouse step to load parts.

Explore completing outbound delivery 131 in SAP EWM by confirming picking, moving parts to a staging bay, and processing goods issue, while verifying stock.

Explore SAP Fiori dispatcher and warehouse clerck apps for inbound and outbound deliveries, using filters, warehouse tasks, and KPI monitoring in EWM.

Thomas earns a promotion to warehouse operative, taking on more complex inventory management and order processing tasks at the logistics center, drawing on years of experience.

Explore how packaging specifications in SAP EWM, as master data, define how products are packaged for storage or transportation, and how handling units track details.

Explore an active packaging specification in SAP EWM, covering master data, palatization data (0PAL), supply chain unit SCU_1210, and packaging material details.

Discover batch management and serial numbers in SAP EWM, learning how batches group products by shared characteristics for traceability and how unique serial numbers certify authenticity and unit-level traceability.

Receive a part with a batch number, enter the date of manufacture and shelf life dates, and save; then create the inbound delivery and warehouse task to confirm batch stock.

Explore process oriented storage control in SAP EWM and see how receipt to final storage flows through deconsolidation, counting, quality inspection, and repacking.

demonstrates deconsolidation during inbound receiving by unpacking a packaging material from a handling unit, creating warehouse tasks, and updating ERP/EWM stock.

Explore value added services (VAS) in SAP EWM, including labeling and packaging tasks. Understand how a VAS order guides warehouse staff on specific labeling operations for defined articles.

Prepare warehouse management master data to support value added service by configuring packaging specifications in SAP EWM, including number 150, product details, dimensions, quantity, and labeling for inbound reception.

Execute a VAS order in SAP EWM, receiving the inbound delivery (PO 169), packing with a handling unit, and creating and confirming a warehouse task in EWM.

Trace the value added service flow in SAP EWM, moving parts to the value added service work center, labeling per NB04, and confirming the VAS order and handling units.

Learn the vas process from inbound delivery to putaway, following four warehouse tasks that place parts into ordinary bins, confirming goods receipt and shipment readiness.

Glass Plus adopts kitting during picking without a VAS order in EWM, enabling faster customized orders by combining kit to order and kit to stock strategies.

Learn to execute kitting during picking without vas order, from sales order creation to goods issue, detailing how the kit and its components move through outbound delivery in EWM.