Posting Goods Receipt for Embedded EWM

As in general the interface for embedded EWM has not been changed, most of the settings for the integration between the ERP and the EWM part of an S/4HANA system are similar or the same to that of a decentral deployment.

As there is just one system and one client, the ERP logical system is assigned to that client, for the EWM part only a dummy logical system for the distribution model is required. You need an RFC connection with the same name as the logical system name of the ERP.

A business system group is required, but only the logical system of the ERP is assigned to this, and there is only one business system, which is defined as "own" business system, but is also connected to the logical system of the ERP side.

Organizational Integration

The organizational integration settings are the same as with a decentral EWM, also in this scenario an interim ERP warehouse number is required for the connection.

Note

All the names in the slides above are the ones used in our training landscape for EWM classes. They are just examples.

One of the most recent simplifications in SAP S/4HANA embedded EWM is the option to execute the goods receipt process without an inbound delivery in ERP and EWM. For a goods receipt posting directly in Inventory Management, the system can automatically create the putaway warehouse task in EWM.

The following are examples of the goods movements that can be posted using synchronous goods movement:

• Goods receipt with the Post Goods Movement app for purchase orders and for discrete or process manufacturing orders
• Goods movements posted in Inventory Management using BAPIs from Inventory Management or Production
• Cancellation of goods receipt for purchase orders
• Goods receipt without purchase order using movement type 501
• Goods issue for cost center using movement type 201

Prerequisites for synchronous goods movements for purchase orders:

• The purchase order item has either no confirmation control key or a confirmation control key without the internal confirmation category 2 - Shipping Notification.
• If you want the system to make a packaging proposal, you have to assign a packaging building profile in customizing. The packaging proposal can be determined based on:
  • Packaging specifications
  • Packing instructions
  • Package builder
• You have maintained the goods receipt bin determination by one of the following methods:
  • A staging area / door determination for inbound
  • You have assigned the source bin in a warehouse process type (WPT) and assigned this WPT for the synchronous goods movement posting (in Customizing, under SCM Extended Warehouse Management → Extended Warehouse Management → Interfaces → ERP Integration → Goods Movements → Make Settings for Synchronous Goods Movement Posting)
    Note

    This warehouse process type is solely used for the determination of the goods receipt bin. The system does not consider the warehouse process type when it creates putaway warehouse tasks at goods receipt (see next item).

• As the warehouse tasks are to be created automatically, you have selected the Automatic WT Creation at GR in:
  • The storage type of the staging area

    Available options are:

    • 1 Active
    • 2 Warehouse Process Type Decides
  • The warehouse process type to be used for the warehouse task

    The WPT for the warehouse task is determined using the Process Indicator in the WPT determination. It can be set to the following:

    • 004 Receipt of unpacked items (Synchronous Goods Movement)
    • 005 Receipt of packed items (Synchronous Goods Movement)
    • 006 Receipt of unpacked items from production (Synchronous Goods Movement)
    • 007 Receipt of packed items from production (Synchronous Goods Movement)
    • 008 Receipt of unpacked items from vendor (Synchronous Goods Movement)
    • 009 Receipt of packed items from vendor (Synchronous Goods Movement)

    The entries 004 and 005 as generic entries are used, if no more specific entries (for production or vendor) can be found. The document type, item type, or priority is not used in the determination. You can use a process type determination indicator, so the WPT can be determined based on the (warehouse) product.