Creating Inbound Deliveries in EWM

Materials procured from external suppliers have a separate Purchasing view in their master data. Suppliers are represented by a business partner master record that contains address data, accounting data, and default values for purchase order processing (for example, delivery conditions).

If the same material is procured regularly from a specific supplier or with fixed conditions, such as price, purchase quantities and delivery times, you can create a purchasing information record for the relevant combination of material and supplier. The system accesses this master data when purchasing documents are created and enters the data in the relevant fields.

For a goods receipt in an SAP EWM managed warehouse, it is necessary to create an inbound delivery document referencing the purchase order or manufacturing order. There are several ways to create inbound deliveries, depending on the physical process or on the flow of information between supplier and receiver.

The inbound delivery is the basis for triggering the physical movements of the material in the warehouse and the posting of the goods receipt.

Creation of inbound deliveries directly in SAP EWM is a simplification of warehouse processes. It is a more convenient option if, for example, the supplier does not provide the information needed to create LE inbound deliveries automatically, such as advanced shipping notifications. When goods physically arrive, the SAP EWM inbound delivery is required to manage put-away processing. In such cases, it makes sense to enter the inbound delivery directly into SAP EWM.

There are different possibilities available for the creation of the inbound delivery in SAP EWM. There is a traditional transaction available, as in the decentralized SAP EWM system, but also an app which offers a simple interface to create the delivery, post the goods receipt, and create the warehouse task.