Description
This scope item describes a business process integration between SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and on-premise SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM). The focus is on the basic integration of batches to the SAP EWM system.
This lesson describes the basic integration of batches to the SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) system. It allows the creation of batches in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition system. The system automatically replicates the batch information to SAP EWM.
During the creation of a purchase order, the business user can enter the batch number for each purchase order item.
Once a purchase order is available, an inbound delivery is created and replicated to the SAP EWM system. The inbound delivery serves as the starting point for all other process steps in the warehouse.
Business Benefits
Support your high-volume warehouse operations with an integration between SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and on-premise SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM):
- Manage stock on a storage bin level.
- Work with homogeneous partial quantities of a material or product.
Key Process Flows
For a graphical overview on the business process of the scope item SAP EWM Integration - Batch Management (2VN), refer to the SAP Signavio Process Navigator as described in the lesson The Impact of Warehouse Management.
Key Process Steps:
- Create a batch in the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition system:
Even when most batches are automatically created, it is also sometimes necessary to create batches manually. If you create a batch before the creation of a purchase order, you can enter the batch number directly in the purchase order item.
- Create a purchase order:
You can use the Create Purchase Order app to create a new Purchase Order (PO) from scratch. By creating a standard purchase order in the system for a finished material, you make the preparations for creating the inbound delivery and processing it into the warehouse. The purchase order uses the batch created from the previous step.
- Create an inbound delivery:
Usually the inbound delivery is created when the vendor informs you about the date and conditions the ordered goods are delivered. The inbound delivery in this case, however, is used by the system to transfer the delivery information to the SAP EWM system to trigger the generation of the EWM documents and follow-on activities there. Transfer of the inbound delivery leads to a creation of an EWM inbound delivery document in the SAP EWM system.
- Post goods receipt in SAP EWM system:
In this step, the goods receipt is processed in the SAP EWM system, the leading system for goods movement in this scenario. The EWM inbound delivery is created, a Handling Unit (HU) is created, and the inbound delivery items are packed, according to packaging specifications. Eventually, the actual goods receipt is posted in the SAP EWM system and transferred back to the SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition system.
- Check material document after goods receipt (optional):
Along with populating the warehouse with stock, there is also a financial posting in the SAP S/4HANA system. The check step is to show you the material document, along with its financial posting in the SAP S/4HANA system.
- Create warehouse tasks for Putaway in SAP EWM:
After posting the goods receipt in SAP EWM, the materials have been received in your warehouse. However, the materials still have to be moved to the final storage bin in the warehouse by creating and confirming warehouse tasks and warehouse orders for these activities. You can create warehouse tasks manually using the user interface for Putaway for Inbound Delivery.
- Putaway of products in SAP EWM:
You can confirm and save all warehouse tasks, in one go, in the background. If you want to change data, you can also confirm individual warehouse tasks manually and then save them. In other words, you can confirm the individual warehouse tasks in the foreground. The following steps describe the manual confirmation in the foreground.
- Check inbound delivery (optional):
In this step, you check the inbound deliveries in SAP S/4HANA, which were generated as a consequence of the goods receipt processing in SAP EWM. You check the goods movement status and the document flow and its changes based on the EWM postings.
- Display batch in the Batch Information Cockpit:
With the Batch Information Cockpit app, you can display batches. It provides quick and easy access to batch-relevant information.
- Check batch-related physical stock:
After a batch was created in the SAP S/4HANA system, you want to check if the batch was transferred to the SAP EWM system. You use the warehouse monitor in the SAP EWM system for this purpose.
- Change the batch in the Batch Information Cockpit (optional):
With the Batch Information Cockpit app, you can directly call up the batch master for changing and displaying master data, classification data, and the batch where-used list, containing information about the lifecycle of a batch.
- Check physical stock - after batch changes (optional):
After a batch is changed in the SAP S/4HANA system, you want to check if the change was transferred to the SAP EWM system.
Relevant Business Roles
The following SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition business roles are used for this scenario:
- Quality Technician (Batch Processing)
- Inventory Manager (Material Document Processing)
- Receiving Specialist (Delivery Processing)
- Purchaser (Purchase Order creation
- Administrator Data Replication (Transfer between SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition and SAP EWM)