INTRO
TO
SAP EWM
Supply Chain Management
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM) IS THE
OVERSIGHT OF MATERIALS, INFORMATION, AND
FINANCES AS THEY MOVE IN A PROCESS FROM
SUPPLIER TO MANUFACTURER TO WHOLESALER TO
RETAILER TO CONSUMER.
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT INVOLVES
COORDINATING AND INTEGRATING THESE FLOWS
BOTH WITHIN AND AMONG COMPANIES.
Part of firms logistics system that stores
products at and between point of origin
and point of consumption.
Term “Warehousing” is referred as
transportation at zero miles per hour
Warehousing provides time and place utility
for raw materials, industrial goods, and finished products,
allowing firms to use customer service as a
dynamic value-adding competitive tool.
• Benefits of Warehouse Management
– Provide a place to store & protect
inventory
– Reduce transportation costs
– Improve customer service levels
• Complexity of warehouse operation
depends on the number of SKUs handled &
the number of orders received & filled.
• Most activity in a warehouse is material
handling.
THE ROLE OF THE WAREHOUSE IN THE LOGISTICS SYSTEM
The warehouse is where the supply chain holds or stores goods.
Functions of warehousing include:-
TYPE OF WAREHOUSING
Transportation consolidation
Product mixing • Public Warehousing
Docking
Service • Private Warehousing
Protection against contingencies
• Contract Warehousing
• Multi-client Warehousing
What is EWM?
• It is a best-in-class warehouse
management solution designed
to manage & track logistics
execution processes
• It offers flexible, automated
support for processing various
goods movements and for
managing stocks in a whse.
• In 1 solution provides labor
management, slotting,
advanced optimization
techniques, connection to
automation
• How do companies benefit from • What are key capabilities of EWM?
EWM?
• Multi customer warehouse
• High warehouse productivity / • Flexible modeling of warehouse
efficiency processes
• Stock and process transparency
• High inventory accuracy • Optimization in storage planning
and process execution
• Reduced labor costs • Seamless integration of
Automation (RF, RFID, Pick-by-
• Better customer service Voice, …)
• Integration in the overall SAP
Logistics Solution
WAREHOUSE ACTIVITIES
• Receive goods
• Identify the goods
• Dispatch goods to storage
• Hold goods
• Pick goods
• Marshal shipment
• Dispatch shipment
• Operate an information system
PRINCIPLES OF WAREHOUSE LAYOUT DESIGN
Use one-story facilities
Move goods in a straight line
Use efficient materials-handling
equipment
Use an effective storage plan
Minimize aisle space
Use maximum height of the building
SAP EWM is different from SAP Warehouse Management
How SAP SCM EWM Evolved ?
Solution Overview
RECEIVING
INPUT •Schedule Carrier
•Unload Vehicle
•Inspect for damage
WAREHOUSE PROCESS
Storage
Put-away
•Equipment
•Identify Product
•Stock Location
•Identify Product Location
– Popularity
•Move Products
– Unit Size
•Update Records
– Cube
Shipping Preparation Order Picking
•Packing •Information
•Labeling •Walk & Pick
•Stacking •Batch Picking
Shipping
•Schedule Carrier OUTPUT
•Load Vehicle
•Bill of Loading
•Record Update
Agenda
7. Inbound processes in SAP EWM
1. Introduction to SCM
a) Expected Goods Receipt
2. Introduction to EWM
3. ERP – EWM integration 8. Internal warehouse processes
a) CIF a) Replenishment
b) qRFC b) Physical inventory
4. Organizational structures in SAP EWM c) Internal movements
5. Master data in SAP EWM 9. Production Integration with SAP EWM
a) Products 10. Outbound processes in SAP EWM
b) Bins a. Direct Outbound proces
c) Packaging Specifications b. Simple Outbound proces
d) Resources c. Pick Denial
e) Work Centers
11. Advanced Return Management
6. SAP EWM general features overview
a) EWM Document Types 12. Build-in-Optimization tools (only Information)
b) WOCR a) Slotting and Rearrangement
c) POSC b) Cartonizatiion
d) LOSC c) Wave Management
e) Serial Numbers in SAP EWM d) Labor Management
f) Batch Management in SAP EWM e) DAS
g) Quality Management in SAP EWM f) Cross-Docking
h) Kiting g) Yard Management
i) VAS
h) Tasks interleaving and resources constrains
Agenda
13. Technical aspects of SAP EWM
a) User interface options
b) Post Processing Framework
c) RF framework
d) MFS integration
14. SAP EWM reporting and monitoring
15. Migration strategies to SAP EWM
