EWM 9.4 Features Enhancements
Key innovations of the new SAP EWM 9.4:
Direct PLC Intergration
New FIORI Applications
Combined Picking
EWM Supports ``Batch on plant level``
Collective HU Counting Mode
RF & Pick-by-Voice Enhancements
Flow Rack Handling
Our Client has Become the First Company Worldwide to Go-Live on SAP EWM 9.4
Direct PLC Integration
Material Flow Systems
Connect EWM-MFS to PLC directly
Direct TCP/IP with ABAP Push Channel TCP
Simplified TCP/IP Communication
> Reduced TCI and TCO
Replaced middleware by NetWeaver 7.50 ABAP Push Channel TCP leads to a reduced complexity in the systems landscape, as well as less interfaces, expertise, maintenance, monitoring, and administration.
New FIORI Applications
For “Lean Warehouse Clerk”
Goods Receipt & Shipping Preparation
Overview About Expected Receipts
Inbound Delievery Preparation
Packing Inbound Items into HU
Overview of Planned Outbound Deliveries
Overview of Planned Shipments
Detailed Picking Status of a Shipment
Combined Picking
Improved RF Handling During Picking Confirmation
Customer “Doe”
- Product A
- Product B 3 pc
Customer “Smith”
- Product B 2 pc
- Product C
- Product D
Wave / Tasks
- Product A
- Product B 3 pc
- Product B 2 pc
- Product C
- Product D
Instead of the warehouse picker having to confirm each single task while picking, now save time with only one confirmation step for warehouse picker. Choose handle “bonus items” and “pick to store”.
Current Approach
Solution Description
Scope
- Existing RF Pick transaction
- Customizing to activate a combined pick
- Functions supported
- Confirmation of combined quantity
- Change of Alternative Unit of Measure
- Showing list of WT within the group
- Exception handling
- Partial quantity confirmation
- Exception code not relevant to quantity works as before.
- Exception code for full quantity
- Some exception works with single warehouse task is not allowed
- Switch back to single WT mode
How to Activate Warehouse Task Combination
Customizing
SCM Extended Warehouse Management – Extended Warehouse Management – Mobile Data Entry – Define Combined Picking Profile
- Define Combination Profile
- Determine Sequence Criteria
- Assign combination profile to warehouse process type / activity area
System Example
One Warehouse Order
Three Tasks with Same Product & Source Bin
One Confirmation Step
All Quantities Combined
EWM Supports “Batch on Plant Level”
Overview
Business benefits include end-to-end batch traceability for Consumer Goods, Retail & Pharma companies.
Releases
Overview
Collective HU Counting Mode
Two New Counting Modes
Collective HU Counting
Collective HU Item Counting
Collective HU Counting Mode
Collective HU Item Counting Mode
Collective Counting with Mixed Storage
Collective HU Counting
Collective HU Item Counting
Collective HU Item Counting – Mixed Storage Inside HU
How to Activate New Counting Modes
Customizing
SCM Extended Warehouse Management – SCM Basis – Physical Inventory – Basic Settings – Define Physical Inventory
RF & Pick-by-Voice Enhancements
Warehouse Specific GS1-128 Definition
Motivation: Specify AI types for dedicated warehouses
Determination of Validation Profile by Data Entry
Motivation: Maintain a different verification profile for RF & Pick-by-Voice
Generic Speech Configuration
Motivation: Now you can configure messages within a view cluster, instead of being required to overwrite standard text messages.
SAP Customizing Implementation Guide > Extended Warehouse Management > Mobile Data Entry > …(ToDo) (View Cluster /SCWM/VC_RF_PBV_MSG )
Pick-by-Voice Aisle/Stack & Level Validation
Standard SAP Behavior with EWM 9.0
Pick-by-Voice Instructs Picker
- “Go to” Aisle
- “Go to” Stack
- “Go to” Level
New Option
- Switch off aisle verification by changing validation profile
- Change message to combine aisle, stack and level in a single instruction
> “Go to” Aisle-Stack-Level
Pick-by-Voice Specific Bin Verification Value
Motivation: Defining a different verification value for RF scanning as for Pick-by-Voice (In RF the value can have a longer length as it gets scanned)
SAP Menu > Extended Warehouse Management > Master Data > Storage Bin > Display Storage Bin
Flow Rack Handling
Setup & Configuration in SAP EWM
Supply Rack
Replenishment
Flow Rack Modeling
Fixed bins
Back bin: replenishment
Front bin: picking
Two storage types for process control
Layout-oriented storage control (LOSC)
Material flow from supply rack to front bin
Automatic warehouse task confirmation
Back to front bin
