SAP S/4HANA embedded EWM basic

Warehouse Management in S/4HANA

Embedded EWM basic in detail

SAP S/4HANA embedded EWM basic

SAP S/4HANA embedded EWM basic is an integrated software component of S/4HANA Enterprise Management that covers the basic needs of a warehouse. The basic version of embedded EWM is included in your S/4HANA license and consists of the following components:

  • Define the physical structure of the warehouse
  • Definition of single storage types like high-bay warehouse or picking
  • Definition of storage bins to storage types
  • Information over all products in the warehouse at storage bin level
  • The mapping of the whole warehouse at storage bin level generates a complete overview over all products
  • Transparency and tracking in the whole warehouse complex at any time
  • Products can be classified in the following stock categories:
    • Storage bin level
    • Between-locations
    • Ressources
    • Handling Units
    • Interlaced Handling Units
  • Further storable products:
    • Products with batches
    • Products with serial numbers
    • Products with weight
  • Further special storable products:
    • Vendor consignment stock
    • Project stock
    • Sales order stock
  • The goods receipt can be mapped from the following stations:
    • Vendor
    • Production
    • Other parts of the company
    • Customer returns
  • Multilevel storage processes are possible:
    • Unload
    • Counting
    • Deconsolidation
    • Final storage
  • Storage activities can be planned with the following types:
    • Automatically at deliveries
    • Regular at certain times
    • Manually with overviews of the daily capacity
  • The goods issue is available for following scenarios:
    • Deliver ordered products to customer
    • Deliver products to production
    • Send products back to supplier
    • Send products to internal consumers (e.g. cost center)
  • Creation of goods issue documents
  • Different strategies for material withdrawal
  • Collection of storage jobs
  • Implementation and confirmation of storage jobs with the help of RF transactions
  • Instant inventory
  • Low-stock/zero-stock-check
  • Storage of physical inventory
  • New-Counting
  • Warehouse management for overview and transparency over the complete storage
    • Warehouse activities
    • Storage bins and stock
    • Ressources
    • Planned activities
    • Incoming deliveries
    • Outgoing delieferies
  • A resource is an user or a device (e. g. forklift), which takes an activity in the warehouse
  • Advantages of resources:
    • Easier administration and distribution of products
    • Optimized distribution of resources to purchases
  • Quality check of products and packaging material at goods receipt
  • Integrated quality management for production
  • Inspection lot for verification if something is inspection-relevant
  • Integration of production process
  • Withdrawal of unused products into the warehouse
  • Delivery-based production supply
    • Products can be delievered to the production through the following strategies: production orders, processing orders, kanban

Extract from our references

Logo Continental

Oettinger Davidoff AG

  • Tobacco industry
  • Turnover: 500 Mio. CHF (2018)
  • Employees: 3.600 (2018)

SAP EWM Logistik

AlzChem AG

  • Chemicals
  • Turnover: 295 Mio. €
  • Employees: 1.400

SAP EWM Logistik

AlzChem AG

  • Chemicals
  • Turnover: 379 Mio €
  • Employees: 1.630

Logo Continental

Continental AG

  • Automotive Supplier
  • Turnover: 44 Mrd. € (2017)
  • Employees: 235.000 (2017)

Büroring eG

  • Purchasing, marketing, and service cooperative society of office supply retailers
  • Revenues: 206 million € (2012)
  • Employees: 81 (2013)