Component documentationIntegration of Production Supply (PP) in Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)

 

This component allows you to use an SAP Extended Warehouse Management system (EWM system) together with an ERP system to manage the storage and material staging of products in connection with production and process orders (manufacturing orders).

Integrating the production supply into the processes of the EWM system provides you with tools which you can use to enhance processes in your strategically-organized warehouse, by staging products for the production.

You can use the following PP application components for production supply in EWM:

  • Production Orders (PP-SFC)

  • Process Order (PP-PI_POR)

  • Repetitive Manufacturing (PP-REM)

  • Kanban (PP-KAB)

The information between the systems is exchanged using delivery documents. The ERP system creates the deliveries, and sends them to the EWM system.

When staging products for a production order or process order, you transport the products to the production supply area (PSA). If you are using an EWM system, you must pick the products in the warehouse, and transport them to the PSA.

For more information about manufacturing orders, see SAP Library under Start of the navigation path SAP ERP Central Component Next navigation step Logistics Next navigation step Logistics Execution (LE) Next navigation step Integration of Extended Warehouse Management Next navigation step Processes in Production and Process Order End of the navigation path.

The following staging types are defined:

  • Pick parts

  • Release order parts

  • Crate parts

There are multiple ways to stage products required for a production or process order:

  • The required products are pick parts in the case of individual orders, or release order parts in the case of multiple orders, which you stage in time and in the required quantity for production supply.

  • You stage products that you use continually independently of existing orders. Containers, which are requested by production, are available in the warehouse. Kanban is a special method for managing crate parts.

    A crate part is a material that is stored in a crate or another standard container, and is staged independently of manufacturing orders in the quantity defined by the program Schedule Replenishment.

If you no longer require the products for further manufacturing or production orders, you can return them to the warehouse. The system then posts goods issue of the products from the PSA. This is usually done by backflushing during the production confirmation.

For more information about integrating production planning into Extended Warehouse Management, see SAP Library under Start of the navigation path SAP ERP Central Component Next navigation step Logistics Next navigation step Logistics Execution (LE) Next navigation step Integration of Extended Warehouse Management. End of the navigation path