The aim of counting is to check the quality of a sample of inbound deliveries. This means that counting is a quality assurance measure in the goods receipt process that you can use to ensure consistency between the quantities entered in the system and the actual quantities.
The
Quality Inspection Engine
(QIE), an integral part of the
SCM
system, provides essential functions that enable a system-supported check (counting) in the inbound delivery process.
Integration with an ERP system is required to enable inbound delivery notifications to be created automatically in
Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)
.
You have implemented the QIE and executed the following in Customizing for EWM under
You have assigned decision codes to decision groups.
You have defined which of the available properties of the inspection object types the system is to use as dynamic criteria when creating the inspection document.
You have defined a percentage that specifies how many delivery items are to be counted.
You have checked that the inspection object types and their properties have been activated.
You have defined quantity intervals and value intervals in Customizing.
For more information, see Customizing for
EWM
under
Cross-Process Settings
->
and
Maintain Value Interval for Counting
.
You have defined inspection rules.To do so, on the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
Storage control
You have defined the following in Customizing for EWM
Storage types and storage bins (basis of the counting station)
External storage process steps
Definition of the storage process
You have defined warehouse process types and control indicators for determining warehouse process types in Customizing for EWM under
You have defined warehouse products.To do so, on the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
Counting station
You have defined a work center for counting (counting station).To do so, on the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
When you change or activate an inbound delivery notification, the system first determines whether the delivery items are to be counted. To do this, it checks if an active inspection object type and inspection rule exist. Inspection object types define the inspection process. You use the inspection rule to define when a delivery item is to be counted. To do this, you draw on certain inbound delivery notification properties:
Warehouse number
Document type of the delivery
Partner (supplier)
Product
Quantity interval
Value interval
If a valid inspection rule exists, the system creates an inspection document, taking into account the dynamic criteria. It marks the relevant delivery item for counting.
You then perform counting either explicitly or implicitly:
Explicit counting
You must enter the count results for the products at the counting station. The system determines the storage bin (storage type) for this counting station on the basis of the storage control settings. You can perform explicit counting only for handling units.
Implicit counting
The information specifying that a product must be counted is part of the warehouse task data. If a difference is determined, you must confirm the warehouse task with differences (exception code) to end the transaction. You can perform implicit counting only for unpacked products.
You have changed or activated an inbound delivery notification in
EWM
. The system has found an active inspection object type and an inspection rule, and has created an inspection document.
Create a warehouse task with reference to the inbound delivery and confirm it.To do this, on the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
The system uses the storage control settings to determine the storage bin for counting for all the delivery items with an inspection document.
If the system had not created an inspection document because an active inspection object type and inspection rule were not available, the delivery items would be put away immediately at the final storage bin.
Call the counting station that is assigned to the storage bin for counting and enter the count results.To do this, on the
SAP Easy Access
screen,
You have changed or activated an inbound delivery notification in
EWM
. The system has found an active inspection object type and an inspection rule, and has created an inspection document.
Create a warehouse task with reference to the inbound delivery, confirm the count results, and confirm the warehouse task.To do this, on the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
The delivery items are put away immediately at the final storage bin.