Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) automatically creates warehouse tasks for the putaway based on a warehouse request for an inbound delivery, so that you can put away products.
EWM uses a warehouse task to specify the following for the putaway:
The destination storage types, sections, and bins
The path to the destination storage type
If you want EWM to automatically group warehouse tasks into warehouse orders, you must have made the settings in Customizing for warehouse order creation.
In the Implementation Guide (IMG) for EWM, choose
EWM can create warehouse tasks for an inbound delivery in the following ways:
EWM automatically creates warehouse tasks for an inbound delivery, using an action from the
Post Processing Framework
(
PPF
).
You create the warehouse tasks manually.
When EWM creates a warehouse task for a warehouse request, it uses putaway strategies to determine the storage bin. For more information, see Storage Bin Determination for Putaway .
When EWM creates a warehouse task, it uses direct or combined storage control to determine whether you should put away a handling unit directly or by using interim storage bins. The warehouse task reflects the direct or combined storage control.
EWM automatically groups warehouse tasks according to your Customizing settings for warehouse orders. For more information, see Warehouse Order Creation .
EWM uses layout-oriented and process-oriented storage control, according to your Customizing settings. For more information, see Process-Oriented Storage Control and Layout-Oriented Storage Control .
In the warehouse task, EWM specifies various activities for you to perform (for example, deconsolidation ), according to your Customizing settings.
If you have made settings in Customizing for
PPF
for the
PPF
action to create warehouse tasks for putaway, EWM automatically creates the warehouse task for putaway.
In the IMG for EWM, choose
.If you want to create a warehouse task manually, on the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
If you want to post goods receipts for all deliveries for an inbound delivery, and also want to create warehouse tasks for unloading, on the
SAP Easy Access
screen, choose
.
When EWM creates a warehouse request warehouse task for an outbound delivery, it simultaneously updates this warehouse request. EWM carries out this update by updating the quantity in the document flow. If the quantity update leads to a change in status, EWM updates this change in the warehouse request as well.
Example
You have an inbound delivery of 100 pieces of a product. EWM automatically creates three warehouse tasks (WT1, WT2, and WT3) for the entire quantity, based on the storage bin determination.
Following creation of the warehouse tasks, the warehouse request status
Putaway Planning
changes to
Completed
.
If EWM does not create warehouse tasks for the entire quantity, the
Putaway Planning
status is set to
Partially Completed
.
The following table gives you an overview of the
Putaway Planning
status in the warehouse request.
Goods Receipt Process Product Description |
Delivery Item |
Warehouse Task |
Warehouse Request Status
|
P-01 |
10 |
WT1 for 10 pieces |
|
P-01 |
20 |
WT2 for 30 pieces |
|
P-01 |
30 |
WT3 for 60 pieces |
|