CWM, Finalization of Architecture Switch and New Processes

Technical Data
Technical Name of Business Function	`/CWM/CM_2`
Type of Business Function	Industry Business Function
Available From	SAP Enhancement Package 5 for SAP ERP 6.0
Technical Usage	Catch Weight Management
Application Component	Industry Solution Catch Weight Management (IS-CWM)
Directly dependent business function requiring activation in addition	CWM New Architecture: Inventory Management and Accounting in ERP (`/CWM/CM_1`)

You can use this business function to manage materials within the supply chain (sales, purchase, materials management, production, quality management and logistics execution) in two units of measure (base unit of measure and the parallel unit of measure) that are independent of each other.

The focus here is on processes in the consumer products industry, specifically the livestock market, meat, fish, milk and cheese, fruit and vegetables, timber, and leather.

You can choose within the value chain in line with your requirements whether the valuation unit is to be based on the base or parallel unit of measure for a catch weight material. In addition, you can display at any time an exact inventory management and valuation, both in the Logistics area and Accounting.

Integration

Global Trade Management (GTM)

The Global Trade Management (GTM) component gives you the option of using catch weight materials in both agency business and Expense Management.

To be able to use Global Trade Management, you have to activate the enterprise business function Global Trade Management (EA-GLT).

Trader's and Scheduler's Workbench (TSW)

The Trader's and Scheduler's Workbench (TSW) enables you to make stock projections, and to plan and arrange bulk shipment based on planning documents. Catch weight materials are availabe for you in the materials planning, nomination and transportation execution business processes.

To be able to use the Trader's and Scheduler's Workbench, you have to activate the enterprise business function Trader's and Scheduler's Workbench (LOG_TSW_ECC ).

Prerequisites

You have installed the following components as of the version mentioned:

Type of Component	Component	Required for the Following Features Only
Software Component	IS-CWM 605	Is mandatory for using SAP CWM.
Software Component	EA-APPL 605	Is mandatory for using SAP Material Ledger.
Software Component	SAP SCM BASIS 7.0	Is mandatory for using SAP EWM 7.0.

To be able to use Catch Weight Management (IS-CWM 605), you have to activate the enterprise business function:

CWM, New Architecture: Inventory Management and Accounting (/CWM/CM_1).

Features

Architecture

When you activate this business function you complete the new software architecture that was provided for the first time with business function /CWM/CM_1 (CWM New Architecture: Inventory Management, Inventory Accounting in ERP) and with SAP Enhancement Package 4.

Core Business Processes

Substantial changes and improvements to the business function made available with enhancement package 5 relate to the following listed core business processes:

Procurement process
Order processing
Manufacture
Quality management
Goods receipt and goods issue
Inventory Management
Trade

Actual Costing / Material Ledger (CO-PC-ACT)

You can use material ledger functions in an IS-CWM system. The actual costing in the Actual Costing/Material Ledger (CO-PC-ACT) component enhances the range of functions in the CO application component with the goal of calculating actual costs for externally procured materials and materials manufactured in-house. In addition, actual costing uses actual costs to valuate inventories of all materials managed on a value basis, such as raw materials, semifinished products, and finished products.

Actual costing calculates an actual price (periodic unit price) for each material, into which all actual costs for the particular period flow. Using the IS-CWM system, you can make an actual cost calculation in a fiscal year also mid-period.

SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)

You can use Extended Warehouse Management in connection with SAP CWM to manage the material inventory in a separate warehouse management system. SAP EWM supports the processing of two parallel quantities in different units of measure. IS-CWM provides interfaces to EWM that support the exchange of two parallel quantities in different units of measure.