Processing of Outbound Deliveries 
Use
Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) and SAP ERP have access to a range of functions that enable you to distribute, change, and confirm delivery-relevant data.
Integration
To read the integration description, see Communication from EWM to SAP ERP.
Prerequisites
To read the description of the prerequisites, see Communication from EWM to SAP ERP.
Features
● Receipt of an unchecked outbound delivery from SAP ERP
If you work with unchecked outbound deliveries in SAP ERP, then SAP ERP can distribute these to EWM. SAP ERP creates outbound delivery orders for unchecked deliveries. You cannot process these outbound delivery orders. You can only use them for a preview. EWM creates the following documents for unchecked outbound deliveries:
○ An outbound delivery request
○ An outbound delivery order
In EWM, you cannot create an outbound delivery for an outbound delivery order, which EWM has created from an unchecked delivery in SAP ERP.
● Receipt of a checked outbound delivery from SAP ERP
If SAP ERP converts unchecked outbound deliveries into checked outbound deliveries, then it sends two messages to EWM.
○ A deletion message for deleting an outbound delivery request, and an outbound delivery order that EWM created for the unchecked outbound delivery.
○ A message for creating an outbound delivery request, and an outbound delivery order for the checked outbound delivery
You can immediately process outbound delivery orders for checked outbound deliveries.
EWM creates the following documents for checked outbound deliveries:
○ An outbound delivery request
○ An outbound delivery order
In EWM, you can create an outbound delivery for an outbound delivery order, which EWM has created from a checked delivery of SAP ERP.
● Reporting of an outbound delivery change to SAP ERP
If you create
a 
pick
denial in EWM, then EWM reduces the delivery quantity and writes an
exception code in the outbound delivery order. This triggers confirmation of
the change to SAP ERP. SAP ERP reports the change to SAP Customer Relationship
Management (SAP CRM). The pick denial causes a reduction in the delivered
quantity. The message to SAP ERP contains an indicator for the quantity change
due to a pick denial. If you are using the Business Add-In (BAdI), you can use
this indicator to perform another round of sourcing. SAP ERP can create a new
checked delivery for the missing quantity and can distribute this to EWM. This
message to EWM contains an indicator for delivery creation, based on a
confirmation of a pick denial. EWM sets this indicator in the outbound
delivery order in the Wave Priority field. EWM uses this to take the
outbound delivery order immediately into account during wave pick
creation.
To use the BAdI, in Customizing choose Customer Relationship Management ® Transactions ® Settings Before Sales Transactions ® Business Add-Ins ® Business Add-In for Data Exchange.
This BAdI contains the method CRM_DATAEXCH_R3D_MBDOC_FILL, which you can use to set an indicator to trigger a new availability check.
For more
information about processing waves, see Wave
Management.
● Quantity change requests from SAP ERP
EWM can execute quantity change requests for the following:
○ For checked deliveries, based on sales order changes in SAP CRM.
○ For checked deliveries, based on new assignments of order confirmations by SAP Advanced Planning & Optimization.
EWM accepts a quantity change as long as the outbound delivery order is not yet being processed. If EWM accepts the quantity change, it reports the execution of the quantity change to SAP ERP.
EWM rejects any quantity changes for outbound delivery orders that are already in processing. The Warehouse Activity status for the outbound delivery order in this case is Warehouse Act./Part. Completed. If EWM rejects the quantity change, it reports the rejection of the quantity change to SAP ERP.
● Communication of a goods issue confirmation to SAP ERP
EWM uses an outbound delivery in order to report a goods issue posting or reversal to SAP ERP. You can only cancel an outbound delivery if it does not have the status In Transit.
● Direct billing or invoicing before goods issue
You can print the invoice in the warehouse, if necessary, even before the goods issue. EWM uses an outbound delivery order to create an outbound delivery before the goods issue posting. If you have defined the status Invoicing Before Goods Issue for a route in Customizing, then EWM sets an indicator for this status that results in direct billing. If an outbound delivery order has this indicator, EWM creates the outbound delivery automatically. For automatic creation, EWM must also have set the Loading status to Started. After automatic creation of the outbound delivery, EWM triggers confirmation of the data to SAP ERP for the purpose of direct billing. SAP ERP forwards this data to the invoicing system in SAP CRM.
● Communication of an outbound delivery split to SAP ERP
EWM can split outbound delivery order, for example, if the requested quantity does not fit onto the means of transport. New outbound deliveries are generated by this split, which EWM reports to SAP ERP. EWM determines the document number and item number in SAP ERP. You must have defined the number range intervals in Customizing. These number ranges must not overlap with the number ranges in SAP ERP.
For more information about Customizing for number range intervals, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for EWM under Interfaces ® ERP Integration ® Delivery Processing ® Define Number Ranges for ERP Documents.
● Replication of outbound delivery orders that were created manually in EWM, to SAP ERP
If you create and save a direct outbound delivery order manually in EWM without errors, EWM sends this to the ERP system immediately after saving, using an interface for communicating between EWM and SAP ERP.
For more information about the interfaces that enable these functions, see Interfaces for Communication from EWM to SAP ERP.
See also:
● Generating a Warehouse Request of Type Outbound Delivery Order
Activities
In order to create messages for processing outbound deliveries, you must perform the relevant processes using the appropriate user interface.