Customizing Settings for QM in EWM 

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The following describes Customizing settings in Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) that you must make for quality management (QM), to ensure a smooth implementation with the Quality Inspection Engine (QIE) and the ERP system. For more information about the individual activities, see the Implementation Guide (IMG) for EWM under Cross-Process Settings ® Quality Management.

Activities

Basic Settings for QM in EWM

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       1.      Activate the required inspection object types, and assign them to properties. Examples of properties are warehouse number, product, owner, and supplier.

To do this, in Customizing for EWM choose Cross-Process Settings ® Quality Management ® Basics ® Activate Inspection Object Types Version.

       2.      Define the use and sequence of inspection properties and activate the entry after completing the settings.

To do this, in Customizing for EWM choose Cross-Process Settings ® Quality Management ® Basics ® Maintain Inspection Object Types Version.

       3.      Activate the required inspection object types for your warehouse numbers, and assign sample types and items types, depending on the inspection object type and the required use.

○       If there are active inspection object versions, you have to activate the inspection object types being used for each warehouse number. Define warehouse number-specific parameters.

○       If you want to forward data from the quality inspection to an external system, specify the external system in which the inspection is to take place for each inspection object type and warehouse number. There you can use more extensive functions for planning and performing the inspection, such as planning characteristics.

○       Define the date/time of inspection document creation for inbound deliveries and returns, depending on whether you want to check HUs and whether you are documenting the arrival of goods in the yard. For the process with HU inspection, this must be set to initial. For the process without HU inspection, you use the inspection document creation as a basis when activating the delivery.

To do this, in Customizing for EWM choose Cross-Process Settings ® Quality Management ® Basics ® Warehouse-Dependent Activation of Inspection Object Type.

       4.      Define indexes for the search for inspection documents, samples and items. For each index, you define the properties that the index is to include.

To do this, in Customizing for EWM choose Cross-Process Settings ® Quality Management ® Basics ® Define Indexes for QIE Objects.

       5.      Define number ranges for inspection documents and samples/items.

In Customizing for EWM, choose Cross-Process Settings ® Quality Management ® Settings for Inspection Rules ® Define Number Ranges for Inspection Documents and Define Number Ranges for Samples and Items.

       6.      Define item types. If you are using samples, define sample types as well.

In Customizing, choose Cross-Application Components ® Quality Inspection Engine ® Samples and Items ® Define Sample Types and ® Define Item Types.

       7.      Define finding types.

To do this, in Customizing for EWM choose Cross-Process Settings ® Quality Management ® Settings for Inspection Rules ® Define Finding Types.

       8.      Define decision codes and follow-up actions.

To do this, in Customizing for EWM choose Cross-Process Settings ® Quality Management ® Result ® Define Decision Codes and Maintain Follow-Up Action.

Basic Settings for QM in the QIE

       1.      Define print control for printing inspection documents.

In Customizing, choose Cross-Application Components ® Quality Inspection Engine ® Central Settings ® Print Control ® Check Settings in Post Processing Framework.

       2.      Connect the EWM system to the QIE.

In Customizing, choose Cross-Application Components ® Quality Inspection Engine ® Central Settings ® Communication with an External QM System ® Define External QM Systems.

Basic Settings for QM in the ERP System

       1.      For checks that are triggered by an external system, SAP delivers the inspection lot origin 17. Select this inspection lot origin.

In Customizing for the ERP system, choose Quality Management ® Quality Inspection ® Inspection Lot Creation ® Maintain Inspection Lot Origins and Assign Inspection Types.

       2.      For samples that are created externally, SAP delivers sample type 10.

Use this sample type in your inspection type. SAP delivers inspection type 17, which uses sample type 10.

In Customizing for the ERP system, choose Quality Management ® Quality Inspection ® Sample Management ® Define Physical Sample Types.

       3.      Activate the event type linkage.

In Customizing for the ERP system, choose Quality Management ® Environment ® Tools ® Communication with Quality Inspection Engines ® Archive Event Type Linkages for Confirmations.

       4.      Implement QPLEXT_COMM_TEC in the ERP system to switch to using background RFC as communication technology.

       5.      Perform standard Customizing for QM in SAP ERP.

In Customizing for the ERP system, define the activities that are relevant for you.

For more information about QM in the ERP system, see the SAP Library under SAP ERP Central Component ® Logistics ® Quality Management (QM).