Start in the EWM System 

Purpose

You start the Kit to Stock process in the EWM system by manually creating a VAS order for kit to stock.

Prerequisites

The following prerequisites must be fulfilled in the EWM system:

●      You have defined a VAS order type for kit to stock.

●      You have defined document types for the inbound delivery and for the outbound delivery order, which are intended for the Kit to Stock process. These document types are assigned to the VAS order type.

●      You have defined item types for the inbound delivery and for the outbound delivery order. These item types are valid for the document types mentioned previously, and are assigned to the VAS order type.

●      A packaging specification exists for the kit product.

●      Optional: A bill of materials in the ERP system exists for the kit product.

Process

       1.      You create the VAS order manually in the EWM system.

You can either create the VAS order with or without a bill of material.

If you create a VAS order with a bill of material, the system attempts to find and explode a bill of material in the ERP system for the kit product.

If you create a VAS order without a bill of material, you must specify the kit components manually, as well as the kit product.

The system automatically determines the quantities of the kit components using the number of kits that are to be created. This only applies if you have created the VAS order with a bill of material.

You can configure the system so that an availability check takes place for the kit components. If the system is unable to confirm a component completely, it reduces the quantities of other components and kit quantities automatically. If a component cannot be confirmed, the system fails to create a VAS order.

The system generates an inbound delivery for the kit header, and an outbound delivery for the kit components.

       2.      The system transfers both deliveries to the ERP system. Serializing the messages to the EWM system is done based on the document number of the ERP outbound delivery. All confirmations from the EWM system to the ERP system are also serialized based on the document number of the ERP outbound delivery.

The system does not generate an outbound delivery request or an inbound delivery notification.

You can find the document number of the VAS order in the form of a document flow entry for all items of the inbound delivery and outbound delivery order.

       3.      During confirmation of goods issue of the kit components and of goods receipt of the kit in the EWM system, goods receipt and goods issue are automatically confirmed to the ERP system.

For more information about the process flow for a VAS order, see Kit Creation Using a VAS Order.