Making Settings for Serial Numbers (ERP System and EWM) 

To use serial numbers in Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), you must make the following Customizing settings:

Settings for the Serial Number Profile in the ERP System

In the ERP system, you can specify serial numbers with which you then work in EWM. To do so, you have executed the following in Customizing for the ERP system:

●      You have determined the serial number profile for the ERP system (ERP serial number profile).

For more information, see Logistics Execution ® Shipping ® Basic Shipping Functions ® Serial Numbers in the Implementation Guide (IMG) of the ERP.

Do not set up an ERP serial number profile with stock check in Customizing. Goods movement postings originating from EWM do not register serial numbers at the central ERP system. Therefore it is not possible to update serial number data in the ERP system. EWM does not register serial numbers in internal goods movement postings at the ERP system. Therefore, serial numbers in the ERP system do not receive qualified stock information.

●      You have assigned the ERP serial number profile to a material.

For more information, see Logistics ®  Logistics General (LO) ®  Logistics Master Data (LO-MD) ® Administration of Serial Numbers (LO-MD-SN) ®  Serial Number Profile ®  Enter Serial Number Profile in Material Master Record.

●      In Customizing for the EWM-specific parameters, you have selected EWM as the external warehouse management system. This results in the SN of WMS indicator being set automatically. In this case, you must make sure that the serial numbers are unique outside the system. In the ERP system and in EWM, there is no cross-system check of the serial numbers created.

For more information, see the IMG of the ERP system, under Logistics Execution ® Service Parts Management (SPM) ® Integrate SPM with Other Components ® Edit EWM-specific Parameters.

Settings for Using Serial Numbers in EWM

You have executed the following in Customizing for the ERP system so that you can use serial numbers in EWM:

You have determined warehouse number-independent serial number profiles for EWM (EWM serial number profiles) that are valid for all warehouses. You have also defined the assignment of these serial number profiles to the products. In doing so, you define which serial number requirement (serial numbers for document items, at warehouse number level, or in inventory management) EWM uses for which product.

For more information, see the IMG of the ERP system under Integration with Other SAP Components ® Extended Warehouse Management ® Additional Material Attributes ® Attribute Values for Additional Material Master Fields ® Define Serial Number Profile.

Settings for the Serial Number Profile in EWM

You have executed the following in Customizing for EWM:

●      If you want to overwrite a serial number profile that is not warehouse number-dependent with one that is warehouse number-dependent, you have defined a warehouse number-dependent serial number profile.

For more information, see the IMG for EWM under Master Data ® Product ® Define Serial Number Profiles ® Define Warehouse Number-Dependent Serial Number Profiles.

●      For serial numbers for document items, in Customizing for EWM you have determined the item types for which serial numbers are required, that is, you have set the SN indicator (relevant for document-related serialization) for these item types.

For more information, see the IMG for EWM:

○       Goods Receipt Process ® Inbound Delivery ® Manual Settings ® Define Item Types for the Inbound Delivery Process

○       Goods Issue Process ® Outbound Delivery ® Manual Settings ® Define Item Types for Outbound Delivery Process

○       Internal Processes in the Warehouse ® Delivery Processing ® Posting Changes ® Manual Settings ® Define Item Types for the Posting Change Process

○       Internal Processes in the Warehouse ® Delivery Processing ® Posting Changes ® Manual Settings ® Define Item Types for the Stock Transfer Process

●      If you are already executing a goods receipt posting, but you only want to specify the corresponding serial numbers at warehouse number level or in inventory management when you execute a further goods receipt process, you have set the Prov. SN. indicator in Customizing for EWM, under Master Data ® Product ® Define Serial Number Profiles ® Serial Numbers: Settings for Warehouse Number