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 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.

    Note Note

    To use the BAdI, in Customizing choose Start of the navigation path Customer Relationship Management Next navigation step Transactions Next navigation step Settings Before Sales Transactions Next navigation step Business Add-Ins Next navigation step Business Add-In for Data Exchange. End of the navigation path

    This BAdI contains the method CRM_DATAEXCH_R3D_MBDOC_FILL, which you can use to set an indicator to trigger a new availability check.

    End of the note.

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 has set this indicator, either SAP ERP or SAP CRM generates the billing document automatically. After the outbound delivery has been generated, EWM triggers confirmation of the data for direct billing. SAP ERP receives this data and performs billing. If the system performing the billing is SAP CRM, SAP ERP forwards the data to the accounting 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 EWMunder Start of the navigation path Interfaces Next navigation step ERP Integration Next navigation step Delivery Processing Next navigation step Define Number Ranges for ERP Documents End of the navigation path .

  • 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 .

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Activities

In order to create messages for processing outbound deliveries, you must perform the relevant processes using the appropriate user interface .