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Process documentationOutbound Processing with Dock Appointment Scheduling in EWM

 

When you plan to send goods of several outbound delivery orders (ODOs) with the same transport, transportation planning is done in SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) and SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling. For ODOs that are not transported by a regular route, you can use manual planning functionality in the shipping cockpit for creation of transportation units (TUs) and assignment of ODOs to the TUs. For each TU, an appointment is automatically created in SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling. You can use SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling for capacity planning of appointments or TUs onto loading points. After appointments or TUs are planned in SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling and have a fixed planned time for arrival and departure, a background job can be used to plan the movement of goods of the TUs onto staging areas and staging area bays. Also, manual planning of staging areas in the Shipping Cockpit is possible. Based on the planned TUs, the warehouse execution can start. From within the shipping cockpit, the progress of warehouse execution can be monitored by the shipping office clerk. When the truck arrives at the warehouse, all necessary tasks, such as arrival at checkpoint, arrival at door, and so on, can be performed from the shipping cockpit. You can also post the arrival at checkpoint in SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling. After the goods are loaded into the truck, which can be monitored in the shipping cockpit, the tasks for finalizing the truck, such as posting goods issue, departure from door and checkpoint, and so on, can be performed from the shipping cockpit. You can also post the departure from the checkpoint in SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling.

Prerequisites

You have installed the component SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling.

Process

  1. In SAP ERP, sales orders and outbound deliveries are created and transferred to SAP EWM.

  2. For ODOs not carrying a regular route, manual planning of ODOs onto TUs can be performed in the shipping cockpit.

  3. For planned TUs, a provisional appointment is automatically created in SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling.

  4. Capacity planning of the provisional appointments and the assignment of a carrier to the appointment are performed in SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling.

  5. Optional: Capacity planning can also be performed in the shipping cockpit.

  6. Once the appointments or TUs have fixed planned times, for example, for the beginning of staging and the arrival and departure from yard, a background job can be used to assign a staging area bay to the goods assigned to the planned TU. Optionally, the wave creation can be performed by the background job as well.

  7. Optional: For planned TUs from SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling, door and staging area planning can be manually performed in the shipping cockpit.

  8. Optional: For planned TUs, a picking wave creation can be performed from within the shipping cockpit.

  9. Warehouse processing, such as picking, packing and staging of the goods, is performed in the warehouse and can be monitored in the shipping cockpit by the display on status.

  10. The necessary tasks for the arrival of the truck, such as arrival at checkpoint, assignment to a door, and so on, are performed in the shipping cockpit.

  11. Optional: The arrival at checkpoint of the truck can be captured in SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling.

  12. The arrival at the door of the truck can be performed in the shipping cockpit.

  13. The loading of the truck is performed in the warehouse.

  14. The necessary tasks for the departure of the truck, such as closing the truck, departure from door, and so on, are performed in the shipping cockpit.

  15. Optional: Departure from checkpoint is performed in SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling.