Managing resources in a warehouse environment can often feel like navigating a labyrinth, especially while configuring SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM). Recently many professionals in the field have shared their experiences, difficulties and challenges they faced during resource management and radio frequency (RF) configurations, often feeling time consuming and overwhelmed by the sheer volume of choices and settings available. These challenges can lead to inefficiencies and frustration, hindering the overall productivity of the warehouse.
As someone who has walked this path and understands the complexity involved, I am committed to at least try helping everyone for simplifying the process. This encouraged me to put down some information together at one place and I believe this breakdown of the key elements of SAP EWM Resource Management and RF configurations into manageable minimalistic configuration steps may be useful for some of us trying to achieve same.
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Configuration:
Define Resource Group
Use T-code /SCWM/RGRP to define different resource groups according to requirements
Maintain Resource Type
You can define your Resource Types using T-code /SCWM/60000166 and can assign Bin Access Type & HU Type Group as per requirement
Define Queue Type
Using T-code /SCWM/30000042 you can define queue types in warehouse that will influence warehouse orders selection for a resource assigned to corresponding queue
Define Queues
Using T-code /SCWM/60000167 you can define queues for warehouse
Define Queue Determination Criteria
From same T-code /SCWM/60000167 you can also configure queue determination criteria. Here you can assign Source & Destination Activity Areas, Activity Type, Warehouse Process Type, Activity to the corresponding Queues and based on this configuration warehouse tasks can be assigned
Define Queue Access Sequences
And from same T-code /SCWM/60000167 you can configure sequence for accessing the queues for your warehouse, and based on this configuration system will search for a queue for a warehouse tasks
Assign Queue Sequence to Resource Group
Use T-code: /SCWM/QSEQ to assign queue sequence to resource groups
Define your Presentation Profile
IMG > SCM Extended Warehouse Management > Extended Warehouse Management > Mobile Data Entry > Radio Frequency (RF) Framework > Define Steps in Logical Transactions
Define Personalization Profile
From same IMG configuration you can define Personalization Profiles as per requirement
Assign presentation profiles to warehouse
Use T-code: /SCWM/09000414 assign presentation profiles to your warehouse
Create Display Profiles
You can use Screen manager T-code /SCWM/RFSCR to create display profiles
Maintain RF screens using Screen Manager
Use T-code /SCWM/RFSCR and provide Display Profile, Application, Presentation Profile, and Personal Profile and other relevant details to maintain corresponding RF screen
And design your RF screens as per your specific requirements
Maintain Presentation Device
Use T-code /SCWM/PRDVC to maintain presentation devices and assign display profile
Define Resources
Define Resources using T-code: /SCWM/RSRC and select respective resource Type, Resource Group and assign default device and Queue
Maintain Users
Use T-code /SCWM/USER to maintain users and assign warehouse, relevant personalization profile and resource. Here you can also configure if user should be able to automatically login to the RF UI.
Maintain RF Menu
Use T-code /SCWM/RFMENU to maintain menu for your RF screen
Now you should be able to use and test according to your resource management configurations using the RF UI T-code /SCWM/RFUI
You may have already noticed several other nice blogs about “SAP EWM RF developments” or even “Modifying Mobile RF Screen Sequences in EWM” so I will conclude here without getting further into those details in this blog.
