SAP has a long-standing commitment to supporting our clients in managing their warehouse operations with outstanding adaptability and efficiency covering simple to complex requirements across industries. With LE-WM, Stock Room Management, SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), EWM for SAP S/4HANA, SAP Warehouse Management in SAP S/4HANA Cloud we are continuously evolving our solution portfolio to offer the right solution for every marketsegment.
With this Blog post we would like to give an insight on the most relevant questions when it comes to release strategy, important milestones and transformation project planning for SAP’s warehouse management solutions.
What is the release strategy for EWM for SAP S/4HANA?
We are continuously enhancing EWM for SAP S/4HANA with a clear focus on the following main themes:
- Embedded Artificial Intelligence features to increase warehouse efficiency, data-driven decision making, simplify user-experience
- Suite integration and modularization enabling a deep integration of warehousing processes to manufacturing and production, transportation management, order management and logistics network solutions
- Continuous extension of features and functions addressing industry needs
With Extended Warehouse Management as an integral component of SAP S/4HANA Private Cloud and onPremise we are shipping a major release in a two-year cycle (since SAP S/4HANA 2023). Additionally, we release in-between major releases, three feature packs with more innovations and features along our strategic north-star.
Learn more about the SAP S/4HANA release and maintenance strategy via SAP News Center - New SAP S/4HANA Release and Maintenance Strategy to Deliver Greater Innovation and Flexibility and SAP Maintenance Phases.
We recommend reviewing the SAP Road Map Explorer to learn more about the specific Future Features and innovations we are planning with upcoming SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain for Extended Warehouse Management releases.
What release milestones are relevant for planning the transformation of SAP EWM?
As a predecessor to EWM for SAP S/4HANA, SAP EWM 9.5, 9.4 and earlier releases, are highly productive at many of our customers. We recommend to check the specific maintenance plan for SAP EWM releases via the SAP Product Availability Matrix to understand, the important timelines of end of mainstream maintenance and to understand if there is extended maintenance available.
It is important to note that not all product versions have an availability of extended maintenance and have planned end of mainstream maintenance in 2025 (e.g. SAP EWM 9.4). Learn more about the maintenance timelines of SAP EWM via SAP Note 2911449 - Updated Maintenance Timelines for SAP EWM Product Versions.
If you are evaluating transformation options, we recommend the following SAP Blog Posts for further information - Transformation to SAP S/4HANA for Warehouse and Transportation Management and SAP Note 2976757 - SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit: Central Note for Transfer Data Directly from SAP System - S....
What is the difference between LE-WM and Stock Room Management?
For our customers who are currently operating their warehouses with LE-WM, the following aspects are important to consider as transformation strategy boundary conditions:
- LE-WM running on SAP ERP - please review the maintenance plan for your operative SAP ERP release via the SAP Product Availability Matrix.
- LE-WM running on SAP S/4HANA - LE-WM is running in the compatibility scope with restricted usage rights, that expire according to general Compatibility Scope guidelines. Please review SAP Note 2269324 - Compatibility Scope Matrix for SAP S/4HANA for further information.
- LE-WM running on SAP S/4HANA under RISE agreement there is an extended restricted usage rights period defined. Please review SAP Note 2269324 - Compatibility Scope Matrix for SAP S/4HANA for further information.
Stock Room Management is offering a subset of LE-WM functionalities. The offering is intended to enable our installed base customers to continue running their legacy Warehouse Management installations in SAP S/4HANA beyond the timelines of the compatibility scope.
Please review the following SAP Notes to learn more about Stock Room Management:
We would like to recommend the following SAP Blogs for further information around the topic of strategy, product versions and more:
