There are several enhancements in embedded EWM for S/4 HANA 1709 that you can look forward to.Following are the detail list of enhancements ..
Warehouse Optimization
- Pallet algorithm
- Stock Consolidation
Industry related
Enhanced functionality
- QM feature parity
- Analytics (using CDS)
- Integration to embedded TM
Labor Management Enhancements
- Processor Data
- Shift Master Data
- Travel Distance Calculation
- Time & Attendance
- Labor Standards
- Tracking and Monitoring
TCI / TCO
- Skip delivery request objects
- “combined picking” with enhanced features
- Reduce Memory consumption of monitor nodes
- Simplify “loading status”
- Enhanced RF loading / picking transactions
Simplification
- Support changes of outbound deliveries which are replicated to EWM
Upgrade to less
- Enable de-installation of EWM on-top of ERP
Support Changes of the Outbound Delivery after handing over to EWM:
- Be able to change the LE delivery even handed over to EWM
- Offer the functionality for decentral EWM and EWM embedded in S/4HANA
Overall, the EWM S/4 release has the same scope and enhancements like the parallel EWM 9.5 release which is planned to be released later this year
