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Goods receipts/issues for cost centers in EWM

former_member504446
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Dear gurus,

right now our stock is managed using SAP MM only, with many manual processes. We would like to implement EWM in order to use its way more advanced features for stock management.

Problem is: The organization is a hospital. Thus, more than 90% of our goods issues are not for manufacturing (SAP PP) or sales (SAP SD), but mere issues for cost centers (movement type 201).

Now we are wondering if and how this could be implemented in SAP EWM. As far as I know, EWM requires a delivery document for any goods issue process. So do we have to create a customer record for each cost center to be able to issue goods using EWM? Do we have to create a billing document to post the material’s cost to the cost center?

I imagine that would be very inefficient compared to the straightforward 201-issue we do now…

Thank you
Alicia

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Daniil
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Hi Alicia,

As soon as you have EWM managed storage location and you post goods issue from there instead of material document creation you get outbound delivery, your plant should have assigned business partners (supplier and customer). Cost center is transferred to EWM as a cost center in delivery accounting view (EWM), so you do not need to have a customer for every cost center.

Process can be triggered from EWM ( available from S4HANA 2020), with unplanned goods issue, such process can be used if you consume something without planning (e.g. you move 20 PC of some material to special bin and it be automatically posted with background job to predefined cost center).

BR,

Daniil

nikhilnegi1
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Hi Alicia,

If EWM is must have in your case then the simplest solution will be the use of transaction /SCWM/ADGI. Assuming you have an embedded EWM setup.

Regards,

Nikhil Negi

JuergenPitz
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Hi,

"Problem is: The organization is a hospital. Thus, more than 90% of our goods issues are not for manufacturing (SAP PP) or sales (SAP SD), but mere issues for cost centers (movement type 201)."

So my assumption is that you do not really have complex warehouse requirements? Why use then a solution like EWM, which is build for bigger warehouse? Better stick with classic WM / Stock room management, that should satisfy all your requirements. And probably even lean WM is good enough (the main requirement here would be that all your materials have a fixed bin).

What are the "more advanced" features you require?

Brgs

Juergen

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dzombache
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What kind of answer is this?

Instead of bringing / expanding the functionality in EWM - labeled by SAP as somewhat a strategic product when it comes to warehousing, we have a "go to practically 30 year old software" answer.

And that would be OK if SAP wasn't pushing EWM as a product and futureproof go-to solution for both big and high complexity warehouses on the one side, and small-mid sized low complexity warehouses on the other side.

For ex, I am working on a project in which customer insists on EWM embedded on S/4HANA - how can I say that the solution doesn't provide what they need when it is marketed as "crème de la crème"? Btw, the customer has BOTH inbound/outbound distribution center kind of warehouse AND issue to PM order & internal consumption GI processes (movement types 201, 241, 261 fot internal order etc).

To be clear, EWM can respond to their needs, but just like you said - in many cases it's just too complex for some scenarios. That issue should be addressed ASAP by SAP EWM team if the goal is to offer a complete solution.

BR,

Milan

Andreas_Mergler
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