Regarding Basic Warehouse Management (Embedded EWM Basic) features

[former_member634748]

Hello All,

I am currently trying to understand the features of Basic Warehouse Management (Embedded EWM Basic) and identify the features that will not be available when migrated from LE-WM to Basic Warehouse Management (Embedded EWM Basic) in S/4.

(a) Regarding grouping and releasing of the outbound delivery requests in Basic Warehouse Management (Embedded EWM Basic).

Warehouse Management System (LE-WM) has the capability to group together outbound deliveries or transfer requests according to certain selection criteria such as time. Wave pick is a special group type and all the grouped requests are processed together. Logistics handlers use RF guns to process the grouped requests in the wave one after the other.

Question 1: Does Basic Warehouse Management (Embedded EWM Basic) have the above capability to group outbound deliveries and release them together ?

If yes, then is the grouping capability same as the wave pick capability based on time constraint ?

I am not looking for any of the below advanced capabilities.

(a) use of wave template
(b) automatic creation of wave and release of the waves
(c) splitting or combining the outbound warehouse requests based on activity are, route, or product.

Question 2: Is Two-step pick functionality available in Basic Warehouse Management (Embedded EWM Basic) ? Step 1 corresponds to picking in a given zone. Step 2 corresponds to allocation of picked items to the individual requirements (orders).

Question 3: Is Interleaving available in Basic Warehouse Management (Embedded EWM Basic) ?

Question 4: My understanding is that interaction with external systems using Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) is available irrespective of use of Embedded EWM Basic or Embedded EWM Advanced. Please confirm if my understanding is correct.

Question 5: Documentation (link) on features of Basic Warehouse Management (Embedded EWM Basic) Release 1909 is very limited. Given the limited documentation, it is difficult to interpret when a feature encroaches into the Embedded EWM Advanced functionality. Where can i read more about Basic Warehouse Management ?

Reference documentation for above questions.

1. Basic Warehouse Management (Embedded EWM Basic) Release 1909: Documentation link
2. Advanced Warehouse Management (Embedded EWM Advanced) Release 1909: Documentation link
3. Warehouse Management System (WMS) Release 1909: Documentation link
4. SAP Extended Warehouse Management Roadmap 1909: Documentation link

[former_member634748]

Below are the responses i received from my SAP contact.

Question 1: Basic EWM has the ability to release outbound deliveries together – this would have to be driven manually and you would be limited to what you could do. They cannot be grouped together and we could not automate this process in basic EWM. In basic EWM you can still combine picking but for advanced waving features you will need Advanced EWM. I would suggest to use advanced EWM for this features rather than drive workarounds.

Question 2: Two step in picking is available in basic. Again, there would be some limitations here based on not using wave functionality. I would suggest to use Advanced EWM for two-step picking and having this driven by a wave.

Question 3: Interleaving is an advanced feature however there are some workarounds for basic EWM, for example, we can use queue management for a particular device/resource. The workarounds could be challenging to maintain, I would suggest to use advanced EWM and drive more efficient operations and stay away from long-term workarounds.

Question 4: Yes, EDI is available with both basic and advanced. EDI is required when using a non-SAP system. Most of the EDI traditionally is carried out in ECC rather than in the warehousing component. If you go decentralized, we suggest doing the EDI through S/4 HANA or ECC so you don’t have multiple transaction points for the EDI.

[JuergenPitz]

Hm,

"Two step in picking is available in basic."

Did your contact explain how this should be done without using wave management?

Brgds

Juergen

[Andreas_Mergler]

Hi Gautham,

If you mean DESADV messages I would answer "yes". As you are "embedded" you can easily set up the typical IDocs for your ERP deliveries.

BR

Andreas

[former_member634748]

Hello Andreas,

Thanks for your reply regaridng Notifications.

[Andreas_Mergler]

Hi Gautham,

@Q1: No, waves is the feature you would use. You can try to play around with selection variants for /SCM/PRDO and background jobs.

@Q2 and Q3: I think that should be ok, but I am not 100% sure. You can use reports /SCWM/RP_COMPLIANCE_CHECK and /SCWM/RP_LICENCE_ANALYSIS to find out more. The F1-documentation for the reports might help, too.

@Q4: Yes, you can use the IDoc interface to connect a MFS (similar to OMKY in WM)

Best Regards Andreas

[former_member634748]

Thanks Andreas for your reply.

Below is my understanding of your reply and I also have a follow-up question linked to Question 1.

Grouping outbound deliveries and releasing in not the same as the wave pick capability based on time constraint.

Question: Does Embedded EWM Basic have wave picking feature based on time constraint ?

Currently the team uses the wave picking functionality and going to S/4 Embedded is an option in future. If Embedded EWM Basic does not have the wave picking feature, then the organization is forced to buy Embedded EWM Advanced license. SAP has made it very clear that license will have to be purchased even if the organization is using just one of the many advanced features.

Please help me with my question.

[former_member634748]

Forgot to add one more question:

Question: Does Embedded EWM Basic have the ability to send Notifications when goods are received and/or delivered ?

Sorry, I can't find much documentation on Embedded EWM Basic. So I think it is good to ask in the community as the answers will help others and is much better than assuming. Please advise.