Peter Zollner has 15 years of experience in logistics for SAP Consulting, including five years as a solution architect for SAP EWM. He has worked on complete implementations of SAP EWM projects across Europe.

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· ... Foreword ... 13

· ... Preface ... 15

· ... Who Should Read This Book? ... 16

· ... Structure and Content ... 16

· ... Prerequisites ... 17

· ... Acknowledgments ... 19

· 1 ... Flexible Warehouse Management with Extended Warehouse Management ... 21

· 1.1 ... Warehouse Management with Standardized Software: Deployment, Configuration, and Enhancement ... 22

· 1.2 ... Flexibility of Extended Warehouse Management ... 22

· 1.3 ... Summary ... 27

· 2 ... Architecture ... 29

· 2.1 ... Delivery Processing ... 30

· 2.2 ... Warehouse Logistics ... 51

· 2.3 ... Inventory Management ... 70

· 2.4 ... Quality Inspection ... 79

· 2.5 ... Integration with ERP Systems ... 100

· 2.6 ... Summary ... 144

· 3 ... Frameworks and Development Tools in Extended Warehouse Management ... 147

· 3.1 ... Warehouse Management Monitor ... 147

· 3.2 ... Easy Graphics Framework and Measurement Services ... 157

· 3.3 ... Radio Frequency Framework ... 175

· 3.4 ... Post Processing Framework ... 218

· 3.5 ... Key User Extensibility for Custom Fields ... 229

· 3.6 ... Work Center ... 238

· 3.7 ... Summary ... 258

· 4 ... Enhancing SAP Best Practices for Embedded EWM ... 259

· 4.1 ... Introduction to SAP Best Practices for Embedded EWM ... 260

· 4.2 ... Basic Warehouse Inbound Processing from Supplier: 1FS ... 267

· 4.3 ... Warehouse Inbound Processing from Supplier with Batch Management: 1V5 ... 284

· 4.4 ... Outbound Process Using Pick Handling Units as Shipping Handling Units: 1G2 ... 318

· 4.5 ... Outbound Process Using Wave, Pick Handling Units, Packing, Staging, and Loading: 1V7 ... 342

· 4.6 ... Physical Inventory in Warehouse: 1FW ... 366

· 4.7 ... Summary ... 374

· 5 ... Function Modules, Methods, and APIs for Extended Warehouse Management ... 375

· 5.1 ... Transaction Manager for a Logical Unit of Work in Extended Warehouse Management ... 376

· 5.2 ... EWM API Concept ... 378

· 5.3 ... External APIs ... 380

· 5.4 ... Service Class for Filling Stock Fields ... 380

· 5.5 ... Date and Time for Time Zone of Warehouse Number ... 381

· 5.6 ... Cross-Application Constants ... 382

· 5.7 ... Create and Extend Application Log ... 383

· 5.8 ... Read EWM Deliveries and Warehouse Requests ... 385

· 5.9 ... Change EWM Deliveries or Warehouse Requests ... 387

· 5.10 ... Read Warehouse Product Master ... 388

· 5.11 ... Create/Change Warehouse Product Master Records ... 390

· 5.12 ... Service Class Batch Management ... 392

· 5.13 ... Read Warehouse Task ... 393

· 5.14 ... Create/Confirm and Cancel Warehouse Task ... 394

· 5.15 ... Select Handling Units from Database ... 396

· 5.16 ... Create and Change Handling Units ... 398

· 5.17 ... Get Stock ... 399

· 5.18 ... Posting Change of Stock ... 401

· 5.19 ... Select, Release, Split, and Merge Waves ... 404

· 5.20 ... Get Transportation Units ... 408

· 5.21 ... Change Transportation Unit ... 410

· 5.22 ... Read and Determine Packaging Specifications ... 411

· 5.23 ... Create/Change/Copy/Delete Packaging Specifications ... 412

· 5.24 ... Service Class for Radio Frequency Framework ... 412

· 5.25 ... Summary ... 413

· 6 ... Useful Business Add-Ins within Extended Warehouse Management ... 415

· 6.1 ... Delivery Processing ... 417

· 6.2 ... Waves ... 425

· 6.3 ... Warehouse Tasks ... 433

· 6.4 ... Warehouse Orders ... 453

· 6.5 ... Exception Handling ... 461

· 6.6 ... Summary ... 462

· ... Appendices ... 463

· A ... Programming Guidelines in Extended Warehouse Management for Enhancements ... 465

· B ... Migrating SAP EWM to EWM in SAP S/4HANA ... 471

· C ... The Authors ... 479

· ... Index ... 481