SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)

As one of the central components of SAP EWM, delivery processing handles the basic business documents for executing all warehouse processes on the one hand; on the other hand, it provides the interface for incorporating external (and independent) order management systems.

With the “work management,” “warehouse organization,” and “resource management” functionalities in SAP EWM, you can allocate scarce resources such as employees and conveyor technology optimally. This way, you can reduce operating costs for the warehouse and use capacities efficiently. In addition, SAP EWM can help you automate processes.

Production integration in SAP EWM subdivides production supply into two steps: “provision” and “consumption.” This allows provision processes to be designed product-specifically and optimally. At the same time, the consumption of parts is allocated precisely to the appropriate production order and booked accordingly.

SAP EWM offers various possibilities for getting an up-to-date overview of warehouse activities. On the one hand, current information can be called up and data extracted for reporting. On the other hand, it is possible to intervene actively in the processes in order to react immediately to unforeseeable events. These extensive monitoring and reporting functionalities will help reduce warehouse logistics costs.

Thanks to the integration into SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM), transport planning and warehouse-internal flows can be attuned to one another. The close interlocking of the supply chain achieved this way reduces transport costs and helps further increase the efficiency of the processes in question.

Personnel costs result in high costs for handling storage processes. By using resource management, work packages for particular storage activities can be formed using SAP EWM in order to deploy the available resources in the warehouse optimally. This reduces the throughput time for orders and increases productivity in executing the processes.

SAP EWM synchronizes and bundles orders from SAP and other ERP systems in order to insert the work efficiently into the operative workflow. The result of order bundling is waves that are generated automatically in order to level out the utilization of the warehouse and maximize the performance of storage activities.

A characteristic feature of SAP EWM is its ability to plan activities. The system can plan the deployment of resources and capacities in advance since all required information for the handling of warehouse processes is on hand. This ensures that storage needs can be addressed faster and more flexibly.

It’s easy to control highly automated, complex warehouse technology with SAP EWM. This eliminates the need for interfaces to external systems or additional warehouse control computers. In turn, this reduces development and maintenance costs for external systems and guarantees direct communication of the systems. The SAP EWM component SAP EWM MFS (Material Flow System) is suitable for controlling pallet and container conveyor technology and connected automatic storage systems.