SAP EWM is an alternative of traditional SAP Warehouse Management (SAP WM) solution coming with ECC. Initially SAP EWM was developed as a part of SCM (Supply Chain Management) solution. EWM stands for extended warehouse management. It handle warehouse management processes like goods movement and stock management etc.
Apart from WM, extended ware house management solution provides more efficient, faster and managing complex logistics solutions. It can handle large data in real-time. This tutorial provides information about its history, EWM transaction codes, EWM core processes and PDF training materials for your reference. A comparison table between WM V/s EWM is also added along with this EWM tutorial.
SAP EWM History
Following infographic shows the history of releases and development happened with SAP Extended warehouse management solution.
SAP EWM Functionalities
Here is the list of SAP EWM functionalities. You will get the difference between WM and EWM from this functionality comparison table.
| Functionality | EWM | WM |
|---|---|---|
| Manage Stock at Storage Location | ✔ | ✔ |
| Warehouse Bin Management | ✔ | ✔ |
| Placement Strategies | ✔ | ✔ |
| Removal Strategies | ✔ | ✔ |
| Pick Logic | ✔ | ✔ |
| Replenishment | ✔ | ✔ |
| Standard Mobile RF Technology | ✔ | ✔ |
| Storage Unit Management | ✔ | ✔ |
| Handling Unit Management | ✔ | ✔ |
| Yard Management | ✔ | ✔ |
| Enhanced Configurable RF Technologies | ✔ | ☓ |
| Task & Resource Management | ✔ | ☓ |
| Expected Goods Receipt | ✔ | ☓ |
| Value Added Services | ✔ | ☓ |
| Opportunistic Cross Docking | ✔ | ☓ |
| Dynamic Cycle Counting | ✔ | ☓ |
| Unloading/Loading of Transportation Units | ✔ | ☓ |
| Deconsolidation | ✔ | ☓ |
| Slotting & Re-Arrangements | ✔ | ☓ |
| Labour Management | ✔ | ☓ |
| Task Interleaving | ✔ | ☓ |
| Standard Voice Picking | ✔ | ☓ |
| Standard Material Flow System Integration | ✔ | ☓ |
| Analytics Enablement | ✔ | ☓ |
| Standard Integration with SAP TMS | ✔ | ☓ |
| Standard Dock Appointment | ✔ | ☓ |
| Scheduling Standard Weigh Scale Integration | ✔ | ☓ |
SAP EWM Core Processes
Following infographic shows the core processes handled by SAP Extended Warehouse management.
SAP EWM Tcodes
Here is a sample list of transaction codes used with Extended Warehouse Management.
- Warehouse Management Monitor /SCWM/MON
- Physical Goods Receipt /SCWM/GR
- Load /SCWM/LOAD
- Pickup /SCWM/SGI
- Move Product /SCWM/ADPROD
- Display Storage Bin /SCWM/LS03
- See the full list of SAP EWM Tcodes
SAP EWM PDF Tutorials & Training Materials
- How to Adjust User Interfaces (UI) in SAP EWM – PDF Guide
- How to Use PPF in SAP EWM – PDF Training
- Outbound process handling in EWM
- Quality Inspection Process Using EWM and QM in SAP ERP
- SAP EWM Architecture and Programming
- SAP Extended Warehouse Management 9.5 Upgrade
- SAP Extended Warehouse Management overview – Release 7.02 – User Manual in PDF
Some Basic Questions & Answers
What is the full form of SAP EWM?
SAP EWM stands for SAP Extended Warehouse management. It is a more advanced warehouse management solution.Which tcode is used for cancel picking in SAP EWM?
Transaction code /SCWM/CANCPICK is used for picking cancellation in SAP EWM.Which transaction code is used for Schedule Replenishment?
Tcode /SCWM/REPL is used for this purpose in SAP EWM.Which tcode is used for maintain outbound delivery?
Transaction code /SCWM/FD is used for this purpose.