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Merchandise Distribution

CUSTOMER Document Version: 2012_SP35 – January 25, 2013


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Table of Contents Merchandise Distribution ....................................................................................................... 5 Required Master Data for Merchandise Distribution .............................................................. 9 Customizing Settings in SAP ERP ....................................................................................... 15

Introduction ....................................................................................................................... 16 Maintaining General Settings for Merchandise Distribution ............................................. 18

Creating Distribution System Profile ............................................................................. 19 Assigning Distribution System Profiles to Warehouse Numbers .................................. 20 Defining Adjustment Profile .......................................................................................... 21 Generating Additional Material Master Fields ............................................................... 22 Maintaining Adjustment Profile in Article/Material Master ............................................ 23 Defining Site Profiles for Merchandise Distribution ...................................................... 24 Maintaining Distribution Profile in Site .......................................................................... 25 Defining Adjustment Profiles per Processing Method .................................................. 26 Defining Distribution Profile of Article/Material in DC ................................................... 27 Copying Sales Document Type .................................................................................... 28 Assigning Incompleteness Procedures to the Sales Document Types ........................ 29 Copying Item Categories of Allocation Table ............................................................... 30 Copying Allocation Table Types ................................................................................... 32

Connecting Warehouse to a Plant (DC) ........................................................................... 34 Defining Storage Location in the DC ............................................................................ 35 Assigning Warehouse Number to Site/Storage Location ............................................. 36 Assigning Storage Location Determination with Situation ............................................ 37

Maintaining Additional Settings for Prepacking ................................................................ 38 Activating Additionals .................................................................................................... 39 Maintaining Split Criteria for Follow-On Documents in Allocation ................................ 40 Assigning UC Partner Function .................................................................................... 41 Creating Dummy Material for Additional ....................................................................... 42 Assigning Dummy Additional to Article/ Material Master .............................................. 43 Assigning Additionals Procedure to Vendor Master ..................................................... 44 Splitting a Collective Purchase Order by Recipient ...................................................... 45 Maintaining Vendor MD to Split Collective PO by Recipient ........................................ 46

Maintaining Adjustment Profile in SAP ERP .................................................................... 47 Customizing Settings in SAP EWM ..................................................................................... 48

Defining Reference Document Categories ....................................................................... 49 Defining Warehouse Process Types ................................................................................ 50 Defining MeDi Process for Warehouse Process Type ..................................................... 54 Maintaining Settings for Quantity Adjustment .................................................................. 55

Maintaining Specific Process Code .............................................................................. 56 Assigning Process Code to Process Code Profile ....................................................... 57 Defining Adjustment Profile .......................................................................................... 58 Defining Adjustment Method......................................................................................... 59 Maintaining Adjustment Profile in Product Master Data ............................................... 60 Maintaining Parallel Processing for Delivery (Optional) ............................................... 61 Activating Log for Quantity Adjustments (Optional) ...................................................... 62 Creating Simple Demo Cockpit (Optional) .................................................................... 63


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Merchandise Distribution

Merchandise distribution is a variant of cross-docking, which is particularly important in the retail industry.

When cross-docking, products that have arrived at the warehouse are brought from goods receipt directly to goods issue without being put away. Merchandise distribution means that retailers, for example, plan, control, and manage their flow of products or merchandise from the vendors via distribution centers to the stores or customers. Vendors already pre-package all items based on the relevant customer. This means that in the warehouse, when handling units arrive, they already contain information about the customer fro whom they are packed. These handling units can be mixed handling units; that means they can contain multiple items of an outbound delivery.

Prerequisites

In your SAP ECC system, you have switched on the retail solution.

In SAP ECC, you have specified how you want to distribute goods and whether you want to work with a push scenario or a pull scenario. Based on this information, SAP ECC creates purchase orders, outbound delivery orders, and inbound deliveries. (The purchase orders are usually collective purchase orders.)

When the process starts in the Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) system, which is part of SAP Supply Chain Management (SAP SCM), SAP ECC must have transferred the necessary outbound delivery orders and inbound deliveries to EWM.


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Process

SAP SCM

Create inbound

deliveries and outbound

delivery orders in EWM

Post GR and move

products to cross-

docking area

Assemble products by

customer and pick to

outbound delivery orders

This business process runs in SAP SCM.

1. Create inbound deliveries and outbound delivery orders in EWM

Based on sales orders, SAP ECC creates collective purchase orders and sends them to the relevant vendors. EWM receives inbound deliveries and outbound delivery orders from SAP ECC. Thus, for all outbound delivery orders, inbound deliveries exist in EWM, which supply the outbound delivery orders. The link is based on the purchase order reference number. The relation can be n:m.

2. Post GR and move products to cross-docking areas

Based on the information in the inbound delivery, EWM knows that no standard put-away takes place and that the products must be brought to a specific cross-docking area so that they do not block the goods receipt area.

3. Assemble products by customer and pick to outbound delivery orders

Instead of the standard put-away process, the products are brought to a place where they are grouped by customer. As the goods are already packed per customer, no repacking is done. Because the handling unit already contains (multiple) items of an outbound delivery, no deconsilidation or unpacking is done. The handling units are just passed to the outbound delivery.


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Result

The goods are ready to be loaded and to be shipped to each customer.


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Configuration Content for SAP EWM with Merchandise Distribution

The following sections give you an overview of the Customizing settings required for merchandise distribution.

For more information about the Customizing settings in SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM), see Customizing for SAP EWM under Extended Warehouse

Management Cross-Process Settings Cross-Docking (CD) Planned Cross-Docking

Merchandise Distribution Basic Settings for Merchandise Distribution .

Integration

You are using SAP enhancement package 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 with business function Retail, CD/FT_EWM Integration, and your system is defined as an SAP Retail system.

You have made all necessary settings between SAP ERP and SAP EWM according to the Integration Guide to set up a running system connection between these systems. For more information, see the SAP Solution Manager under

Solutions/Applications SAP SCM Configuration Structures SAP SCM 7.0

Basic Settings for SAP EWM

You have maintained all required master data. For more information, see Required Master Data for Merchandise Distribution [Page 9].

Features

For information about the Customizing settings in SAP ERP and SAP EWM, see the following:

Customizing Settings in SAP ERP [Page 15]

Customizing Settings in SAP EWM [Page 48]


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Required Master Data for Merchandise Distribution

For the merchandise distribution process, you must set up master data in addition to making the Customizing settings.

Activities

Merchandise Distribution Cross-Docking

Maintain the following master data.

Description Path

Create a product in SAP ERP and transfer it to SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) via CIF.

Start transaction W10T in SAP ERP to make sure to

have the SAP Easy Access menu for business function Retail, CD/FT_EWM Integration.

To create your article in SAP ERP, on the SAP Easy

Access screen, choose Logistics Retailing

Master Data Material Data Material Create .

To transfer your article to SAP EWM via CIF, you have to create an integration model first. On the SAP

Easy Access screen, choose Logistics Central

Functions Supply Chain Planning Interface Core

Interface Advanced Planner and Optimizer

Integration Model and then Create .

To activate your integration model on the SAP Easy

Access screen, choose Logistics Central



Integration Model and then Activate.

Create a supply chain unit of category 1008 Warehouse.

In SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose

Extended Warehouse Management Master Data

Maintain Supply Chain Unit .

Assign warehouse number 0001 to

the supply chain unit, that you have created before.

In Customizing for SAP EWM, choose Master

Data Assign Warehouse Numbers .

Create storage bin GR-MEDI in

storage type GRMD.

In SAP EWM on the SAP Easy Access screen,

choose Extended Warehouse Management

Master Data Storage Bin Create Storage Bin .

Create storage bin GI-MEDI in

storage type GIMD.




Create storage bin DR-MEDI in

storage type DRMD.




Create storage bin DI-MEDI in

storage type DIMD.





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Assign storage bin DR-MEDI to door

MDIN and storage bin DI-MEDI to

door MDOU.



Master Data Shipping and Receiving Assign

Door Storage Bin and Supply Chain Unit .

Choose staging area/door

determination group MEDI in product.



Master Data Product Maintain Warehouse

Product . On the Warehouse Data tab page, choose the group for the staging area and door determination in the Stock Removal group box.

Choose door determination inbound:

In case of process type FTCU and

staging area/door determination group

MEDI choose staging area

GRMD/0001, staging bay GR-MEDI,

and door MDIN.



Settings Shipping and Receiving Staging Area

and Door Determination (Inbound) .

Choose removal control indicator in product.




Product . On the Warehouse Data tab page, choose the removal control indicator in the Stock Removal group box.

Create resource MEDI-RSRC. In SAP EWM on the SAP Easy Access screen,


Master Data Resource Management Maintain

Resource .

Maintain user and assign resource MEDI-RSRC.




Users .

Choose door determination outbound:

In case of process type OMDX and



GIMD/0001, staging bay GI-MEDI,

and door MDOU.




and Door Determination (Outbound) .

Merchandise Distribution: Product-Driven Flow-Through


Description Path in Customizing

Create a product in SAP ERP and transfer it to SAP EWM via CIF.



To create your article in SAP ERP on the SAP Easy





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To activate your integration model, on the SAP Easy





Create storage bins, for example,

FTPD-INB-01, FTPD-MAIN-01, and

FTPD-OUTB-01 in storage type FTPD.





storage type GRMD.




Create storage bin GI-MEDII in

storage type GIMD.





storage type DRMD.





storage type DIMD.






door MDOU.





Choose staging area and door determination group MEDI in product.






In case of process type FTPD, and




and door MDIN.





Set up determination for a cross-docking work center: In case of

source storage type GRMD and HU

type group 0001 choose destination

data type FTPD, INB, FTPD-INB-01.



Master Data Work Center Determine Work

Center for Cross-Docking .





Product . On the Warehouse Data tab page,


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choose the removal control indicator in the Stock Removal group box.

Define consolidation group determination outbound to determine a consolidation group depending on a.customer.



Master Data Maintain Consolidation Group .




Resource .

Maintain user and assign resource MEDI-RSRC.




Users .


In case of process type OFTP and




and door MDOU.





We recommend to create the pick warehouse tasks after all stock has physically arrived on the cross-docking storage type.

Merchandise Distribution: Recipient-Driven Flow-Through


Description Path in Customizing

Create a product in SAP ERP and transfer it to SAP EWM via CIF.



To create your article in SAP ERP, on the SAP Easy








To activate your integration model, on the SAP Easy





Create storage bins in storage type In SAP EWM on the SAP Easy Access screen,



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FTCU using storage bin layout. Master Data Storage Bin Create Storage Bin .


storage type GRMD.




Create storage bin GI-MEDII in

storage type GIMD.





storage type DRMD.





storage type DIMD.






door MDOU.





Choose staging area/door determination group MEDI in product.






In case of process type FTCU, and




and door MDIN.









Product . On the Warehouse Data tab page, choose the removal control indicator in the Stock Removal group box.




Resource .

Maintain user and assign resource

MEDI-RSRC.




Users .


In case of process type OFTC and









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and door MDOU.

We recommend to create the pick warehouse tasks after all stock has physically arrived on the cross-docking storage type.


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Customizing Settings in SAP ERP

Procedure

In the introduction (see Introduction [Page 16]), you find introductory remarks and a list of prerequisites for setting up the Merchandise Distribution process in combination with SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM).

1. Maintain the general settings for merchandise distribution (see Maintaining General Settings for Merchandise Distribution [Page 18]).

2. Maintain the connection of a warehouse to a plant (see Connecting Warehouse to a Plant (CD) [Page 34]).

3. Maintain the additional settings for prepacking (see Maintaining Additional Settings for Prepacking [Page 38]).

4. Maintain an adjustment profile in SAP ERP (see Maintaining Adjustment Profile in SAP ERP [Page 47]).


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Introduction

The following sections describe the Customizing settings in SAP ERP that are required for carrying out the Merchandise Distribution process in combination with SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM). In this process, you can choose to plan merchandise distribution using an allocation table (push method) or a collective purchase order (pull method). The goods are then either repacked or moved immediately through the distribution center by means of processing methods, such as cross-docking or flow-through carried out in SAP EWM 7.0.

During procurement, at the head office, the allocation tables are used to plan, control, and monitor the procurement and allocation of goods to stores or customers.

In the case of collective purchase orders, however, procurement starts at the recipient. The recipient’s procurement documents are bundled to form a collective purchase order in the distribution center and after the procurement of the distribution center the goods are then distributed to the stores or customers.

Different processing methods are used in the distribution center to distribute articles from the allocation table and the collective purchase order.

The merchandise distribution processes in the distribution center have to be implemented in SAP EWM 7.0.

To implement the merchandise distribution functions in SAP ERP, you make settings for the following topics:

WM warehouse structures and integration settings to SAP EWM 7.0 (so far as necessary to prepare the decentralized SAP EWM scenario)

Merchandise distribution

Allocation table (only in a retail push scenario)

Supplementary logistics services

Seasonal procurement

Inbound delivery processing

Process specifications: These topics are described in detail in the Customizing guide. Unless stated differently, the guide describes the settings for the fashion, hard goods, and food sectors.

Prerequisites

For the connection process of SAP EWM between SAP Supply Chain Management and SAP ERP you must make all Customizing settings that are described in SAP

Solution Manager under Solutions/Applications SAP SCM Configuration

Structures SAP SCM 7.0 Basic Settings for SAP EWM . Choose the Configuration tab page and in the configuration guide choose Integration of SAP ERP with SAP EWM.

Active Business Function ERP EhP 3 and 4

You use SAP enhancement package 3 or 4 for SAP ERP 6.0 with business function Retail, CD/FT_EWM Integration, and your system is defined as an SAP Retail system.


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Organizational preparations to make sure that in case of flow-through no prepacked handling units and supplementary logistics service (SLS) items are generated.

Organizational compliance between SAP ERP and SAP EWM relevant Customizing in adjustment profiles and process methods at article and plant level

Use transaction W10T to display the retail-specific SAP Easy Access menu.


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Maintaining General Settings for Merchandise Distribution

Procedure

1. Create a distribution system profile (see Creating Distribution System Profile [Page 19]).

2. Assign distribution system profiles to warehouse numbers (see Assigning Distribution System Profiles to Warehouse Numbers [Page 20]).

3. Define adjustment profile (see Defining Adjustment Profile [Page 21]).

4. Generate additional material master fields (see Generating Additional Material Master Fields [Page 22]).

5. Maintain adjustment profile in article/material master (see Maintaining Adjustment Profile in Article/Material Master [Page 23]).

6. Define site profiles for merchandise distribution (see Defining Site Profiles for Merchandise Distribution [Page 24]).

7. Maintain distribution profile in site (see Maintaining Distribution Profile in Site [Page 25]).

8. Define adjustment profiles per processing method (see Defining Adjustment Profiles per Processing Method [Page 26]).

9. Define distribution profile of article/material in distribution center (see Defining Distribution Profile of Article/Material in DC [Page 27]).

10. Copy sales document type (see Copying Sales Document Type [Page 28]).

11. Assign incompleteness procedures to the sales document types (see Assigning Incompleteness Procedures to the Sales Document Types [Page 29]).

12. Copy item categories of allocation table (see Copying Item Categories of Allocation Table [Page 30]).

13. Copy allocation table types (see Copying Allocation Table Types [Page 32]).


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Creating Distribution System Profile

This setting controls in which systems (SAP ERP or external warehouse) the adjustment and execution of the merchandise distribution takes place.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Logistics Logistics – General

Merchandise Distribution Create Distribution System Profiles

Use standard profile 01 for adjustment in SAP ERP and profile 02 for adjustment in the external warehouse management system.


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Assigning Distribution System Profiles to Warehouse Numbers

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Logistics – General Merchandise

Distribution Assign Distribution System Profiles to Warehouse Numbers .


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Defining Adjustment Profile

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Integration with Other mySAP.com

Components Extended Warehouse Management Additional Material Attributes

Attribute Values for Additional Material Attributes Define Adjustment Profile .

Ensure that, from an organizational perspective, identical adjustment profiles have been defined in SAP ERP and in SAP Supply Chain Management.


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Generating Additional Material Master Fields

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Integration with Other mySAP.com

Components Extended Warehouse Management Additional Material Attributes

Generate Additional Material Master Fields .


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Maintaining Adjustment Profile in Article/Material Master

You can maintain this profile in SAP ERP and transmit it to SAP Extended Warehouse Management to select a specific adjustment logic. It has no effect in SAP ERP.

Procedure

1. On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics Merchandise Logistics

Logistics Execution Master Data Material Material Change Immediately .

2. On the WM Execution tab page, make the necessary entries for the material master and save them.

3. Start the Change Material (Initial Screen) transaction MM42.

4. In the Extended Warehouse Management view, make the necessary entries for the article master and save them.


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Defining Site Profiles for Merchandise Distribution

This profile is a central control profile for the merchandise distribution process at distribution center level. In this process, articles are procured under the condition that on procurement the recipients to which the articles are to be distributed are clearly specified.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Logistics - General Merchandise

Distribution Plant Profiles for Merchandise Distribution .

2. In the plant profile for merchandise distribution, select the Split IBD by UC indicator. SAP ERP then splits incoming inbound deliveries according to ultimate consignees. If you choose to shift all follow-on process decisions to the warehouse management system, the settings on process level do not apply for this SAP ERP configuration. A prerequisite is that you use distribution system profile 02.

If you select the Split IBD by UC indicator, an own item usage indicator SLSW

is the key for the delivery item category determination in inbound deliveries. These inbound deliveries split by the ultimate consignee uses the new item

categories ELSM and ELSW.


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Maintaining Distribution Profile in Site

Procedure

1. On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics Retailing Master Data

Plant Data Plant Change .

2. Enter a plant.

3. On the Purchasing/Distribution tab page, enter a distribution profile and save your entries.


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Defining Adjustment Profiles per Processing Method

In this step, you define how planned distributions are brought into line with the quantities actually delivered. Adjustments are either carried out in SAP ERP or in SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM), depending on the distribution system profile assigned to your warehouse number.

Adjustment in SAP ERP is only useful if you set the system distribution profile to 01 – adjustment in ERP. In case you choose this logic, be aware that SAP EWM can only receive adjusted outbound deliveries after goods receipt posting. In the other scenario, SAP EWM can receive non adjusted outbound deliveries in advance.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP choose Logistics – General Merchandise

Distribution Adjustment Profiles per Processing Method .

2. Create a new entry or copy existing entries.


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Defining Distribution Profile of Article/Material in DC

You use the distribution profile to specify in detail how a specific article is to be distributed in the distribution center. For example, the distribution profile specifies exactly which processing method should be used, as opposed to the site profile, which only specifies which methods are possible.

The distribution method controls how merchandise is distributed by each processing method, that is, recipient-driven (1) or merchandise-driven (2).

This profile is read by SAP ERP upon creation of collective purchase orders to filter allowed articles. The distribution method Recipient-driven distribution or Merchandise driven distribution is also passed on to SAP Extended Warehouse Management to trigger corresponding procedures.

Prerequisites

You have defined a suitable profile in the site master data and an adjustment profile for each processing method.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP choose Logistics – General Merchandise

Distribution Distribution Profile of Material in DC .


3. Maintain the necessary entries on the details screen.

This profile is assigned to the following:

o To the article on the SAP Easy Access screen under Logistics

Store Retailing Master Data Material Change in the Logistics: Distribution Center view in the General control parameters group box on the Logisitcs: DC tab page.

o To the material on the SAP Easy Access screen under Logistics

Retailing Merchandise Logistics Logistics Execution Master

Data Material Material Change Immediately in the Sales: General/Plant, General Plant Parameters group box.


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Copying Sales Document Type

To create sales orders as follow-on documents in allocation, you should use a special order type.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Sales and Distribution Sales Sales

Documents Sales Document Header Define Sales Document Types .

2. Copy your sales order type to a special order type. For example, copy sales order type OR Standard Order to sales document type ZTAA Standard Order Alloc.


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Assigning Incompleteness Procedures to the Sales Document Types

The system uses the incompleteness procedure to determine which fields are displayed in the incompleteness log if the user leaves this blank when processing a sales order. In Customizing for Sales and Distribution (SD), you can define an incompleteness procedure for each sales document type.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Sales and Distribution Basic Functions

Log of Incomplete Items Assign Incompleteness Procedures .

2. Choose the Assign Procedures to the Sales Document Types activity.

3. Remove the incompleteness procedure assignment for the sales document type, for example, incompleteness procedure 11 for sales document type ZTAA.


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Copying Item Categories of Allocation Table

The item category in the allocation table controls the logistics process from the procurement of an article to its receipt in the distribution center.

The item category proposes parameters for follow-on documents, for example:

Purchase Order

You use the indicator for the ship-to party of the vendor order to control whether a vendor order is to be generated (1) or not (blank) as well as who the ship-to party is.

For the item categories AAF1 and AUK1 the ship-to party is the distribution center, for

example. In this case, the standard purchase order NB is the order type.

Stock Transfer

Here, you specify whether stock is to be transferred from the distribution center to the recipient in the system by means of store orders (1) or sales orders (3), for example.

The relevant processing method for distributing stock in the distribution center is defined on the basis of the article master (0), to which the relevant distribution profile is assigned.

Prerequisites

Sales document type exists.

Procedure


Distribution Allocation Allocation Table Item Categories of Allocation Table .

2. Copy item category C PO via DC (UB - stock transfer order).

3. On the details screen copy the item category:

o C to AAF1 and AUK1, for example

o F to AAFA and AUKA, for example

4. Maintain the following entries:

o For the example item categories AAF1 and AUK1:

Item Category

Description ShipToParty VO (Goods Recipient of Vendor Purchase Order)

Stock Transfer

Pro. Meth. Determin. (Process Method Determination)

Order Type

Sales Order Type

AAF1 PO via DC (Store Order)

1 1 0 NB —

AUK1 PO via DC (Sales Order)

1 3 0 NB ZTAA

o For the example item categories AAFA and AUKA:


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Item Category

Description ShipToParty VO (Goods Recipient of Vendor Purchase Order)

Stock Transfer

Pro. Meth. Determin. (Process Method Determination)

Order Type

Sales Order Type

AAFA Use whse stock (Store)

— 1 0 — —

AUKA Use whse stock (Sales)

— 3 0 — ZTAA


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Copying Allocation Table Types

The allocation table type specifies various parameters for an allocation table, including default data, such as the item category or notification category.

The notification category in the allocation table controls the exchange of information between head office and the stores, and between head office and the distribution centers. The system is configured in such a way that head office first informs the stores of the allocation tables and, therefore, the quantities and delivery data of the articles to be distributed. This information is then confirmed by the stores and the required quantity is specified. This is controlled by notification category C Request notification. Customers, however, do not receive any notification because notification category A No notification is set.

Prerequisites

You have maintained the parameters for the following:

Item category

Notification category

Check schema

Application

Number range interval

Procedure


Distribution Allocation Allocation Table Allocation Table Types .

2. Copy the allocation table type.

3. On the details screen copy the item category:

o 0001 to AAF1 and AUK1, for example

o 0002 to AAFA and AUKA, for example

o 0005 to AAF2 and AUK2, for example

4. Maintain the following entries:

o For the example allocation table type AAF1 and AUK1:

Allocation Table Type Description Item Category Notification

AAF1 Standard alloc. Tbl AAF1 C

AUK1 Standard alloc. tbl (SO) AUK1 A

o For the example allocation table type AAFA and AUKA:


AAFA PO/sub-cont.ord. ref AAFA C

AUKA PO/sub-cont ref (SO) AUKA A


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o For the example allocation table type AAFA and AUKA:


AAF2 Contract reference AAF1 C

AUK2 Contract ref (SO) AUK1 A


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Connecting Warehouse to a Plant (DC)

Procedure

1. Define storage location in the distribution center (see Defining Storage Location in the DC [Page 35]).

2. Assign warehouse number to site or storage location (see Assigning Warehouse Number to Site/Storage Location [Page 36]).

3. Assign storage location determination with situation (see Assigning Storage Location Determination with Situation [Page 37]).


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Defining Storage Location in the DC

Create further storage locations to split stock for inventory management.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Enterprise Structure Definition Materials

Management Maintain Storage Location .

2. Enter a plant and continue.

3. Create a new entry or copy existing entries, for example, storage location 003 Merchandise Distribution.


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Assigning Warehouse Number to Site/Storage Location

Prerequisites

You have created at least one warehouse number.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP choose Enterprise Structure Assignment Logistics

Execution Assign Warehouse Number to Site/Storage Location .

2. Assign the storage location you defined in the preceding step to your warehouse number.


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Assigning Storage Location Determination with Situation

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Logistics – General Plant Master Control

Data Storage Location Determination .

2. Enter a plant and continue.


For cross-docking, use the 03 situation entry. For flow-through use the 04, 05, or 06 situation entry. Enter the necessary entries, for example, situation entry 03 Cross-Docking (CD) and storage location 0003 Merchandise Distribution.


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Maintaining Additional Settings for Prepacking

Procedure

1. Activate additionals (see Activating Additionals [Page 39]).

2. Assign ultimate consignee partner function (see Assigning UC Partner Function [Page 41]).

3. Create a dummy material for additional (see Creating Dummy Material for Additional [Page 42]).

4. Assign dummy additional to article or material master (see Assigning Dummy Additional to Article/ Material Master [Page 43]).

5. Assign procedure for additionals to vendor master (see Assigning Additionals Procedure to Vendor Master [Page 44])

6. Split collective purchase orders by recipient (see Splitting of Collective Purchase Orders by Recipient [Page 45]).

7. Maintain vendor master data to split collective purchase order by recipient (see Maintaining Vendor MD to Split Collective PO by Recipient [Page 46]).


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Activating Additionals

Procedure

1. Start the Retail Master Data - General Control transaction WSS1.

2. In the Control, additionals group box set additionals processing to active.


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Maintaining Split Criteria for Follow-On Documents in Allocation

If you want to generate a collective purchase order from the allocation table that should carry prepacking instructions (SLS sub items), you need to create separate vendor purchase orders per ultimate consignee. You can maintain this as a default in Customizing or select a start

parameter. To select a start parameter on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics

Purchasing Material Requirements Planning Environment Allocation Allocation table

Communication plant Create follow-on documents .

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Materials Management Purchasing

Allocation Allocation Table Maintain Split Criteria for Allocation Table Follow-On

Document Creation .

2. Set the plant as splitting criteria for the A Vendor Purchase Order follow-on document category of the allocation table.


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Assigning UC Partner Function

The ultimate consignee, partner function UC, is the final recipient, for example, a customer or a store. It needs to appear in the inbound delivery header in case of split by ultimate consignee

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Logistics Execution Shipping Basic

Shipping Functions Partners Set Up Partner Determination for Deliveries .

2. Check if partner function UC is assigned to partner determination procedure EL.


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Creating Dummy Material for Additional

You create a dummy additional for the “Prepacking” service.

Procedure

1. To create an article, start the Create Material (Initial Screen) transaction MM41. Use

material type VKHM.

2. To create a material master, on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics

Materials Management Material Master Material Create (General) Immediately

. Use material type VKHM.


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Assigning Dummy Additional to Article/ Material Master

You assign the dummy additional to each article or material that can be subject to prepacked cross-docking.

Procedure

1. Assign a dummy additional in one of the following ways:

o To assign a dummy additional to a material master, on the SAP Easy Access

screen, choose Logistics Store Retailing Master Data Material

Create .

1. Choose the Basic Data view and enter the required data.

2. Choose the Additional Data pushbutton and assign the dummy additional on the Additionals tab page.

o To assign a dummy additional to a material master, on the SAP Easy Access

screen, choose Logistics Store Retailing Master Data Material

Change .

1. Choose the Basic Data view and enter the required data.

2. Choose the Additional Data pushbutton and assign the dummy additional on the Additionals tab page.

There is a mass maintenance in Customizing for SAP ERP, under Sales

Additionals Mass Maintenance Additionals/ Materials Maintain

(WTAD_VKHM_MAINTAIN) .

You can use the Determination of SLS relevant Collective PO Items Business Add-In BAdI to convert the indicator for supplementary logistics service (SLS) relevance for an item of a collective purchase order if necessary. For more

information, see Customizing for SAP ERP under Logistics – General

Merchandise Distribution BAdI: Determination of SLS relevant Collective

PO Items .


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Assigning Additionals Procedure to Vendor Master

To create prepacking information in a collective purchase order, both the article and the vendor need to carry a corresponding profile

Procedure

1. On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics Retailing Purchasing

Material Requirements Planning Environment Allocation Environment Goods

Receipt Environment Additionals Mass Maintenance Method/Vendor

Maintain .

2. Assign the 0005 procedure for additionals to your vendor.


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Splitting a Collective Purchase Order by Recipient

Collective purchase orders that are generated by SAP can be split by ultimate consignee.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP ERP, choose Purchasing Seasonal Procurement PO

Processing General Settings Maintain Creation of Single-Store Purchase Orders

.

On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics Retailing

Merchandise Logistics Merchandise Distribution Collective Purchase

Order Create on the Seasonal Procurement tab page in the Scheduling and Grouping group box select Seasonal Procurement to create purchase order splits by ultimate consignee.


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Maintaining Vendor MD to Split Collective PO by Recipient

Collective purchase orders generated by SAP can be split by ultimate consignee. This results in multiple purchase orders both in collective purchase order creation and in allocation table vendor order.

Procedure

1. On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics Retailing Master Data

Vendor Data Edit Vendors Vendor Change Purchasing (Immed.) .

2. In the General data group box, select Control and enter the control screen.

3. In the Procurement and Monitoring group box, select the Rel. for Coll. No. checkbox. This indicator controls a purchase order split by ultimate consignee on vendor level.

On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Logistics Retailing Merchandise Logistics

Merchandise Distribution Collective Purchase Order Create and on the Seasonal Procurement tab page in the Scheduling and Grouping group box, select Seasonal Procurement to create purchase order splits by ultimate consignee.


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Maintaining Adjustment Profile in SAP ERP

If you want to use a quantity adjustment for the merchandise distribution, make the following settings.

Prerequisites

If you maintain the adjustment profile manually in SAP ERP as well as in SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM), make sure that it is maintained consistently.

Procedure

1. If you want to use the adjustment profile at product-header level in SAP EWM, you maintain the corresponding adjustment profile in Customizing for SAP ERP, under

Integration with Other mySAP.com Components Extended Warehouse

Management Additional Material Attributes Attribute Values for Additional Material

Master Fields Define Adjustment Profile . You also maintain the field in the product master header data in SAP ERP. The field is then automatically transferred in the product data to SAP EWM. For more information, see Maintaining Adjustment Profile in Product Master Data [Page 60].


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Customizing Settings in SAP EWM

Procedure

1. Define reference document categories (see Defining Reference Document Categories [Page 49]).

2. Define warehouse process types for merchandise distribution (see Defining Warehouse Process Types [Page 50]).

3. Define a merchandise distribution process for the warehouse process type (see Defining MeDi Process for Warehouse Process Type [Page 54]).

4. Maintain settings for quantity adjustment (see Maintaining Settings for Quantity Adjustment [Page 55]).


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Defining Reference Document Categories

Procedure

1. Define reference document categories for the inbound deliveries and the outbound deliveries, which use reference document type POM Purchase Order Merchandise Distribution for the delivery item types. This reference document type links the inbound and outbound deliveries.

For more information, see Customizing for Extended Warehouse Management

(EWM) under Cross-Process Settings Delivery Processing Reference

Documents Define Reference Document Type Profiles .

If you want to define reference document categories using the provided Business

Configuration Sets (BC Sets), on the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Tools

Customizing Business Configuration Sets Activation of BC Sets .

Activate the following BC Sets:

o /SCWM/DLV_MEDI_PO

o /SCWM/DLV_MEDI_SO

o /SCWM/MEDI_CD

o /SCWM/MEDI_FT_PRODUCT

o /SCWM/MEDI_FT_RECIPIENT

For more information about the Customizing that is contained in the BC sets, see the BC set documentation. If you do not activate the BC Sets you must do these activities manually.


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Defining Warehouse Process Types

Procedure

1. Define specific warehouse process types for merchandise distribution in Customizing

for SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM), under Cross-Process

Settings Warehouse Task Define Warehouse Process Type as merchandise distribution-specific settings are required. The warehouse process types for merchandise distribution separate the process variants for recipient-driven flow-through, product-driven flow-through, and merchandise distribution cross-docking.

The following warehouse process types are delivered and can be used as a template to define your own warehouse process types for merchandise distribution.

o Process Types for the Inbound Process:

FTCU Flow-Through Recipient-Driven Putaway

Field Input

Warehouse No. (Warehouse Number) For example, 0001

Whse Proc. Type (Warehouse Process Type)

For example, FTCU

Warehouse Process Type Description For example, Flow-Through Recipient-Driven Putaway

General Settings Group Box

Field Input

Whse Proc. Cat. (Warehouse Process Category) 1

Activity PTWY

WOCR Activity Area (Activity Area for Warehouse Order Creation Rule Search)

1

SI Control (Stock Identification Control) A

Manual WT Forbidden (Indicator: Manual Creation of Warehouse Task Forbidden)

Select the checkbox.

No Automatic Replenishment Select the checkbox.

Settings for Storage Process Group Box

Field Input

Storage Process FTCU

SDeactivation Allowed Select the checkbox.

FTPD Flow-Through Product-Driven Putaway


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Field Input



For example, FTPD

Warehouse Process Type Description For example, Flow-Through Product-Driven Putaway


Field Input


Activity PTWY


1






Field Input

Storage Process FTPD


MDCD Merchandise Distribution Cross-Docking

Field Input

Warehouse No. (Warehouse Number)

For example, 0001


For example, MDCD

Warehouse Process Type Description

For example, Merchandise Distribution Cross-Docking


Field Input


Activity PTWY


1


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Field Input

Storage Process MDCD


o Process Types for the Outbound Process:

OFTC Flow-Through Recipient-Driven Picking

Field Input



For example, OFTC

Warehouse Process Type Description For example, Flow-Through Recipient-Driven Picking


Field Input


Activity PICK

WO Rule (Warehouse Order Creation Rule Search) OFTP

SI Control (Stock Identification Control) C



OFTP Flow-Through Product-Driven Picking

Field Input



For example, OFTP

Warehouse Process Type Description For example, Flow-Through Product-Driven Picking



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Field Input


Activity PICK

WO Rule (Warehouse Order Creation Rule Search) OFTP




OMDX Merchandise Distr. Cross-Docking Picking

Field Input

Warehouse No. (Warehouse Number)

For example, 0001


For example, OMDX

Warehouse Process Type Description

For example, Merchandise Distribution Cross-Docking Picking


Field Input


Activity PICK

WO Rule (Warehouse Order Creation Rule Search) OMDX





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Defining MeDi Process for Warehouse Process Type

You can assign a merchandise distribution process to your previously defined warehouse process types. During the warehouse task creation the merchandise distribution process from the warehouse process type is taken to determine whether it is a merchandise distribution cross-docking and which merchandise distribution process, for example, recipient-based flow-through.

Procedure

1. Define a merchandise distribution process for the warehouse process type. To do this, in Customizing for SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM), choose

Cross-Process Settings Cross-Docking Planned Cross-Docking Merchandise

Distribution Define Merchandise Distribution Process for Warehouse Process Type

.

2. Create a new entry.

You can use one of the delivered assignments as a template to define your own assignments for merchandise distribution.

Warehouse Number Warehouse Process Type Merchandise Distribution Process

For example, 0001 FTCU 003 Recipient-Driven Flow-Through

For example, 0001 FTPD 002 Product-Driven Flow-Through

For example, 0001 MDCD 001 Cross-Docking

For example, 0001 OFTC 003 Recipient-Driven Flow-Through

For example, 0001 OFTP 002 Product-Driven Flow-Through

For example, 0001 OMDX 001 Cross-Docking


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Maintaining Settings for Quantity Adjustment

Procedure

1. Maintain a specific process code (see Maintaining Specific Process Code [Page 56]).

2. Assign the process code to the process code profile (see Assigning Process Code to Process Code Profile [Page 57]).

3. Define the adjustment profile (see Defining Adjustment Profile [Page 58]).

4. Define an adjustment method (see Defining Adjustment Method [Page 59]).

5. Maintain the adjustment profile, which you have defined, in the product master data (see Maintaining Adjustment Profile in Product Master Data [Page 60]).

6. Optional step

If you want to use parallel processing or an automated retry mode for cases where delivery locks occur within the quantity adjustment, maintain the parallel processing in the delivery (see Maintaining Parallel Processing for Delivery (Optional) [Page 61]).

7. Optional step

Configure the details that are to be logged if SAP Extended Warehouse Management executes a quantity adjustment (see Activating Log for Quantity Adjustments (Optional) [Page 62])

8. Optional step

To get an overview of the purchase order items relevant for the quantity adjustment, you can use a cockpit for demonstration purposes (see Creating Simple Demo Cockpit (Optional) [Page 63]).


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Maintaining Specific Process Code

Procedure

1. Maintain a specific process code, which is to be used for the adjustment of quantities in merchandise distribution in Customizing for SAP Extended Warehouse

Management under Cross-Process Settings Delivery Processing Process

Codes Define Process Codes .

We deliver the following process code, which you can use as a template to define your own process codes for merchandise distribution.

Field Input

Process Code Ooo6

Partner Role WH

Description Warehouse Diff. Merchandise Distribution

Quantity Adjustment 1 Adjustment of Delivery Quantity

Modifiable Select this checkbox.

In Background Select this checkbox.


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Assigning Process Code to Process Code Profile

Procedure

1. Assign the process code that you defined, to the process code profile for the used delivery item types in Customizing for SAP Extended Warehouse Management,

under Cross-Process Settings Delivery Processing Process Codes Maintain

Process Code Profiles . You can use the O006 process code as an example.


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Defining Adjustment Profile

You define the adjustment profile to control the quantity adjustment if a deviation occurs during the inbound process. SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) uses the adjustment profile if you execute the quantity adjustment for the outbound delivery order items.

Prerequisites

You have defined an adjustment method in Customizing for SAP EWM, under Cross-

Process Settings Cross-Docking (CD) Planned Cross-Docking Merchandise Distribution

Define Adjustment Method .

Procedure

1. Define an adjustment profile in Customizing for SAP EWM under Cross-Process

Settings Cross-Docking (CD) Planned Cross-Docking Merchandise Distribution

Define Adjustment Profile . You can use the 001 adjustment profile as an example and define an adjustment profile with the following entries:

Field Input

Adj. Profile (Adjustment Profile) For example, 001

Desc. Adj.. Prof. (Description of Adjustment Profile)

For example, Fair Share Without Tolerance Check

Adjust. Method (Adjustment Method) For example, FS

Process Code For example, O006

No Under. Tol. Check (No Underdelivery Tolerance Check)

For example, select this checkbox.

No Over. Tol. Check (No Overdelivery Tolerance Check)

For example, select this checkbox.

You also have to define the adjustment profile in SAP ERP. For more information, see Customizing Settings in SAP ERP [Page 15].

2. If you want to use a quantity adjustment for merchandise distribution, make the following settings:

o If you want to use the adjustment profile at product-header level, also maintain the corresponding adjustment profile in Customizing for SAP

ERP, under Integration with Other mySAP.com Components

Extended Warehouse Management Additional Material Attributes

Attribute Values for Additional Material Master Fields Define

Adjustment Profile .

o Also maintain the field in the product master header data in SAP ERP. The field is then automatically transferred in the product data to SAP EWM.


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Defining Adjustment Method

If you define an adjustment method, you can use the FS (Standard Fair Share) adjustment method for a fair share of quantities between inbound delivery items and outbound delivery order items if deviations occur.

Procedure

1. Create an adjustment method and enter a description for the adjustment method in Customizing for SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM), under

Cross-Process Settings Cross-Docking (CD) Planned Cross-Docking

Merchandise Distribution Define Adjustment Method .

If you want to use the adjustment method within an adjustment profile, create a Business Add-In (BAdI) implementation for BAdI: Quantity Adjustment

/SCWM/EX_MEDI_AQTY, which uses the adjustment method as a filter value. For

more information about the BAdI, see Customizing for SAP EWM under Business

Add-Ins (BAdIs) for Extended Warehouse Management Cross-Process Settings

Cross-Docking (CD) Planned Cross-Docking Merchandise Distribution BAdI:

Quantity Adjustment .


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Maintaining Adjustment Profile in Product Master Data

You can assign an adjustment profile to a certain product. If SAP ERP is connected and the product master data is replicated from SAP ERP, the profile at product level is filled automatically. In this case, you must not change or maintain the profile in SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM).

Prerequisites

If you maintain the adjustment profile manually in SAP ERP as well as in SAP EWM, make sure that it is maintained consistently.

Procedure

1. On the SAP Easy Access screen, choose Extended Warehouse Management

Master Data Product Maintain Product .

2. In the View group box, select the Global Data radio button.

Enter the product name that should be maintained and choose the Change pushbutton.

3. On the Storage tab page, in the Basic Data group box, assign your previously defined

adjustment profile, for example, 001, to your product.

4. Save your entries.

If you want to use a warehouse-number-dependent adjustment profile, on the SAP Easy

Access screen, choose Extended Warehouse Management Master Data Product

Maintain Warehouse Product and proceed with the procedure, that is described above.


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Maintaining Parallel Processing for Delivery (Optional)

If you want to use parallel processing or an automated retry mode for cases where delivery locks occur within the quantity adjustment, you have to maintain the parallel processing in the delivery. This is recommended if you want to use high volume scenarios.

Procedure

1. In Customizing for SAP Extended Warehouse Management choose Internal

Warehouse Processes Delivery Processing Parallel Processing in the Delivery

2. Maintain the parallel processing in such a way that either the quantity calculation or the delivery update uses multiple processes or lock retries. This can speed up the processing time.

Create a new entry. The following table describes an example entry:

Field Input


Applicatn (Application for Parallel Processing)

For example, 4 Merchandise Distribution Adjustment Quantity Calculation

Active (Parallel Processing Active) Select this checkbox.

Logon/Server Group Select your logon or server group.

Parallel Proc. (Maximum Parallel Processes)

For example, 20

Block Size (Number of Objects in Each Processing Block)

For example, 50

Wait Time (Wait Time Between Each Retry for the Parallel Process)

For example, 30

Number of Retries (Number of Retries in Case of Lock Errors)

For example, 6


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Activating Log for Quantity Adjustments (Optional)

You can activate the application log for the subobject for merchandise distribution. If it is active and SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) executes a quantity adjustment, the system writes the corresponding application log entries. Since these context details can consume performance and database space, you can configure whether SAP EWM is to log them or not.

Procedure


Settings Activate Application Log .

2. Choose the Change mode and create a new entry. The following table describes example settings:

Field Input

Subobject MEDI

Log Active 4 Additional Information

No Info (Do Not Write Information Messages Into Application Log)

Do not select this checkbox.

Validity (Validity of Log in Days) For example, 30

3. Save your entries.


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Creating Simple Demo Cockpit (Optional)

To give you an overview of the purchase order items relevant for the quantity adjustment, we provide an Easy Graphics Framework (EGF) cockpit DEMO_AQTY_COCKPIT(Demo Cockpit Qty Adjustment FT) for demonstration purposes. If you require this type of workload, we recommend that you create your own EGF cockpit and implementation.

Procedure


Monitoring Warehouse Cockpit Warehouse Cockpit

2. Choose the DEMO_AQTY_COCKPIT EGF implementation.

3. Select your warehouse number, for example, 0001.

For more information about implementing an EGF cockpit, see the Customizing for SAP Extended Warehouse Management under Monitoring Easy Graphics Framework Define

Cockpits .