WM EWM

Warehouse structure and organization (cont’d.)

Organizational structure features

More than one inventory management (IM) storage location can be warehouse- managed under the same

Similar to WM — multiple IM storage locations can be managed using one EWM warehouse number

Stock management

Stock types Warehouse stocks, vendor consignment stocks, project stocks and customer stocks are supported

Stock can be managed in various statuses (unrestricted use, blocked, quality inspection and returns)

Same stock categories as in WM

Additional stock types are used to distinguish between stocks that have been received and stocks that have been put away within the warehouse

Stock types in the EWM and ERP systems are synchronized

Units of measure Multiple units of measure are allowed per material, including preferred WM unit of measure

All units of measure are also supported in EWM. EWM also supports stock-specific unit of measure, which allows for multiple units of measures ofthe same material to be stored