INTERVIEW

QUESTIONS SAP S/4HANA EWM

1. How Can You Create A Work Center For Packing In SAP EWM System?

To create a work center for packing, you need information ?

 Warehouse
 Storage Type
 Inbound Section
 Outbound Section

To define a work center, navigate to Extended Warehouse managementMaster DataWork

CenterDefine Work Center.

2. What Is Quant?

The quantity of goods in storage bin is represented by Quant. The quant is used for managing
inventory in storage bin.

3. What Is Storage Control?

Storage control is used to determine product movements in warehouse. It is used to execute

put away or stock removal process in warehouse.

4. What Is Cross Docking In SAP EWM System? Why Do We Use Cross Docking?

Cross Docking allows you to reduce the costs of goods transportation in warehouse and shorten
the time needed for delivery. Cross docking only creates one movement GR Zone to GI Zone
and can only be used if stock for removal is not determined by First in first out.

5. What Is Replenishment In SAP EWM?

Replenishment is defined as movement of goods from warehouse to shipment locations. In SAP

EWM, you can use predefined techniques for replenishment of storage bins. There are different
replenishment control fields defined at storage type level or storage bin level. The data for
control fields can be entered manually in system or you can use slotting process to define these
fields.

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6. What Are The Different Type Of Physical Inventory?

There are two types of physical inventory that can be performed ?

 Storage bin specific

 Product Specific
7. In Combined Storage Control, Which One Is Executed First?

In SAP Extended warehouse management, process oriented storage control is executed first
and layout storage control is executed to check if put away step is possible in warehouse layout
view and also adjust the put away or stock removal as per layout view.

8. What Is The Highest Unit And Smallest Unit In A Warehouse Structure?

The highest unit in a Warehouse is Warehouse number and smallest unit is a storage bin.

9. What Is Direct And Indirect Labor?

Direct Labor:

This includes time to perform warehouse activities like picking, packing, put away, etc.

Indirect Labor:

This includes extra activities to manage warehouse like Sweeping, cleaning, housekeeping etc.

10. What Are The Different Types Of Storage Control?

 Layout Oriented
 Process Oriented
11. Where Do You Manage Packaging Specifications?

Go to SAP Easy access ? EWM ? Master Data ? Packaging Specification ? Maintain Packaging
specification.

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12. What Is The Goods Movement Status Of The Outbound Delivery After A Goods Issue Has
Been Cancelled?

Not yet started

13. What Is Storage Bin?

Storage bins represent the physical location of storage space where the products are stored in
Warehouse. They are at lowest levelof organization structure and when you store an item in a
Warehouse you need to mention its exact location.

14. When Do You Use Denial Scenario In Outbound Delivery In EWM System?

When a warehouse task can’t meet the quantity requested in outbound delivery request,
system can be configured to raise a pick denial.

In case of stock discrepancy picked by an employee, smaller quantity as per outbound delivery
and no other stock is available in warehouse, you can set the system to execute a pick denial.

15. How You Can Create Storage Bins?

To create a Storage bin, you can use T-Code: /SCWM/LS01

16. What Do You Understand By Stock Removal Strategy?

Stock removal strategy is method of determining storage bins for one or more products to be
picked. You can customize stock removal rule definition table in customizing for SCM extended
warehouse management.

17. What The Different Types Are Of Cross Docking?

There are different types of cross docking available in SAP system ?

 Transportation cross docking

 Merchandise Distribution
 Push deployment

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 Pick from goods receipt

 Opportunistic Cross docking
18. How Do You Inform Employees About The Work That They Have To Do As Part Of Delivery
And Packing Specifications?

VAS order inform warehouse employees about the work that they have to do as part of delivery
and packing specifications.

19. What Is Slotting Process In EWM? What Are Different Parameters Used In Slotting?

Slotting is a process in EWM to define most suitable putaway parameters- storage type, section,
etc. Slotting places the good in a warehouse in the manner that provides most optimal storage
and picking of goods.

There are different parameters that are used in slotting process ?

 Storage Requirement Data

 Product Data
 Packaging Data
 Demand Forecast

20. What Are The Transactions Available To Create A Transfer Order For Moving Partial Stocks
Within A Warehouse?
 LT01
 LT10

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21. What Is The Difference Between System Controlled And User Controlled Pick, Pack And
Pass Of Goods?

You need a warehouse order creation rule that supports the top warehouse order creation for
the pick, pack, and pass process. The creation categories for this are

System-driven:

For the system-driven option, the sequence of the warehouse orders in the top warehouse
order is determined according to the sort

sequence of the assigned in the configuration settings for joining the activity areas.

User-driven:

For the user-driven option, the sequence is manually determined during the execution, which
means it can also be done by the material flow system (MFS).

22. What Are The Different Physical Inventory Procedures Supported In SAP System?
 Periodic
 Continuous
 Cycle Counting

23. What Is Planned Replenishment And Order Replenishment?

Planned Replenishment:

Planned replenishment can be performed either interactively or in the background. The system
calculates the replenishment in accordance with the defined minimum quantity and maximum
quantity. Replenishment control is triggered when the stock is less than the minimum quantity.

Order Related Replenishment:

Order related replenishment is performed when stock figure is less than required quantity. The
system rounds up the replenishment quantity to a multiple of minimum replenishment

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quantity. The maximum quantity can be exceeded and order related replenishment can be
performed in back ground or interactively.

24. What Is The Use Of Activity Areas In Storage Bin?

Storage bins are further categorized in activity area. It includes activities like picking, put away
or a physical inventory. As per activity, you can assign same storage bin to multiple activity
areas.

25. Why Do You Use Physical Inventor In SAP EWM?

To perform financial accounting and tax regulations, you may need to perform accurate
inventory to get the value of an inventory in warehouse. Physical inventory process deals with
counting physical inventory of a warehouse and to get counting results.

Physical inventory can be used by management to count inventory so that product can be
stocked or corrected.

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