SAP Extended Warehouse Management 

(SAP EWM)

Simplify complex logistics

SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM)

Manage high-volume warehouse operations with SAP Extended Warehouse Management. The system integrates complex supply chain logistics with your warehouse and distribution processes – delivering the ultimate in visibility and control. Optimize inventory tracking, cross-docking, distribution operations, multi-channel fulfilment, and more – all in real time.

Why SAP Extended Warehouse Management?

Because it offers flexible, automated support for warehouse and distribution logistics – as well as inventory tracking and management. You can either run SAP Extended Warehouse traditionally using core ERP systems or with SAP S/4HANA – decentral or embedded. With the SAP Extended Warehouse Management system you can:

Maximize visibility and control in high-volume warehouses

Support a full range of warehouse processes

Optimize warehouse resource and asset utilization

Manage item movement within warehouses – from goods receipt to issue

Run on SAP HANA to handle throughput of up to one million items per day

Leverage sophisticated features that can scale as you grow

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Key functional capabilities in SAP Extended Warehouse Management

Functional Capabilities

Inbound processes

Support yard management, put-away and stock removal strategies, expected goods receipt, cross-docking, value-added services, and quality management.

Outbound processes

Perform wave and replenishment processing.

Storage-bin management

Manage handling units, perform goods slotting, and process physical inventory.Distribution center processes support radio frequencies, serial numbers, resource management, labor management, and material flow systems.

Supported warehouse types: 

Distribution center

Production warehouse

Transit warehouse

Technical Capabilities

Learn how SAP Extended Warehouse Management makes it easier for IT to integrate, extend, and deploy an extended WMS.

Object-based and object-oriented programming

Get IT up and running quickly with the application’s familiar object-based and ABAP-type programming.

Single client per instance

Handle warehouses replicated within and managed by other ERP systems.

Integration approach

Communicate with components in SAP SCM, SAP ERP, or 3rd-party systems – via SAP Remote function calls, SAP ALE technology, and Web services.

Data model

The SAP EWM architecture follows the classical separation of data access, presentation, and actual functional layers.

“Radio frequency framework” for mobile UIs Standardize mobile implementation techniques, support custom enhancements, and connect transactions to back-end systems.

Business add-in

Add specific logic via open interfaces using 16 product development standards, simple rules based on master data, and flexible condition techniques.

Application layer

Bundle available business objects and combine them with existing components not located within individual business objects.

License and Purchasing

Explore licensing and purchasing options for SAP Extended Warehouse Management

SAP Extended Warehouse Management is a traditional, on-premise application with an Engine License based on delivery-item block size. This gives you the flexibility to license and pay for only what your business needs today – and add on as your needs change. Contact your local SAP account executive for additional licensing and purchasing options.

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