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Overview of Functional Differences between the

different SAP EWM Products and Deployment
Options

Status Released

Author: Jörg Michaelis/Emma Zhou

Version: 1.1

Date: June 2019

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INTRODUCTION OBJECTIVE OF THIS DOCUMENT

The following document contains functional differences between the different SAP EWM deployment options.
The information is based on the release of SAP S/4HANA 1809 FPS02 in May 2019 and the latest EWM
business suite release SAP EWM 9.5.

The intention of the overview is to provide customers, partners and consultants a guidance to select
the right deployment option for the customer projects. Therefore, this document shows major
function/feature differences from business perspective, instead of technical details of the single deployment
option/production version. For more technical information, please always refer to the respective release note
of each product version, for example, SAP Note 2775345 with the release and restriction information of
decentralized EWM on SAP S/4HANA 1809FPS2, and SAP Note 2668150 for EWM embedded in SAP
S/4HANA 1809, etc.. In addition SAP recommends to check the SAP Note 1606493 „SAP EWM Deployment
Options Best Practices“. In general SAP recommends to start new projects only on the SAP S/4HANA stack
as this is the future platform for Extended Warehouse Management and is planned to receive innovations
with future releases.

The table below contains only entries with known differences. Features which are identical between the
deployment options are not listed.

The overview doesn’t include differences between SAP EWM and WM in SAP ERP. The overview doesn’t
include a delta comparison between different SAP S/4HANA releases or between different business suite
releases. In general, new functions developed with SAP S/4HANA1809 and above are not supported by the
business suite release (e.g., SAP EWM9.5), and not listed unless there’s a difference between the
embedded and decentralized EWM based on SAP S/4HANA. Therefore the „what‘s new documents“ are
recommended.

The next update of this document is planned to be published in September 2019 with the planned release of
SAP S/4HANA 1909.

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 Decentralized EWM
EWM embedded in
Feature based on SAP SAP EWM 9.5
SAP S/4HANA
S/4HANA
Inbound Processing
Returns Not supported, Supported Supported
processing (customer returns planned with a future
& returns in distributed release
networks) without using
Advanced Returns
Management

Fiori App E-Commerce Not supported, Planned with 1909 Supported

Returns (planned and planned with a future
Unplanned customer returns) release

Outbound Processing
EWM Freight Order Not supported, not Not supported, not Supported
Management (FOM) strategic, while strategic, while
Transportation Unit is Transportation Unit is
available; Use of SAP available; Use of SAP
TM is recommended TM is recommended
for comprehensive for comprehensive
transportation transportation
functionality functionality

EWM Routing Guide and all Not supported Planned with 1909 Supported
the related EWM functions,
with below examples *1 *2,
*3, *4
*1 Simulation Tool on Not supported Planned with 1909 Supported
Route Determination
*2 Transportation Cross Not supported Planned with 1909 Supported
Docking
*3 Delivery scheduling Not supported Planned with 1909 Supported
using EWM Routing
guide
*4 Automatic delivery splits Not supported Planned with 1909 Supported
in case of different
routes
SAP AR Warehouse Picker Not Supported; Not Supported; Supported
Planned with a future Planned with a future
release with lower release with lower
priority priority

Master Data
Maintain EWM warehouse Supported Supported Not supported
attributes in the central Fiori
app “Manage Product
Master Data”

Receive ERP Packing Planned with 1909 Planned with 1909 Supported
instructions as SCM
Packaging Specifications

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 Decentralized EWM
EWM embedded in
Feature based on SAP SAP EWM 9.5
SAP S/4HANA
S/4HANA
Batch Master Maintenance Supported Supported via creation Supported
in EWM of new batches in
EWM inbound delivery
Transactions/APPs. 1
Support batch level “batch Supported Planned with 1909 Supported
on plant“
Support batch level “global Supported Planned with 1909 Supported
batch”
Cross Topics
Labor Demand Planning Currently not Currently not Supported
supported, planned supported, planned
with a future release with a future release
after conversion to after conversion to
Fiori App and Fiori App and
technical backend technical backend
change change

Transit Warehousing Supported Currently not Supported

supported, planned
with a future release
Warehouse Billing Supported, with the Planned with 1909, Supported, with the
following conditions: with the following following conditions:
1) Business Suite conditions: 1) Business Suite
TM – TM9.3 1) Business Suite TM – TM9.3
and above; TM – TM9.3 and above;
2) TM in SAP and above; 2) TM in SAP
S/4HANA – 2) TM in SAP S/4HANA –
1809 and S/4HANA – 1809 and
above 1809 and above
above
UI5 App to support carrier Not supported, Not supported, Supported
access for maintaining dock planned to offer a planned to offer a
appointments DAS native Fiori app in a native Fiori app in a
future release future release
Re-use ERP delivery number Supported Planned with 1909 Not supported
in EWM delivery request
objects
Quality Inspection Engine Not Applicable Supported (with Supported
(QIE) for quality management restriction *5, *6, *7,
processes with ERP QM *8, *9)
integration, as well as
standalone quality inspection
processes without ERP QM
integration 2

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The creation of local batches by using the batch master transaction/APPs is not supported as the batches
are not replicated to the connected ERP system. If you create the batch in EWM inbound delivery
transaction/APPs, the batches will be replicated back to the connected ERP system.
2
For more information about QIE and the supported quality management processes, please access the SAP
EWM Help Portal.

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 Decentralized EWM
EWM embedded in
Feature based on SAP SAP EWM 9.5
SAP S/4HANA
S/4HANA
*5 QIE Standalone Not Applicable Not supported, not Supported
Processes: Preliminary strategic
inbound delivery
inspections (QIE IOT 1)

*6 With ERP QM Not Applicable Currently not Supported

Integration: Automatic supported, planned
creation of separate with a future release.
warehouse tasks to For now such
move sample quantity movement tasks for
to an inspection area sample quantities can
be created manually
*7 With ERP QM Not Applicable Not supported, not Supported
Integration: QIE strategic
Document Attachments
(e.g. inspection rule,
inspection document)

*8 With ERP QM Not Applicable Not supported, not Supported

Integration: Non-100 % strategic
inspection procedure

*9 With ERP QM Not Applicable Not supported, not Supported

Integration: Dynamic strategic
Modification in the QIE
inspection rule

QIE Standalone Processes: Not Applicable Planned with 1909 Not Supported
Automatic Master Data
Synchronization to control
QM Processes

QM Activation Without Using Planned with 1909 Not Supported Not Supported
Inspection Rules

QM: Support Inspection Lots Planned with 1909 Not Supported Not Supported
“01” and “04” with
Inspection Origin “17”
HANA Live & Smart Business Comparable functions Comparable functions Supported
provided with CDS provided with CDS
views. views.
Currently available is Currently available is
the EWM ODO only, the EWM ODO only,
with 1909 WT / WO with 1909 WT / WO
are planned. are planned.
Inbound deliveries and Inbound deliveries and
wave items are wave items are
planned with a future planned with a future
release. release.

Integration with SAP ME for Supported Planned with 1909 Supported

goods receipt from
production, components
staging and consumption

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 Decentralized EWM
EWM embedded in
Feature based on SAP SAP EWM 9.5
SAP S/4HANA
S/4HANA
Integration with SAP ERP Supported Planned with 1909 Supported
Discrete Industry Mill
Product (DIMP) system with
active long material number

SAP EWM for Fashion (Add- Not Applicable Not Supported; Supported
on of EWM for fashion Project specific
industry to integrate with an approach necessary
SAP ERP-AFS system)

Deployment
Connect a single warehouse Not Applicable Planned with 1909 Supported
to multiple SAP ERP FPS1 (2020/Q1)
systems with harmonized
master data
Connect to an SAP ERP Not Applicable Supported Supported
(ECC) and SAP S/4HANA as
ERP
Connect to SAP SAP Not Applicable Currently not Supported
S/4HANA Cloud Edition supported, planned
with a future release
EWM Implementation Tool Not Applicable Currently not Supported
(Tool provided for the guided supported, planned
procedure of setting up ERP with a future release
Integration and the
preconfigured warehouse
W001)
Preconfigured Warehouse Not Applicable – Best Currently not Supported
(W001) Practice content is supported, planned
provided instead with a future release
Best Practice Content Supported Currently not RDS (best practice)
supported, planned content available with
with a future release SAP EWM9.3. and can
be referred to by SAP
EWM9.5 for manual
configuration only

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