Consultants, implementation team members, and key users alike can utilize this technical guide as a valuable project guideline for using mobile applications on the basis of SAP WM. An extended example, used throughout the book, helps readers make the best possible decisions with regard to system configuration, technical implementation, and flow control. The following business processes are targeted in detail: goods receipt, picking, and physical inventory - with no questions left unanswered. It also touches on topics such as storage units and handling unit management. Additional concepts are provided to help you enhance the standard SAP system in areas where the RF transactions provided do not yet represent a satisfactory solution. The content is based on SAP R/3 Enterprise (4.7), but thanks to consistent delta descriptions throughout the book, it can also be used for mySAP ERP 2004/2005.

Highlights Include:

* Project Inception: Laying the Foundation
* Goods Receipt of Raw Materials
* Production Supply
* Receipts from Production
* Picking
* Packing and Loading
* Physical Inventory
* Technical Implementation: Hardware
* Technical Implementation: Software


Table of Contents:
1 ... Setting the Course at the Start of the Project ... 9
... 1.1 ... Warehouse Management (WM) for Everything? ... 9
... 1.2 ... Paper or No Paper? ... 9
... 1.3 ... Storage Unit Management and/or Handling Unit Management? ... 10
... 1.4 ... Our Sample Companies ... 12

2 ... Raw Materials Goods Receipt ... 17
... 2.1 ... Mobile Support for Goods Receipt Processes ... 17
... 2.2 ... Goods Receipt Without Storage Unit Management and Handling Unit Management ... 18
... 2.3 ... Goods Receipt with Active Storage Unit Management ... 19
... 2.4 ... Goods Receipt with Active Handling Unit Management ... 24
... 2.5 ... Inbound Delivery with/Without Storage Unit Management ... 24
... 2.6 ... Inbound Delivery with Handling Unit Management ... 26
... 2.7 ... Summary ... 30

3 ... Production Supply ... 31
... 3.1 ... Mobile Support of Production Supply Processes ... 31
... 3.2 ... Example 1: Implementation Methodology Based on an Example of a Partial Quantity Control ... 35
... 3.3 ... Example 2: Pick Parts Without HUM (Engineering) ... 38
... 3.4 ... Summary ... 42

4 ... Goods Receipt of Finished Products ... 43
... 4.1 ... Mobile Support for the Goods Receipt Process ... 43
... 4.2 ... Goods Receipt Process Without Storage Unit Management and Handling Unit Management ... 44
... 4.3 ... Goods Receipt Process with Active Storage Unit Management ... 46
... 4.4 ... Good Receipt Process with Full Handling Unit Management ... 49
... 4.5 ... Summary ... 52

5 ... Picking and Packing ... 53
... 5.1 ... Overview of the Relevant RF Transactions ... 54
... 5.2 ... Picking and Packing Without Handling Unit Management and Storage Unit Management ... 55
... 5.3 ... Picking and Packing with Full Handling Unit Management ... 57
... 5.4 ... Process for System-Guided Single-Level Picking (Full Handling Units) ... 64
... 5.5 ... Summary ... 66

6 ... Loading and Shipment ... 67
... 6.1 ... Mobile Support for the Loading Process ... 67
... 6.2 ... Workflow Without a Shipment Document ... 68

A ... Comparison of the Various Options ... 71
... 6.3 ... Workflow with a Shipment Document ... 71
... 6.4 ... Handling Units at the Shipment Level ... 78
... 6.5 ... Printing Shipping Labels ... 78
... 6.6 ... Querying the Loading Status ... 79
... 6.7 ... IDoc: Advance Electronic Information About Shipments ... 80
... 6.8 ... Summary ... 82

7 ... Inventory ... 83
... 7.1 ... Guidelines for the Inventory Process and Mobile Support ... 83
... 7.2 ... Optimization Options in the SAP Standard System ... 83
... 7.3 ... System-Guided Inventory Count (Without Storage Unit or Handling Unit Management) ... 84
... 7.4 ... User-Selected Inventory Count (with Storage Unit or Handling Unit Management) ... 86
... 7.5 ... Summary ... 89

8 ... Standard Customizing ... 91
... 8.1 ... Verification Control ... 91
... 8.2 ... Defining the RF Queue ... 97
... 8.3 ... Other Customizing Settings ... 101
... 8.4 ... Logon Procedure for Mobile Devices ... 102
... 8.5 ... Calculating the Planned Effort ... 104
... 8.6 ... Summary ... 112

A ... Transaction Codes and User Exits ... 115
A.1 ... Mobile Standard SAP Transactions ... 115
A.2 ... Transactions Described in This Book in Alphabetical Order ... 117
A.3 ... Overview of User Exits and New Transactions Described in This Book ... 119

B ... Hardware and Software Vendors ... 121
B.1 ... Vendors of Mobile Devices ... 121
B.2 ... Vendors of Label Printers ... 121
B.3 ... Additional Information Regarding Pick-by-Voice ... 121

C ... Glossary ... 123