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The document discusses how to configure physical inventory in SAP EWM, including defining physical inventory configuration, assigning storage bins and areas, setting tolerance groups, checking physical stock, and creating a physical inventory document.

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How To Understand Physical Inventory in SAP EWM - Brightwork - SAP Planning

The document discusses how to configure physical inventory in SAP EWM, including defining physical inventory configuration, assigning storage bins and areas, setting tolerance groups, checking physical stock, and creating a physical inventory document.

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  • Introduction to Physical Inventory in SAP EWM: Introduces the concept of physical inventory in SAP EWM, outlining the specific steps for configuration and integration.
  • Configuration Steps: Details the configuration steps for physical inventory in SAP EWM, including storage bin setup and activity area assignment.
  • Stock Checking and Tolerance Groups: Describes the process of defining tolerance groups for posting differences and checking physical stock.
  • Inventory Document Creation: Explains the steps to create a physical inventory document within warehouse management in SAP.
  • Final Steps and Monitoring: Covers the final steps of inventory management, including testing conditions and monitoring stock differences.

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How to Understand Physical Inventory in


SAP EWM
October 31, 2008 by Shaun Snapp

Executive Summary
We cover physical inventory in EWM.
Physical inventory in EWM has speci c con guration steps.

Physical Inventory
As with the post on low stock checking.

EWM has the ability to perform physical inventory. The rst step
is navigating to the de ne physical inventory con guration object.

Next, we can decide which categories to display.

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Now we assign the storage bins to the activity areas.

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Here we can see what the bin sorting looks like.

Now we will assign physical inventory areas to activity areas.

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It is necessary to de ne what the tolerance groups are for the posting


di erences. This way the system can be told how much is essentially
“too much” in terms of variance. This concept of tolerance also comes
up in Event Management.

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Now we can check the physical stock at the storage bin.

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Next, we can create the physical inventory document.

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After a ag is set, its time to con gure the which storage bins to
display. We will pick our storage bin. We will look at this storage in the
next part of the exercise.

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We will test the system by entering a negative quantity. See we have


selected the storage bin that we previously set to display.

Notice how once we have a negative value we get this error. This, of
course, tells us what the problem is and is a way for EWM to monitor

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the stock 0n hand.

 EWM
 How to Understand the EWM Posting Change
 How to Understand SAP APO with ERP Location Types

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