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Lesson: Identifying Enterprise Structures in SAP S/4HANA Sales
Figure 15: Organizational Unit - Shipping Point
Warehouse management functions are often needed in addition to the functions of inventory
management. For example, a company wants to track the amount of materials on every
storage bin, and wants to control and record all movements of goods and materials in the
warehouse.
To support this, SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) is embedded in SAP S/
4HANA. For the activation of the corresponding warehouse management functions,
Discovery Edition.
combinations of plants and storage locations are linked with a warehouse number.
Discovery Edition.
Note:
The warehouse number is used in the two components Logistics Execution and
EWM. However, the warehouse number is a three-character field in Logistics
Execution, but a four-character field in EWM.
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