I have watched a few videos for Wave Management, and I can say this is the best video that describes the Wave Management in SAP EWM. Thanks a lot for sharing. However, it still has room to be better. The EWM book tells about the fields in the structure of Wave templates, and the options for Wave templates. I am not clear why they separate the two sets as fields of the structures and options of the structures. I was hoping to find an explanation for the difference between those two. More than that, I am still not clear why Waves are needed. If you could explain the flow of records from creating the Warehouse Request Items into Warehouse Tasks and to Warehouse Orders, without having Waves, and the point what Waves do to make this flow better, then it would be more clear. Or, I am not clear why we cannot group WTs into WOs without having Waves. In your diagram, you start with lots of Whse Request items in a single box. Then you say we use the Waves to group them according to their picking / shipping time windows, etc..I am good. But, then when you create the WTs from those 4 waves, you show all WTs in one box again. If I am using Activity areas and Activities to group the WTs into WOs, I am still not clear why I need Waves. Is it required to recover SAP's wrong design that does not allow us to group WTs into WOs anyway we want? and the last point is about the Resource Management. Yes, WOs are related to Resource Management, but Resource Management topic has a lot more than what you describe in your video. So, the name Resource Management in the title is a little misleading.
Hi Garip, thanks for your thoughts. Here is a quick feedback - You can always skip wave management but the alternative is to either create tasks against warehouse requests automatically right away after creation or manually at a given point in time. Both options are not applicable for most warehouses/business processes. The diagram that you mention is not supposed to show the items of all waves. Sorry in case it was misleading. What you see there is only one wave with its items. If you have multiple waves you will always have separate WOs as a result. Even if you release them at the same time. I agree that this video does not cover all aspects of wave management. It is intended to serve as a high-level introduction in order to communicate the concepts. If I find the time I might create a detailled video one day. However, the SAP EWM books also provide a good amount of detailled information in these areas. The same is true for resource management. The video tackles the most important aspects/objects. Further details are available in the SAP documentation. The idea is to give a quick introduction to somebody who just starts using EWM. Having said that, thanks again for taking the time to write an extensive feedback! This helps me while thinking about and preparing further videos & content!
Thank you very much for the free knowledge. The presentation is structured & visualized so well. I have 1 question. At 6:00, why would you assign queue A, B, C, D twice to both Resource group X & Y although in different sequence?
Hi Suchalee. This is intended and should visualize that different kind of resource might/can have different priorities by which the queues are being processed.
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I have watched a few videos for Wave Management, and I can say this is the best video that describes the Wave Management in SAP EWM. Thanks a lot for sharing.
However, it still has room to be better. The EWM book tells about the fields in the structure of Wave templates, and the options for Wave templates. I am not clear why they separate the two sets as fields of the structures and options of the structures. I was hoping to find an explanation for the difference between those two.
More than that, I am still not clear why Waves are needed. If you could explain the flow of records from creating the Warehouse Request Items into Warehouse Tasks and to Warehouse Orders, without having Waves, and the point what Waves do to make this flow better, then it would be more clear. Or, I am not clear why we cannot group WTs into WOs without having Waves.
In your diagram, you start with lots of Whse Request items in a single box. Then you say we use the Waves to group them according to their picking / shipping time windows, etc..I am good. But, then when you create the WTs from those 4 waves, you show all WTs in one box again. If I am using Activity areas and Activities to group the WTs into WOs, I am still not clear why I need Waves. Is it required to recover SAP's wrong design that does not allow us to group WTs into WOs anyway we want?
and the last point is about the Resource Management. Yes, WOs are related to Resource Management, but Resource Management topic has a lot more than what you describe in your video. So, the name Resource Management in the title is a little misleading.
Hi Garip,
thanks for your thoughts. Here is a quick feedback -
You can always skip wave management but the alternative is to either create tasks against warehouse requests automatically right away after creation or manually at a given point in time.
Both options are not applicable for most warehouses/business processes.
The diagram that you mention is not supposed to show the items of all waves. Sorry in case it was misleading. What you see there is only one wave with its items. If you have multiple waves you will always have separate WOs as a result. Even if you release them at the same time.
I agree that this video does not cover all aspects of wave management. It is intended to serve as a high-level introduction in order to communicate the concepts. If I find the time I might create a detailled video one day. However, the SAP EWM books also provide a good amount of detailled information in these areas.
The same is true for resource management. The video tackles the most important aspects/objects. Further details are available in the SAP documentation. The idea is to give a quick introduction to somebody who just starts using EWM.
Having said that, thanks again for taking the time to write an extensive feedback! This helps me while thinking about and preparing further videos & content!
Good job. Really appreciate your explanation. Thanks!
Very clear
I think the link description does not belong to CK Reddy, it's TK Reddy.
...you're correct. I fixed that (at least in the description).
Thanks for this wonderful demo!
Thank you very much for the free knowledge. The presentation is structured & visualized so well.
I have 1 question.
At 6:00, why would you assign queue A, B, C, D twice to both Resource group X & Y although in different sequence?
Hi Suchalee. This is intended and should visualize that different kind of resource might/can have different priorities by which the queues are being processed.
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Is there any difference between wave management and 2 step picking?
Good session, very well explained. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Dharmendra!
We need more videos in this pandemic.. 😁
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Thanks for sharing! Good explanation.
Thanks Guillermo!
Thanks for video!
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