Learn, Practice, and Improve with SAP C_S4EWM_2023 Practice Test Questions

Explanation:

In SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), automatic assignment of warehouse orders (WOs) to resources occurs when a resource logs on to an RF device or requests system-guided work. The system selects the most appropriate WO based on several factors, but the fundamental prerequisite is that the WO must belong to a queue to which the resource is assigned—either directly to the individual resource or indirectly through its resource group. Queues act as logical containers for WOs, grouping work by process type, activity area, or other criteria. Resources (workers or equipment) are linked to queues via direct assignment or resource group sequences. Without this queue linkage, automatic assignment cannot occur, as the system filters eligible WOs only from assigned queues.

Why the other options are incorrect:

B. The warehouse order must be picked from the same activity area that is assigned to the resource.
Activity areas are used during warehouse order creation (via warehouse order creation rules, or WOCRs) to group warehouse tasks logically (e.g., picking in a specific zone). While activity areas influence WO formation, they do not directly control automatic assignment to resources. Assignment relies on queues, not activity areas.

C. The resource group of the resource must be assigned to the warehouse order creation rule.
WOCRs determine how warehouse tasks are grouped into WOs (e.g., filters, limits, sorting). Resource groups are not assigned to WOCRs; they are used for queue assignment in resource management. This option confuses WO creation with resource assignment.

D. The creation of a pick-handling unit must be done automatically with a packaging specification.
This relates to packaging and HU creation during processes like picking, but it is unrelated to the automatic assignment of WOs to resources. Assignment is controlled by queues and resource qualifications, not packaging rules.

Official References:

SAP Help Portal: Assignment of Warehouse Order to Resource — States: "For automatic WO assignment to a resource, the WOs must belong to a queue to which the resource is assigned."

SAP Help Portal: Managing Resources — Explains queue assignment via resource or resource group for automatic WO assignment.

SAP Help Portal: Queue — Describes assigning resources/resource groups to queues for WO selection.

Explanation

Early capacity check evaluates whether the target bin or bin type has enough capacity before creating warehouse orders or tasks. This prevents assigning work to bins that cannot physically accommodate the goods.

Why B is Correct

It proactively checks bin-level and bin type capacities before task creation. By validating space availability early, it avoids execution errors and ensures warehouse operations can proceed smoothly without delays caused by insufficient bin capacity. This proactive verification is the defining feature of the early capacity check.

Why Others Are Wrong

A. It only happens during the warehouse task creation.
Wrong. This describes a late capacity check, not an early one. If capacity is only checked during task creation, the system could generate warehouse tasks that cannot be executed because bins lack sufficient space, leading to operational errors and manual intervention.

C. It is only available when working with mobile devices.
Wrong. Early capacity check is a system-wide feature and is not tied to the user interface. It works regardless of whether warehouse employees use mobile devices, desktop screens, or automated background processes. Limiting it to mobile devices is incorrect and would prevent consistent capacity management across the warehouse.

D. It is only done during the actual picking process.
Wrong. This describes real-time capacity verification, which happens during execution. Early capacity check is done before execution, during planning or order/task creation, to prevent creating unfulfillable warehouse orders. Waiting until picking would defeat the purpose of proactive planning.

Reference:

SAP Help – Capacity Check in EWM

Explabation:

Why A is Correct:

A storage group is a key organizational unit within a storage type (e.g., high-bay rack, bulk storage).
It allows you to subdivide a storage type based on logical criteria (e.g., fast/slow movers, product categories, security zones) or physical characteristics (e.g., specific aisle sections, temperature zones).
For example, in a "Rack" storage type, you could create storage groups for "Aisle 1 – High-Turnover," "Aisle 2 – Seasonal," etc.

Why C is Correct:

Storage groups are central to storage control strategies:
Process-oriented storage control: Determines where to store/retrieve items based on warehouse processes (e.g., inbound, outbound, replenishment).
Layout-oriented storage control: Uses storage groups to define the physical path sequence for putaway/picking, optimizing travel routes.
Storage groups are assigned to storage bins, and these assignments guide the system's search for optimal storage locations during task creation.

Why the Other Options Are Incorrect:

B. Assign it to multiple storage bins:
This is backward. In SAP EWM, you assign storage bins to a storage group, not the storage group to bins. Each storage bin belongs to exactly one storage group. The relationship is one-to-many (one storage group contains many bins).

D. Assign it as an intermediate storage group:
This describes a different concept: intermediate storage type. An intermediate storage type (e.g., "Packing Station," "Staging Area") is used for temporary holding during processes. Storage groups are subdivisions within storage types, not intermediate locations themselves.

Official SAP Reference

For detailed configuration guidance:

SAP Help Portal: Search for "Storage Group in EWM" or "Storage Control - Storage Group Determination"

Configuration Path: SAP IMG > Extended Warehouse Management > Goods Receipt Process > Strategies > Define Storage Groups

SAP Learning Hub Courses:
EWM100: Fundamentals of warehouse structure
EWM110: Storage control strategies and bin determination

Explanation

Two-step picking is a wave management optimization process where products for multiple outbound deliveries are first picked collectively into an intermediate area (Withdrawal) and then distributed to individual orders (Allocation).
In SAP EWM, the activation and primary configuration of this process occur at the Warehouse Number level. You must enable the two-step picking relevance for the specific warehouse in Customizing. Once activated at this level, the system can then evaluate further criteria (such as product-level indicators) to determine if a specific wave should be processed in two steps.

Analysis of Incorrect Options

A. Activity area:
While activity areas are used to group storage bins for warehouse tasks and define the picking sequence, they are not the level where the two-step picking process itself is configured or activated.

C. Storage section:
A storage section is a physical subdivision of a storage type (e.g., heavy parts vs. light parts). It does not control high-level process flow optimizations like two-step picking.

D. Storage type:
You do define an intermediate storage type (often storage type 2010 in standard Best Practices) to hold the products between the withdrawal and allocation steps, but the configuration and activation of the two-step logic are not set at the storage type level.

Official References

SAP Learning: Implementing Two-Step Picking

SAP Help Portal: Two-Step Picking Process

Explanation:

Why Correct

A. They use basic measurement services for the key figures:
Tailored Measurement Services created via /SCWM/MS_TAILORED Fiori app aggregate multiple Basic Measurement Services (BMS) like warehouse task creation counts (/SCWM/BMS_WT_CREATED), stock removal quantities (/SCWM/BMS_STK_RMVD). Users select BMS as source key figures, apply filters (storage type, date range, activity area), creating custom operational KPIs for RF menus and exception handling.

D. They can be displayed in the graphical warehouse layout:
TMS results integrate with Graphical Warehouse Layout via /SCWM/GW_MSRV configuration. Supervisors monitor real-time KPIs (pick density per storage section, resource utilization by activity area) overlaid on warehouse maps, enabling dynamic decisions like rebalancing picking waves across zones.

Why Others Wrong

B. They can be used for the SAP Business Warehouse.
While BW extracts EWM data via standard InfoCubes (0RTYW_C01 for warehouse tasks), tailored measurement services remain EWM-internal for operational dashboards. BW integration uses Calculated Measurement Services (CMS) or direct ODP extractors configured in /SCWM/CMS, not TMS which lack BW-specific export interfaces. ​

C. They are based on calculated measurement services.
This reverses the hierarchy: Basic MS → Tailored MS → Calculated MS. CMS aggregate multiple TMS results for complex analytics (e.g., throughput per storage type), configured via /SCWM/MS_CALCULATED. TMS cannot reference CMS as they're lower in the measurement service dependency chain.

​ Official Reference

SAP Help: Measurement Services

Explanation:

In SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition, Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), a yard is typically modeled as a storage type with the role "Yard" within a warehouse number. To enable yard management for a shared physical yard across two warehouse numbers, the standard approach is to define the yard storage type in one warehouse number only. This avoids duplication while representing the single physical yard.
The connection to the second warehouse number is achieved by assigning warehouse doors (which link the yard to inbound/outbound processing) to the warehouse number without its own yard. Doors are assigned to yard bins (in the yard storage type) and to the relevant supply chain unit/warehouse, allowing vehicles and transportation units (TUs) to move seamlessly between the shared yard and both warehouses for loading/unloading.
This setup leverages the fact that one yard can serve multiple warehouses, as supported in EWM configuration.

Why the other options are incorrect:

A. Define a storage type for a yard in both warehouse numbers, and connect the two storage types with a common checkpoint.
Defining separate yard storage types in each warehouse would model two distinct yards, which contradicts the shared physical yard requirement. Checkpoints are entry/exit points assigned to yard bins but do not connect separate yard storage types across warehouses.

C. Define a storage type for a yard in each warehouse number without any other settings.
This would create two independent yards without any linkage, preventing shared yard management (e.g., unified TU movements or visibility).

D. Define a storage type for a yard in each warehouse number, and connect the two storage types with doors to each other.
Doors connect the yard to warehouse internal areas (e.g., staging/GR/GI zones), not directly between two separate yard storage types. Defining yards in both warehouses again models them as separate.

Official References:

SAP Help Portal (older version, concept applies): Yard — "A yard represents a separate storage type in a warehouse... you can use one yard for multiple warehouses."

SAP Community/Tutorials: Multiple sources confirm defining the yard in one warehouse and linking via doors for shared scenarios.

Explanation:

Why A and C are Correct

A. Putaway control indicator:
Both slotting and ABC analysis use the condition technique (SPRO → EWM → Goods Receipt Process → Slotting → Condition Technique → Putaway Control Indicator) to determine optimal putaway strategies. Slotting via /SCWM/SLOT runs condition records (CUSLOTJ1 table) updating product master field EWM_PUT_CTRL_IND based on product characteristics, demand, and ABC class. ABC analysis contributes ABC/XYZ indicators influencing putaway control determination procedure G04_PC.

C. Storage section indicator:
Slotting adjustment via /SCWM/GCMC maintains storage section indicators (N8SC condition type) grouping high/low movers into sections like FAST/HIGH_V (A-class) vs SLOW/LOW_V (C-class). ABC analysis provides turnover ratios feeding storage section determination procedure N810_1. Both processes update product master EWM_STSEC_IND field directing putaway to optimal storage sections.

Why Others Wrong

B. Cycle counting indicator:
Cycle counting indicators (configured in SPRO → EWM → Cross Process → Physical Inventory → Define Cycle Counting Indicators) determine inventory frequency based on ABC analysis results but are not directly set by slotting execution. Slotting focuses on putaway optimization; cycle counting uses separate /SCWM/PI_CYCCOUNT configuration reading ABC results post-hoc, not during slotting adjustment.

D. Replenishment quantities:
Replenishment configuration (SPRO → EWM → Goods Receipt Process → Replenishment → Define Replenishment Control Field) uses fixed/reorder point logic from product master fields like MIN_STOCK, not ABC/slotting outputs. Slotting determines storage parameters; replenishment controller /SCWM/RS processes separate triggers. ABC analysis influences replenishment prioritization indirectly via stock profiles, not direct quantity calculation.

Official References

SAP Help: Slotting Configuration