Pickup and Account Assignment: Direct ODO Issue to Cost

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Deployment Consideration:
SAP EWM offers such a gamut of powerful tools to map complex business processes in a very easy
way. Direct outbound delivery order, goods issue to cost center is one of those handful tools where
‘‘Account Assignment Deliveries” can directly be created from Decentral EWM and a
corresponding ERP Account assignment delivery is automatically created. I am takling about account
assignment movement type 201

In this functionality, there is no need to conduct picking from EWM, just pushing Direct ODO from
EWM automatically post GI with account assignment delivery(mvt 201) in ERP.

This process significantly reduces the time span of creating delivery in ERP, conducting picking and
goods issue from EWM(Planned Goods Issue). So, this process would be called as Unplanned
Goods Issue.

This is generally required for bulk materials like packaging items, glues, or C class materials.

Direct outbound delivery from EWM offers other critical functionalities as well

 Direct Stock Transport order from EWM

 Direct outbound delivery for Customer

 Generation of Additional Packaging materials items in Outbound deliveries.(Packaging

materials can directly be added both from Direct STO or in Direct ODO for customer)

—>However, this blog will solely deal with direct issue to cost center(Movement type 201) from
EWM.

Prerequisites:
SAP suggests to activate Business configuration(BC) sets to work with desired document types, Item
types and appropriate profiles to conduct this process from EWM.
As per SAP note 2450387(Which document type or item type for which warehouse request), it
suggests to activate below BC sets as per business need

/SCWM/DLV_OUTBOUND_DIRODO_1: You can use this BC Set to create the document and item
types (OPIG and ODPI) and the required customer profiles for the direct outbound delivery with
pickup. You cannot use this BC Set in combination with picking, handling units, or integration with
shipping and receiving. You must start the outbound process in EWM. If you want to start the
process in ERP, activate BC Set /SCWM/DLV_OUTBOUND_DIRODO_1A after activating
/SCWM/DLV_OUTBOUND_DIRODO_1.

/SCWM/DLV_OUTBOUND_DIRODO_2: You can use this BC Set to create the document and item
types (OPIG and ODPG) and the required customer profiles for the direct outbound delivery with
pickup and warehouse processing. You can use these document and item types when working
with handling units and picking. You cannot use this BC Set in combination with shipping and
receiving integration. You must start the outbound process in EWM. If you want to start the process
in ERP, activate BC Set /SCWM/DLV_OUTBOUND_DIRODO_2A after activating
/SCWM/DLV_OUTBOUND_DIRODO_2.

Configurations and Master data required:

 Activate the BC sets /SCWM/DLV_OUTBOUND_DIRODO_2
 The activation of BC sets creates the required document type OPIG and item type ODPG
  In customizing EWM, Goods Issue Process–>Outbound Delivery –>Define
Account Assignment Category and Allow in Warehouse Number.

Assign required warehouse to cost center category 10(Predefined values, dont change, its hard
coded in programming)
 Create a Cost Center in ERP KS01. Cost centers are company code specific not plant
specific, so create CC for your company.
 Pull this Cost center to EWM system by t code /SCWM/ACC_IMP_ERP – Administration
of Account Assignment Data
Replication Steps:
 /SCWM/SGI – Pickup

Enter the required, document type and Item types and other values as below.

Since. I am just posting one line item, so it is 1. If there is need of multiple lines items posting, that
can be easily done.
 Enter the required product, quantity and all. Warehouse process type determination is
automatic. Just enter the document types and Item types, WPT would be determined
automatically based on customization.
 Save the delivery and Post Goods Issue.

 Check the ERP delivery in VL03N now. The ERP delivery is automatically created once ODO
is posted from EWM. And delivery is having account assignment object having cost center.
It may look so easy but there are multiple errors faced during replication of this process.

Problems faced
1. Shipping Point Determination error
The above error convey that shipping condition and loading group is not defined in ERP.

However, it was already defined in my system as below.

However, when you post ODO from EWM, loading group is not captured in EWM and hence ERP
delivery should also be created without loading group. EWM expects ERP delivery with same
combination without loading group.

Note:-So, you need to create an additional entry without loading group and shipping
condition in OVL2 in ERP. Once, this is created, just push the queue from EWM, it would be
freed.

2. Movement type Error

The error basically says that movement 201 is not possible against the delivery note.

SAP note 1530820 – Posting from direct outbound delivery for the cost center fails which
describes the behavior.

SAP suggests to activate a BC set /SPE/DIRODO_ACC_ASSIGNMENT in ERP to have the required

settings available for movement type 201 against the outbound delivery.
On activation required tables are updated.
The cost center movement type 201 is updated the movement indicator L.

3. Movement type 201 Determination in ERP

This may take your too much to investigate to find how movement type will be updated automatically
from EWM.

Do the below settings in SPRO.

 Logistics Execution–>SAP EWM Integration—>Cross-Process Settings—>Master Data

—>Account Assignments—>Determine Movement Type for Outbound Deliveries with
Accounting Information
4. Last but not the least is the configuration of Direct outbound delivery order.

Check ERP delivery is all ok??

Closely monitoring the ERP delivery, there is one field which business may ask you.

Why by account assignment delivery is billing relevant?

If you check the delivery item category, it is DLN
Check the Item category configuration VOV7,
—>DLN is marked for relevant for Billing. So, you need to configure non Billing relevant
delivery Item category in ERP so that delivery should have correct status

If all the configurations and mater data are appropriately set, you will be able to replicate this
Unplanned goods issue directly from EWM which is called as Pick up and Account assignment
process.

Disadvantages of this process:

This process directly consumes the cost center Item from Warehouse and there is no staging
information. Generally Bulk items like packaging materials needs to be staged to Production supply
area into production where actual production order is running. Once Manufacturing order is
completed, business wants to consume the Cost center item when Manufacturing order items are
backflushed.
Actually this matches the SAP physics with the factory physics to sync up. To make. the Bulk items
staging to PSA and consumption from PSA, there is better business process which is called
as Consumption posting for Kanban with consumption to cost center. SAP suggest to
activate BC set /SCWM/DLV_OUTBOUND_PC_KAN. You also need to activate
/SCWM/DLV_TRANSFER_PS_KANBAN: Transfer posting of Kanban parts
and /SCWM/DLV_OUTBOUND_PS_KANBAN: Outbound delivery of Kanban parts depending upon
your organizational model( 1 storage location or 2 storage location in Warehouse)

This process actually triggers transfer posting of Kanban items to PSA via 411 delivery and
consumption to cost center by 201. You just need to Empty Kanban card to trigger staging delivery
and conduct picking.

Once staging is completed at PSA, Kanban status changes to Green. So, stock is at
PSA( Tractability).

Now, when you got to know that cost center item needs to be consumed, just Empty the card and
stock gets consumed by movement type 201 against OPC delivery( Non Pick relevant)

This business process will be part of my next blog.

Hence the process ends here. I would wait for your valuable feedback to make this blog more
productive and useful.

References:
https://help.sap.com/doc/saphelp_ewm94/9.4/en-
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