In this article I go through the information shown on the picking screen of the SAP EWM RF transaction and the helper functions available to the picker on the device.

So, the first picking screen, shown when an order is picked up, looks like this:

 

• WO no. - the warehouse order number
• AA – the activity area of the warehouse order
• Plnd HU – the number of planned HUs in the order
• Pick HU – the field for entering the number of the pick HU
• Packaging – the field for entering the packaging material when a pick HU is being created

F1 – detailed information about the order

 

• Warehouse order number
• Number of planned HUs in the order
• Warehouse process type of the order header
• Activity area of the warehouse order
• Total weight and volume of the goods
• Latest starting date and time for picking (LSD)
• Planned completion date and time for picking
• Number of open warehouse tasks in the order, their weight and volume
• Number of confirmed warehouse tasks in the order, their weight and volume

F2 – creates a pick HU from the number and the packaging material that were entered

F10 – prints the warehouse order

F4 – goes to the execution screen of the first warehouse task in the warehouse order, which looks like this:

 

Usually the unused fields are hidden; the complete screen looks like this:

 

1. The source storage bin the goods have to be picked from, and its verification field
2. The «MORE» indicator, if the order contains more than one warehouse task
3. The catch weight product indicator (taken from /SCWM/MAT1)
4. Buttons for switching between the warehouse tasks in the order
5. The number of the source HU the goods have to be picked from, and its verification field
6. The indicator for issuing the whole HU (all the stock from the HU)
7. The code of the product to be picked, and its verification field
8. The hazardous material indicator (taken from /SCWM/MAT1)
9. The indicator that texts exist for the delivery item or for the HU (using function module /SCWM/GET_TEXT_FOR_DELIVERIES)
10. The product description
11. The batch of the product, and its verification field
12. Type: sales order stock or project stock
13. The quantity of the product that has to be picked
14. The actual quantity of the product being picked
15. UoM
16. The serial number type of the product
17. The indicator for picking the entire quantity from the bin
18. The remaining quantity of the product in the bin (according to the system)
19. The actual remaining quantity of the product in the bin
20. The number of the HU the goods are being picked into, and its verification field
21. The logical position in the destination HU
22. The verification field for the logical position in the HU

Description of the screen buttons:

F1 Det – detailed information about the current warehouse task:

    

1. The number of the current warehouse order
2. The number of the current warehouse task
3. The hazardous material indicator
4. The product code
5. The product description
6. The gross weight of the goods in the warehouse task
7. The weight UoM
8. The volume of the goods in the warehouse task
9. The volume UoM
10. The length of the goods in the warehouse task
11. The width of the goods in the warehouse task
12. The height of the goods in the warehouse task
13. The unit for length / width / height
14. The batch of the stock in the warehouse task
15. The stock type in the warehouse task
16. Type: sales order stock or project stock
17. The sales order or project number for special stock
18. The sales order item: sales order stock
19. The owner of the stock
20. The party entitled to dispose of the stock

F1 Det… - opens the warehouse order information screen, which we have already looked at above.

F2 Query – requests additional information from the RF device:

 

We will look at this screen in detail in the article about executing internal processes on the RF device.

F3 Issue – sets or clears the indicator that the entire HU is being picked. If the indicator is cleared, the HU stays in the source bin and a new destination HU has to be confirmed using the exception code CHHU.

F4 List – the list of warehouse tasks in the order:

 

The fields on the screen, in display order:

1. The warehouse order number
2. The warehouse task number
3. The position of the warehouse task within the order
4. The number of the source HU
5. The product code
6. The quantity of the product and the unit of measure
7. A field for jumping to the execution of a warehouse task by its position in the order.

F1 Skip – skips the current warehouse task and moves on to the next one

F2 Rev – sorts the warehouse tasks in reverse order

F3 – goes to the execution of the warehouse task whose position was entered in the bottom field.

Let us go back to the main picking screen. There are further buttons that did not fit on the screen. They can be displayed by pressing F5:

 

F10 – prints the current warehouse task

F12 and SF2 Chg – buttons for handling serial numbers. I have never worked with serial numbers in EWM, so for now I cannot say exactly what they are for.

After a pick warehouse task has been confirmed, if the last stock was taken from the bin and the low stock check is active, the system asks you to confirm that there is no more of this product in the bin:

 

F1 – confirms the quantity entered in the «Remaining» field for the product shown on the screen, if it is different from zero.

F2 – confirms that there is no more of this product in the bin.

F3 – rejects the execution of the stock check in the bin.

F4 – for serial numbers.

Once the remaining quantity has been confirmed, on the next screen the system proposes putting the goods away in the HU that was picked:

    

1. The number of HUs being put away
2. If ordim_confirm-place_inv_recomm  = gc_place_inv_perform (3), that is, counting is required (type – physical inventory at putaway), the corresponding text indicator is displayed.
3. The «MORE» indicator, if there is more than one putaway task.
4. Buttons for switching between the putaway tasks in the order
5. The destination storage type
6. The destination storage section
7. The destination storage bin
8. The destination HU
9. The hazardous material indicator (CALL FUNCTION '/SCWM/RF_HAZMAT_IND_READ')
10. The logical position in the HU

Buttons F1, F2, F4 and F10 are described above.

F3 HUDet – information about the stock in the HU and the HU type:

 

F11 Empty – used when «Physical inventory at putaway» is active for the bin.