This blog will help to people who are working on S/4HANA 1709 and above implementation projects.
Below is the inspection process flow diagram at highlevel. Below we will see all configuration requirements and transactional steps execution.
1. Edit Code Groups and Codes for Usage Decisions
IMG Path: Quality Management à Quality Inspection à Inspection Lot Completion à Edit Code Groups and Codes for Usage Decisions
2. Maintain Inspection Type
IMG Path: Quality Management à Quality Inspection à Inspection Lot Creation à Maintain Inspection Types
3. Maintain Inspection Lot Origins and Assign Inspection Types
IMG Path: Quality Management à Quality Inspection à Inspection Lot Creation à Maintain Inspection Lot Origins and Assign Inspection Types
4. Define Default Values for Inspection Type
IMG Path: Quality Management à Quality Inspection à Inspection Lot Creation à Define Default Values for Inspection Type
5. Define Stock Types
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Master Data à Product à Define Stock Types
6. Define Storage Type
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Master Data à Define Storage Type
7. Define Process-Oriented Storage Control (Storage Process Definition)
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Cross-Process Settings à Warehouse Task à Define Process-Oriented Storage Control
8. Define Warehouse Process Type
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Cross-Process Settings à Warehouse Task à Define Warehouse Process Type
9. Define Control Indicators for Determining Warehouse Process Type
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Cross-Process Settings à Warehouse Task à Define Control Indicators for Determining Warehouse Process Type
10. Determine Warehouse Process Type
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Cross-Process Settings à Warehouse Task à Determine Warehouse Process Type
11. Generate Activity Area from Storage Type
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Master Data à Activity Areas à Generate Activity Area from Storage Type
12. Define Sort Sequence for Activity Area
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Master Data à Activity Areas à Define Sort Sequence for Activity Area
13. Define Storage Section
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Master Data à Define Storage Section
14. Define Process-Oriented Storage Control
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Cross-Process Settings à Warehouse Task à Define Process-Oriented Storage Control
15. Define Storage Type Search Sequence for Putaway
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Goods Receipt Process à Strategies à Storage Type Search à Define Storage Type Search Sequence for Putaway
16. Assign Storage Types to Storage Type Search Sequence
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Goods Receipt Process à Strategies à Storage Type Search à Assign Storage Types to Storage Type Search Sequence
17. Specify Storage Type Search Sequence for Putaway
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Goods Receipt Process à Strategies à Storage Type Search à Specify Storage Type Search Sequence for Putaway
18. Maintain Storage Section Search Sequence
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Goods Receipt Process à Strategies à Storage Section Search à Maintain Storage Section Search Sequence
19. Warehouse-Dependent Activation of Inspection Object Type
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Cross Process Settings à Quality Managementà BasicsàWarehouse-Dependent Activation of Inspection Object Type
IMG Path: Quality Management à Quality Inspection à Inspection Lot Completion à Define Inventory Postings
20. Edit Selected Sets for Usage Decision
IMG Path: Quality Management à Quality Inspection à Inspection Lot Completion à Edit Selected Sets for Usage Decision
21. Maintain Settings at Plant Level
IMG Path: Quality Management à Basic Settings à Maintain Settings at Plant Level
22. Define Follow-Up Actions
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Quality Management à Quality Inspection à Inspection Lot Completion à Define Follow-Up Actions
23. Maintain Follow-Up Actions
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Cross Process Settings à Quality Managementà ResultàMaintain Follow-Up Actions
Other QM settings: Maintain Settings at Plant Level
Maintain Inspection Types
Maintain Inspection Lot Origins and Assign Inspection Types
Define Quality Score Procedure
Edit Code Groups and Codes for Usage Decisions
Decision codes
Edit Selected Sets for Usage Decisions
24. Specify Work Center Layout
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Master Data à Work Center à Specify Work Center Layout
25. Define Work Center
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Master Data à Work Center à Define Work Center
26. Assign Default Work Center for Inspections
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Cross-Process Settings à Quality Management à Result à Assign Default Work Center for Inspections
27. Generate Inspection Object Types Version
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Cross Process Settings à Quality Managementà BasicsàGenerate Inspection Object Types Version
1. On the Generate Inspection Object Types Version screen, select the line IOT 4.
2. Press the button “Generate New Version”.
3. Confirm the Pop-Up by pressing Enter.
28. Maintain Inspection Object Types Version
IMG Path: SCM Extended Warehouse Management à Extended Warehouse Management à Cross Process Settings à Quality Managementà Basicsà Maintain Inspection Object Types Version
29. Inspection Rule
Transaction Code: /SCWM/QRSETUP
Path: LogisticsàSCM Extended Warehouse ManagementàExtended Warehouse ManagementàMaster DataàQuality ManagementàMaintain Inspection Rule
30. Create Warehouse Product
In this step the products (the actual products as well as the packaging materials) which are used in the business processes are initially created as EWM warehouse products.
SAP Menu: Logistics → SCM Extended Warehouse Management → Extended Warehouse Management → Master Data → Product → Maintain Warehouse Product
Transaction Code: /SCWM/MAT1
On the Display/Change/Create Warehouse Product screen
31. Inspection Plan
Transaction Code: QP01
Path: LogisticsàQuality ManagementàQuality Planningà Inspection Planningà Inspection PlanàCreate
32. Create Storage Bin
Transaction Code: /SCWM/LS01
Path: Logistics a SCM Extended Warehouse Management a Extended Warehouse Management a Master Data a Storage Bin a Create Storage Bin
33. Define Master Data Attributes for Work Center
Transaction Code: /SCWM/TWORKST
Path: LogisticsàSCM Extended Warehouse ManagementàExtended Warehouse ManagementàMaster Data Work Center a Define Master Data Attributes
34. Maintain packaging specification
Maintain packing requirements for product.
35. Transaction data: Now we will the inbound flow for EWM-QM in S.4hana 1709 system.
Create Inbound Delivery.
Check PRDI for IBD and packing information.
Create warehouse task for the IBD.
Now go /SCWM/MON and check if the open unload task is available for confirmation.
Confirm in the background. GR will also be posted.
We can also observe the stock category and inspection lot
We can also check the inspection lot details in QA32/QA02.
Once unloading task is confirmed we can observe the Quality task got opened. Confirm it to start the inspection process.
We can observe the GR posted.
After confirming the 2nd warehouse task final putaway task is still showing in waiting. It will be opened when the inspection process is completed.
So stock is still in Q4 status.
Check QA32 for inspection lots created for this material and initiate the usage decision for it.
Here once we give the UD code as accepted, click on EWM inspection to check the details.
Another screen gets opened(/SCWM/QINSP_S4), here select the line item and click on Close HU and Save.
Once fllowup action given, close the HU.
We can also see the open warehouse tasks which are pending for usage decision in /SCWM/QINSP_S4.
Now refresh the MON and see if the waiting task is open
Here we can observe Posting change happened to Q4 TO F2. Final task opened with Stock status F2.
Confirm the warehouse task
Final dashboard of monitor
Inspection Lot details can be seen in QALS table.
Check MMBE
We can see the material document created for stock change(PCN-321) and the goods receipt posting 101 movement also can be observed.
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