SAP QM Integration With EWM and WM: Steps and Configuration

End-to-end process (high level)

1. 1Activate QM in the plant and set inspection type 01 equivalents for goods receipt in the material master QM view.
2. 2Post the goods receipt against the purchase order or production order. SAP creates the inspection lot and moves stock to quality inspection.
3. 3In WM, the goods receipt also creates a transfer requirement. Put the material away to the inspection or interim storage area as your design requires.
4. 4In EWM, the inbound delivery triggers an inspection document through the inspection rule, and goods are staged or put away to an inspection area.
5. 5Record results in QE51N and make the usage decision in QA11, or in EWM the inspection result updates through the inspection document.
6. 6The usage decision posts stock from quality inspection to unrestricted, blocked or scrap via the standard movement types.
7. 7The warehouse then moves goods to final bins with transfer orders (WM) or warehouse tasks (EWM).

EWM and the Quality Inspection Engine

Common pitfalls

• !Activating QM for a material but not for the plant, so no lot is created.
• !Leaving inspection stock in the same bins as unrestricted stock.
• !Making the usage decision before the goods are physically in the right area.
• !Assuming WM and EWM use the same inspection control logic.
• !Skipping tests with batch-managed or serial-numbered stock.