SAP Stock Room Management – the smart warehouse management solution for basic processes in SAP S/4HANA

Simple management of manual warehouses: SAP Stock Room Management is a lean warehouse management solution within SAP S/4HANA and is ideal for companies with manageable warehouse processes.

Do you run a small to medium-sized warehouse where some processes are manual? Are you currently using SAP Warehouse Management (WM) but looking for a compact, cost-efficient and secure alternative without complex systems as part of your S/4HANA migration? If so, SAP Stock Room Management is the right choice for your business. The solution is ideal for companies that want to continue using basic SAP WM functions as part of migration to S/4HANA but don't need the full scope of functions offered by SAP EWM. It supports core warehouse processes covering inbound and outbound goods processing, internal stock movement and inventory management at storage bin level. As a result, the solution offers a future-proof and integrated option for the efficient handling of everyday warehouse tasks.

What SAP Stock Room Management has to offer – the functions at a glance

You have been working successfully with SAP WM for years and you want to continue using its basic functionalities to map your intralogistics beyond 2025?

SAP Stock Room Management offers a focused functional framework for proven intralogistics processes and provides a solid foundation for your journey into the digital future. The seamless integration into S/4HANA allows you to create a secure basis for your future intralogistics – one that is future-proof, resource-efficient and tailored precisely to your requirements. SAP Stock Room Management helps you efficiently plan and control your warehouse and material flows to ensure optimized processes.

An integration with SAP TM (Transportation Management), using the ASR (Advanced Shipping & Receiving) process, is also an option for efficiently mapping strategic or international transport processes that go beyond the warehouse – it’s an excellent way of combining lean warehouse management with professional transport planning.

Core functions included in the smart warehouse management solution SAP Stock Room Management in SAP S/4HANA

• Clear storage location management
  Structured management of storage areas and bin locations – flexibly adaptable to different warehouse layouts.
   
• Reliable inbound & outbound goods processing
  Secure booking and tracking of all goods movements within the warehouse.
   
• Detailed inventory management at storage bin level
  Transparent control and precise management of stock levels at storage bin level.
   
• Efficient internal stock movement
  Optimized handling of stock transfers, picking, replenishment and returns.
   
• Flexible inventory processing
  Support for key date, permanent and sample-based inventory processes.
   
• Seamless SAP integration
  Smooth interaction with other SAP modules, e.g. SAP MM (Material Management), SAP SD (Sales & Distribution) and SAP PP (Production Planning).

• Task and Resource Management (WM-TRM)
• Warehouse Control Unit Interface (WM-LSR)
• Value Added Service (WM-VAS)
• Yard Management (WM-YM)
• Cross-Docking (WM-CD)
• Wave Management (WM-TFM-CP)
• Connection of a decentralized WM (WM-DWM)

A decision for the future of your internal logistics processes is pending. The choices are: the much more targeted SAP Stock Room Management solution or SAP EWM - SAP's strategic warehouse solution. Why should you decide? Because by late 2025, the usage rights in terms of the scope of compatibility for the SAP WM in SAP S/4HANA “Compatibility Package” will run out.

With ORBIS, you have a strong partner at your side that can offer you support in making decisions and provides you with recommendations in process optimization within your intralogistics. This allows us to develop your company together along with individual requirements, targeted toward specific business requirements.

Have you extended your SAP WM with extensive, customized developments as well as various add-ons? If so, SAP Stock Room Management could be the first step in migrated to SAP S/4HANA. This is because a direct migration to “embedded” SAP EWM is difficult to achieve under these conditions.

In the case of these highly individual SAP WM installations, the migration should be implemented using a greenfield approach. This entails entirely new implementation of the SAP-EWM - starting anew using a greenfield approach. Depending on the complexity of your in-house logistics, a dual strategy could prove advantageous, i.e. the use of SAP Stock Room Management and SAP EWM for different warehouses.