{"id":7797,"date":"2025-09-08T01:19:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T19:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=what-is-yard-management-in-sap-ewm"},"modified":"2025-09-08T01:19:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T19:49:16","slug":"what-is-yard-management-in-sap-ewm","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/?question=what-is-yard-management-in-sap-ewm","title":{"rendered":"What is Yard Management in SAP EWM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <strong>yard<\/strong> is the physical area outside the warehouse, where <strong>trucks, trailers, containers, and other transportation units<\/strong> arrive and wait before loading or unloading.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yard Management (YM)<\/strong> in SAP EWM helps you:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Control and monitor movements of vehicles and transportation units in the yard.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Manage check-in\/check-out, parking, and dock assignment.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Integrate with warehouse processes (inbound, outbound, cross-docking).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 data-start=\"699\" data-end=\"737\"><strong>Key Elements in Yard Management<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Yard Layout<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Divided into <strong>Yard Bins<\/strong> (just like storage bins inside warehouse).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Yard bins represent parking spaces, checkpoints, or doors\/docks.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Yard Resource Objects<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Vehicle<\/strong>: e.g., truck, trailer.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Transportation Unit (TU)<\/strong>: The object representing the load carrier (container, truck + load).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Yard Movements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Check-in \/ Check-out<\/strong>: Register vehicle entering\/leaving yard.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Move<\/strong>: Assign a TU from one yard bin (parking) to another (loading door).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Docking \/ Undocking<\/strong>: Position TU at a specific door for loading\/unloading.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 data-start=\"1361\" data-end=\"1396\"><strong>Yard Management Process Flow<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Check-In<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Truck arrives at the gate \u2192 Security checks documents.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>TU created in SAP EWM \u2192 Vehicle registered in the yard.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Parking Assignment<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>TU is placed in a <strong>yard bin (parking space)<\/strong> until a dock is free.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Move to Door\/Dock<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>TU moved to assigned <strong>door (yard bin linked to warehouse door)<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Loading\/Unloading<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>Inbound: Goods unloaded from TU \u2192 Goods Receipt process.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>Outbound: Goods packed and loaded into TU \u2192 Goods Issue process.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>Check-Out<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p>After loading\/unloading, TU leaves yard \u2192 Security confirms check-out.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 data-start=\"2015\" data-end=\"2069\"><strong>Transactions \/ Tools in SAP EWM Yard Management<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><strong>\/SCWM\/YARD<\/strong> \u2192 Yard Management Cockpit (manage vehicles, parking, docking).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>\/SCWM\/TU<\/strong> \u2192 Transportation Unit Management.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>\/SCWM\/MON<\/strong> \u2192 Warehouse Monitor \u2192 Yard node for visibility.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><strong>RF Transactions<\/strong> \u2192 For mobile check-in, moves, docking.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","question-category":[157],"question_tags":[178,411,177,413],"class_list":["post-7797","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-ewm","question_tags-abap","question_tags-ewm","question_tags-sap","question_tags-yard-management"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/question\/7797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/question"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/question"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7797"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"question-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fquestion-category&post=7797"},{"taxonomy":"question_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sapewmhelp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fquestion_tags&post=7797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}