SAP EXTENDED WAREHOUSE MANAGEMENT (SAP EWM)

Best-in-breed warehouse management system that streamlines warehouse processes — from simple warehouses for raw materials to high-volume and automated distribution facilities. It offers flexible, automated support for managing stocks and processing their movements, allowing you to handle large volumes, complex process variations, and IoT connections.

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About SAP EWM

Benefits

The system allows you to move from traditional warehouses (passive storage) to a flexible multi-channel fulfillment center (maximum efficiency and order accuracy) and provide:

  • Standardization of processes
  • Efficient use of space
  • Inventory transparency, processes, labor, and warehouse automation
  • Flexible approach to order processing
  • Higher level of customer service
  • Reduced warehouse cost: Reduce warehouse costs, including inventory and labor
  • Increase productivity and accuracy
  • Enhance flexibility and scalability
  • Help ensure compliance for international trade and sustainability
Componentes
  • Inventory Management Optimization (e.g. Slotting)
  • Inbound Process Optimization (e.g. Deconsolidation)
  • Outbound Process Optimization (e.g. Waves)
  • Distribution equipment
  • Material Flow Control
  • Yard Management (e.g. TU handling, DAS)
  • Labor Management (incl. Processors, Shifts, Time & Attendance, Travel Distance, Standards, Tracking and Monitoring)
  • Value Added Services
  • Kitting
  • Cross Docking
  • Warehouse Billing
  • Integrated Load Planning
  • Improved Package Builder & Stock Consolidation

Deployment options

  1. SAP EWM embedded in S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition
  2. SAP EWM standalone, connected to SAP ECC (or another ERP) or S/4HANA or SAP S/4HANA Cloud, Private Edition
  3. SAP EWM connected to non-SAP systems

EWM warehouse types

Processes

Receiving, placing, moving, replenishing, and shipping orders, as well as processing returns;
Warehouse yard and dock management;
Quality control;
Wave and replenishment management;
Segmentation and reorganization;
Party (Batch) and series (serial numbers) management;
Optimization of the warehouse in terms of stocks and resources;
Process routing for incoming, outgoing and internal warehouse processes;
Assembly / disassembly of kits and additional logistics operations;
Inventory;
Support for terminal data assembly technologies, barcoding, RFID and integration with automated warehouse equipment (conveyors / sorters / robots);
Human resource management and warehouse billing.

Benefits

High efficiency of distribution centers operation
Organization of warehouse processes of any complexity and any resources
Support for e-commerce processes
Obtaining complete and up-to-date information about the current level of stocks in warehouses in real time
Flexible optimization of processes at any volume Increased labor productivity of warehouse personnel
Optimization of the use of warehouse (space) premises, the ability to manage in real time Improving the quality of inventory information, reducing inventory differences

Processes

Acceptance, placement, movement, replenishment, and shipment of finished products;
Receipt of finished products or semi-finished products from production; Integration with the production process control system;
Quality control;
Party (Batch) and series (serial numbers) management;
Optimization of the warehouse in terms of stocks and resources;
Process routing for incoming, outgoing and internal warehouse processes;
Inventory (including continuous);
Support for terminal data assembly technologies, barcoding, RFID and integration with automated warehouse equipment (conveyors / sorters / robots);
Human resource management.

Benefits

High efficiency of the warehouse of finished products
Compliance with the requirements of counterparties for shipments
Monitoring the current level of stocks in real time Integration of warehouse processes with production
Receipt of finished products and semi-finished products from production
API for obtaining data from external systems
Optimization of the use of warehouse (space) premises Improvement of the quality of inventory information, reduction of inventory differences Possibility of real-time management

Processes

Acceptance, placement, movement, replenishment, and shipment of raw materials to production;
Preparation and consumption of materials in production;
Integration with the production process control system;
Quality control;
Processing of raw materials;
Party and series management;
Optimization of the warehouse in terms of stocks and resources;
Process routing for incoming, outgoing and internal warehouse processes;
Assembly / disassembly of kits;
Inventory (including continuous);
Support for terminal data assembly technologies, barcoding, RFID and integration with automated warehouse equipment (conveyors / sorters / robots);
Human resource management.

Benefits

High efficiency of the warehouse of raw materials and semi-finished products
Obtaining complete and up-to-date information about the current level of stocks in warehouses in real time
Receiving semi-finished products from production (integration with MES systems)
API for obtaining data from external systems
The warehouse performs production movements, issue and acceptance Integration of warehouse processes with production Increase the productivity of warehouse personnel
Optimize the use of warehouse premises Improve the quality of information on stocks, reduce inventory differences

Processes

Acceptance, placement, movement, replenishment, and shipment of raw materials to production;
Integration with maintenance and repair processes;
Quality control;
Staging and consumption management;
Party and series management;
Optimization of the warehouse in terms of stocks and resources;
Process routing for incoming, outgoing and internal warehouse processes;
Assembly / disassembly of kits; Inventory (including continuous);
Working with hazardous materials;
Support for terminal data assembly technologies, barcoding, RFID and integration with automated warehouse equipment (conveyors / sorters / robots);
Human resource management.

Benefits

High efficiency of the spare parts warehouse
Obtaining complete and up-to-date information about the current level of stocks in warehouses in real time
Integration of warehouse processes with maintenance processes
Increased labor productivity of warehouse personnel
Optimization of the use of warehouse premises
Improvement of the quality of information on stocks, reduction of inventory differences
Possibility of real-time management time
Increasing the coefficient of technical readiness of equipment due to the correct and timely provision of materials and equipment

Processes

Regional centres, terminals and container handling yards
Handling of air and sea cargoes
Piece loader and handling of containers
Arrival and departure to the airport or seaport

Benefits

Industry specific functions

EWM warehouse types

Description

SAP solutions help your business run better by converging your processes with a dynamic platform strategy to integrate products and technologies. This strategy combines the capabilities of SAP EWM, the SAP Transportation Management application, and SAP Business Network for Logistics with the power of intelligent technologies including the IoT, machine learning, and blockchain. Together, they help you orchestrate warehousing and logistics as part of a compelling, executable vision.

Benefits

A single technology logistics platform that helps to align logistics processes to operate as a single entity.
customers get fast and agile fulfillment experiences
optimize logistics operations
provide integrated analytics and cost visibility
support growth and scalability to help achieve a low cost of ownership.

Description

With SAP EWM, you can orchestrate inbound and outbound processing, as well as the storage and retrieval operations in between. The application helps you automate goods movement and manage inventory, addressing key requirements of complex processes and high-volume warehouses.
The application provides visibility into inventory and logistics along with advanced capabilities such as value-added services, kitting, labor planning and management, yard management, and comprehensive analytics.
SAP EWM also includes functions for crossdocking, import and export, quality management, picking from goods receipt, and push deployment. You can integrate the application readily with the latest technologies for pick by voice, augmented reality, radio-frequency identification (RFID), material handling equipment, autonomous vehicles, and warehouse robots.

Benefits

Combined Picking Enhancement
RF Enhancements in the area of Picking and Loading
Improve system robustness
Simplification
Better utilize resources
Enhanced scope in QM relevant processes

Description

SAP EWM can help you enhance a wide array of core inbound processes, including:
• Receipt and validation for advanced shipping notifications (ASNs)
• Goods receipt and receipt optimization
• Determination for put-away and put-away bins
• Internal routing to allow for granular modeling and tracking of movements in the warehouse
• Deconsolidation to enable efficient put-away by sorting and packing goods in receiving
• Returns management (also for e-commerce) for efficient identification and disposition of returned goods to reinsert them into the supply chain
• Direct receipt from production
• Transportation unit management

Benefits

schedule and turn around your goods receipts and order returns faster
reduce dock waiting times
ensure higher resource productivity while allowing flexible and automated handling of a large volume of items and orders, even as you scale your business.
Manage your warehouse resources with intelligence to enable greater productivity and efficiency.

Description

SAP EWM helps you direct storage and internal processing, including:
• Physical inventory processes and record verification to reduce inventory counting efforts and manage inventory balances on an ongoing basis
• Slotting, replenishment, rearrangement, and stock consolidation capabilities to optimize storage and maximize facility utilization
• Kitting to stock and value-added services to accelerate speed to shelf and offer customized product kits and personalized deliveries to customers
• Automated warehouse billing to allow activitybased electronic billing of warehouse costs to customers and payment to warehouse vendors

Benefits

Simplify storage and inventory control;
boost warehouse facility utilization;
provide new valueadded services for improved customer experiences and efficiency.

Description

Explore robust and advanced features for outbound processes in the warehouse, including:
• Transportation unit management to efficiently manage the flow of vehicles in the warehouse and support shipping and receiving operations
• Warehouse order creation, wave management, optimal route and picking bin determination, and optimal work assignment to help ensure timely planning and delivery of customer orders
• Picking, packing, staging, loading management, and goods issue
• Kitting to customer-specific orders
• Direct outbound delivery
• Production supply and production staging and consumption to allow synchronized material flows and accurate inventory visibility between the warehouse and production

Benefits

improve overall customer order fulfillment KPIs,
reduce delivery lead times,
limit order inaccuracies while scaling to meet higher levels of demand
serve multiple fulfillment channels.
meet quickly changing demands related to business growth.

Description

SAP EWM also offers additional cross-functional features related to material flow, such as opportunistic
and planned cross-docking, management of stock-specific units of measure, and labor management.
It includes built-in optimization for the creation of work packages, resource assignment, and stock consolidation. You can harness extended functionality for packaging specification and management of batches, serial numbers, catch weight, and dock appointment scheduling.
The application also includes rich cross-functional analytics and traceability. A comprehensive set of implementation tools helps you get up and running and accurately adjust your processes.

Benefits

optimize, visualize, and analyze warehouse operations;
improve resource utilization;
monitor the real-time status of resources using IoT services.
sizable reductions to both total cost of operations and total cost of inventory.

Description

The material flow system component of SAP EWM provides direct control and monitoring of automated
storage and retrieval systems. Directly control programmable logic controllers for high-rack storage,
small-parts warehousing, shuttle warehousing, and more. The built-in material flow system can help
you control movement of units in automated systems, manage conveyor segments, and monitor at
various levels.
The application also manages material handling equipment for distribution vehicles, sorters, and label applicators. It supports this functionality for pallets, containers, and cartons, as well as pick, pack, and pass technologies.
Your users can flexibly access and execute their tasks across a wide array of mobile devices,
including handheld RF terminals, tablets and smartphones, wireless scanners and printers, and wearable devices including voice headsets and smart glasses.

Benefits

streamline employee engagement and user efficiency by enabling your employees to succeed with technologies they are already familiar with and use in their personal, everyday lives.

Description

The SAP Warehouse Robotics solution is a warehouse automation solution that allows scalable integration with heterogeneous vendors of robots, lowering costs, increasing accuracy, and driving innovation.

Benefits

Gain insights from logistics processes across the supply chain
Adapt tools and processes to suit your business needs
Connect processes to break down functional silos
automate warehouse processes
increase warehouse productivity
deal with disruptions and labor shortages
Drastically Reduces Transport Time
significantly improves Warehouse Throughput
significantly improves Picker Productivity

Description

SAP EWM is a part of SAP S/4HANA, which allows you to simplify your IT landscape whileenabling speed and performance. You can leverage innovations such as in-memory analytics and innovative user experiences. With SAP EWM, you have the choice of either a decentralized deployment for large and high-volume warehousing or an embedded component for smaller and midsize enterprises. SAP EWM is offered in a
cloud deployment model, which further reduces total cost of ownership and offers scalability and faster time to value.
SAP Best Practices packages offer preconfigured solutions and building blocks for SAP EWM, which can accelerate your SAP EWM implementation.
Additionally, SAP offers flexible licensing for deploying SAP EWM as an embedded application, with varying functionality depending on the individual business requirements.
Basic warehouse management focuses on stock transparency and control. It offers features for inventory management, inbound and outbound processing, movement of goods in the warehouse, and reporting. Advanced warehouse management helps you optimize your warehouse processes and adds functionality for material flow control, yard and labor management, value-added services, kitting, cross-docking, and warehouse billing.
The two levels serve as stepping stones to supply chain convergence in SAP S/4HANA.

Benefits

• Reduce warehouse costs, including inventory and labor
• Improve customer service
• Increase productivity and accuracy
• Enhance flexibility and scalability
• Boost transparency of stock, processes, labor, and warehouse automation
• Help ensure compliance for international trade and sustainability

Run intralogistics integrated with core sales, manufacturing, and finances, plus transportation and returns
• Achieve faster fulfillment while optimizing resources and mitigating problems efficiently
• Gain real-time insight into operations with stock, resource, and process transparency
• Connect with a range of devices leveraging a built-in material flow system and integration with robotics and mobility solutions

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