Digital Warehouses
Experience the Future Today
Innovation Technology Integration with
SAP Extended Warehouse Management
Head of EWM: Andreas Holtschulte
Until August 2019 SAP SE:
❑ SAP EWM for Consumer Products and Retail (Chief Product Owner) + Model
Company
❑ SAP EWM for Fashion (Chief Product Owner)
❑ SAP EWM for Manufacturing and Automotive (Chief Product Owner)
Expert in:
❑ Integration of Innovation Technologies in SAP S/4HANA and EWM
❑ Related technologies: Extended Warehouse Management (EWM), TM, GTT,
ATTP, EM and IoT, AR, VR, AI, Blockchain
Global responsibility for industry products in the area of digital Supply Chain
Realtime
Location System
(RTLS) Inhouse
Reasonable
Investment
Ultrawideband High
Technology (UWB) Accuracy
Innovations in
Intralogistics
with SAP –
digital labels
connected to
SAP EWM
Warehouse
Automation
out of the box
with SAP
EWM Material
Flow System
(MFS)
Automated Guided
Vehicle connected to
SAP Extended
Warehouse
Management (EWM)
Resource
Management
Argumented
Reality for
picking, packing
and Value
Added Services
/ Kitting
Innovation
mobile UI –
Ready for open
Innovation Cloud
with mobile De
vices
in Warehouse
SAP Core SAP ERP Central Component SAP S/4HANA S/4 or SCM
Functional Area MM Lean WM WM
Stock Room
Management
EWM Basic EWM Advanced
• SAP offers 11 technology
Manage Stock at Storage
Location
combinations to manage Stocks
Bin Management
and Warehouses
Pick Logic – Wave
Management
Placement Strategies
Removal Strategies • They differ in functionality,
Replenishment
Cross Docking complexity and costs
Handling Unit / Storage Unit
• What is the best solution
Management
Deconsolidation
considering:
Dock Appointment Scheduling
Enhanced Adjustable RF
Technology
FIORI Apps
✓ Costs
Graphical Warehouse Layout
Labor Management ✓ Complexity
Material Flow System
Yard Management
✓ Time to value
Total cost of ownership
Standard Mobile RF
Technology ✓
Task and Resource
Management
Transit Warehouse ✓ Investment protection
Unloading of Transportation
Units
Value Added Services
Call to action – Sprint 0 for Warehouse Management
- Evaluation of Warehouse locations
- Evaluation of Warehouse processes
- Process Optimization
- License Cost Optimization based on logistics
activity-based costing
(only advanced where it is really needed)
- Solution Concept, BPML and Backlog for
Warehouse Software Architecture and
implementation approach based on:
✓ Costs
✓ Complexity
✓ Time to value
✓ Total cost of ownership
✓ Investment protection
✓ SAP Roadmaps for S/4 and EWM
Options for Warehouse Management in SAP
− We will find the best fit solution in SAP
portfolio for your warehouse landscape.
- We minimize the license costs
dramatically by selecting what you really
need.
- Re-Use of the existing code line of WM
where possible potentially minimizes
your implementation cost significantly.
- Value add and quick win driven innovation
and integration of WMS technology into
your WMS will assure fastest possible
ROI.
- We support you in innovating and
integrating WMS-Technologies in your
WMS.
Sprint ZERO – SAP Warehouse Innovation
THE CHALLENGE THE IDEA
▪ How can your Warehouse Management fit in your global ▪ Easy to understand intro into EWM Innovations
Innovation and Supply Chain Strategy.
▪ Easy to understand intro into SAP WMS roadmap
▪ What are the integration points to your global Supply
▪ Gathering your business pain points and dream points in
Chain, Production, Planning and digital Supply Chain
the context of warehouseing
Business Network and Yard Logistics?
▪ Identify, evaluate and prioritize potential Use Cases
▪ What can you expect from SAP EWM, WM, SRM, EWM and
▪ Set up POCs for the highest piority Use Case(s)
IoT?
▪ Decide on further proceeding
▪ What advantages does EWM and WMS Innovations deliver
for your business? ▪ Define Sprint Back log
▪ Does EWM or other SAP WMS-Solutions support optimizing
stock in the context of highly volatile demand situations?
▪ How does the whole EWM/WMS story tie into your SAP S4
Strategy?
Model Company for Consumer Products
Consumer products
Batch management
Allergens
Best-before and Short-shelf Life handling.
Production Sites & DCs.
Receiving against ASN/SSCC, against GS1/EAN128
Label, No Label.
Shipping Full Pallets, Mixed Layer Pallets and Case
& Piece Picks.
Direct Loading
Picking in fixed bin, single-deep rack, double- and
multi-deep racks.
Pre-picking Mixed Layer Pallets or Case & Piece
Picks
RF Picking or Pick-by-voice
Transportation Management Integration
