SAP Warehouse Management Use Case

Supply chain led businesses that operate at scale need solutions that are efficient, agile and capable of handling complexity. For a subsidiary of a $12BN global industrial manufacturer specialising in robotics and automation, SAP Warehouse Management on S/4HANA Public Cloud offered a transformative opportunity to optimise their supply chain operations.

Implementation Type: New, Greenfield

Industry: Robotics and Industrial Automation

Company Profile: Subsidiary of a global $12BN Industrial Manufacturer

Goals: A validated multi-plant Supply Chain solution that supports global supply of industrial robots and robotic automation systems.

Timeline: 18 months to go-live

Key Challenges to Resolve:

• Quality Control and Compliance. Needed end-to-end traceability for all components used in robot assembly,
• Business Continuity and Change Management: Requirement to execute a ‘big bang’ implementation across 7 plants without posing risk to continuity.
• Data Consistency and Complexity: Needed to integrate with multiple legacy business systems to ensure data consistency and real-time processing.

Why was SAP Warehouse Management selected?

• Delivery of a robust global ERP template that accommodates all regional business variations, while ensuring multi-plant standardisation.
• A unified, simplified IT landscape proven to reduce complexity
• Automatic updates and solution innovation that could help streamline and scale multi-site operations.

Implementation Upsides

• Use of Cloud extensibility and configuration that delivered business-specific needs including custom Item Categories and Condition Types.
• Achieved complete track and trace using serial number management.

Key Lessons Learned:

• Streamline user training to ensure all regional team members ready for go-live.