I have been working with SAP Warehouse Management (SAP WM) for nearly 35 years and with SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) for nearly 17 years. I began my career on SAP R/2 running on AS/400 mainframe systems—something that now sounds like the Stone Age. Since 2008, I have been working extensively with SAP Extended...
The Definitive List of Warehouse Metrics You Need to Start Tracking Today Knowing the right warehouse metrics to track to improve profitability and operations is key to the success of your organization. Unfortunately, key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics can be confusing. As explained by ERP Consultant Inc., successful metric tracking benchmarking procedures, including identifying...
A WMS, or warehouse management system, is software that helps companies manage and control daily warehouse operations, from the moment goods and materials enter a distribution or fulfillment center until the moment they leave. WMS software systems are a key component of supply chain management and offer real-time visibility into a company’s entire inventory, in...
The biggest measuring success factor in a warehouse is always the efficiency. How can we achieve the highest efficiency, that is the question! Here are a few criteria that I always emphasize: Inventory accuracy: inaccurate inventory always interrupt on-going warehouse processes and causes delays in shipments in timely manner and makes customer upset, lost customer causes revenue loss. Labeling (Storage...
SAP’s Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) solution has become an integral part of many organisation’s warehousing and distribution operations. For large and high-volume warehousing, a decentralized deployment is often the most appropriate option to go for as it is more able to handle a higher throughput. For smaller and mid-sized warehousing operations however, a decentralized deployment...