SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) is a powerful warehouse management system (WMS) that provides an integrated, end-to-end warehousing solution. It is a comprehensive suite of tools that helps to automate and streamline the management of processes in warehouses. With EWM, businesses can control their warehouse operations, improve inventory accuracy, enhance visibility throughout the supply chain and reduce costs.
Why SAP EWM?
- Best-in-class functionality: a comprehensive warehouse management system for manual and automated warehouses
- Customizable: can be tailored to meet businesses’ specific needs
- Comprehensive flow management: easily manage orders, track shipments, and manage customer returns
- Extended capabilities: supports yard management, labor management and warehouse automation connectivity, which enables efficient, systematic management of warehouse resources and flows
- Real-time visibility: real-time tracking of inventory movements for a better understanding of inventory levels. This helps avoid overstocking and out-of-stock situations.
- Robotic process automation: supports robotic process automation, which can help automate and streamline various warehouse operations
- Extensibility and integration: highly integrated with other SAP systems and easy integration with non-SAP systems. EWM can also be extended with SAP Add-ons and customer-specific functionalities.
- Warehouse optimization: advanced analytics and reporting capabilities to help businesses optimize their warehouse operations
SAP EWM features
The major features of SAP EWM provide end-to-end warehouse capabilities and include:
- Warehouse layouts
- Warehouse task creation
- Strategies for putaway, picking, packing and shipping
- Inbound processing
- Goods receipt
- Putaway
- Storage unit management
- Inventory management
- Picking and packing
- Value-added services
- Warehouse process automation
- Quality management
- Outbound processing
- Shipping
- Replenishment and stock transfer
- Goods issue
- Warehouse labor management
- Warehouse monitoring
- Transportation planning
- Yard management
- Regulatory compliance
EWM + MFS
There are multiple ways to connect SAP EWM to automation. 4flow digital can help you determine the best way to achieve efficient and optimized connectivity.
- SAP EWM + MFS
- SAP EWM + automation WCS
- SAP EWM + third-party WCS
- SAP Warehouse Robotics
Automation technology integration
We provide a holistic approach to your solution by providing automation integration in SAP EWM.
- Warehouse automation with material handling equipment (MHE) to optimize your warehouse flows
- ASRS, conveyors, carousels, sorting systems and more
- Voice and vision
- Autonomous mobile robots (AMR)
We work closely with you and the automation vendors to achieve the optimal SAP EWM and automation solution for your business needs.
SAP Warehouse Robotics
SAP Warehouse Robotics is a cloud-based robotic automation solution designed to help warehouses and distribution centers increase accuracy, efficiency, and productivity. The solution enables users to access pre-built robotic process automation (RPA) workflows and to quickly and easily automate repetitive manual processes.
The system can be used to improve inventory management, pick and pack operations and order fulfillment. It also provides tools for tracking and managing warehouse operations, including order histories, inventory levels and shipment statuses. With SAP Warehouse Robotics, you can streamline processes and optimize fulfillment operations to increase customer satisfaction and improve operational performance.
Your advantages
As a customer, you will benefit from collaborating with 4flow digital on SAP EWM design and implementation in numerous ways.
Your ideal partner for complex automation projects
4flow digital brings extensive SAP EWM experience with both manual and automated warehouses
Industry-specific know-how
Benefit from SAP EWM experience tailored to your industry, whether life sciences, retail, manufacturing or automotive
Access to automation vendors
We collaborate to find an automation solution that suits your business and operations requirements
Lifetime partnership
4flow digital is committed to your success and satisfaction for the long-term
Deployment approaches
SAP Digital Supply Chain applications such as SAP EWM can be deployed based on your business and technical requirements. Together, we will analyze your goals and design the best deployment approach.
The following deployment possibilities exist:
- On-premise
- Private cloud via hyperscaler
- Public cloud via hyperscaler
- Hybrid
- Private and public SAP Cloud
Any questions or looking for additional insights?
- Download application-specific one-pagers showing how we support you design and implement SAP-based supply chain solutions
- Access our on-demand webinar recordings on most common use cases
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Partnership with SAP
4flow is an SAP Silver Partner and has SAP Recognized Expertise in the area of supply chain planning and logistics.
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