Tips, tools & key success factors behind the successful implementation of SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM) for a leading UK card retailer.

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Tips, tools and key success factors behind the successful implementation of SAP Extended Warehouse Management for a leading UK card retailer
Presenter: Lewis Marston,
MD Rocket Consulting Ltd
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This document contains information that is proprietary to Rocket Consulting
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SAP SCM EWM Project Scope
Distribution center based on EWM with integration to 4 non-SAP ERP systems
EWM solution providing single warehouse system for 4 different businesses in the Group in a Logistics Service Provider style operation
Project & Go Live Facts
Go live: June 2011
Inbound put-awaysper day: 1000
Outbound daily delivery lines: 10000
Replenishments per day: 650
Picking warehouse tasks per day: 5500
Number of warehouse users: 100+
Number of bins: 60000
Staging lanes: 32
2 shift operation 60 RF operators in a single shift (3 shifts at peak)
MHE: Cherry picker, Man-up, FLT, Side reach, PPT
QUICK FACTS
Industry: Retail Distribution
Location: Bradford, UK
A leading greeting card retail business. Distribution Centre for greeting cards, gift wrappings and other personal expression products.
lanuch@rocket-consulting.com
www.rocket-consulting.com
In Partnership With
Figures based on peak operation
SCM EWM @ UK Card Retailer

Introduction
Rocket Consulting is a specialist SAP consultancy dedicated to helping our customers meet the demands of today’s supply chain execution and management.
How and why was SAP EWM selected
Key Success Factor –Warehouse Definition
Key Success Factor –EWM Flexibility
Key Success Factor –Managing EWM Flexibility
Project Benefits Overview
Wrap up and Questions
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Practical innovative supply chain execution

ERP-WM
ERP-EWM
SCM-EWM
How & why was SAP EWM selected
WMS Selection
Business Requirements
Integration
Costs
Functionality & Usability
Strategy
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ERP
WM
ERP
EWM
SCMEWM
Client SAProadmap
Multiple businesses & owners of stock
Business/customer specific process
Value added services
Multiple-ERP process integration
Labour management
Operational reporting
Native RF transactions
Yard management
SAP’s WMS strategy
Flexibilityto enhance
How & why was SAP EWM selected
Benefit from our experience for free!
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Key Success Factor –Warehouse Definition
Accurate, optimised behaviour & reporting
Process Configuration
Resource Characteristics
Warehouse Layout
Solid foundations or compromise warehouse behaviour, resource utilisation & reporting!!!

A decimal point could compromise warehouse behaviour, resource utilisation & reporting!!!
Key Success Factor –Warehouse Layout
Over 600,000warehouse layout data elements
Bins
Fields
Layout
elements
Layout Data

Key Success Factor –Warehouse Definition
60,000 Bins. All in the correct position?
Find out about the Virtual Warehouse Monitor

Key Success Factor –EWM Flexibility
Without the flexibility offered by EWM the solution would have been practically impossible!
•Multiple stock owners
•Configurable reporting
•End-to–end business process automation
•Extending strategies
•Enhanced replenishment
•UoMby business
•P&D optimisation
•Verification rules
•Multi-ERP integration
•Extending interfaces
•Tailoring warehouse RF experience
•Process variation by business
•Process variation by customer
•Process variation by storage area
Process Flexibility
Technical Flexibility
Implementation Flexibility
Enhancement Flexibility
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Key Success Factor –EWM Flexibility
•Reduced need for bespoke development
•SAP Add-ons ‘Rocket Packs’ further reduced development time, cost and risk
Bespoke Development
•Flexible process enhancements through Business Add-Ins
•Enhancement while retaining standard core process with minimal development and low TCO impact
•80% of BADI’s used had less than 5 lines of code!
Enhance SAP Process (BADI)
•Significantly improved process configuration options
•Very flexible warehouse processes
•Improved standard reporting
Configure SAP
Process
Consider SAP Add-ons for EWM to cut development time, cost & risk.

Key Success Factor –Managing EWM Flexibility
With great flexibility comes great responsibility
Blueprint
Increased Blueprint design effort.
Ensure tightly defined practical design.
Realisation
In-built quality.
Embrace opportunity but keep design on track throughout.
Client knowledge acquisition throughout.
Keep documentation up to date as you go!
Testing
Testing is more complex, more scenarios.
Planning and management even more critical.
In-situ/Day-In-Life testing was a huge benefit.
Training
Training even more critical.
Greater system functionality requires greater understanding.
More information for Super-Users.
Ensure support organisation readiness.
Go-Live & Support
Huge benefit of Day In the Life Of (DILO) and knowledge acquisition.
Only 3 weeks of on-site support before transition to 3rdline support.
Process Steps
Customer Specific Handling
Business Specific Handling
Storage Specific Rules
Possible Process Variations
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Innovating EWM implementations with VWM
Helping to delivery high quality, robust
and well understood EWM solutions.
Warehouse layout validation and accuracy
•3D layout visualisation
•Fast and accurate layout data validation
•Accelerate data correction
Building in quality
•Bring virtual warehouse processes into the testing
•Improved testing through process visualisation
•Helps test processes not transactions
Process understanding
•Bring virtual warehouse processes into the classroom
•Train on processes not transactions
•Accelerate and increase solution understanding
Optimisation and continuous improvement
•Contextualised view of warehouse activity
•Understand warehouse behaviour quickly
•Accelerate optimisation phase
•Facilitate continuous improvement
Ask about our EWM QA service backed with the innovative power of VWM.

SAP SCM EWM Project Scope
Distribution center based on EWM with integration to 4 non-SAP ERP systems
EWM solution providing single warehouse system for 4 different businesses in the Group in a Logistics Service Provider style operation
Project & Go Live Facts
Go live: June 2011
Inbound put-awaysper day: 1000
Outbound daily delivery lines: 10000
Replenishments per day: 650
Picking warehouse tasks per day: 5500
Number of warehouse users: 100+
Number of bins: 60000
Staging lanes: 32
2 shift operation 60 RF operators in a single shift (3 shifts at peak)
MHE: Cherry picker, Man-up, FLT, Side reach, PPT
QUICK FACTS
Industry: Retail Distribution
Location: Bradford, UK
A leading greeting card retail business. Distribution Centre for greeting cards, gift wrappings and other personal expression products.
lanuch@rocket-consulting.com
In Partnership With
Benefits Highlights
Visibility of information
Informed and empowered workforce
Better management information
Integrated warehouse
Improved technical landscape
Flexible warehouse
Utilisation of resources
Improved usability
Reduction in process complexity
Future Potential
Performance improvements
Process improvements
Voice enablement
Labour management
Extended reporting
Add more business e.g. online retail
Integration into SAP landscape
SCM EWM @ UK Card Retailer
Come and ask us about fully integrated EWM voice solutions & the typical <12 month ROI.

5 Takeaway tips to help your EWM project
Understand your software selectionbusiness case and make a confident appropriate informed choice
Recognise the significance of accuracyin ALL elements of warehouse definition: Process, Resources & Layout
Embrace EWM’s flexibilitybut ensure to balance with appropriate effort into project activities & understanding
Keep controlof the design, build qualityin throughout all project phases & aspects System, Technology, Operation, People
Come & talk to us at our stand, we are a friendly bunch and would be happy to help you!
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Questions & Further Information
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All Trademarks are hereby acknowledged.
This document contains information that is proprietary to Rocket Consulting
and must not be disclosed in whole or in part to any third party

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