SAP recommends the more robust extended warehouse management, but Pillir advises managers to weigh their options and consider the unique needs of their warehouse first.
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Pillir, the leading provider of low-code/no-code supply-chain solutions for SAP-centric organizations, releases a quick guide helping warehouse managers decide which warehouse management solution is right for them.
With this guide, Pillir sheds light on how an SAP WM (Warehouse Management) vs. SAP EWM (Extended Warehouse management) comparison stacks up.
As part of SAP’s efforts for intelligent enterprises to move to SAP S/4HANA, the support cycle for WM within SAP ECC will phase out by 2025. The result is that SAP-centric businesses will have to go for Stock Room Management or transition to SAP SCM—EWM.
Since Stock Room Management lacks the capabilities to support complex warehouses, the obvious choice is migrating to SAP EWM, according to SAP.
SAP EWM is a new SCM-based warehouse management application, unlike SAP WM, which can be considered a highly modified inventory management tool.
SAP WM application offers warehouse managers the tools essential to process and manage all the inventory and goods movement in the warehouse.
Besides supporting businesses in defining the warehouse structure, SAP WM helps refill stock, precisely manage stock transfers, identify optimal storage bins for stock, and picking, and so on.
SAP WM has an interface with other core modules—Sales and Distribution (SD), Quality Management (QM), and Production Planning (PP) to facilitate data sharing for efficient delivery, inspection, and production.
From simple to intricate supply chain logistics processes, EWM supports everything down to the smallest detail. As a result, warehouse managers can promptly and efficiently optimize inventory tracking and goods movement—thanks to SAP EWM’s high-level flexibility and automation.
Furthermore, by integrating the supply chain processes with a business’s warehouse and distribution processes, EWM improves operation visibility and offers better control over logistics.
In addition to the core functionalities of SAP WM, EWM enables cross-docking, slotting and rearrangement, dynamic cycle counting, yard, and labor management, storing and handling units, and more.
Allowing two deployment options (embedded and decentralized) and having additional high-end functionalities to help streamline complex e-commerce processes, SAP EWM has evolved as a more robust and versatile alternative to WM.
Pillir also highlights the role of EWM’s resource management capabilities in helping high-volume warehouses achieve tighter cost control.
On the flip side, for warehouses that need basic warehouse management functionalities, such as picking and putaway, inventory management, and goods receipt, SAP WM can be the best pick.
According to Pillir, even though SAP encourages its users to shift to SAP EWM, warehouse managers should weigh their options against their unique business requirements.
For example, SAP WM users looking to move to SAP EWM will have access to much more high-end functionalities than SAP WM—but it may be much more than required.
The guide goes on to add that warehouses transitioning from WM with a migration to SAP S/4HANA can also look beyond SAP EWM.
For instance, users looking for a high-end third-party solution that can efficiently meet their unique operational requirements can leverage Pillir’s Warehouse Management suite of mobile and web applications.
Including industry best practices and all vital features a warehouse requires, such as goods movement, door maintenance, and storage bin management, Pillir apps streamline warehouse processes instantly, thus resulting in measurable (and prompt) ROI.
Built on Pillir’s low-code platform, these deployment-ready yet customisable apps help slash warehouse costs, gain faster fulfillment, and speed up innovation in SAP business applications.
Additionally, by building a fully integrated IT ecosystem enabling integration with tools enterprises use, Pillir offers automatic data sharing and deeper insights into its customers’ warehouse operations.
To quote a client, “We digitised and streamlined door management and loading/unloading activities – tracking of all these in our SAP system in real time instead of intermittently when someone had a chance to get to the terminal. This has helped us improve productivity in the warehouse significantly as well as real time visibility for our core business stakeholders in HQ.”
Interested parties can find more about Pillir at https://www.pillir.io/.
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