SAP Solution: logistics

As part of its "Logistics Concept 2030", packaging manufacturer Linhardt is preparing for the future and ensuring a more efficient material flow. A decisive factor in this was the move away from the old warehouse management system in good time before the end of maintenance.

Flexibility, speed of response and cost efficiency are becoming increasingly important in logistics due to increased process costs, the ongoing shortage of skilled workers, competitive pressures and geopolitical disruptions in international freight traffic.

When Swiss Post started its digital transformation in 2018 and the decision was made to switch to S/4, this also had an impact on logistics. This area combines all logistics services, including the industry solutions EOS and LOGOS.

The challenges in logistics and intralogistics could hardly be greater. Whereas 30 years ago the use of robots, AI and gripping technology was only a dream of the future, today the industry will soon no longer be able to do without them.

For 50 years, the IT community has known the software group SAP as the ERP market leader. The term ERP defines a subject area, but says little in concrete terms. This E-3 cover story deals specifically with the keywords SCM, logistics, Industry 4.0, (I)IoT and Digital Twins. The three SAP partners Camelot, FIS and Orsoft supported the E-3 editorial team in the research....

Regardless of the ECC deadline, existing SAP customers must have migrated their existing applications to the new Hana and S/4 software platform. This also applies to the SAP logistics modules Materials Management (MM) and Warehouse Management (WM).

Companies with production sites in different countries are increasingly challenged by globalized logistics processes. International inventory planning and uncertainties in supply and demand place high technical demands on supply chain management.

Manufacturing and production companies know: When it comes to digitizing processes and applications, the journey is the destination. The decisive factor for the success of individual migration stages is the well thought-out integration of all processes and applications - this also applies to supply chain management in particular. Hybrid cloud concepts create the necessary scope for a step-by-step expansion...

Ortec and Transporeon have entered into a cooperation agreement. Customers benefit from the joint portfolio.

Truck drivers are on the road every day to load and unload on the factory premises of different plants and are particularly challenged during times characterized by Covid-19.

Functioning supply chain management has always been and still is an optimized combination of human skills and intelligent machines. Those who manage to establish an efficient division of labor can hope for the much-invoked added value. GIB consistently builds on the SAP ERP system and complements it with decades of experience in accordance with the rules. Björn Dunkel and Volker Blöchl from GIB spoke to E-3...

A technological paradigm shift is currently taking place in many areas of logistics, and digitization and artificial intelligence will be the first to break through.