{"id":20,"date":"2017-01-09T12:36:43","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T12:36:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/?p=20"},"modified":"2017-01-09T12:36:43","modified_gmt":"2017-01-09T12:36:43","slug":"sap-warehouse-management-efficiency-cost-reduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/09\/sap-warehouse-management-efficiency-cost-reduction\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP Warehouse Management &#8211; Efficiency, cost reduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAP WM &#8211; Warehouse Management\u00a0primarily aims to control the movement and storage of materials within a warehouse and process the associated transactions, including shipping, receiving, putaway and picking. \u00a0SAP WM monitors \u0003receipt, storage and goods movement from all locations to a final customer.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Inventory Accuracy: Statistically, a data entry person makes 1 error every 300 keystrokes. If Radio Frequency technologies is introduced, the number of errors drops to 1 in 3 million.<br \/>\nBy providing real time visibility, inventory accuracy can be improved by 20% or more. \u00a0SAP WM can totally eliminate the need for any physical inventory.<\/li>\n<li>Reduce Operational Cost: Using Bar Code Scanning on wireless handheld scanners provides instant inventory visibility and availability to the customer service team as they are trying to meet their customers\u2019 needs.\u00a0\u00a0 The system has the most up to date availability information which will help improve fill rates.\u00a0\u00a0Since the SAP WM confirms picking and shipping against the Sales Order that the customer placed, the possibility of picking and shipping the wrong items is virtually eliminated.<\/li>\n<li>Improve Customer Satisfaction:\u00a0SAP\u00a0WM system will improve the efficiency of all warehouse functions from receiving, order picking, cycle counting, shipping, etc. Typically, SAP\u00a0WM will triple the number of lines picked and increases Outbound shipments by \u00a015%.\u00a0 Configured warehouse layout with travel routes optimized will direct and guide the warehouse personnel through their inventory put-away, picking and cycle counting activities in the most efficient way possible.<\/li>\n<li>Increase efficiency:\u00a0A reduction in operating expenses of up to 35% is typically realized by warehouses using SAP\u00a0WM.\u00a0 Inventory carrying costs can be reduced by as much as 27%.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>As a summary;<\/p>\n<p>SAP WM &#8211;\u00a0warehouse management system cost justification includes both tangible and intangible benefits. Here are main benefits:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Better inventory visibilty<\/li>\n<li>Faster order fulfillment<\/li>\n<li>Reduced warehouse labor costs<\/li>\n<li>Cost of physical inventories eliminated<\/li>\n<li>Lower shipping\/freight costs<\/li>\n<li>Increased warehouse productivity and pick speed<\/li>\n<li>Reduced Shipping errors<\/li>\n<li>Improved control over RMA\u2019s<\/li>\n<li>Optimization of\u00a0your warehouse space<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAP WM &#8211; Warehouse Management\u00a0primarily aims to control the movement and storage of materials within a warehouse and process the associated transactions, including shipping, receiving, putaway and picking. \u00a0SAP WM monitors \u0003receipt, storage and goods movement from all locations to a final customer. Inventory Accuracy: Statistically, a data entry person makes 1 error every 300 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business-process-re-engineering"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21,"href":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20\/revisions\/21"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sapwm.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}