SAP S/4HANA runs a 3PL from dock to delivery on one platform

Different systems per site, transport on a whiteboard

Transport was planned on spreadsheets and a whiteboard, routes were not optimised, and picking errors led to costly returns.

• Each site ran its own warehouse system with its own rules.
• Transport planning was manual, so routes ran half empty.
• Picking errors drove returns and eroded client trust.
• Head office had no single view of cost or service across sites.

Warehousing and transport on SAP S/4HANA with EWM

Inbound, storage, picking and dispatch follow one standard, and transport planning works from real orders.

• Extended Warehouse Management standardises every site.
• Radio-frequency scanning guides and checks each pick.
• Transport Management plans and fills routes from live orders.
• One view of cost and service level across all sites.

Proved it at one site, then rolled out the rest

Transport Management came on once the warehouses were stable.

Go-live took eighteen weeks across the network.

More volume out the door, far fewer errors

Pick accuracy reached 99.5 percent, returns from mis-picks dropped, and transport runs fuller because routes are planned from real orders.

Every site now runs the same way, and the scanner checks each pick before it ships. Throughput is up, returns from mis-picks have nearly gone, and our trucks finally run full. Operations Head, Logistics