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Extend Warehouse Management Beyond the Physical Walls to Expand Visibility and Control Across Your Network
SAP Yard Management offers new opportunities for companies wanting to drive down supply chain costs, improve visibility and increase customer satisfaction all within the limits of their existing SAP investment. As of SAP release 4.7 extension set 2.0, Yard Management and Cross Docking are fully integrated with the LES module, including Shipping, Transportation, Warehouse Management and SAP Console, therefore eradicating expensive and cumbersome interfaces while still providing the functionality expected for success.
With Yard Management, SAP expands on its work with handling unit management to provide visualization and real-time tracking from check-in to check-out. Previously unmonitored vehicles become SAP virtual handling units assigned to inbound or outbound reference documents in the yard.
Check-in and Check-out Operations With a checkpoint tool users can manage the throughput of vehicles in and out of the yard. Actions such as weight and movement determination are then made available through the tool, ensuring the beginning processes are seamless for the operator. RF-Enabled Tracking SAP Console delivers transactions for real-time tracking of vehicles between yard bins and door assignments. The standard RF-enabled transactions that SAP supplies include the following:
Displays in graphical format the inbound and outbound dock door and staging area appointments based on the deliveries or shipments that are scheduled to arrive or depart from the facility. Details of each delivery or shipment can be obtained from within the Yard Scheduling cockpit to show the overall status of the object as well as vehicle information. Monitoring Tools SAP delivers a high-level yard monitoring tool to keep management up-to-date and enable them to assess next steps. With the alert monitor, real-time alerts come configured to allow you to run your facilities on an exception basis. In addition, users may also subscribe to alerts that notify management of issues such as missed loads, door assignments or failed scheduling attempts.
System-Guided Yard Movements Advanced movements can be planned or manually triggered and completed via RF devices in the yard with or without confirmation. Multi-level management is available to help move through staging areas and door assignments. Movements are controlled through yard definitions in configuration. Yard Scheduling Chart Graphical representation in drag-and-drop form for creating scheduling activities, modifying duration periods and cancellations. Bar graph length and color helps represent different attributes of each load, making actions and gaps more accessible and easy to follow.
Yard Monitor
Displays all objects and activities associated with the yard and their current status. Inbound and outbound deliveries and shipments can be monitored along with the trailer and vehicle information. In addition, users can branch to an alert monitor to view activities that have exceeded the configured threshold within the system (i.e. arrival time, departure time, etc).
Yard Scheduling
Opportunistic Cross Docking Creates similar decisions, but on a real-time basis in the case of unexpected inbound or outbound demand. Combined with SAP Console, your floor operators are system-directed to the optimal location, including incoming purchase orders.
Optimizes your results by performing immediate analysis during transfer order creation after goods receipt or during the release of an outbound document. This method not only constantly searches for the most optimal pulling location, but in the example of a large inbound load with open transfer orders, cancels existing transfer orders and triggers an alert to management. In a fast-paced environment with changing schedules, this method can get the most out of your project investment without any manual intervention.
Configurable for both a one-step and two-step process. With the one-step process, goods are moved directly from the inbound document to the outbound document. With warehouse management, this is reflected through one single transfer order. The two-step process allows for an intermediate storage type serving as a staging area and creates two separate transfer orders for putaway and picking.
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