{"id":29900,"date":"2022-01-10T11:16:59","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T10:16:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.test-leogistics.com\/?p=29900"},"modified":"2022-01-13T08:48:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T07:48:05","slug":"sap-ewm-4-steps-to-more-sustainability-in-warehouse-logistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leogistics.com\/en\/blog-en\/sap-ewm-4-steps-to-more-sustainability-in-warehouse-logistics\/","title":{"rendered":"SAP EWM: 4 Steps To More Sustainability In Warehouse Logistics"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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How to save paper<\/b> and other resources in your warehouse<\/b><\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In recent years, people have become increasingly aware of their environment – and with it, the sustainable use of raw materials and resources has become more and more important. In everyday life, you can hardly get past a product that does not emphasize how environmentally neutral and fair it is. Logistics plays an enormous role in making this claim a reality. After all, without sustainability in production, storage and transport, there will be no fair, organic and environmentally friendly produced products on the supermarket shelves. Against the backdrop of the new supply chain law, the topic must be tackled in many companies anyway, especially with regard to logistics processes. But what does sustainability look like in the warehouse in particular?<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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On the way to more sustainability in the warehouse<\/b> <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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According to the WWF, almost every fifth industrially felled tree is processed into paper. It is not uncommon for me to see customers using thousands of pages of paper in a single day when inspecting existing warehouses prior to an SAP S\/4HANA transformation or when replacing legacy systems. Every warehouse activity, whether it’s putaway and transfer or picking and staging, is handled via slips of paper. However, to make the promises of the Paris Climate Agreement a reality, paper consumption in the warehouse must be reduced to zero as quickly as possible!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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For the most part, there is no reason, supported by sound arguments, for activities to be documented on paper. This circumstance is merely due to history, when handheld scanners and mobile devices were not yet widespread and played no role in logistics. But the paper-based flow of goods contradicts the principle of Industry 4.0, whose goal is complete digitalization, due to the high process risk.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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01.<\/b> Replace paper with scanner applications <\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Do you want to reduce paper consumption in your warehouse as a first step? SAP EWM supports you in your project by means of scanner applications (Radio Frequency), which can be executed on mobile devices, to map any warehouse processes system-guided and paperless. By eliminating paper, your supply chain processes not only become more sustainable, but also more efficient and transparent. Every warehouse movement is documented and the employees are guided by the system during their work. As a nice side effect, missing or misplaced pallets and stocks become a thing of the past and you gain more flexibility and quality.<\/p>\n

All information is available in SAP EWM in real time, bringing transparency and enabling fast reactions in ongoing operations to ensure a smooth process flow from receipt to the provision of goods in the goods issue area or on production and assembly lines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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02.<\/b> Reduction of packaging waste<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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But eliminating paper alone is not enough. Every one of us has experienced ordering a product from an online mail order company that was delivered in packaging that was far too large. How this happens is relatively easy to explain: The personnel in the warehouse are under enormous time pressure in their work and, when in doubt, they reach for the bigger one when choosing a carton.<\/p>\n

In this case, SAP EWM’s automatic packaging planning comes into play, which supports the respective employee both with a suggestion on the packaging material to be used and with finishing and shift patterns. In the course of SAP S\/4HANA 1909, the possibilities in EWM have been further extended by means of the Package Builder introduced earlier in SAP TM, in order to package goods on the basis of certain specifications such as orientation, stackability or dimension.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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