Project Description

LSP and CEP shipping solution in SAP

Optimized shipping process through including delivery company requirements, label printing and freight tracking in the SAP standard

Your requirements

  • Fully integrate the technical requirements of various CEPs and LSPs into your SAP system
  • Avoid subsystems and any media breaks
  • Connect tracking information with the relevant SAP document
  • Get an overview of the status of each shipping process

Our solution

  • Connecting all CEP and LSP suppliers with one single Add-On
  • Consistent shipping process in the SAP system
  • Printing of labels according to the delivery company requirements
  • Shipping and status tracking in SAP
  • Independently expandable and customizable
  • Integration of additional functions

Your benefit

  • Simplified and accelerated order creation and shipping processes
  • Total transparency – all shipping processes are monitored in 1 system
  • Unified master data avoid errors during data transfer
  • Automated processes save time
  • User-friendly solution

The Details of the SERKEM Solution in SAP

Most of the companies work together with CEP and LSP service providers. It is precisely the varying charges and diversity of services, as well as the necessity of fast access to shipping, which make an electronic connection to the leading SAP system on the part of the service provider crucial.

SERKEM offers an efficient and continuously managed shipping process by using an intelligent way of connecting courier, express and parcel service providers (CEP) as well as logistics service providers (LSP) in SAP. The technical requirements of the service providers are fully integrated – the basis for a consistent shipping process in your SAP system.

The following CEP and LSP can be connected:

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Due to the SERKEM template approach, the solution will be implemented efficiently and individually in the context of an one-time SAP implementation project. No ongoing license costs will arise.

At a glance

Label printing according to CEP and LSP-specific requirements

Labels are printed accordingly the requirements of the service providers. The needed data is automatically provided by the SAP system itself, without the need of third-party systems.

Data transfer via IDoc/EDI from the system to the service provider

The Data transfer will be directly in the correct format the supplier system can work with. In general, IDoc/EDI is used for the data transfer. Required information is generated by the system and transferred to the service provider. Data provided by the service provider is exchanged electronically and imported into SAP in real-time.

Manifest for CEP and LSP suppliers

Next to the labels also the Manifests are developed considering the requirements of the CEP suppliers. The manifest includes the scope of delivery and the packages and is transferred electronically to the service provider.

Tracking

While printing the label for a parcel the tracking number will be determined and saved in SAP. The Shipment Tracking as well as the status of the shipment is directly visible in SAP. In addition, Web-Tracking offers a direct link to the webpage of the supplier.

 
  • Connecting all CEP and LSP suppliers with one single Add-On avoids media breaks
  • Consistent shipping process in the SAP system
  • Simplified and accelerated order creation and shipping processes
  • Total transparency – all shipping processes are monitored in 1 system
  • Shipment Tracking and status directly in SAP
  • Fast and reliable status information for customers
  • Unified master data avoid errors during data transfer
  • Information out of the SAP system is used and transferred to the service provider
  • Generating and printing of labels and freight lists in SAP
  • Automated processes save time
  • User-friendly solution
  • Independently expandable and customizable

With the SERKEM solution, LSP and CEP are basically linked to SAP at the level of the delivery or the shipment document. Essential data provided by the service provider is exchanged electronically and imported into SAP in real-time. Leading printer manufacturers as well as automatic printing machines are supported, too. The solution is available for SAP WM and SAP EWM.

More Highlights of the SERKEM solution in SAP:

  • Complete integration in SAP
  • Shipping orders are created directly in SAP
  • Label printing with integrated tracking numbers of the service provider
  • Use of existing data in SAP with plausibility check of the entered data
  • Easy creation of packing labels, freight list, shipping documents
  • Development and printing of service provider individual labels
  • Automatic determination of routing data
  • Transfer and storage of weight value from the parcel scale
  • Multilingualism

The following additional functions can be integrated into the SAP standard process

  • Special services: next day 8 a.m., cash on delivery, etc.
  • Dangerous goods management
  • Cash on delivery processing
  • Self-billing

Our Clients – an Extract

SEW-EURODRIVE GmbH & Co KG

  • Industrie: Manufacturing
  • Revenues: 2,7 Mrd. € (2015/16)
  • Employees: 16000 worldwide (2016)

Success Story SEW-EURODRIVE

UNI ELEKTRO

  • Industry: Electrotechnology
  • Revenues: 464 Mio. € (2015)
  • Employees: 1200 (2015)

Success Story UNI ELEKTRO

Büroring eG

  • Industry: Purchasing, marketing, and service cooperative society of office supply retailers
  • Revenues: 206 million € (2012)
  • Employees: 81 (2013)

Success Story Büroring