SERKEM SAP-Solutions
Logistics & Production

Solution Portfolio

Overview of the SAP-Solutions from SERKEM in the following areas:

Procurement, Distribution, Warehouse, Production, Transport, Packaging, Shipping

Success Stories

Success stories of customers from different sectors:

An extract from our successfully completed SAP logistic projects

SAP Modules

SAP-Solutions Logistics for all SAP Modules:

WM, EWM, MM, PP, PM, SD, LE, EHS, CS, QM, LO, PLM, PS

SERKEM SAP Solutions Logistics

Extract from our Success Stories in the Area Logistics

Modules

SAP Extended Warehouse Management

SAP EWM supports flexibel and automated processes of goods movements as by the inventory management in your warehouse. The application is specially made for requirements of warehouses with high volume and complex processes. SAP EWM connects planning- and execution-functions with each other and takes the planning and control of your warehouse management in a new performance dimension. SAP EWM can be used equally for spare parts warehouses, finished goods warehouses or multi-client warehouses. In addition, you can benefit from the complete integration of warehouse management and control into the processes of stock management and delivery processing of SAP ERP.

  • Warehouse space manangement and optimization
  • Goods movements
  • Warehouse control
  • Workplace
  • Planning and monitoring
  • Inventory

  • Monitoring and optimization of goods movements
  • Planning, controlling and execution of the material flow inside the warehouse in EWM
  • Direct connection of automatic storages without an extra storage control (Control over material flow calculator)
  • Support of mobile technologies, e.g. RF, Pick-by-Voice, RFID
  • Monitoring of warehouse key figures
  • Decision-making support with pre-configured analysis
  • Incoming goods-, outgoing goods-, inventory- and replenishment-processes
  • Optimized processes  in work management, stock dispositions and packaging planning
  • Industry-specific functions like batch management, serial numbers and catch-weight-management

  • Administrates the monetary and physical ownership of the inventories flexibly
  • New transport control with layout- / process-dependent multi-step transports
  • Packaging, additional logistical services or kitting at workplaces
  • Individual processes for mobile RF data collection
  • Integration of Yard Managements
Further Information SAP EWM

SAP Warehouse Management

The application component Warehouse-Management-System (WMS) offers flexible and automated support by the execution of all goods movements and the administration of the inventories in your warehousing complex.

The system supports the methodical and efficient procedure of all logistic processes inside your warehouse.

The Warehouse Management System administrates inventories at storage-bin-level and plans, coordinates and monitors the material flow processes within the logistics center. Beside the administration of the inventory quantity on all storage locations, the WM offers your company the possibility to optimize the usage of all storage locations, to mix pallets of different factories and to notice all of the time where a certain material is in the warehouse complex.

SERKEM offers individual Customizing and Development of the WM-System according to customer specific requirements.

  • Storage bin management
  • Goods movement
  • Planning and monitoring
  • Connection of radio data transmission
  • Decentralized WM system
  • Warehouse control

  • Different warehouse facilities like an automated storage, high rack storage area, bulk storage or place-fixed storage can be setup in different storage types
  • Definition of the storage locations in addition to  own requirements
  • Overview of all goods movements and storage inventories
  • Planning, monitoring and optimization of workflows
  • Fast and error free radio data transmission through RF-connection
  • Interface for third-party systems

SAP Material Management

The Material Management (MM) is a fully-integrated module of the SAP-System. The MM module contains all processes, that concerns the areas material requirements planning, material procurement, inventory management, invoice verification and material valuation.

All phases of the Material Management are supported: Planning, Purchasing, Incoming Goods, Inventory Management and the Invoice Verification.

SAP MM incluces functions for Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Sales, and Invoicing:

  • Administration of material, vendors, and other master data
  • Material requirements planning
  • Material procurement
  • Material valuation
  • Goods movement
  • Warehouse management and inventory management
  • Invoice verification
  • Logistic information system

The SAP MM (Material Management) module, which is integrated into the SAP System, contains all important information materials.

In this way, SAP MM ensures that the necessary information of a material is available at the right time, with the right price, in the right quantity, at the right place.


SAP Logistics Execution

SAP LES is the Standard-logistics-solution from SAP as a part of SAP ERP.

The SAP Logistics Execution System (SAP LES) provides a fully developed, in SAP ERP integrated and independent logistic solution to support your warehouse- and distribution processes.

SAP LES helps to combine all processes in the area: Procurement, warehousing, distribution, transport, sales and service. Further functions in the LES-System are: Handling unit management, foreign trade and the connection of storage control and radio data systems.

  • Process of Incoming Goods

    Delivery, packaging, warehousing, goods receipt, integration of express service provider requirements

  • Direct Store Delivery

    Traffic control, loading scheduling, loading space optimization, output control, tour accounting

  • Decentral Warehouse Economy

    You can use the delivery as a communication document, which means: Information about the planning is stored, the status is monitored, and the data, which is obtained during the delivery process, is recorded.

  • Warehouse-Management-System

    Planning, monitoring, administration of dangerous goods, incoming and outgoing goods, transfer postings, mobile data collection, cross docking

  • Shipping
    Delivery processing, planning, monitoring, analysis, picking, etc.
  • Transport
    Planning, implementation, monitoring of transports, freight costs processing
  • Task and Resource Management

    Resource control, request control, task management, presentation management, execution control

  • Yard Management

    Vehicles, yard-activity, yard-monitor, control point tool, mobile implementation of activities

SAP LES offers more efficiency, higher flexibility and higher speed during logistic processes.

  • Warehouse management for manual and automated storages
  • Handling unit management (HUM)
  • Shipping- and foreign trade management
  • Radio data dialogues with ITSmobile, business server pages (BSP)
  • Fork lift control
  • Warehouse control
  • Yard management
  • Implementation of  Pick-by-Voice, Pick-to-Voice, RFID

 

SAP Production Planning & Control

The module Production Planning & Control (PP) is the SAP solution for planning and controlling of individual or series production. Its functionality is based on MRPII concept (Manufacturing Resource Planning).

The integration of standard applications of R/3 for procurement, sales, and accounting turns the PP module to an very customer friendly management system  as well as an planning system for resources.

SAP PP is often supplemented by the additional product SAP Advanced Planner & Optimizer (SAP APO).

  • Sales and production planning
  • Material requirements planning
  • Capacity planning
  • Production control
  • Serial production
  • Production Planning Process Industry (PP-PI)
  • Order production (customer- and primary requirements)

Further Processes in SAP PP

  • Discontinues part and consumption
  • Order status report
  • External processing in production
  • Stock determination within production order processing
  • Capacity leveling
  • CAP standard value calculation
  • Display of capacity utilization in a workplace hierarchy
  • Cross-plant planning
  • Make-to-order production with immediate delivery

Administration of capacity, production means and persons for production

  • Improved value and time planning
  • Control of the production process
  • Process coordination
  • Documentation of process data and analysis

SAP Plant Maintenance

SAP PM is the SAP Module for Plant Maintenance.

The following basic functions are contained in SAP PM:

  • Inspection: Measures for determining the actual state of a technical system.
  • Maintenance: Measures for maintaining the target state of a technical system.
  • Repair: Measures for restoring the target state of a technical system.
  • Further measures carried out by the maintenance organization.

  • Reduced production losses and improved plant safety
  • Declining maintenance costs for technical equipment and improved maintenance planning
  • Preventive maintenance
  • Optimization of the operating sequences
  • Technical management of plants
  • Shorter downtimes
  • Transparent maintenance costs
  • Increased product and investment security
  • Compliance of legal inspection requirements

SAP Sales & Distribution

The SD (Sales and Distribution) module includes various business processes in the sales area.

Not only are the activities of the sales phase are indicated, also the shipping process and the invoice processing, e.g.: order management, shipping and transport, invoicing, credit management, foreign trade / customs.

The following basic functions are contained in SAP SD:

  • Conditions and pricing
  • Availability and requirements in sales management
  • Credit and risk management
  • Output determination
  • Sales
  • Delivery schedules for suppliers
  • Customer service
  • Foreign trade and customs
  • Invoicing
  • Payment card processing
  • Reports and analysis

  • Sales: Quotation and order processing, pricing, etc.
  • Distribution: Delivery processing, picking, goods issue
  • Invoicing: Handling of invoices, cancellations, memo

SAP Environment, Health & Safety

Die SAP-Komponente EHS unterstützt Sie bei allen Aufgaben im Arbeits-, Gesundheits- und Umweltschutz.

The SAP component EHS supports all tasks in work, health and environmental protection.

  • SAP EHS includes the following SAP components:
  • EHS BD: Basic Data and Tools
  • EHS SAF: Product Safety
  • EHS HSM: Hazardous Substance Management
  • EHS DGP: Dangerous Goods Processing
  • EHS WA: Waste Management
  • EHS HEA: Occupational Health
  • EHS IHS: Industrial Hygiene & Safety

  • Efficient risk management avoids risks previously
  • Prevention of costly incidents in corporate security
  • Compliance with international directives and regulations in the fields of health, environmental and occupational safety
  • Product safety in the company and during the transport of goods
  • Guarantee industrial health and safety policy

SAP Customer Service

With SAP CS businesses can structure service processes efficiently because the core functions of the customer service will be integrated in the existing business processes. The module CS supports all areas in the service order management: from local service to support by call-center-employees and the self-services online. All employees have access to all relevant customer and service data.

This includes, for example, materials, management, financial accounting and accounts receivable, cost and performance accounting, sales, project management, human resources as well as workflow-automation.

Through the integrated workflow in the SAP system the service-employees solve the customer problems fast and competent.

  • Administration of customer objects
  • Administration of service contracts
  • Registration of service notifications
  • Processing of service orders
  • Warranty checks and handling
  • Spare parts supply
  • Offer preparations
  • Service technicians disposition
  • Invoicing of service tasks
  • Individual evaluations

Basically, SAP ERP (CS) supports nearly all service processes of industrial service organisations, e.g:

  • Create service requests
  • Plan and execute requested services
  • Manage returns
  • Deliver customers with spare parts
  • Maintenance and customer service

SAP Quality Management

With the functions of the Quality Management (QM) module, you can realise essential elements of a QM system according to ISO 9000.  Other integrated modules in the R/3 system (e.g. MM, SD, PP) complement these functions.

The application component QM supports the tasks of quality planning, quality checks and quality control. In addition, it undertakes the production of quality products and the problem management with the help of quality reports.

  • Basic data (e.g. material master, catalogues, test criterias, test methods, sampling procedures)
  • Test planning (test schedules, standard schedules, material specifications
  • QM in the procurement
  • QM in distribution
  • Inspection lot processing (inspection lot initiation and inspection lot completion)
  • Results recording
  • Error detection
  • Sample management
  • Quality information system
  • Dynamic modification of the inspection scope
  • Quality certificates
  • Quality notifications
  • Test equipment management

  • Improved product quality increases the customer satisfaction
  • Optimized complaint management raises the customer loyalty
  • Quality problems are detected at an early stage
  • Reduced risk of failures and delays
  • Improved traceability through uniform data management and enterprise-wide availability
  • Continuous process monitoring
  • Cost savings: improved product quality, fewer errors, rework and rejects
  • Adaptable and flexible quality assurance processes
  • Accurate planning of quality inspections

SAP Logistics – General

  • Batch management
  • Handling unit management
  • Shift notes and shift reports
  • Variant configuration
  • Updating service
  • Configuration management
  • Logistics information system
  • Supply chain planning interfaces
  • Application programming interfaces (APIs) in  logistics
  • Assembly process
  • Warranty claim processing
  • Spare parts management

  • Complete documentation of volume and value chains
  • Illustration of packaging-controlled logistics
  • Documentation of incidents within a shift
  • Production of complex products
  • Change of production base data with history
  • Data transfer from external system data to the SAP System and vice versa
  • Automated processing of a high volume of warranty applications
  • Continuous support and administration of the extended spare parts network

SAP Product-Lifecycle-Management

SAP PLM is an integrated environment that enables all involved persons in product development, production and services a fast and secure access to actual product information. It provides a cross-functional and company-wide management, tracking and control of all product- and project information over the whole life-cycle of a product.

  • Technical plant management
  • Product data and document management
  • Program and project management
  • Structure management and variant configuration
  • Change management
  • Lifecycle collaboration
  • Quality management
  • Environmental protection, occupational health and safety

  • High-quality products
  • Avoid rejects
  • Increased product development through the integration of supply chain and procurement management
  • Optimized development process with tools for planning, analysis and tracking of resources, security and maintenance
  • Increase of productivity

SAP Project System

Large-scale projects, such as the construction of a complete plant, but also smaller projects such as the organization of a trade fair, require a precise planning of numerous detail activities. The project manager has to ensure that the project is carried out on time, in terms of costs and performance, and that the necessary and financial resources are optimally provided. Projects are usually integrated into the operational sequence of a company. In order to control all the tasks involved in project realization, you need a project-specific organizational form, which is located between the affected departments. For carrying out a project in its entirety, you must describe the project objectives in detail and structure the project work to be carried out. Clearly and unambiguously structured project is the basis for the successful planning, monitoring and controlling.

From the project structure through the process planning to controlling, the R / 3 system ensures a timely project tracking. The project system represents the technical as well as the commercial perspective of the project.

  • Planning, monitoring and controlling of projects
  • Control of all arising tasks in project realization
  • Exact description of the project aims and structuring the complying project activities
  • Guarantee of the project realization on time, and on budget as well as performance