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Solution brief

SAP Extended WarehouseManagement Application

Optimized by IBM DB2 and IBM POWER7With supply chains being adversely affect-ed by market uncertainties, companies

face greater challenges in managing their

logistics environments. How can you opti-

mize asset utilization, balance automation

and labor, and maintain high throughput?

The SAP Extended Warehouse Manage-

ment (SAP EWM) application, optimized

by the IBM DB2 database environment

and IBM POWER7 servers, can help you

streamline your processes to keep your

supply chain running smoothly.

Update your logistics environmentAre you at the technology end-of-life for

your current warehouse management

solution? Businesses that have an exist-

ing warehouse management solution may

nd it capable of meeting the historicalneeds of the business, but unable to

adapt to current and future requirements.

SAP EWM can help you meet this chal-

lenge so you can better manage risk,

make inventory more visible, contain

costs and adapt to customer expectations.

IBM and SAP can help you optimize your

warehouse management system with a

cost-effective deployment model. With

deployment by IBM as a natural footprint

expansion for SAP customers, SAP EWM

addresses the technology obsolescence

challenge IT departments face in the

area of warehouse management. It also

addresses the business-side challenges

faced by supply chain professionals,

extending supply chain operation capa-

bilities beyond company boundaries and

enabling collaboration. And IBM has been

implementing warehouse managementsystems for over a decade, so we are

familiar with most of the products com-

panies are running and can analyze your

current system.

Highlights Gain inventory visibility and product

traceability to adapt easily to

customer demands

Modernize and optimize the heart of

your supply chainyour warehouse

Reduce storage and fulllment costs

Streamline yourwarehouse processes

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Gain greater efcienciesSAP EWM is a state-of-the-art, best-in-

class warehouse management application

that supports high warehouse productiv-

ity and efciency. You can integrate the

warehouse management process with

other key logistics and fulllment pro-

cesses, like transportation management,

global trade management, available-to-

promise checks and event management.

SAP EWM can help you:

Control warehouse processes: Manage

movements in the warehouse, from

point-of-goods receipt to goods issue,

and in the yard, from the time a trailer

checks in until a product is packed

and shipped.

Improve warehouse efciency: Miti-

gate problems and major issues with

high inventory accuracy, stock and

process transparency, storage plan-

ning and process optimization, andexecution.

Gain real-time visibility and control

of warehouse operations: Transform

operations into an adaptive fulllment

supply chain in which your customers,

suppliers and partners share knowl-

edge and resources.

Increase competitiveness and

bottom-line revenue: Respond faster

to changes in supply and demand.

Improve labor management and ben-et from advanced slotting functional-

ity: Increase efciency to dramatically

reduce your storage and fulllment

costs.

Integrate automation: Efciently bal-

ance automation and labor to maintain

high throughput.

Use a proven, scalable, integrated

solution: Take advantage of DB2 and

POWER7 servers with support from

IBM Services and IBM Global Financ-

ing.

A quality management engineSAP EWM provides exible deployment

options and seamless integration into the

SAP Business Suite applications using

standard SAP integration technology. It is

highly congurable with standard SAP en-

hancement functionalities, including radio

frequency (RF), radio frequency identi-

cation (RFID), automation and Pick-by-

Voice. The solution includes hardware,

software licenses, training materials,

testing materials and precongured ware-

house processes that can be expanded to

meet your specic situation.

In addition, SAP EWM can address com-

mon requests not supported by older

warehouse management systems such

as labor management, slotting to reduce

breakage and accelerate picking, and

value-added services such as special la-

beling and packaging. It provides greater

visibility for real-time product availability

checking and credit approval prior to

pickup. The solution also provides an

integrated quality management engine to

conrm that products adhere to speci-

cations. Risk management is provided

through traceability with complete batch,lot or serial number visibility to manage

recalls and product diversions.

More functionality, greater exibilityWith SAP EWM, your business can

increase warehouse productivity and

efciency from inventory to labor man-

agement to customer service. IBM is a

leading implementer of SAP EWM and the

sole developer of a SAP EWM accelerator

template that includes conguration, test-

ing and training. And IBM has the ability

to combine other elements into a single

appliance purchase, including hard-

ware, software, databases and consulting.

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Better warehouse management is

better businessFrom the warehouse and in the yard, you

can benet from controlled warehouseprocesses with managed movements, im-

proved warehouse efciencies, near real-

time visibility into operations, and reduced

storage and fulllment costs. In addition,

the ability to respond faster to changes

in supply and demand can increase your

overall competitiveness and bottom line.

SAP and IBM bring together a best-in-

class warehouse management solution

to help you transform operations into an

adaptive fulllment supply chain in which

your customers, suppliers and partners

share knowledge and resources.

IBM DB2Extreme reliability, performance and avail-

ability are critical to all SAP systems and

the applications that depend on those

SAP systems. DB2 is optimized and test-ed jointly by IBM and SAP experts before

any new versions of DB2 or SAP solutions

are released. This synchronization of both

IBM and SAP releases helps keep DB2

invisible to the customer, yielding less

risk and more cost savings.

A signicant indicator of DB2 leadership

is the fact that SAP relies on it for its daily

operations. SAP runs DB2 for its own

business production environment, and

it is the preferred platform for develop-

ment in both organizations. This helps to

ensure deep integration with SAP appli-

cations, superior performance, extreme

scalability and low total cost of ownership.

IBM POWER7IBM and SAP have worked together

closely to provide tested, optimized ap-

plications for the IBM Power Systemsplatform. POWER7 servers build on this

legacy, offering unparalleled capabilities

for clients to help reduce risk and more

easily respond to business change. The

Power Systems platform is designed for

simple management and high availability

so you can concentrate on running your

business rather than managing your IT

environment.

POWER7 servers offer an ideal combina-

tion of open standards and integration,

enabling freedom of application choice on

a wide variety of operating systems. The

Power Systems family is designed to free

businesses from IT complexity and im-

prove the responsiveness of both systems

and people. It can help businesses install

applications faster and manage them

more easily, as well as provide rock-solid

security, virus-resistance and legendary

system uptime.

IBM and SAPWith a partnership that dates back to the

founding of SAP nearly 40 years ago, IBM

has the close relationship, experience and

expertise needed to make the most of

your SAP investment. IBM stands out with

its truly end-to-end, holistic set of offer-

ings and capabilities that is unmatched inbreadth, depth and quality. IBM offerings

span the entire SAP requirements spec-

trum, from leading technology, to com-

prehensive services, to industry-specic

solutions co-developed with SAP. In 2010,

SAP awarded to IBM an SAP Pinnacle

Award for customer satisfaction and

Global Technology Partner of the Year.

For more informationTo learn more about the SAP Extended

Warehouse Management application,

optimized by DB2 and POWER7, please

contact your IBM or SAP representative,

or visit the following websites:

ibm-sap.com

sap.com/ewm

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