Packing Proposal in SAP EWM

Packing Proposal in SAP

EWM Stefan Reichert / Thomas Korte

Consulting Solution

SAP Consulting Germany

Stefan Reichert

Business Processes Consultant

Consulting Industrial Manufacturing

SAP Deutschland AG & Co KG

M +49 151 57118579

[email protected]

Thomas Korte

Business Processes Associate Consultant



M +49 171 5582881

[email protected]

General Information

Functional Description

System Demo

Technical CV

Content

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Consulting Solution

Requirements known, concept and solution existing

Solution used by multiple customers

Usage of the knowledge of SAP Consulting and SAP Development

Functionality based on SAP standard functionality

Solution available on all EWM releases

Fast and easy to be implemented

Efficient and short project duration

Time saving leads to cost saving, also at the customer side

Exact pricing possible due to fix price implementation

No running costs like user licenses, maintenance

In advance investment by SAP Consulting reduces cost risk

Cost sharing model strongly reduces cost of the customer implementation

Solution

Time

Cost

Well-tried solution, with efficient and cost-saving

implementation for a high security of the investment

This Consulting Solution means for you…


Scope of Solution

Fixed price contains the following services

Technical implementation

End-user documentation

Technical documentation

Explanation of the functionality and hand over

6 Month free of charge post implementation care

(Error corrections after technical implementation

end), after this consulting support based on normal

fees

Content

General Information


System Demo

Technical CV



1. Introduction to the packing problem

2. Functional Description

3. Solution and Features

4. Conclusion


1. Introduction to the packing problem

Situation • Packing of a lot of different products into a few standard cartons / boxes

Issue • How can the products of a customer order be packed optimally?

Problem

• Manual / intuitive selection of the packing materials

• Choice of too small cartons

• Choice of too big cartons

Goal

• Saving of packing material costs and packing time

• Reducing freight costs

Solution

• Use of an Packing Proposal automatically created by the SAP Extended Warehouse Management System



*) Best Fit Decreasing using largest bins, at the end repack to smallest possible bins

Packing Algorithm

One Dimensional

Basis Heuristic

BFDLR*

Two Dimensional Components

Position Algorithm

Combined Packing Check


BFDLR is based on the Products and Packaging Materials

1. Volume Capacity

2. Weight Capacity

The products are packed in:

1. Biggest Packaging Material

2. Products sorted by decreasing volume

3. Carton with the smallest remaining volume

that can contain this product

4. New carton if such carton does not exist

Repacking at the end of the packing

Check each carton if the contained products also fit

in a smaller carton. If it fits, repack.



Two dimensional heuristic components

1. Position Algorithm

Determine the number of products

in the same vertical orientation

2. Combined Packing Check

Can currently processed product be packed

together with already packed products in a carton?

Consideration of length, width and height




Position Algorithm:

Determination of the number of products in the same vertical orientation

• Determination of remaining rooms and packing in one vertical orientation

1. Vertical Orientation 2. Vertical Orientation 3. Vertical Orientation

1. Orientation 2. Orientation 3. Orientation 4. Orientation 5. Orientation 6. Orientation

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Combined Packing Check:

Can the actually processed product be packed together with the products that are

already in that carton?

- Combined Packing Check based on volume, weight and dimensions

- If Combined Packing Check fails,

place currently processed product into another / a new carton

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3. Implementation of the packing algorithm

Combination of one and two dimensional solution components:

One Dimensional Basis Heuristic: BFDLR

Two Dimensional Components

Result:

Assignment of product quantities to a carton

NOT an exact instruction how to place these

products within one carton



Additional features of the packing algorithm:

Upright Only Flag

• Some products can only be packed in an upright position

Compression Factor

• Some products can be compressed so that their volume is reduced

Unusual dimension

• Products with unusual dimensions are considered (e.g. mailing tubes)



• The Packing Proposal Determination is executed at the end of the Warehouse Order Creation

• Implemented within Consulting Solution

Outbound process

• Repacking on a Workcenter to build best shipping Handling units

Packing Workcenter

• Available with EWM 7.02

• Determination logic of Planned Ship HUs during Cartonization Planning

Cartonization

Planning

Result

• Packaging materials that shall be used

• Assignement of products and their quantities to the PMs


4. Solution and Features

Proposes which products should be packed in which packing materials

Runs in background during the creation of the warehouse order

Solution can easily be activated for each warehouse order creation rule

Considers different Units of Measure. (e.g. different weight unit of the packing material and the product)

Allows to flag products to be packed upright only

Packing Proposal by SAP Extended Warehouse Management System


5. Conclusion

The Packing Proposal delivered good and

practical realizable results

Sustainability

• Freight

• Packaging Material

Save time and money


5. Conclusion

Faster ROI

Sustainability

Packaging Proposal

Result

• Saves Time

• Saves Money

• Freight

• Packaging Material

• Increased picking efficiency

• More optimal Packaging (carton) proposals

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Function

Document Handling in EWM

AddOn/Modification

AddOn

Function available

EWM 2007

EWM 7.0


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Thank You!

Stefan Reichert Business Processes Consultant



M +49 151 57118579

[email protected]

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Thomas Korte Business Processes Associate

Consultant



M +49 171 5582881

[email protected]

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