Shipping & Warehouse Management
How the clean core strategy is transforming SAP EWM processes
SAP's clean core strategy requires companies to take a fresh approach to their logistics processes. What exactly does that mean for shipping and warehouse management with SAP EWM? Here you'll find ideas for a forward-looking strategy.
Clean core requires modern logistics processes in SAP systems
Traditional shipping solutions anchored in the SAP core are now increasingly obsolete. That's because they go against the SAP clean core recommendation, which aims to avoid any need for future modifications. The idea is to keep the core clean, reduce the system's technical complexity, and simplify maintenance.
This lays the foundation for adding AI features in S/4HANA that rely on standardized data models and processes in the SAP system. But it also improves the stability and flexibility of the system.
SAP EWM and multi-carrier integration: benefits of Carrier Cloud for SAP
Even companies that are already using or plan to implement SAP Extended Warehouse Management face the clean-core challenge. Because even though SAP EWM offers a complete package for state-of-the-art logistics processes, one piece of the puzzle is still missing: multi-carrier management.
That's where Carrier Cloud for SAP from AEB comes in. It allows users to seamlessly integrate over 300 shipping service providers into their own logistics processes. This relieves in-house IT departments of the tremendous burden of implementing and administering such integrations one by one. Carrier Cloud handles the entire process, so all carrier changes and updates are automated.
There are various options for managing the interface to EWM: On-stack extensibility in an ABAP Cloud development model, for example, works in an encapsulated SAP environment without the need for any changes to the code or system core.
The alternative is a side-by-side extensibility with or without the Business Technology Platform, which is facilitated by the flexible cloud-native architecture of the AEB solution.
Automated and flexible logistics processes thanks to PPF in SAP EWM
Another advantage of Carrier Cloud for SAP lies in the use of the Post-Processing Framework (PPF) within Extended Warehouse Management. PPF makes it possible to largely automate follow-up processes developed specifically for warehouse and shipping workflows. Carrier Cloud for SAP uses this architecture to automatically manage processes such as creating and printing labels or triggering EDI data transfers.
Integration via PPF gives users full control over their logistics processes and the flexibility to adapt these processes to the unique requirements of their business.
This combination of automation and flexibility is a key advantage for modern warehouses, which face escalating shipping volumes and complex requirements.
Carrier Cloud for SAP: benefits at a glance
Full integration into S/4HANA and SAP EWM gives companies a solution that saves costs and resources over the long term while preserving stability and flexibility within the IT environment:
Lower maintenance costs
A single centralized connection to over 300 carriers eliminates the need to integrate carriers and maintain carrier connections individually.
Optimized shipping processes directly in EWM
Automating the shipping process enables fast and error-free processes - from label printing to EDI transmission.
Clean SAP core
Carrier Cloud for SAP provides full support for the clean core approach, ensuring the long-term stability of your SAP system and laying the foundation for future updates.
Flexibility through cloud architecture
Our cloud-based solution gives you the scalability and adaptability you need to easily meet growing logistics demands.
Partner with the experts
Businesses implementing Carrier Cloud for SAP in EWM can draw upon a network of experienced integration partners - including HPC. As a trusted partner of AEB for many years, HPC integrates Carrier Cloud for SAP into SAP® ERP, EWM, or S/4HANA®.
Even after the project has been completed, HPC provides flexible support up to 24/7. HPC also offers expertise extending far beyond the integration of Carrier Cloud for SAP, encompassing everything from managing an automated warehouse to ERP-related processes.
Bottom line: Cloud solutions help ensure a clean core and sustainable logistics processes.
Based on SAP's clean core recommendation, IT managers should switch from modifications in the system core to cloud solutions. For integrating freight forwarders and parcel services and processing shipments, AEB offers Carrier Cloud for SAP, a solution that is optimized to these needs but still integrates seamlessly with SAP EWM. The solution can be integrated via on-stack extensibility or side-by-side extensibility.
This lets companies benefit from a maintenance-friendly, scalable, future-proof application that leaves them ideally equipped to meet the challenges of digital transformation.