Read how Cat Logistics transformed service parts warehousing with SAP software.

Are you managing a growing number of parts and warehouses to support an increasing number of slow-moving parts – and maintain high-transaction volumes for fast-moving items? If your business is service parts warehousing, success depends on effective service parts operations, with efficient distribution and fulfillment hubs that support high product velocity and superior customer service.

With SAP software for warehouse management, you can:

• Increase the efficiency of your parts distribution centers by optimizing warehouse activities – including inbound and outbound processing, distribution, and storage
• Take advantage of data collection technologies such as radio frequency identification (RFID) and workload balancing tools

Using our software to optimize the flow of goods, you can shorten routes and minimize duplicate goods movements.

Software to Enable Effective Service Parts Warehousing

The following capabilities – enabled by service parts management software – can be used in a service parts warehousing context:

• Automatic pick, pack, and ship
• Slotting and effective rearrangement
• Inbound receiving with deconsolidation
• Planned and opportunistic cross-docking
• Yard management
• Value-added services
• Support for RFID and mobile devices
• Physical inventory counts and reconciliation
• Labor management with engineered labor standards
• Integration of third-party logistics (3PL) services for packaging
• Warehouse monitoring to improve visibility, tracking, and responsiveness

Integrated software from SAP can help streamline and enhance your extended service parts network, with functionality that supports parts planning, parts warehousing, parts fulfillment, and reverse logistics. And with embedded service parts analytics, you can analyze service-level performance and other key metrics in real time – so you can spot adverse trends and proactively correct potential problems.

You gain these service parts warehousing capabilities – and more – with the following enterprise applications:

• SAP Extended Warehouse Management
• SAP BusinessObjects intelligence platform