Wilson & Bradley: Streamlining warehouse management at five branch-locations with SAP Warehouse Operator.
Wilson & Bradley, a kitchen and cabinetry hardware provider in Australia, sought to streamline their warehouse management by moving from a custom-built solution to SAP Warehouse Operator. Their previous system posed challenges in the putaway process, particularly with larger orders, requiring manual interventions. By adopting SAP Warehouse Operator, Wilson & Bradley automated processes, improved inventory accuracy, and reduced operational costs. The solution was quickly rolled out across five sites, with minimal training required for employees. Download the DocumentWilson & Bradley: Streamlining
warehouse management at five sites
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Wilson & Bradley, a kitchen and cabinetry hardware provider in Australia, sought to
streamline their warehouse management by moving from a custom-built solution to SAP
Warehouse Operator. Their previous system posed challenges in the putaway process,
particularly with larger orders, requiring manual interventions.
By adopting SAP Warehouse Operator, Wilson & Bradley automated processes,
improved inventory accuracy, and reduced operational costs. The solution was quickly
rolled out across five sites, with minimal training required for employees.
warehouse management at five sites
with SAP Warehouse Operator.
Wilson & Bradley, a kitchen and cabinetry hardware provider in Australia, sought to
streamline their warehouse management by moving from a custom-built solution to SAP
Warehouse Operator. Their previous system posed challenges in the putaway process,
particularly with larger orders, requiring manual interventions.
By adopting SAP Warehouse Operator, Wilson & Bradley automated processes,
improved inventory accuracy, and reduced operational costs. The solution was quickly
rolled out across five sites, with minimal training required for employees.
“There have been a few benefits. The first is accuracy for
inventory levels and locations. Scanning each product
and its bin location reduces the chance of errors
occurring. This has led to full confidence in the accuracy
of inventory level reporting. Improvements in stock take,
due to accuracy, have also been gained. The speed of the
putaway process has dramatically increased, due to the
guided process. Lastly the inventory is instantly available
upon scanning the stock item into its location. ”
Carl Murphy, IT Manager, Wilson & Bradley
Wilson & Bradley Pty
Ltd
(Preston, Australia)
http://www.wilbrad.com.
au/
Industry
Wholesale Distribution
Employees
n.a.
Revenue
n.a.
Products and services
Kitchen and cabinetry
hardware
Featured solutions
SAP Warehouse
Operator
50%
The putaway process was
previously taking up to two days.
All inventory can now be easily put
into its location within one day.
5 min
Setting up the app is
completed within five
minutes on each device.
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Costly development and maintenance of a customized solution.
• Picking and Replenishment processes are covered well by the customized solution. Within the Putaway
process issues were experienced for larger orders due to inability of using handling units leading to a
manual process. Manual recording occurred on paper which was then entered into the ERP.
Why SAP
• SAP offers a standardized alternative solution with SAP Warehouse Operator, an off the shelf product.
• The direct collaboration with the SAP Warehouse Operator product team allowed to address the issue
of missing handling units.
After: Value-driven results
• Reduced development and support maintenance cost and time of custom developed software.
• Improved uptime of the application.
• Strong reduction in time for putaway process combined with increased simplicity of not having to carry
out the process manually.
• Instant availability of inventory upon scanning.
• As stated by warehouse staff, using the SAP Warehouse Operator App, anyone can walk in off the street
and use the app with minimal training.
Wilson & Bradley: Improving warehouse management at five
branch-locations with SAP Warehouse Operator.
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inventory levels and locations. Scanning each product
and its bin location reduces the chance of errors
occurring. This has led to full confidence in the accuracy
of inventory level reporting. Improvements in stock take,
due to accuracy, have also been gained. The speed of the
putaway process has dramatically increased, due to the
guided process. Lastly the inventory is instantly available
upon scanning the stock item into its location. ”
Carl Murphy, IT Manager, Wilson & Bradley
Wilson & Bradley Pty
Ltd
(Preston, Australia)
http://www.wilbrad.com.
au/
Industry
Wholesale Distribution
Employees
n.a.
Revenue
n.a.
Products and services
Kitchen and cabinetry
hardware
Featured solutions
SAP Warehouse
Operator
50%
The putaway process was
previously taking up to two days.
All inventory can now be easily put
into its location within one day.
5 min
Setting up the app is
completed within five
minutes on each device.
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Costly development and maintenance of a customized solution.
• Picking and Replenishment processes are covered well by the customized solution. Within the Putaway
process issues were experienced for larger orders due to inability of using handling units leading to a
manual process. Manual recording occurred on paper which was then entered into the ERP.
Why SAP
• SAP offers a standardized alternative solution with SAP Warehouse Operator, an off the shelf product.
• The direct collaboration with the SAP Warehouse Operator product team allowed to address the issue
of missing handling units.
After: Value-driven results
• Reduced development and support maintenance cost and time of custom developed software.
• Improved uptime of the application.
• Strong reduction in time for putaway process combined with increased simplicity of not having to carry
out the process manually.
• Instant availability of inventory upon scanning.
• As stated by warehouse staff, using the SAP Warehouse Operator App, anyone can walk in off the street
and use the app with minimal training.
Wilson & Bradley: Improving warehouse management at five
branch-locations with SAP Warehouse Operator.
xxxxxenUS (YY/MM) © 20xx SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use