Supply chain logistics

Turn logistics intelligence into autonomous optimisation and execution across warehousing, fulfilment, and delivery.
Supply Chain Logistics

Optimise globally and execute locally with intelligent, autonomous logistics

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Logistics orchestration with AI

Use real-time signals to autonomously optimise and execute logistics—and transform operations into a high-performing, resilient ecosystem that scales efficiently.

Gain productivity and speed

Drive more throughput with fewer touches, faster decisions, and smoother settlement with AI‑optimised slotting, labour, and loads; Joule‑guided exception management; and digital tendering.

Improve agility and resilience

Deliver more reliable service and faster recovery with standardised carrier collaboration, real-time events, predictive ETAs, and AI-driven rerouting and rescheduling.

Achieve scalable growth

Scale efficiently with steady performance and lower costs by choosing the right cloud setup, collaborating reliably with partners, and acting on shared signals and insights.

Logistics Assistant

Use AI to detect changes, make recommendations, and take action across your supply chain to turn intelligence into optimised execution.

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Orchestrate logistics with speed and agility

  • Plan and coordinate transport, monitor inbound shipments, and verify receipts.

  • Help maintain accurate inventory, orchestrate outbound logistics, and adapt to ETA changes and reschedule freight.

  • Handle exceptions, benchmark prices, audit invoices, and drive overall supply chain performance.

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Explore logistics capabilities

Run logistics from receipt and storage to delivery and insights, using real-time intelligence to move faster, stay resilient, and scale efficiently.

Inbound logistics management
Streamline advanced shipment notification, yard management, inbound optimisation, and quality management.

 

Storage and operations
Manage physical inventory, AI-driven replenishment slotting and rearrangement, and value-added services.

 

Outbound logistics management
Enable warehouse order optimisation, wave management, packing control, process monitoring, and AI-assisted labour demand planning.

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Strategic freight management
Optimise freight procurement for multiple modes by using a sophisticated transportation management system.

 

Order management
Minimise freight costs and enhance customer service with more efficient order and process management that uses generative AI-enabled intelligent cargo receiving.

 

Transportation planning
Lower transportation costs and achieve on-time delivery with integrated business views and planning processes that use generative AI-assisted conversational planning.

 

Transportation execution
Run your logistics faster, more dynamically, and more responsively with improved cargo handling and reduced costs.

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Order and appointment planning
Integrate and automate resource use, incoming and outgoing transport, and gate-in and gate-out processes.

 

Yard execution and processing
Deliver products and services faster and improve service with enhanced visibility, control, and mobile planning capabilities.

 

Integration and monitoring
Use comprehensive graphical monitoring to identify, avoid, and solve potential issues with insight.

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Freight order collaboration
Drive cost savings by collaborating with carriers directly from your transportation management solution.

 

Dock appointment scheduling
Optimise operations by enabling self-service dock appointment management with gate processing.

 

Shipment execution and document exchange
Gain visibility into shipment execution progress through event reporting and business document exchange.

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Shipment and fulfilment monitoring
Enhance agility through real-time shipment tracking and predictive arrival times in sync with your fulfilment management.

 

Impact detection and notification
Detect deviations and delays through automated, rule-based alerts and actions to react and recover from disruption faster.

 

Global network integration
Expand to a global network of carriers and service providers to gain visibility across all modes and regions.

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Streamline shipping with a built-in carrier network

Collaborate with supply chain partners through seamless integration on the cloud-based SAP Business Network.

 

Unified logistics platform

Run local, satellite, and large-scale operations in one automated SaaS solution integrated with SAP S/4HANA Cloud Private Edition.

 

Embedded AI capabilities

Drive data-based decisions, enable intelligent workflows, and simplify user interactions through natural language with Joule.

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SAP Logistics Management

Streamline logistics by integrating transportation and warehouse management for small-scale shipping facilities.

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Automating processes for increased transparency

See how real-time visibility into shipments and stock movement helps A.M.P.E.R.E. make quick and informed operational and strategic decisions.

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Improving carrier performance for customer benefit

See how Celsa gained productivity and savings by reducing loading and waiting times.

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Reengineering logistics and carrier collaboration

Learn how Bondalti transformed logistics operations and improved efficiency by standardising processes with SAP solutions.

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SAP named a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant

Learn why SAP was recognised as a Leader in Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ for Transportation Management Systems for our ability to execute and completeness of vision.1

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Transforming the modern WMS landscape

See why Gartner® named SAP in its Magic Quadrant™ for Warehouse Management Systems.2

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Scaling up while maintaining quality

Learn how Dis-Chem navigates expansion with SAP Extended Warehouse Management.

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FAQ

There are many types of logistics. SAP solutions cover the following types of logistics:

  • Procurement logistics is the flow of raw materials and components needed to manufacture or redistribute products.

  • Production logistics is the flow of materials inside a factory or shipping facility.

  • Intralogistics involves the internal movements between factories or plants.

  • Distribution logistics includes distribution from a manufacturing facility through warehouses to wholesalers, retailers, and consumers.

  • Return logistics includes the distribution of surplus items back to the source or the return of products back from customers to sellers.

  • Recovery/recycling logistics involves recovering and recycling products, containers, and packaging material with the objective of improving asset utilisation and sustainability.

In logistics, deliver involves the following activities:

  1. Receive: Streamline the receipt of goods from manufacturers, suppliers, and customers (returns) with visibility into inbound shipments from point of origin
  2. Store: Manage inventory flow from the receiving dock to the point of goods issue, optimising labour, storage, and fulfilment costs, and providing value-added services
  3. Distribute: Plan, execute, and monitor the movement of goods from production to the point of sale and deliver the right goods to the right customer at the right time
  4. Analyse: Achieve situational awareness of global supply chain movements and understand risks and performance to gain in-depth business insights for effective decision-making

1. Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems, Brock Johns, Oscar Sanchez Duran, Carly West, Manay Jain, 24 March 2025.

 

2. Gartner, Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management Systems, Simon Tunstall, Dwight Klappich, Rishabh Narang, Federica Stufano, 1 May 2025.

 

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