Customer reference
Customer
3M Company
Industry
Industrial and Consumer Products
Key expertise
Go-live
Multiple
Country
Global
The 3M Company is an American multinational conglomerate corporation operating in the fields of industry, worker safety, health care, and consumer goods. 3M are on a global transformation journey called POLARIS to implement an end-to-end SAP footprint. Westernacher has accompanied 3M on this journey and helped the company attain cross business warehouse excellence with the implementation of SAP EWM and the rollout of a standardized template to its warehouses and distribution centers around the globe.
Objectives
- Full implementation of wall-to-wall SAP IT landscape with EWM
- Rollout of standardized EWM template globally to plants and DCs
- Improve inbound processes with quality inspections, putaway strategies and RF device integration
- Enhance storage and operations with focus on cycle count and replenishment
- Upgrade cross processes with focus on cross docking, labour management, batch traceability, label integration with software and serial number management
- Improve outbound processes through wave management, picking and pack optimization, direct integration to transport processes, and advanced production staging
Benefits
- Global stock transparency
- Tight manufacturing integration
- Opportunistic cross docking – direct to trailer
- Advanced production staging and expected goods receipts
- Generation of quality certifications automatically from EWM
- Full inventory visibility to global planners and customer service
- Disruptions or delays at production plants managed efficiently
- Streamlined inventory transfers between sites and plants
- Improved picking efficiency for carton heavy volume picking sites
- Reduced manual labelling and touch points at pack centers
- Handling of unit and serial number traceability up to bin level
- Full outbound RF capabilities for picking, loading and shipping processes
0
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Plants and DCs that use or will use EWM
1000
Users for SAP ECC
0
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Users for SAP EWM/TM
Highlights
- Single harmonized platform implemented globally with shared resources for support
- Native SAP system integration – standard SAP interfaces of EWM with SAP TM and GTS add value for various shipping scenarios
- Reduced interface complexity with SAP standardization
- Centralized material availability, forecasting and customer order information across multiple sites
- Integrated IT landscape that is fully scalable, simplified and will ensure future growth
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