Take your yard to the next level with SAP YL.
Yard Logistics.
Use your yard as an important factor of value creation in your logistics processes. Yard logistics management enables you to reduce costs in a meaningful way. Delivery times are also improved. Goods movements optimized. Personnel, vehicles and resources are planned. All this is done by automating processes, implementing real-time monitoring and using data analysis.
Build a bridge between warehouse and transportation. Westernacher supports you in realizing your individual potential in the yard. Learn about our Instant Innovation Tools that further enhance your SAP solution. Arrival planning, check-in, check-out processes, queue and call-in automation, mobile vehicle inspections, load securing are just a few add-ons that quickly give you more visibility. Talk to our SAP Yard Logistics experts.
Unleash the full potential of your yard.
Operating a truck, container or rail yard more efficiently and profitably relies on the visibility of all yard processes and the ability to plan and manage workloads effectively. SAP Yard Logistics is able to support these capabilities across a vast spectrum of industries and transportation types by centralizing and simplifying yard management processes and operations […]
Westernacher Add-ons for SAP Yard Logistics.
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Pioneers in digitizing your yard.
We love to be first and pioneers in the latest technologies to deliver value to our customers. Westernacher has been one of the first to enter the market of optimizing yard processes with SAP Yard Logistics and implemented the very first system worldwide for a leading global automotive supplier.
In 2017, we earned the distinction of being the first partner to implement SAP Yard Logistics. Since then, we’ve extended our expertise by delivering implementations and successful pilots to several customers throughout different industries worldwide.
Extensive industry expertise.
Whether it’s trucking, rail, sea, or airport logistics, our seasoned experts bring industry-specific experience to the table. They possess an in-depth understanding of your business, are familiar with your pain points, and excel at translating your requirements into tailored and efficient processes within SAP Yard Logistics.
Our experts not only comprehend the intricacies of SAP Yard Logistics but also harbor an innate understanding of the unique challenges faced by businesses across various sectors. Our wealth of expertise and experience ensures your logistics operations are not only functional but optimized for maximum efficiency and productivity.
The yard innovators.
We do things others don’t. Innovation is ingrained in our DNA, setting us apart. With our unique structure as an employee-owned company, we invest in the latest innovations for our customers, including cutting-edge technologies such as automated vehicles in the yard. This enables our customers to step forward into a new era of process orchestration, equipping them to tackle upcoming challenges.
Driven by a steadfast commitment to pushing boundaries, we have consistently demonstrated our prowess in leveraging SAP Yard Logistics to revolutionize yard processes. Our innovative solutions go beyond conventional approaches, reshaping logistics operations into streamlined, agile systems.
Let yourself be convinced by Westernacher Consulting and SAP Yard Logistics (YL) through a pilot implementation. See your basic processes and business requirements fulfilled in SAP YL and use the results to kick-start a further implementation project. Reinvent yourself and prepare for the new digital era. Also, on your yard.
White Paper – Excellence in Yard Logistics
Bridge the gap: Optimize your supply network by introducing digitized yard processes.
In this white paper we will look at the status quo of yards in today’s supply chains, show common pain points and showcase our optimization approaches for operations in different industries – based on our long experience in the field of yard management and process automation.
30-day free trial of SAP Yard Logistics.
You are tired of manual work and want to digitize the processes in your yard, but you are not sure how exactly? With the 30-day free trial of SAP Yard Logistics you can test how to simplify and digitize yard operations. Discover the various functionalities and benefits of SAP Yard Logistics for a whole month – get an idea how Yard Logistics works and find out if it fits your processes before making a final decision.
Optimize yard processes with SAP Yard Logistics.
Test drive SAP Yard Logistics and simplify your registration and gate processes. Use the opportunity to define business rules together with our consultants, manage exceptions and unexpected events efficiently and automate your yard processes. SAP Yard Logistics helps you to visualize and monitor your yard by tracking and tracing all operations in real time, as well as using the possibility of a 3D-visualization of your yard’s infrastructure.
Reach out to us for support during this time.
During this free trial period, Westernacher provides you with two highly skilled consultants. Whether setting up and replicating processes or explaining the entire system to you, our consultants are available on demand for support to ensure you get the most out of the 30-day SAP Yard Logistics trial. Furthermore, we can help you analyze your yard with its processes and to reveal pain points and main value drivers which help you in the decision-making process.
Westernacher Consulting industry templates.
Each industry has different processes with different system requirements. Our Westernacher Consulting industry templates cover basic yard processes for production sites, distribution centers, chemical yards and ports by providing basic customizing as well as basic master data setup.
Benefit from industry-proven yard procedures and standardize your processes. Increase the efficiency of your implementation by reducing configuration time and save costs.
Your yard can do more.
Planning
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Maintain schedules for future arrivals, direct workflow with personalized worklists and plan dock appointments through our Slot Booking application long before the truck arrives at your yard.
Execution
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Replace paper-based processes with efficient execution tools such as mobile applications and dashboards and integrate them into other SAP modules such as S/4HANA, EWM or TM. Connect your yard assets and automate your yard processes by connecting to the Internet of Things and establish exception handling processes rather than reacting to unexpected events.
Reporting
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Identify weak points within your yard processes. Thanks to data preparation, analysis and reporting functionalities, you are able to identify problematic areas and sources of errors within your yard processes. Archive pictures, signatures and documents with SAP Yard Logistics and thus defend yourself against claims.
Being first.
First partner to implement SAP Yard Logistics.
More than 20 projects from the very beginning of SAP Yard Logistics.
Establish quick wins with Westernacher.
Time-to-Value Solutions for your yard.
Fast Solution
“Starter”
The Westernacher Yard Logistics Fast Solution “Starter” is implemented in 10 weeks from initial project kick-off until successful go-live and hypercare. It replaces manual, Excel or paper-based processes with a fast implementation of SAP standard functionalities and integration to existing SAP landscape where possible. It covers all yard process areas and is a scalable solution to further digitize processes in subsequent phases or rollout to multiple sites.
Fast Solution
“Automation”
The Westernacher Yard Logistics Fast Solution “Automation” is implemented in 16 weeks from initial project kick-off until successful go-live and hypercare. It unleashes the potential of the yard in the overall value chain by increasing productivity and reaching higher standards of quality and service. It includes process automation by automated queuing and calling, Westernacher mobile applications and enhanced integration with SAP S/4HANA.
Yard Logistics Insights.
Articles
A safer site with SAP Yard Logistics.
Time-to-Value solutions for your yard.
First SAP Yard Logistics on SAP S/4HANA implementation in China.
Business Trends Yard: Replacement of manual and paper-based processes.
Mobile communication with SAP Yard Logistics.
Choosing the right solution for your yard – SAP Yard Logistics vs. SAP EWM Yard Management.
SAP Yard Logistics is now available on SAP S/4HANA.
Car yard – Handle the import and export of cars with roll-on/roll-off terminals with SAP Yard Logistics.
Manage security sensitive operations with SAP Yard Logistics – airport scenario.
Manage and combine your dry and seaport with SAP Yard Logistics and SAP TM.
Gain visibility and ensure secure operations on your oil and gas yard.
Managing your production site with SAP Yard Logistics.
How to use SAP Yard Logistics for Distribution Centers?
SAP Yard Logistics – System landscapes and integration scenarios.
Brochures
Unleash the full potential of your yard with SAP Yard Logistics.
Reference
Yara International future-proofs logistics processes with SAP Yard Logistics.
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