S/4HANA Manufacturing Logistics Implementation for a Leading Automaker

leverx group

LeverX Group helped implement SAP S/4HANA for Manufacturing Logistics solution. Also, the project required adapting the SAP solution to the customer workflow.

Customer

A leading developer and manufacturer of vehicles.

CHALLENGE

The customer needed a solution that would allow them to manage manufacturing logistics between the warehouse and the production line according to the production sequence and schedule.

SOLUTION

LeverX Group helped implement SAP S/4HANA for Manufacturing Logistics solution. Also, the project required adapting the SAP solution to the customer workflow.

Business success results from innovative ideas, forward-looking strategies, and perfectly tailored IT solutions that provide optimal support to companies as they face their particular challenges. LeverX Group aimed to enhance customers’ operational efficiency and reduce costs with automation as a global provider of critical digital infrastructure and continuity solutions.

The project implementation included adapting Fiori applications for defining Routes, Route Groups, Stops, Loading lanes, Resources, and other master data objects. We covered:

Integration into SAP EWM warehouse Management monitor.
Integration into SAP EWM using the radio-frequency framework for loading and unloading
Route determination based on defined condition technique.
The creation of Tours for manual, utilization, and schedule-based processes.
Radio frequency-based solution that allowed performing a warehouse picking process supporting Loading Lanes, Routes determination, and both Loading and Unloading processes.
Determination of Loading Lanes based on several conditions.
Tour creation based on Route configuration

The Fiori application allows monitoring tours and their statuses, so the driver knows where he has to go and what goods he has to unload to the production supply area.

Solution’s Description

Leverx Group works with companies and organizations to address the complex challenges of today's business world. Each of our partners is an experienced, innovative, and proven leader in their respective fields.

Automotive

SAP PLM is a solid basis for the automotive industry. This solution helps digitize and automate manufacturing processes and work more efficiently with suppliers and partners.

Aerospace & Defense

The solution allows aerospace and defense companies to reduce the time to market for innovations without compromising safety while simulating innovation scenarios along a complex value chain.

Food & Beverage

SAP PLM provides the food & beverage industry with all the required technologies that help to develop sustainable, traceable, high-quality products within a shorter time.

Consumer Goods

With SAP PLM, this industry can exceed the diverse expectations of consumers and enable sustainably and profitably growth for the business.

Pharma

SAP PLM helps to make pharmaceutical production more effective and with lower risk.

Key Features

Automotive

SAP PLM is a solid basis for the automotive industry. This solution helps digitize and automate manufacturing processes and work more efficiently with suppliers and partners.

Aerospace & Defense

The solution allows aerospace and defense companies to reduce the time to market for innovations without compromising safety while simulating innovation scenarios along a complex value chain.

Food & Beverage

SAP PLM provides the food & beverage industry with all the required technologies that help to develop sustainable, traceable, high-quality products within a shorter time.

Consumer Goods

With SAP PLM, this industry can exceed the diverse expectations of consumers and enable sustainably and profitably growth for the business.

Pharma

SAP PLM helps to make pharmaceutical production more effective and with lower risk.

It is possible with mobile maintenance scenarios and two SAP solutions, SAP Work Manager (SAP WM) и SAP Asset Manager (SAP AM). They provide access to information on asset statuses and allow you to maintain them comprehensively.

SAP WM is a mobile application with wider functionality that offers both on-premise and cloud hosting capabilities.

SAP AM is a more modern cloud-based solution that can be integrated with innovative SAP Cloud Platform IoT.

Both solutions help to improve enterprise asset productivity with constant monitoring, analytics, and timely diagnostics.

Technology Stack We Used

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

Mobile

Android (Kotlin)
iOS (Swift)

Document Management

Document Release
Material Master Release and Extension
Sales Order Release
Manufacturing Instruction Release

Request Management

Procurement Request
Tooling Change Request
Shop Floor Issue Request
Customer Issue Request
Plant Maintenance Work Request
Request for Quote

With the help of EWM technical and functional architects, backend and Fiori frontend developers' team contribution, the client could extend the existing functionality and discover new opportunities. The project is currently in the implementation stage, and future functionalities may also support automation and extension of different devices when thinking of AR, scanning, and navigation.

LeverX Group is now on course for the activities below:

Market adoption & further expansion of the system's functionality
Fiori and generic approaches (UI5/ Browser-based)
Native applications development (Android/iOS/Other)
Deployment: On-Premise/ BTP

The planned key capabilities also include the following:

Different working modes for loading: manual, system-guided, and system-supported loading and delivery of route trains.
Different working modes for delivery: Tour, Stop, Bin&HU.
Diverse verification objects: E.g., tours, stops, HU.
Diverse additional functionalities to cover exceptional processes: E.g., delivery interruptions, Change of Tours, and their respective stops.