SAP EWM Greenfield Implementation for a pharmaceutical company

Thanks to the LeverX team, a customer streamlined warehouse operations and increased material traceability with SAP EWM.

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Thanks to the LeverX team, a customer streamlined warehouse operations and increased material traceability with SAP EWM.

Customer

An international pharmaceutical company with the constantly growing market share and strong reputation of a responsible business and a reliable partner.

PROJECT GOALS

Our team needed to implement the SAP EWM solution into the business processes. The solution is aimed to provide compliance with the industry standards.

PROJECT RESULTS

The SAP EWM project implementation helped the client reach all the business goals, including achieving full traceability of raw materials and supplies, 100% compliance with GMP and FDA pharmaceutical standards, etc.

All pharmaceutical raw materials should comply with Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) standards.

To provide full compliance with the requirements above and export medicines to the international market, the company aimed to:

Automate manual warehouse processes;
Enable traceability of goods and materials;
Improve transparency of management and accounting processes;
Increase the quality of warehouse operations;
Control raw material availability and usage.

Before the project launch, the customer had already worked with the ERP system, but to achieve all business objectives, they needed a newer SAP WMS version — SAP EWM.

Solution Description

Automation of master data maintenance across the warehouses

SAP EWM implementation and customization for three warehouse divisions
Storage cell labeling.

Automation of intra-warehouse operations

Automation of the goods movements within the warehouse, managing warehouse replenishment
Performing inventory using data collection terminals (DCT)
Goods retirement
Task and resource management

Automation of inbound/outbound processes

Receipt of materials from external suppliers. Establishing barcode standards for raw materials and materials for production; printing output and barcode labels.
Acquisition/Issue of materials. Our team developed an SAP ERP program for data collection terminals to simplify material transfer from warehouse to the manufacturing department, and vice versa.
Inbound materials quality control. Thanks to the functionality developed by LeverX, quality control specialists select needed raw materials for examination using the DCT. Placement of materials in stock Automatic selection of the optimal placement algorithm is available.
FIFO- and FEFO-based inventory. Automatic processing of goods according to FIFO (First In, First Out) and FEFO (First Expired, First Out) inventory control strategies.

Key Features

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.

Automotiveffff

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.

The LeverX project team included a project manager, technical architect, SAP EWM consultants, SAP integration consultants, and SAP EWM developers. They were responsible for:

SAP EWM Greenfield implementation;
Implementing the solution across warehouse division, the quality control department, and manufacturing departments;
Customizing SAP EWM according to the specifics of customer’s business processes;
SAP EWM and SAP ERP development;
Integrating SAP ERP with a third-party system utilized by the quality control department.

After the implementation, the LeverX expert team provides support for the solution.