CHALLENGE AND OBJECTIVE
With its distribution network expanding fast and further growth ahead, the client's ageing mainframe could no longer keep pace. The organisation set out to replace it with a modern SAP landscape built on SAP EWM and SAP ECC, streamlining inbound, outbound and internal operations on one scalable, future-ready foundation.
The obstacles were real: no unified ERP to run end-to-end processes, limited visibility across the supply chain, and pressure to adapt faster as markets shifted - all while bringing more than 850 employees through the change and folding SAP SPM, including SAP EWM and SAP TM, into the wider architecture.
Modernising the warehouse behind a growing distribution network
THE SOLUTION
A single, global SAP EWM template in action
Deloitte designed and rolled out a single global warehouse template across the Parts Center and multiple regional warehouses, giving the network standardised, scalable operations worldwide. A Hybrid Agile delivery model - adaptive agile paired with proven predictive project management - kept the programme aligned with how the business actually runs.
As part of the transformation, the team:
- Aligned business requirements with SAP standard functionality
- Integrated SAP EWM with the SAP ECC backbone (SD, MM, FI, LE)
- Connected SAP SCM for ATP/APO capabilities during implementation
- Deploying advanced warehouse technologies such as RFID and Pick by-Voice integrated with SAP EWM
- Implemented SAP Hybris for Advanced Returns Management
THE OUTCOME
The programme delivered two SAP EWM go-lives for the SAP SPM solution, at the Regional Warehouse and the Spare Parts Distribution Center. The global process template built along the way became the blueprint for future international deployments, with SAP EWM and SAP ECC as its foundation. The legacy mainframe gave way to an integrated SAP platform that improved supply-chain visibility and operational transparency across the network, while giving the business the flexibility to respond to changing market opportunities. Warehouse operations were standardised and logistics processes modernised, on a platform designed for long-term scalability and efficiency.
Where it pays off:
- Improved supply-chain visibility and operational transparency across the network, while standardised warehouse operations and modernised logistics processes
- Greater flexibility to respond to changing market opportunities, supported by a global process template that became the foundation for future international deployments
- Legacy mainframe replaced by an integrated SAP platform built for long-term scalability and efficiency
- Delivered a scalable, future-ready warehouse operating model for the network
From legacy mainframe to scalable operations
Stijn Van Hoof
