Transit Warehouse

EWM Functionality

SAP Extended Warehouse Management and SAP Transportation Management helps customers to:

  • Run tightly integrated freight forwarding processes from planning to execution of cargo being transported from shippers to consignees via complex transportation networks
  • Meet high-performance requirements during the receiving, put away, staging and loading of packages within the transit warehouse
  • Reduce cost by optimizing freight forwarding processes from planning to execution

Example Data

SAP EWM Transit Warehouse

Example steps involved in optimization of transportation of 2 stages, first one for the pickup of the packages at the shipper’s location to be transported to the freight forwarders transit warehouse and second one delivery from transit warehouse to the consignee‘s location.

  1. Create Forwarding Order and Freight Order for Pickup at the Shipper
  2. Arrival of the Truck in the Transit Warehouse
  3. Receive the Cargo from the Shipper in the Transit Warehouse
  4. Put away of the HUs in the Transit Warehouse
  5. Create Forwarding Order and Freight for Pickup at the Shipper
  6. Arrival of the Truck and Receiving of the Packages in the Transit Warehouse
  7. Put away of the HUs in the Transit Warehouse
  8. Create Freight Order for Delivery to Consignees
  9. Arrival of the Truck in the Transit Warehouse
  10. Load Cargo in EWM
  11. Cargo delivered to Consignees.