Efficient and integrated control of transport processes on site

SAP Yard Logistics solution

SAP Yard Logistics manages, controls, and simplifies transport processes and vehicles on plant premises (in the yard). Graphical layouts in 2D and 3D enable monitoring and visualization of the current situation on site. This provides complete transparency at all times with regard to all transport-relevant and goods-moving processes in the yard.

Warehouse Workers

The integration of SAP Yard Logistics into SAP EWM (Extended Warehouse Management), SAP TM (Transportation Management), and SAP LBN (Logistics Business Network) can eliminate manual processes and thus optimize logistics processes.

SAP Yard Logistics communication via display boards and SMS

Mobile applications, self-check-in functions, and communication with drivers inside and outside the company via display boards or SMS dispatch reduce paper-based processes and simplify communication and decision-making for drivers, dispatchers, and security personnel.

SAP Yard Logistics for inbound and outbound processes

SAP Yard Logistics is the missing puzzle piece between transport management (SAP TM) and SAP EWM for inbound and outbound processes.

Functions of SAP Yard Logistics

  • Integration with SAP Transportation Management (SAP TM) and SAP Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM)
  • Time window and ramp booking with SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling
  • 2D and 3D visualizations of the yard
  • Planning of yard activities
  • Cross-docking
  • Location determination
  • Integration with SAP Environment, Health and Safety (SAP EHS) to manage hazardous goods in the yard
  • Classification of transport units
  • Checking and measuring of activities
  • Mobile applications for executing yard activities
  • Mapping of yard-internal processes (e.g. weighing, washing, etc.)
  • Monitoring and alerting
  • Self-check-in and self-check-out for drivers (gate automation)
  • Exception handling
  • IoT integration
  • Print functions
  • Calculation and charge-on of yard activities
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Benefits of using SAP Yard Logistics

  • Maximum transparency with regard to yard processes
  • Significantly shorter check-in and check-out times
  • More efficient use of assets and yard areas
  • Reduced truck waiting times due to tracking functions
  • Identification of bottlenecks by monitoring and alerting
  • Use of cross-docking functions for combined delivery/collection
  • Track and trace of vehicles, swap bodies, trailers, and containers in the yard
  • Yard automation for IoT scenarios (scoreboards, RFID, GPS)
  • Planning yard activities as a basis for yard automation

Best-practice inbound scenario with SAP Yard Logistics

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Deployment options for SAP Yard Logistics

SAP Yard Logistics is available in two variants – as an add-on for S/4HANA Enterprise Management and as a stand-alone S/4HANA application connected to an S/4HANA Enterprise Management or a legacy ERP system.

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SAP EWM Yard Management vs. SAP Yard Logistics

SAP Yard Management is an integrated component of SAP EWM for managing yards with simpler processes and fewer integrative capabilities. Yard management can map incoming and outgoing vehicles and transport units. The yard movements are mapped as warehouse tasks. The monitoring is done via the warehouse management monitor in SAP EWM. There is no graphical visualization of the yard and its processes.

SAP EWM Yard Management versus SAP Yard Logistics

SAP Yard Logistics, on the other hand, follows the plan-execute-monitor approach and provides a significantly greater range of functions. Highly integrative and automated scenarios combined with SAP TM, SAP EWM, SAP LBN, and SAP Dock Appointment Scheduling are only possible with SAP Yard Logistics and are suitable for highly frequented high-volume yards that require active control. IoT scenarios such as control of display boards, use of self-check-in and self-check-out terminals, and supported driver communication are also only possible with SAP Yard Logistics.

SAP Yard Logistics and IoT Scenarios

The granular provision of data and events also enables the calculation and analysis of corresponding KPIs to identify and eliminate weak points and continuously improve processes.

Selected integrative scenarios with SAP Yard Logistics (SAP YL)

Warehouse billing with SAP Yard Logistics:

Warehouse billing with SAP Yard Logistics

Warehouse billing for business partners:

Warehouse Billing for Business Partner SAP Yard Logistic

Time-window booking with the SAP Logistics Business Network (LBN):

Time-window booking with the SAP Logistics Business Network (LBN)

Technical integration for IoT scenarios with SAP Yard Logistics:

Technology integration for IoT scenarios with SAP Yard Logistics

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Vice President Advanced Logistics
valantic Supply Chain Excellence