Driverless transport systems (DTS)
in SAP EWM

Control and manage DTS directly due to SAP EWM MFS

Your Requirements

  • Seamless system connection of the DTS
  • SAP standard integration
  • Connection without additional interfaces
  • Full transparency
  • Material flow control of the DTS

Our Solution

  • Integration in SAP EWM without middleware
  • Use of standard functionalities
  • Optimized route planning
  • Intelligent decision criteria for route determination
  • Automatic determination of destinations

Your Benefits

  • Standard document flow
  • Scalable and expandable as required
  • Control and management of the DTS in a central system
  • Mapping of all DTSs as resources in SAP EWM

The SERKEM solution in detail

A driverless transport system (DTS) is a conveyor system with automatically controlled vehicles. These are primarily used for material transport and are intended to relieve the internal material flow or simplify it accordingly.

In modern logistics driverless transport systems are an efficient means of automatically transporting products, goods or containers/load carriers from one storage location to another. With their own travel drive these systems automatically control a target location and deposit the material there.

An optimal solution for controlling these systems is the direct integration with the SAP EWM system. This allows all processes, travel routes, and route decision criteria to be mapped transparently and traceably within a single system. Thanks to the material flow control integrated in SAP EWM (SAP EWM MFS), such integration is possible directly and entirely without the use of additional middleware.

FTS GIF Fahrerlose Transportsysteme in SAP EWM

Can be mapped with standard means

SAP EWM MFS has the option of determining the current position of the transport systems on the basis of reporting points integrated on the site. In addition all DTS devices are mapped as resources in the SAP EWM system. If different DTSs are to be managed in an EWM system, they can also be assigned to different resource groups. The combination of reporting points and driverless transport systems as resources makes it possible to go to any destination in the warehouse.

Full transparency of all warehouse movements

The integration in SAP EWM MFS means that all warehouse movements are available in SAP EWM. It is possible at any time to determine, call up or change the transport systems and the associated warehouse tasks. A completely standardized control is thus possible via the central warehouse management monitor in SAP EWM.

Automatic destination determination

SAP EWM MFS uses various decision criteria to determine the right goals and sends this information directly to the transport system. The automatic destination determination is paired with a corresponding load control. This optimizes the transport routes and ensures that all transport systems are moving as evenly as possible.

Control via GPS data

In order to be able to control the DTS as precisely as possible, the GPS data of the devices are recorded and passed on to the SAP system. Therefore it is possible to determine the exact position at any time, regardless of the reporting points stored in the system. In this way, the vehicles can be steered to the destination points even more efficiently and effectively if required.

Scalable and expandable as required

In SAP EWM and MFS it is possible to add additional driverless transport systems to the existing ones at any time without considerable effort.

The use of driverless transport systems can bring many advantages in many areas, especially in logistics. If you are interested in the implementation of such a transport system or have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Extract from our References

Continental AG

  • Automotive Supplier
  • Turnover: 44 Mrd. € (2017)
  • Employees: 235.000 (2017)

Success Story Continental

Logo Alzchem

AlzChem AG

  • Chemistry
  • Turnover: 295 Mio. €
  • Employees: 1.400

Success Story AlzChem

Fossil Group

  • Fashion
  • Turnover: 3.229 Mrd. €
  • Employees: 13.500

Success Story Fossil Group

Further information

Downloads

SAP EWM Template

SAP EWM MFS

Migration SAP WM auf EWM