Annals of the University of Craiova: Economic Sciences Series (Dec 2019)
SAP WMS IMPLEMENTATION MODULE – CONSTRAINTS, RISKS AND ISSUES. A CASE STUDY FROM AUTOMOTIVE AREA
Abstract
SAP Warehouse Management System module is one of the SAP modules, which is highly connected to the Material Management module and is used in companies that use warehouses as a source of material transit. Good warehouse management can be done with this module. In this case study, we will analyze how such a module was implemented in a company operating in the automotive area. It is located in Pitesti and, besides the SAP FI / CO modules, SAP SD, SAP MM has this module installed. The implementation of the SAP system in this company took 2 years and was a successful one, involving a number of 18 Functional consultants (12 seniors and 6 juniors). The technical part was made by the center of competence belonging to the mother company, located in France, in Paris. A series of legislative constraints were reported, a series of discussions stemming from this. A lot of reports were developed by ABAP programmers - allocated for this implementation by the company that made the implementation, the company located in Bucharest. Most issues were encountered in the area of finance - accounting, but also in the WMS area, where restrictions came from the storage area (a small deposit that did not correspond to a detailed organization - as SAP WMS proposes). Due to the fact that what was to be delivered had to be delivered as quickly as possible, even with very many interventions, due to the fact that the business environment was a dynamic one, the solution was changed four times - this assuming a delay of 2 months - for go-live. This delay meant an increase of the budget allocated by 7% - generating many discussions - this was assumed and understood by the management of the company.
