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Building-materials warehouse with hybrid full-pallet and piece picking
BUILDING MATERIALS · 11/14/2026
A building-products distributor had to ship bulky pallets and small accessory items in the... SAP EWM case study, SAP Extended Warehouse Management - Qventra.
Measurable outcomes
Reported or target KPIs from this engagement — not a guarantee of future results.
Mixed-order cycle time
15% - 25% lower
Picking productivity
20% - 30% higher
Staging-space pressure
10% - 20% lower
Project overview
A building-products distributor had to ship bulky pallets and small accessory items in the same order stream. That made it difficult to balance forklift-heavy work with piece-picking efficiency.
Challenges
- Forklift traffic and small-parts picking interfered with each other
- Staging lanes filled unpredictably
- Mixed orders caused unstable cycle times
SAP EWM solution design
The SAP EWM blueprint separated activity areas, introduced wave-based release, and used packing and staging rules tailored to mixed-order profiles. The process was meant to simplify flow without creating separate warehouses inside one building.
Key outcomes
Indicative benefits include 15% to 25% lower cycle time for mixed orders, 20% to 30% higher productivity, and visibly less pressure on staging space. Those values are consistent with public wave-management and warehouse automation benchmarks.
Next steps
A logical next phase would be cartonization and dock appointment integration.
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