Mobility has become a reality in most sectors around us. Providing flexibility to ERP and allowing access from anywhere has become one of the most effective ways to achieve efficiency, reduce costs, and boost user productivity. This is especially relevant for field teams, as well as those who operate over large areas or provide services in multiple locations.
Key challenges in inventory and warehouse management
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- Lack of real-time visibility: the absence of immediate information on inventory and goods movements makes it difficult to make accurate and timely decisions.
- Error-prone manual processes: data entry without automated validations or controls increases the likelihood of mistakes, negatively affecting efficiency and overall management.
- Warehouse organization and labeling: a disorderly structure and unclear labels make it difficult to quickly locate products, delaying the entry and exit of goods.
- Inefficiency in inventory replenishment: lack of adequate control can lead to product shortages or, conversely, excess stock, negatively affecting warehouse operations and performance.
- Lack of coordination between orders and goods receipt: misalignment between product entry and order generation causes inventory level imbalances, complicating the supply chain.
Addressing these challenges is essential to optimizing inventory management, improving warehouse efficiency, and ensuring a more agile and reliable workflow. To this end, SAP Service and Asset Manager, part of the SAP IAM (Intelligent Asset Management) suite, has been developed. This mobile cloud solution offers an intuitive and enriching user experience, compatible with iOS and Android devices, both smartphones and tablets, allowing users to access all its features anytime, anywhere.
Among its advantages are real-time visibility of goods movements and inventory, as well as the automation of processes that were previously performed manually, reducing errors and significantly improving overall management.
SAP Service and Asset Manager Capabilities
SAP Service and Asset Manager represents an innovative warehouse management capability within SAP's mobile solution, based on a service and asset management application with a proven track record.
Its main capabilities include:
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- Ability to operate both online and offline.
- Multi-user functionality, allowing mobile devices to be shared between different shifts using delta profile loads.
- Support for Android and iOS phones and tablets.
- Mobilization of warehouse staff tasks.
- Advanced inventory management functionality.
- Native integration with SAP S/4 HANA On-Premise, S/4 HANA Private Cloud, and SAP ECC.
People-centric solution
SAP Service & Asset Manager has four profiles within its capabilities. This article focuses on the inventory manager.
The inventory manager has the ability to receive, dispatch, or transfer materials. In addition, they are trained to manage materials classified by batch, valued, or serialized. They can perform the following actions from the application:
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- Create purchase orders.
- Download previously created purchase orders for tracking.
- Search and download documents.
- Goods receipts.
- Goods issues.
- Stock inquiry and transfer.
- Cancellation of goods movements.
- Modify stock types.
- Process goods movements from downloaded documents offline.
- Create inventory documents and perform counts.
- Search for stock online and offline.
Key Benefits of SAP SAM – Inventory Clerk
The Inventory Clerk role in SAP Service and Asset Manager brings notable improvements that optimize inventory management and streamline operations related to materials handling:
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- Efficiency in inventory management.
It allows users to manage inventories directly from a mobile device, facilitating real-time updates. Inventory managers can perform tasks such as physical counts or goods movement records in offline mode, and the data is automatically synchronized once the connection is restored.
- Greater accuracy and fewer errors.
Using the app for data entry eliminates the need for manual record keeping, ensuring the accuracy of transactions.
- Improved inventory visibility and control.
Users can check current stock levels, goods movements, and material documents at any time, improving inventory visibility and control.
- Optimization of operational processes.
lThe digitization of the counting process allows users to quickly record physical quantities, compare them with the system, and adjust discrepancies instantly. Internal movements, returns, and adjustments are made directly from the mobile device, speeding up processing times.
- Reduced operating costs.
Operating costs, paper usage, and training time are reduced thanks to the intuitive interface of SAP Service and Asset Manager.
SAP SAM Inventory Clerk is the perfect solution for inventory management with an intuitive interface and code scanning support. Accuracy and reliability are increased thanks to offline functionality and automatic synchronization that keeps information up to date at all times. This solution increases both productivity and efficiency, but above all simplifies everyday tasks, giving employees the opportunity to focus on strategic activities that generate added value. This application transforms the way companies manage their inventories.
Boost your warehouse mobility with Avvale
With over twenty years as SAP partners, at Avvale we have extensive experience in implementing SAP Service and Asset Manager. We help our clients achieve cutting-edge operational efficiency by optimizing inventory management and real-time operations.
Contact us to discover how Avvale can transform your warehouse and inventory processes with advanced mobile solutions, backed by our track record and experience in successful SAP projects.