SAP EWM · Warehouse Management · ASRS Integration
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A Frozen Food Manufacturer Delivers SAP EWM from Build to Hypercare Across a Complex Distribution Facility
A North American frozen food manufacturer Delivered 2024–2026
Mindset took over as EWM system integrator on a stalled warehouse project and delivered a full SAP EWM implementation through cutover and hypercare at a major distribution facility, then earned repeat scope covering a second phase and an additional cooler deployment.
By the numbers
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1 facility
Full EWM go-live delivered through hypercare
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3 follow-on scopes
Phase 2, development extension, and cooler-area deployment
Before
Stalled EWM project, complex warehouse requirements
- An EWM project put on hold in 2022 to accommodate a DC expansion and ASRS installation.
- Complex inbound and outbound requirements including ASRS, custom packing, and third-party yard management.
- Legacy inventory in the warehouse management system needing migration at the handling-unit and bin level.
After
Full EWM live, with repeat scope across the facility
- SAP EWM implemented from build through hypercare at the primary warehouse, with all inbound, outbound, and yard management scenarios covered.
- ASRS, custom packing, interleaving, and labor optimization all in production.
- Phase 2 and a separate cooler-area deployment followed, extending EWM coverage at the same facility.
Why this matters
A frozen food manufacturer needed a new EWM system integrator to rescue a stalled project and deliver a full warehouse go-live, including ASRS integration, custom packing, and a live inventory migration. Mindset delivered through hypercare and then kept going.
The challenge
This frozen food manufacturer had started an SAP EWM project for one of its primary warehouses back in 2022, but put it on hold to focus on a distribution-center expansion and a new automated storage and retrieval system. When the project restarted, the company wanted a different system integrator and a fresh review of the original configuration and DC-expansion design.
The warehouse had a genuinely complex set of requirements: inbound from purchase orders, stock transfer orders, manufacturing finished goods, and raw materials; ASRS putaway; off-site receiving with custom putaway strategies; outbound picking, packing, staging, and shipping including a custom packing process; replenishment and internal moves; yard management with third-party integrations; interleaving and labor optimization; and a live migration of existing inventory from the legacy warehouse system at the HU and bin level.
What we did
Mindset took over as EWM system integrator and ran a full Build-to-Hypercare implementation.
The work covered the complete EWM warehouse structure including storage types, sections, and bins. Inbound processing handled purchase orders, stock transfer orders, manufacturing finished goods and raw materials shuttled from the adjacent plant, ASRS putaway, and off-site receiving with custom putaway strategies. Outbound covered sales orders, stock transfer orders, vendor returns, and the full picking, packing, staging, and shipping workflow including a custom packing process and case picking. The team also built replenishment and internal moves, interleaving and labor optimization, and reporting for throughput metrics.
Yard management integrated with third-party systems for gate and dock tracking. Labels were developed to GS1-128 specification. The engagement also included migration of all existing warehouse inventory from the legacy system at the handling-unit and bin level.
Delivery followed a structured Build phase covering configuration, custom development, unit testing, and system integration testing, followed by user acceptance testing, training, a phased cutover, and four weeks of hypercare. A follow-on Phase 2 and a separate cooler-area deployment at the same facility extended the work further.
The outcomes
The primary warehouse went live on SAP EWM through a managed cutover, with hypercare complete and the team transitioned to steady-state operations.
The engagement expanded into additional scope: a second phase of warehouse functionality, a dedicated development extension, and a separate cooler-area deployment at the same facility. The follow-on work reflects a delivery relationship that held up through a complex go-live.
Targeted throughput metrics for cases per hour and picks per hour were defined and tracked throughout the project.
If we built this today
Concept · not delivered scopeWarehouse work that sequences itself.
This is a forward-looking concept, not the scope we delivered on this engagement. It is the build we would reach for now, grounded in SAP that ships today.
This frozen food manufacturer needed EWM built from storage structure through hypercare to keep a complex DC moving, and the modern version puts an agent on top of that same warehouse, watching throughput and proposing how to route the next wave.
The data product
Cloud ERP Intelligence
Grounds the agent in governed EWM and labor data through the SAP Knowledge Graph, so throughput trends, bin utilization, and yard activity carry real warehouse meaning and not just raw table reads. The agent reasons over the same numbers your supervisors trust.
Intelligent Application on SAP Business Data Cloud
The Joule agent
EWM Warehouse Order Agent
Reads open warehouse orders, putaway strategies, replenishment needs, and live labor throughput like cases and picks per hour, then proposes how to sequence and assign work so inbound, outbound, and ASRS moves keep flowing. It flags bottlenecks before they stall a wave instead of after.
SAP EWM, SAP EWM Labor Management, SAP EWM Yard Management, SAP S/4HANA · PROPOSE · Picks and cases per hour (warehouse throughput)
The Fiori app
Warehouse Management Monitor (Joule-embedded)
The EWM monitor and warehouse order apps where planners watch waves, putaway, and outstanding tasks, now with Joule sitting in the launchpad to answer questions and draft work assignments in plain language. You ask why a wave is behind and it walks the order pool with you.
Embedded in the Fiori launchpad
We would mine the real putaway, picking, and replenishment flows in SAP Signavio first, map the EWM and ECC landscape in SAP LeanIX, and lean on MIND accelerators to carry the proven warehouse design from the old build into the new one.
What we built
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Complete EWM warehouse structure live at go-live
SAP EWM warehouse structure
Full warehouse structure configuration including storage types, sections, and bins for a high-throughput distribution facility.
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All inbound scenarios covered including ASRS and off-site
Inbound processing
Configuration for purchase orders, stock transfer orders, manufacturing finished goods and raw materials, ASRS putaway, and off-site receiving with custom putaway strategies.
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Custom outbound packing process built and deployed
Outbound processing
Sales orders, stock transfer orders, vendor returns, and the full picking, packing, staging, and shipping workflow including a custom packing process and case picking.
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ASRS transactions managed within EWM
ASRS integration
Integration between SAP EWM and the automated storage and retrieval system, supporting putaway and retrieval within the warehouse.
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Yard flows connected to third-party tracking platforms
Yard management and third-party integration
Yard management configuration integrated with third-party gate and dock tracking systems for inbound and outbound yard control.
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Labor and equipment efficiency targets set and tracked
Interleaving and labor optimization
Warehouse task interleaving and labor management configuration to improve equipment utilization and throughput.
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Throughput metrics live at go-live
Reporting and throughput metrics
Cases-per-hour and picks-per-hour reporting built to track warehouse performance against operational targets.
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Full inventory transferred without business disruption
HU and bin-level inventory migration
Migration of all existing warehouse inventory from the legacy warehouse management system at the handling-unit and bin level.