DAW, Europe’s largest private manufacturer of construction paints and thermal insulation, was faced with the challenge of replacing the existing IT infrastructure during ongoing operations without interruption, expanding the inventory warehouses and optimising and automating the processes in the warehouse. The goal was end-to-end warehouse automation with SAP EWM.

For this purpose, the existing warehouse management system SAP WM was replaced by a decentralised SAP EWM with the SAP partner LogiPlus Consulting, the inventory warehouse was expanded, the material flow was optimised with SAP MFS and automation solutions such as AutoStore or a forklift control system was introduced and integrated. SAP S/4HANA was then implemented as the ERP system at a later stage.

In the IT-Onlinemagazin Expert Talk on October 10th, Jörg Martin, Head of Finished Goods Warehouse at DAW SE, and LogiPlus CEO Thilo Matheis answer the questions of Helge Sanden and Maike Rose from IT-Onlinemagazin. Among other things, they talk about DAW’s goals and challenges, the implementation, the go-live and the hyper care phase and about the success factors of this long-term project.