The SIBUR automated warehouses with the help of SAP EWM

2020: Digital transformation of six warehouses

On August 10, 2020 the SIBUR announced completion of project implementation on digital transformation of six warehouses based on the SAP solution Extended Warehouse Management (SAP EWM). Within the project single solution for management of finished goods warehouses taking into account features of the processes happening at the enterprises of the company was created. In implementation process of the project it was important to maintain business continuity of the enterprises of the SIBUR at the time of transition to this system of an inventory control. TLS company acted as the partner in implementation.

According to the results of the project all information on movements of stocks in warehouses is available in real time, and keyword parameters are visualized on special panels-deshbordakh. On them available and busy tanks of warehouses in tons and pallets, overdue tasks, dynamics of finished product output and giving of transport for shipment, performance of changes by transaction types and employees and many other analytical data are displayed. For each platform an individual set of analytical reports created taking into account features of business processes is created.

Tobolsk – ZapSibNeftekhim and "the SIBUR of Tobolsk" – with the help SAP ERP is developed for the enterprises of the SIBUR a control interface of giving and loading of containers which it is integrated with the system of management of all park and the crane equipment. Tasks and also information on the status and possible time of loading are displayed on tablets of drivers of automobile platforms. The SAP EWM system at the same time manages setting of containers on dock windows of a warehouse complex, traces and returns in SAP ERP data about preparation of orders, directs warehouse resources. The user-friendly interface allows to appoint in a format of "one window" dock windows of loading by the principle of the smallest run of the warehouse equipment, to create tasks, to keep track of the statuses of completing and loading, to browse available stocks.

As a result of automation of end-to-end process it was succeeded to increase considerably efficiency and control of work of a logistic complex, to make processes of a zatarka, shipment, control of receipt of containers transparent and managed, it was succeeded to reduce run of the crane equipment and to increase their utilization and also to lower labor costs on examination of KTK and document creation. All this allowed to reduce time of loading and registration of the train for 20% (40 minutes) that is a critical factor for such loaded production as ZapSibNeftekhim where the correct and effective work of a logistic complex is one of the key factors providing a possibility of achievement of planned volumes of shipments without risks for the enterprise, – Alexander Shashkin, the Director of production of YuLK LLC, the operator of the container platform of ZapSibNeftekhim and Tatyana Krikun, the project manager on system implementation of management of the container platform tell.

The SIBUR actively increases several last years the level of digital transformation, focus on IT tools allows to manage completely and systemically business processes and to effectively implement the purposes of the company, saving stability in the conditions of the changing environment. We seriously strengthened also the direction of logistics, SAP EWM implementation project – large-scale, difficult and extremely important for maintenance of efficiency as the uniform IT solution considering specific tasks of all enterprises entering project scope is used. The uniform architectural model of management and the general space where all information on work of warehouses is in real time available are created, technologies of processing and topology are standardized, – Dmitry Prokhorov, the project manager Prodazhi and logistics noted the SIBUR.

Single solution allows the SIBUR to scale practicians of SAP and digital technologies on a large number of key platforms of holding at once. In conditions for September, 2020 the continuity of processes and success of the company in the market in many respects depends on such scope technologies and depths of implementation of digital instruments, – Dmitry Pilipenko, the deputy CEO of SAP CIS commented.

The transparent system of the warehouse business processes integrated with production processes and also with contiguous functions, such as packing, quality control and shipment was created. As a result all effective objectives of the project were achieved: the controllability and quality of work planning of warehouses is increased, labor costs are optimized, operating costs and costs are cut down, influence "a human factor is minimized, – Valery Borodulin, the project manager from TLS company noted.