Case Study: Puget Sound Energy shines a light on warehouse efficiency with SAP® EWM

Learn how PSE modernized their warehouse operations through SAP EWM, QM, and Batch Management to improve space utilization, increase inventory accuracy, empower its workforce, and support their field technicians more effectively.   Hear from Puget Sound Energy their reasons for change, key project highlights, key EWM functionality leveraged, and key business benefits achieved.   

Key Business Benefits:

• Improve management and utilization of limited warehouse space to support a complex array of maintenance parts, tools, construction materials, and operating supplies
• Increase inventory accuracy through bin-level management of the warehouse, and barcode scan verification and data entry vs. paper
• Simplify vendor consignment management through stock determination and automated purchase at point of issue
• Ease capture and management of serialized inventory through barcoding and SAP RF technologies

Speakers

Murali Karra, Puget Sound Energy

John Olson, Puget Sound Energy

Dominic Venieri, EY

Timestamps

• 2:05 – Speaker introduction from Chris Gregory of EY
• 4:30 – Agenda overview
• 5:00 – About Puget Sound Energy (PSE) and their supply chain network
• 8:35 – Business drivers – Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and serialization
• 10:45 – Business drivers – technology modernization, integrated work management, and facility utilization
• 13:15 – Case for change
• 14:15 – PSE process for vendor selection
• 15:55 – PSE project scope and technology landscape
• 18:45 – PSE project timeline
• 20:05 – Phase I process scope – EWM, ERP, Inventory Manager and high-level timeline and plan
• 23:50 – Phase II process scope – EWM and high-level timeline and plan
• 26:00 – Project innovations
• 26:30 – PM-EWM order/reservation integration
• 28:00 – Non-stock management
• 31:15 – AMI combo/kitting
• 35:15 – Lessons learned – process and design, organization and people, and data
• 45:50 – Q&A