Old Dominion Freight Line provides warehousing and logistics services across the United States using SAP's yard management functionality. Yard management allows companies to efficiently manage the flow of vehicles and materials through the yard by tracking activities like check-in, loading, scheduling docks, and check-out. Implementing yard management requires understanding SAP's features, integrating it with warehouse and transportation processes, and following best practices like setting clear goals, making fast decisions, and leveraging industry expertise.

1. Yard Management
Andy Iska, Principal Consultant
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Assen Dinkov, Warehouse Systems Lead
Old Dominion Freight Line
[ ED HUDAK [ STEVE RUGGIERO
ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER
MEMBER SINCE: 1998 MEMBER SINCE: 2000
[ SHERRYANNE MEYER
ASUG INSTALLATION MEMBER
MEMBER SINCE: 1999

2. [ Agenda
 Introduction
 Learning Points
 Why Yard Management?
 SAP's Functionality
 Understanding Yard Management
 A System Walkabout
 Keys to a Successful Implementation
 Recap
 Q&A
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3. [ Old Dominion Freight Line Warehousing Services
Old Dominion Freight Line is a 1.5 Billion Dollar LTL motor carrier providing multi-regional service
among six regions in the United States. ODFL offers a broad range of expedited, logistical and
warehousing services for both the domestic and global markets.
ODFL Now Offers Warehousing!
Locations: Thomasville, NC. Commerce, CA. Worcester, MA.
Partner Locations: San Francisco, CA. Dallas,TX. Chicago, IL.
ODFL offers a full range of warehousing from short term to contract warehousing coast to coast.
ODFL value-added services include Pick and Pack,Ticketing, Labeling, Re-packing, Musical Assortments as well as display building.
ODFL state of the art SAP warehouse management system offers Web-Based Visibility and is able to handle all EDI requirements
Teaming up with the ODFL Global Department as well as the Best in Class LTL carrier in the Country our
customers will always keep their Promises to their Customers
www.odfl.com/warehousing
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4. [ Learning Points
 Yard Management
 Warehouse Door Management
 Container and Transportation Equipment Management
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5. [ Why Use Yard Management
 Get product in and out of the warehouse on time.
 Enterprise wide visibility of what is in the yard.
 Eliminate idle trailers and reposition assets based on need.
 Able to plan and sequence docking, loading and unloading.
 Reduce idle dock time and prepare for peak times.
 Complete and detailed history of activities in the Yard.
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6. [ Features of SAP’s Yard Management
 Management of Yard Processes
 Yard Monitor
 Yard Alerts
 Scheduling Chart
 Mobile Device Ready
 Seamless integration with SAP’s warehouse, shipping etc.
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7. [ Yard Management and SAP System Landscape
 Yard Management is part of EWM functionality.
 Yard Management can be implemented in ECC or SCM.
 Yard Management functionality is integrated with other SAP
functionality.
 Yard Management can be implemented on the core ECC
server or on a decentralized and distributed system.
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8. [ Basic Data Entity of Yard Management
 A vehicle needs to exist prior to tracking yard activities. A
vehicle can be created as standalone or with reference to a
shipping or delivery document. A vehicle can be created as a
means of transport(tractor) or transport equipment(trailer).
 YM utilizes the handling unit(HU) to represent a vehicle in the
yard.
HU 346
Type: Standard Container
Category: Transport Equipment
HU 345
Type: 20 Ton Truck
Category: Means of Transport
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9. [ Activities that can recorded on a Vehicle/TU
 Check-In/Check-out
 Block/Unblock 1. Check-In
 Loading/Unloading
5. Check-out 2. Schedule TU to Door
 Movement
 Scheduling 4. Load End
3. Move TU to door
2. Load Start
 Sealing/Un-Sealing
 Weighing
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10. [ Yard Activities Accomplishes the following and more
 Arrival and Departure of Transport Unit (TU) / Vehicle
 Visibility of Empty Transport Units in Yard
 Reserve Empty Transport Units for Loading
 Yard Location Assignment
 Warehouse Door Assignment
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11. [ A System Walkabout with Inbound Deliveries
Vehicle Many process variations possible.
Here the Check-In activity
•Creates a vehicle
•Creates a check-in activity
•Assigns the inbound delivery
to the Vehicle.
Other information such as
Forwarding Agent, Standard Alpha
Carrier Code(SCAC), Container
ID can be associated with the
Vehicle or Transportation Unit(TU)
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12. [ A System Walkabout with Inbound Deliveries contd
The Vehicle is represented, internally,
by a HU.
The Container ID can be printed
for tracking and scanning.
Mobile Device Support: Standard
RF transactions or Customized RF
transactions can be used for
recording Yard Activity
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13. [ A System Walkabout with Inbound Deliveries contd
Staging Areas or “Bins”
corresponding to the Doors/Docks
can be used for tracking Inbound
and Outbound material staging.
Material Stock is received into the
Staging Area that corresponds to
the Door, the Door at which the
Vehicle was moved to and
unloaded.
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14. [ A System Walkabout with Outbound Shipments
•Integration of Yard Management with SAP’s
Shipping/Transportation functionality.
•The screens show the automatic
synchronization of shipping statuses and field
values in the shipment document with the
yard activity “Check-In”.
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15. [ A System Walkabout with Outbound Shipments contd
•Recording of Yard Activity with an RF
Scanner/Mobile Device.
•Yard Check-Out can set the shipment status,
execute a Goods Issue, send an ASN etc.
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16. [ A General System Walkabout
Graphical Scheduling Chart for Doors/Vehicles.
•Drag and Drop functionality is included.
•The Blue Bar indicates the Vehicle is at the door.
•The Gray Bar indicates that the Vehicle is scheduled for the door.
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17. [ Guiding Principles for a Successful Implementation
 Clear Goals
 Start Simple
 Fast Executive Decisions
 Industry Expertise
 SAP Expertise
 Control Scope
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18. [ Key Learnings
 SAP can be used for Yard and Warehouse Dock Management.
 Able to plan and sequence docking, loading and unloading.
 Seamless integration with warehouse, shipping etc.
 Complete and detailed history of activities in the Yard.
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19. [ Q&A
Questions?
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20. [
 Thank you for participating.
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How to contact the speaker?
Andy Iska, Ankunft LLC
aiska@ankunft.biz
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