Monitor Live Optimization

With this app, you can have an overview of the optimization results for open warehouse orders assigned to the resources in your warehouse. For example, you can see the optimized sequence of warehouse orders for a resource. By following this sequence, a resource can reduce the unnecessary empty travel distance and time. That means there are fewer situations when a resource carries no goods between the destination location of the last completed warehouse order and the start location of the next open warehouse order.

Key Features

You can use this app to perform the following actions:

  • View the optimized assignments of warehouse orders to resources

  • View latest start dates and creation dates of warehouse orders, and empty and loaded travel distance of resources

  • Export the optimized assignments of warehouse orders to resources as off-line files

  • View message logs for each optimization job

  • View error logs during the live optimization

  • View reassigned warehouse orders in response to resource changes in a destination system

Additional Information

Live Optimization

When you activated live optimizations in the Define Optimization Settings configuration step of the Configure Your Solution app, the system runs optimization jobs periodically. In each job, the system performs the following actions:

  • Retrieves open warehouse orders and warehouse tasks from a destination system, for example, an SAP EWM system, at a specific interval like every 20 minutes

  • Optimizes the sequence of warehouse orders assigned to a resource

    The optimized sequence helps resources reduce empty travel distance or meet latest start dates.

  • Sends the optimized warehouse order assignments back to a destination system

Determining Start Positions for Resources

To determine which warehouse orders are assigned to a resource, the system must identify the start position for the resource.

The system finds the start position in the following ways:

  • If there are open warehouse orders assigned to a resource in the previous optimization interval, the start position is the destination bin of the last warehouse order in the order assignment list.

    The last warehouse order is the order that is being processed by a resource when the system sends the optimization results back to the destination system.

  • If there are no open warehouse orders assigned to a resource in the previous optimization interval, and the resource is processing a warehouse order, the start position is the destination bin of current warehouse order.

  • If there are no open warehouse orders assigned to a resource, and in the destination system the resource isn’t processing a warehouse order, the start position is the storage bin where the resource is located. This location is estimated by the destination system.

  • If the system can’t determine the start position, a default distance is used to calculate how long it takes the resource to travel to the next warehouse order. The default distance is defined in the storage type.

Viewing Optimized Warehouse Order Assignments in SAP EWM

You can find the optimization results in the warehouse management monitor of SAP EWM. To do this, go to the monitor using transaction /SCWM/MON and choose Start of the navigation pathResource Management Next navigation step Optimized Exec. Plan of WOsEnd of the navigation path.

For more information, go to help.sap.com/wi, choose the Discover tab, and navigate to Start of the navigation pathTroubleshooting Next navigation step Frequently Asked Questions for SAP Warehouse InsightsEnd of the navigation path.

Reassignment of Warehouse Orders in Response to Resource Changes

Resource Changes

SAP Warehouse Insights reassigns warehouse orders based on the following resource changes in SAP EWM:

  • Resource Logon, Resources Unassigned from a Queue, and Resources Assigned to Another Resource Group

    If the resources are selected for live optimization in the Define Optimization Settings configuration step of the Configure Your Solution app, the system includes them in live optimization.

  • Resource Logoff and Resources Assigned to a Queue

    The system excludes the resources from live optimization.

Logic of Reassignment of Warehouse Orders

SAP Warehouse Insights reassigns warehouse orders to resources based on the following logic:

  • Timer

    Once the system receives resource changes from SAP EWM, the system starts a timer to collect the change information. Depending on how frequently the system is receiving resource changes, the timer can last from 30 seconds to 150 seconds. Then, the system collectively processes the resource changes that were received within the same time period.

  • The system starts an ad hoc round of live optimization only for the changed resources that need to have new warehouse orders assigned to them.

  • For a resource that is excluded from live optimization, the system withdraws the resource’s unfinished warehouse orders and tasks, and clears its assigned warehouse orders in SAP EWM.

  • If the next optimization interval will take place in 5 minutes, the system won't start an ad hoc round of live optimization, even if it receives resource changes.