Mobile SAP Barcode Printer for SAP Order Fulfillment
Fulfilling sales orders in SAP S/4HANA quickly has never been more important, especially with an ongoing surge in e-commerce. But recent supply chain issues have made it more difficult to turn around sales orders and get products shipped in a hurry. Yet at BCC Distribution, we offer Mobile SAP barcode printer and labeling solutions to help your team overcome inventory obstacles.
This is why it’s so important to look at every opportunity to eliminate waste and delays in SAP-based warehousing and fulfillment processes, so you can save time on every sales order. One way to do this is by implementing mobile, on-demand barcode label printing for SAP sales orders. Mobile label printing for SAP can effortlessly transform inventory scanning and labeling. In fact, our solutions like mobile label printing for SAP streamline scanning to reduce delays.
By printing barcode labels on demand, using real-time data pulled from the SAP software, an ERP software you can speed up picking, packing, loading, and outbound delivery processes by using pallet handling unit (HU) labels or license plate numbers (LPN) to easily identify the tens, hundreds or thousands of pallets and bins that get shuffled around and changed in your warehousing operation. You can also print product or shipping labels on demand, using real-time SAP data, so you don’t have to walk back and forth to printing stations or label rooms and don’t have to do batch runs that increase the likelihood of mislabeling. Our mobile SAP barcode printer and labeling solutions make this possible.
Let’s take a quick look at how you can do this by using Zebra mobile printers and connecting directly to SAP S/4HANA with mobile label printing for SAP, facilitating faster computing
Mobile Label Printing for SAP: Labeling and Re-Labeling Pallets and Bins
One of the biggest challenges in warehousing and fulfillment, particularly for large distribution centers, is that pallets, bins and products are constantly on the move or changing. In some warehouse operations, pallets are broken down as cases are removed from the original pallet. This means that the pallet has to be re-labeled with a new barcode label, to include the new HU or LPN information, as well as other pallet identification such as the new weight and/or batch number. Additionally, warehouse operations will often require a change in the physical storage locations, or may simply need to relabel existing locations if the original barcode label is damaged. Both scenarios will require a new location label to identify the SAP Bin number, SAP Material Number used to identify the location, or SAP Storage Location (SLoc) number.
However, if you’re having to print barcode labels in batches and then apply them to the right bin or pallet, this dramatically increases the chances of mislabeling. It’s also a tedious process that often requires walking back and forth between warehouse aisles and workstations or dedicated label rooms, which can add up to miles and hours of wasted time.
Instead of suffering through these delays and potential mistakes, you can create a completely streamlined process by labeling and re-labeling bins and pallets on demand, right at the physical storage location or pallet with SAP barcode label printing. Using a rugged mobile printer from Zebra, you can print barcode labels individually or in sets, wherever you need them, with fast and high-quality printing that takes just a couple of seconds. This mobile SAP barcode printer solution ensures smooth and accurate printing even with high-volume workloads.
It all happens by wirelessly pairing a Zebra mobile printer with a rugged mobile computer, vehicle-mounted computer, or rugged tablet that runs your SAP Material Management (MM), Inventory Management (IM), and/or Warehouse Management (WM) or Extended Warehouse Management system. The mobile computer or tablet connects with the SAP software in real-time, pulling any inventory, sales order, and item information you need, and you can then print a corresponding barcode label or set of labels right away with mobile SAP barcode printing.
This kind of mobile label printing for SAP solution is also ideal for boosting your picking efficiency and accuracy by printing and using Handling Unit or License Plate Labels for your pallets. Each group of products gets a unique ID number, just like a license plate. This way, pickers can scan that license plate ID, or HU, and match it with the correct sales order and group of materials in the SAP software, so they can always verify that they’ve picked the correct item. Additionally, with on-demand printing and a mobile SAP barcode printer, you can quickly re-label bins or pallets to a new product or inventory item.
Mobile SAP Barcode Printing: Printing Product or Shipping Labels on Demand
Another big advantage of mobile SAP barcode printing is that you can print product or shipping labels on the spot, virtually anywhere in your operations. A Zebra mobile printer is paired wirelessly with a mobile computer, vehicle-mounted computer, or rugged tablet, which allows you to pull up a material or delivery in the SAP software, and you can print a matching label with a one-to-one ratio between the label and the correct material or delivery in real-time.
Similar to pallet or bin labeling, this mobile SAP barcode printing and on-demand process eliminates the need to walk back and forth to a printer or workstation, which saves time and effort. Also, you don’t have to print and apply labels in batches, so there’s far less risk of mislabeling or making a mistake due to delays between label printing and the actual application of your barcode label. This SAP barcode label printing streamlines printing while also helping your team avoid mistakes.
In busy shipping areas and in warehouses where you might be processing larger volumes of sales orders across multiple products, mobile SAP barcode printing can make a huge difference in shipping and fulfillment accuracy while helping you boost productivity and get more out of a limited workforce.
For on-demand mobile SAP barcode printer solutions of any kind, there are a number of device options available. Zebra produces an entire portfolio of mobile label printers based on different durability needs, application requirements, and budgets. Three of our top-recommended Zebra mobile label printers are the ZQ600 Series, ZQ500 Series, and QLn Series.
You can check out their detailed specs and capabilities using the links above (no links?), or you can learn more and get a personalized recommendation for your order fulfillment and mobile SAP barcode printer needs from our team at BCC Distribution.
SAP Barcode Label Printing at BCC Distribution
We’ve been helping many of our clients mobilize and optimize their SAP barcode label printing while maximizing their return on investment, so we’d be happy to offer tips and advice to point you in the right direction. Just contact us at 877-770-7226 or through our website to get started.