SWAN Locating Connector
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Real-Time in the Warehouse.
What happens when your warehouse management system knows where everything is – at this very moment?
In fully automated warehouses, this is already a reality: stacker cranes and automated guided vehicles continuously report the location of each load carrier. The system knows because the automation technology reports it – without manual intervention.
In most warehouse operations, everyday life looks different. Forklifts are driven by humans, goods are manually stored, relocated, and picked. And warehouse management systems like SAP EWM only find out what is happening in the warehouse when someone triggers a scan or manually confirms a posting.
There is a gap between the moment something moves and the moment the system registers it. This gap leads to search times, posting errors, and inventory discrepancies – not an exception, but everyday life in manually and semi-automated warehouses.
Real-time locating solutions close exactly this gap. They deliver continuous position information about load carriers, resources, and equipment – and make it usable right where the processes are already running: directly in the warehouse management system.
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The SWAN Locating Connector automates warehouse processes using real-time locating data in SAP EWM!
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Locating Data Becomes Warehouse Processes
Locating systems provide position data. What this data means in SAP EWM and which processes it should trigger is an individual answer for every business. This is precisely where the SWAN Locating Connector comes in.
It connects Flowcate’s DeepHub real-time locating platform with SAP EWM – directly, ABAP-natively, without parallel data storage and without shadow IT. When a load carrier enters a defined warehouse area, the stored processes are triggered in the SAP system: warehouse movements are created, warehouse tasks are confirmed, and resource assignments are updated. SAP EWM remains the single source of truth – enhanced by information that was previously unavailable. 
Your Benefits with the SWAN Locating Connector
The SWAN Locating Connector connects real-time locating data with SAP EWM to automate manual warehouse processes and eliminate inventory discrepancies through continuous position information.
- The connector runs directly in the SAP system – no external software, no additional infrastructure, no new system to introduce.
ABAP-native
- DeepHub aggregates locating data from a wide variety of sources – UWB, BLE, RFID, camera, LiDAR. The choice of locating hardware remains flexible and independent of the connector.
Technology-agnostic
- The posting logic is defined based on the configurations and adaptations existing in the customer’s system – not a standard process that is imposed, but an extension of what is already there.
Process-integrated
- A defined area, a concrete use case. First results are visible within a few weeks, without having to convert the entire warehouse at once.
Entry on a Pilot Scale
- DeepHub certified by Flowcate.
Certified
- S/4HANA with Basic or Advanced SAP EWM.
Prerequisite
- Load carriers reach a warehouse area – SAP EWM finds out immediately and posts automatically. No manual scan, no confirmation at the terminal, no posting gap.
Automated Warehouse Movements
- Forklifts, automated guided vehicles, and equipment can be located at any time. Tasks are assigned based on real-time positions, not on assumptions.
Real-Time Resource Transparency
- Discrepancies between physical position and system inventory are detected before they pile up. Time-consuming physical inventories lose their necessity as the sole corrective measure.
Continuous Inventory Accuracy
- Historical movement data shows where bottlenecks occur, which routes are inefficient, and where optimization potential lies – based on real processes, not on estimates.
Analysis and Optimization of Material Flows
- Chaotic warehouse structures and bulk storage can be managed based on location, without having to scan each storage bin individually.