The warehousing and distribution market is accelerating digital transformation, with B2B e-commerce, omnichannel fulfillment, AI automation, and cloud ERP now mainstream priorities, while consolidation continues and inflation, tariffs, labor pressures, and lead-time volatility force distributors to balance cost control with service levels.
The fact sheet names four core challenges — data silos, inventory inefficiency, last-mile complexity, and supply risk — and a three-phase SAP roadmap with KPIs for each: stabilize visibility with SAP ERP Cloud and SAP Business Network in 30–90 days, optimize inventory with SAP IBP in 90–180 days, and modernize fulfillment with SAP Logistics Management, EWM, and B2B commerce portals after 180 days.
It also lists quick wins to start this week (a visibility audit, an IBP pilot on one product family, and connecting ten strategic suppliers to Business Network) and flags the critical trade-off: cloud ERP migrations need change management, and a lift-and-shift without process redesign can lock in inefficiencies.
The full fact sheet is available above as a PDF. See also the "Warehousing and Distribution Overview 2026: SAP Cloud Solutions for Wholesale Distributors" and the complete "Warehousing and Distribution Overview 2026: Mapping Supply Chain Challenges to SAP Cloud Solutions" deck in the Resource Library.