The warehousing and distribution landscape is being reshaped by digital acceleration, a continuing consolidation wave, and macro headwinds from inflation, tariffs, labor pressure, and lead-time volatility. This deck sets out the top five supply chain challenges: poor end-to-end visibility, inventory inefficiency, omnichannel complexity, supplier risk, and working capital pressure.
It maps those problems to SAP cloud solutions: SAP ERP Cloud as the real-time core, SAP Integrated Business Planning for demand, supply, and inventory planning, SAP Logistics Management with Extended Warehouse Management for multi-warehouse orchestration and last-mile, SAP Customer Experience and B2B commerce for digital buying channels, SAP Ariba and Business Network for supplier collaboration, and SAP BTP as the integration and AI layer.
A 3-step roadmap — stabilize visibility, optimize inventory and planning, then modernize fulfillment and customer experience — comes with KPIs for each phase, quick wins to start this week, and the risks and trade-offs to watch, including change management and integration complexity.
The full deck is available above as a PDF. For shorter editions see the "Warehousing and Distribution Fact Sheet 2026" and the "Warehousing and Distribution Overview 2026: SAP Cloud Solutions for Wholesale Distributors" in the Resource Library.