A mobile warehouse management system built for SAP Business One — Zebra TC8000/TC52 handhelds, DS3600 barcode scanners, and ZT400 label printers, all posting directly to SAP in real time. No batch sync. No reconciliation.
The SAP B1 Integrated WMS brings enterprise-grade warehouse management to SAP Business One using Zebra's rugged mobile hardware. Warehouse operatives are guided through every movement — goods receipt, putaway, picking, packing, and shipping — by step-by-step screens on Zebra handhelds. Every scan posts immediately to SAP B1.
The system is hardware-optimised for the Zebra TC8000 and TC52 handhelds, DS3600 long-range barcode scanners, and ZT400 industrial label printers — giving you the right tool for every warehouse zone from the high-bay racking area to the packing bench and dispatch dock.
Cycle counting, Goods Receipt against SAP purchase orders, and mobile picking and shipping workflows are all included — replacing paper pick lists with guided scan-confirm workflows that make warehouse errors structurally impossible.
Without scan validation, operatives pick by eye from paper lists — wrong quantities, wrong items, wrong bin. Pick errors generate returns, credit notes, and customer complaints that far exceed the cost of implementing proper scan-guided workflows.
Manual goods receipt requires a clerk to enter inbound quantities into SAP line-by-line from a paper delivery note. A 40-line purchase order takes 45+ minutes to process — blocking the receiving dock and delaying putaway while stock sits unconfirmed in SAP.
SAP inventory levels drift from physical reality between cycle counts. By the time a discrepancy is found, the root cause — a missed scan, a wrong location, an unconfirmed movement — is weeks old and impossible to trace. Annual stocktakes take days and disrupt operations.
The WMS covers the complete warehouse workflow cycle, from inbound to outbound, with scan-confirm at every step and real-time SAP posting on each transaction.
Operatives scan inbound goods against SAP purchase orders on the Zebra handheld. HiveWMS validates quantities, captures batch/serial numbers, and directs the operative to the correct bin location for putaway — posting the SAP GR document on final confirmation.
Sales order picking is directed line-by-line on the Zebra screen — operative scans the location barcode, then the item barcode. Mismatches are rejected immediately. Packing verifies items before dispatch; SAP delivery is posted on the final shipping scan.
Rolling cycle counts are scheduled and executed on Zebra handhelds without stopping warehouse operations. Operatives count by bin, discrepancies are reviewed on screen, and approved adjustments post directly to SAP inventory as stock adjustments.
The WMS is pre-configured for the full Zebra warehouse hardware range and posts every transaction directly to SAP Business One — no middleware, no sync jobs, no reconciliation.
Rugged handhelds — optimised WMS UI for warehouse scanning workflows
Long-range barcode scanner for high-bay racking and pallet scanning
Industrial label printer for pallet labels, carton labels, and bin signs
All stock movements post as real-time SAP B1 inventory transactions
Pick lists from SAP SOs; GR documents from SAP POs — no re-entry
Outcomes from SAP B1 distribution and manufacturing clients deploying the Zebra-integrated WMS.
Scan-confirm picking with immediate rejection alerts brings pick accuracy to 99.8% — a 4-point improvement over paper-based operations, eliminating the mis-pick errors that drive returns and customer complaints.
Guided pick routing and wave picking increased throughput by 35% with the same headcount — operatives spend less time navigating and more time scanning, processing more orders per shift without additional labour cost.
Picking, putaway, and receiving errors dropped by 60% from go-live — cycle count discrepancies and SAP inventory adjustments fell to near zero, and the annual stocktake was completed in a single day instead of three.
"The transformation was immediate. From the first day of go-live, every pick was scanned, every SAP record was current, and the receiving team processed the same inbound volume in half the time. The Zebra hardware is built for the warehouse environment in a way that tablets and phones simply aren't."
— Operations Director, SAP Business One Distribution ClientOur SAP B1 warehouse engineering team configures the WMS to your warehouse layout, product structure, and Zebra hardware — go-live in 6–10 weeks. Book a demo to see the scan-guided workflow live on a Zebra TC52.
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