Orchestrating the Digital Supply Chain with SAP Signavio: A New Era of Process Excellence

After the strong response to my last post on Supply Chain Orchestration, I want to take the conversation further - from a more process-centric angle. Why? Enterprises are under pressure to deliver faster, smarter, and more sustainably - all while navigating supply chain disruptions and increasing economic complexity. This is where SAP Signavio steps in as a game-changer, enabling organizations to orchestrate their supply chain processes with precision, transparency, and continuous improvement. So let's focus on the process side today.

Why Supply Chain Orchestration Needs a Process-Centric Approach

Traditional supply chain management often operates in silos - planning, transportation, and warehousing functions are optimized independently. However, true orchestration requires end-to-end visibility and alignment across these domains. SAP Signavio provides the process intelligence layer that connects the dots, enabling businesses to:

• Visualize and understand how processes flow across systems

• Identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and compliance risks

• Simulate improvements and monitor real-time performance

Let’s briefly explore how SAP Signavio empowers three key components of the digital supply chain: SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP), SAP Transportation Management (TM), and SAP Extended Warehouse Management (EWM):

 1. SAP IBP + SAP Signavio: Aligning Strategy with Execution

SAP IBP is the brain of the supply chain—responsible for demand forecasting, supply planning, and scenario modeling. But how do you ensure that planning processes are executed as designed?

With SAP Signavio, organizations can:

• Map and analyze planning workflows across business units and geographies

• Compare as-is vs. to-be processes to align planning strategies with operational realities

• Monitor planning cycle times and collaboration effectiveness across stakeholders

This enables a closed-loop planning process, where insights from execution feed back into planning, driving continuous optimization.

2. SAP TM + SAP Signavio: Streamlining Transportation Execution

Transportation is a critical cost and service lever. SAP TM helps manage freight, carriers, and logistics execution—but without process transparency, inefficiencies can go unnoticed.

SAP Signavio enhances SAP TM by:

• Visualizing end-to-end transportation processes, from order creation to delivery confirmation

• Identifying delays, handoff issues, and compliance gaps

• Benchmarking carrier performance and optimizing route planning processes

This leads to faster deliveries, lower costs, and improved customer satisfaction.

3. SAP EWM + SAP Signavio: Driving Warehouse Efficiency

Warehousing is the heartbeat of fulfillment. SAP EWM manages complex warehouse operations, but process complexity can hinder performance.

SAP Signavio enables:

• Detailed process mining of warehouse activities, such as picking, packing, and staging

• Root cause analysis of inefficiencies, such as idle time or misrouted goods

• Simulation of layout or process changes to improve throughput

By integrating SAP EWM with SAP Signavio, companies can transform their warehouses into agile, data-driven hubs of operational excellence.

The Power of Connected Insights

The real magic happens when SAP Signavio connects these domains - IBP, TM, and EWM - into a single process landscape. This allows organizations to:

• Break down silos and foster cross-functional collaboration

• Enable proactive decision-making with real-time process insights

• Accelerate transformation initiatives with data-backed process redesign

Wrap-up: From Visibility to Orchestration

SAP Signavio is not just a tool - it’s a strategic enabler of supply chain orchestration and holistic business transformation. By embedding process intelligence into SAP IBP, TM, and EWM, organizations can move from reactive firefighting to proactive, data-driven decision-making.

In a world where supply chains are under constant pressure, process excellence is the new competitive advantage. And with SAP Signavio, that advantage is within reach.

You want to have a deep dive tailored to your specific business case? Feel free to directly message me - we at Westernacher Consulting are SAP accredited experts in this domain and served more than 30 customers over the last 3 years with our 40+ certified Business Transformation Management experts. We've got this for you.

A heartfelt thank you to Guy Clutton-Diesen for impulse and inspiration as well as Sachin Vijayan and team for IBP synergies, Stefan Müller and team for TM synergies and Neil Wightman and team for EWM synergies.

Did you miss the webinar with my colleagues Lina Winkler and Philipp Wüst in June? Check the recording here.