WES,WMS & WCS
Warehouse Software Suite
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WES, WMS & WCS Warehouse Software Suite
VWare Warehouse Management & Control System (WES,WMS and WCS) is a real-time,
user-friendly standard software package designed to meet project and customer-specific
requirements across a broad range of manual and automated warehouse configurations.
Its modular design provides unsurpassed flexibility and robust features that ensure a smooth
integration with multi-vendor automated material handling equipment. VWare software works
as a standalone application to control a single type of equipment or as a fully integrated system
to manage a variety of devices throughout your warehouse.
Traditional Solution
SI Systems Solution
ERP / Warehouse Management System
ERP / Warehouse Management System
Multiple Interfaces
Carousel Pick-to-Light Conveyor
Packing Consolidation
Single Interface
Sorter
VWare
TM
Versatile Warehouse Solutions
Equipment Controllers
Equipment Controllers
Material Handling Devices
Material Handling Devices
Islands of Automation
Orchestrated Automation
No real-time WCS coordination
Advanced WES coordination
Multiple custom interfaces
Single, direct and configurable interface
Expensive equipment and software
Less equipment with higher performance
Complex system with risky ROI
Simple, cost-efficient with good ROI
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WES, WMS & WCS Warehouse Software Suite
Today’s warehouses are gauged on the ability to ship orders accurately, efficiently and cost
effectively. For distribution centers focused on high throughput and where proper integration
and management of automated material handling systems is required, advanced warehouse
control software is essential. With a wide variety of warehouse control applications and
a modular, configurable design, the VWare suite allows you to add modules in phases or
implement large scale automation as a whole for maximum cost savings.
VWare software is designed to interface natively with automated material handling equipment
like conveyors, sorters, automated storage and retrieval systems, order picking technologies,
and print/apply and weighing systems from a variety of vendors. When multiple types of
equipment are included in one system, VWare software synchronizes inventory movement
throughout the warehouse, saving time, resources and expense.
Reduces Labor Costs. Advanced process automation maximizes efficiency of operator
activities, optimizes order batching and picking, and minimizes process redundancy.
Increases Performance. VWare has a guaranteed
real-time response, advanced algorithms for first
available picking in automated zones, streamlined
operational flow, and synchronization of
automated material handling equipment.
Improves Accuracy & Customer Service.
Orders are verified throughout the fulfillment
process with light and/or voice directed
picking, putaway and inventory validation,
unit scan verifications and automated order
weight validation.
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WES, WMS & WCS Warehouse Software Suite
Reliable & Cost Effective Solution. VWare software provides the best reliability and
maintainability in the industry. Its modular architecture and use of object-oriented design
and implementation methodologies allow you to add modules and expand feature sets with
minimum cost and risk.
Configurable Host System & Equipment Interfaces.
The VWare suite can easily accommodate
your system’s requirements with highly
configurable interfaces for both host
systems and a multitude of standard and
custom-designed material handling device
controllers. It includes an extensive set of
built-in message definitions, field types,
formats, connectivity methods and
business rules.
The burden of integrating the activities of
multiple automated material handling subsystems
is no longer with the host system; VWare software
coordinates those activities and devices through
native modules that interface directly with device
controllers and existing subsystems.
The VWare suite can also accommodate situations in which order fulfillment processes are
shared with tasks that are under the control of the host system. For example, if your RF-picking
operations are directly controlled by your host system, VWare software can coordinate those
RF-picking tasks with locally controlled carousels, pick-to-light, and conveyor activities to
ensure optimized order consolidation and shipping.
Rapid Deployment. With the ability to easily configure objects, rules, and feature sets, VWare
software is implemented quickly and cost effectively in almost any environment.
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WES, WMS & WCS Warehouse Software Suite
Advanced Inventory Control (optional). VWare provides both basic and advanced inventory
control features focused on accuracy and picking efficiency. Inventory management features
can be configured to provide as much or as little control as you need, from simple schemes to
advanced management by individual storage zone.
Popular inventory control features include:
v Management of dynamic storage locations by size, ergonomic position, velocity
and/or volume
v Inventory storage, tracking and picking by batch number, lot, serial number, vendor and/or
receipt timestamp
v Unlimited UOMs by item per zone
v Dynamic allocation across UOMs
v Configurable zone pick sequences by UOM and/or item
v Min/max replenishment settings by zone and/or location
v Replenishment between any list of zones
v Automatic balancing of inventory across storage units
v Cycle counting by part/category or user criteria
v Location counting by individual or range of locations
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WES, WMS & WCS Warehouse Software Suite
Seamless Scalability…A Solution That Grows With You
When it comes to warehouse automation systems, you can start simply and build on that
foundation as required, following performance and budgetary guidelines. Companies that
choose to start with a smaller, lower-cost solution typically outgrow it within a relatively short
period of time due to its limited ability to adapt to expanding requirements (e.g., some
solutions have a maximum number of transactions that can be processed during a production
cycle). On the other hand, higher performance systems are often overly complex and
expensive to implement.
VWare software suite was developed to bridge this gap and eliminate concerns of scalability.
Robust, modular, and extensible, it grows and changes along with your business requirements
and performs across an array of configurations for a fraction of the cost of traditional systems.
“Truly-Versioned” Product Platform
Medium and large scale WES, WMS annd WCS implementations frequently involve unique
“spin offs,” pieced together to force the base software to meet the customer’s requirements.
Although this approach may sound reasonable on the surface, these custom-coded systems
have several downsides: prolonged product delivery and integration, lack of backward
compatibility, slower problem resolution, reliance on specific vendors for ongoing support and
changes, and lack of long-term support.
The VWare suite is - and always will be - fully compatible with any previous system installation.
When upgrading an existing customer site to a newer version of the software, there is no need
for additional code-level changes, so the risk is lowered and upgrades are simplified.
While VWare software provides an extensive set of configuration capabilities, new features
are added directly to the most recent system release so that they are an integral option within
all future versions of the product. This ensures quick and cost-effective implementation and
provides a clear upgrade path without the cost and risks associated with customized
software systems.
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WES, WMS & WCS Warehouse Software Suite
Configurability & Design Highlights
v Database resident configuration for all object types: zones, storage units, business
rules, material handling equipment controller interfaces, host systems and third party
WMS and WCS applications
v Highly configurable host interface supports FTP batch, peer-to-peer (TCP/IP), message
queuing (MQ-Series, MS), terminal emulation and more
v Object-oriented material handling equipment interfaces support a variety of OEMs
for automated storage and retrieval systems (including carousels), lights, and
conveyor controllers
v Individual configuration settings for system level, zone level, and/or zone groups
v Independent business rules for each kind and type of work
v True object-oriented core product model (OOD)
v Intuitive graphical user interface (GUI)
v Client-server architecture
v Runs on all Windows® platforms
(XP, 7, Server 200X, etc.)
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The VWare software suite was created to meet the demand for organizations to turn
their warehouse and distribution operations into profit centers. SI Systems leverages
its decades of experience as a leader in order fulfillment and material flow towards its
VWare WES, WMS and WCS solution. Designed to utilize an organization’s processes
without the need for custom or special coding, the VWare software suite is unique in
the industry.
The VWare suite allows organizations to use most of their current methodologies
while always maintaining a supportable software package in every installation.
As a 100% true-versioned software, every installation is backwards compatible and
future upgrades are simplified with no additional code-level changes. VWare never
uses “one off” or custom coding, which solves an immediate need but creates a
future support problem; all changes are adopted into the core code and versioned
into the next generation of product, keeping every installation free from future
headaches.
The days of operations being an overhead expense are dead! Let us show you
how SI Systems’ VWare software solutions will meet and exceed your expectations
for your manual, semi-automated and automated warehouse order picking and
distribution operations.
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