The 10 Core Benefits
of Warehouse
Management
Systems (WMS)
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What is WMS?
A Warehouse Management System (WMS) provides
inventory visibility and manages order fulfillment
operations from distribution centers to Store self.
The role of the WMS in 3PL Warehouse Management Services:
In a warehouse or distribution center, a WMS helps manage fulfillment, shipping, and
receiving task, including picking items from shelves for shipment or depositing goods
received.
WMS is to help users manage the fulfillment, shipping and receiving tasks in the
warehouse or distribution center, such as picking goods from shelves for shipment or
putting received goods away.
WMS - It has been a well-known category of Supply Chain Software for more than 45
years. Nowadays, it is used in thousands, if not tens of thousands, of distribution centers
around the world.
While many companies, often large ones, remain new to WMS, RCSL continues to find
them. Alternatively, there are stakeholders in a new WMS project who are unfamiliar with
WMS, such as those from customer service or transportation.
Supply Chain
We found that reviewing the core benefits of an advanced WMS is
useful even for managers with some WMS experience.
- Here are RCSL’s top 10 Picks.
1) Inventory control by location, quantity, lot or batch, serial number, and
more is a result of real-time, accurate visibility into all inventories in the
warehouse. All of the inventory in multiple warehouses can be viewed
centralized from one distribution center.
2) Optimal Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) will provide a
comprehensive audit trail, which identifies who did what, when, and how. By
utilizing this data, errors can be resolved more effectively and operational
analytics can be performed more efficiently.
3) In most WMS implementations, barcode scanning and mobile terminals are
widely used to drive productivity and accuracy in warehouse operations.
4) Smart sequencing will increase productivity in the distribution center with a
WMS that provides system-directed activities. There are many tasks involved
in this process, including putaway, cycle counting, order picking,
replenishment, and truck loading. In order to assign work, there are three
Ps: Permission, Priority, and Proximity.
5) Likewise, distribution centers are primarily responsible for picking and
shipping orders to customers. This process can be improved through the use
of tools such as: wave planning, multi-picking methods (discrete, batch,
cluster, zone, zone-batch, etc.), dynamic slotting, and replenishment of
forward picking areas.
6) Individual associate productivity tracking by task types and indirect and direct
time will be possible with a WMS.
7) Using a WMS, comprehensive metrics and reporting can be aggregated across
facilities and at the facility level.
8) In order to reduce transportation costs, a WMS should automate truck
planning.
9) For a WMS to reduce or eliminate customer chargebacks, it should support
customer compliance labeling and other services commonly seen in the
retail sector.
10) In order to achieve continuous improvement and meet new distribution
requirements, WMS should provide a platform to enable rapid changes in
processes, work flows, and technology. Today, support for DC automation
of many types is especially important. A variety of DC automation types are
especially important today.
You should expect these high 10 key benefits from a new WMS.
You can Contact Us to learn more about WMS opportunities.
With 3PL Warehouse Management Services, RCSL excels in meeting
any business requirements for a high quality and special supply
chain. Its Third Party Logistics Services (3PL) include receiving goods,
stocking in warehouse, ordering, warehousing, packing and shipping.
You can find us at
@RCSLIndia & sales@rcspl.net
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