Five Reasons Distributors Consider Real-Time WMS Software
Posted by Melanie Howell on Thu, Apr 08, 2010
Improve the Effectiveness of Your Picking Process: A real-time WMS system would allow you to do regular cycle counts, and map out picking routes for your warehouse workers to fill the orders most efficiently. It would also provide advanced replenishment which means you would be able to request inventory before the products are actually required to fill orders.
Eliminate Shipping Errors: Shipping errors can be eliminated by integrating your shipping system with your wms system. Because it's a real-time wireless WMS system the carton/ pallet/ container labels would be attached to the right orders, and with the shipping integration the orders would be shipped to the right customer.
Improve Management of Inventory Stock Levels: Carrying high levels of safety stock can bog your warehouse down? An automated warehouse would provide you with a real-time picture of the stock levels in your warehouse, which would help you reduce carrying costs and run a leaner and efficient warehouse!
Increase Fill Rates: With the help of a real-time wireless warehousing system you would be able to fill orders completely which would lead to satisfied and returning customers.
Handle Multiple Purchase Orders Simultaneously: In a paper chasing warehouse lots of time is spent reconciling actual receipts against paper purchase orders. However a real-time wireless WMS system would allow you to receive product against purchase orders using hand held mobile devices and provide methods for multiple order pickers to fill orders simultaneously.
Do you have a WMS system? Would you share a benefit you have seen in utilizing a real-time WMS system at your warehouse?