WMS - Warehouse
Management Systems
For Small and Medium Warehouses
SageData is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Introduction
An effective warehouse management system is an essential tool, even for small and medium sized warehouse operations. In today's competitive environment, understanding the crucial role of the Warehouse Management System (WMS) is a vital component in your organization.
Clients, both internal and external, are expecting
timely delivery of the items and accurate information on the
items' availability. They are looking for better service from
warehouse personnel, both in performance and accuracy. Orders should
be filled quickly. Clients expect the incidence of incorrect picks,
or wrong quantities to be practically non-existent.
First generation electronic systems are no longer capable of meeting
those needs.
A flexible and reliable WMS will empower your employees
to do their jobs more productively and efficiently. By doing so, your
employees will help move your business one step further ahead of your
competition.
Lastly, your clients' satisfaction will increase as the number of
complaints go down.
The problem
Many smaller warehouses, have not been able to justify
the implementation of a full fledged system. Whether the warehouse is
a small local distribution centre, or a 3PL (third party logistics)
operation, the ROI has until now been difficult to justify.
But clients are becoming more demanding. There is an expectation that
orders can be placed on the web, that picking and shipping operations
can be followed in real time on the web, and that current inventory
listings can be viewed via on-line reports.
The solution
SageData has been providing warehouse management
solutions (WMS) for over 25 years. Our leading software platform,
BassetPro, incorporates all of the latest WMS features. Our WMS is a
wireless system that provides real-time updates and access to your
valuable data. It is designed for small-to-medium sized warehouses to
provide a wide array of functionality to support warehouse and
distribution applications.
In a time of increased clients' expectations and a need for
continuous inventory tracking, our solution optimizes productivity,
efficiency, and accuracy of your warehouse.
Mobile units (handheld computers) are used to perform warehousing operations. The units can operate wirelessly, or where constraints (including security) make this inappropriate, can operate in batch mode. Items being processed are identified by barcodes, or, where appropriate, by RFID tags / labels.
BassetPro provides the standard functions of receiving,
put away, picking and shipping, and then has the ability to generate
appropriate paperwork - including shipping manifests and commercial
invoices.
The inventory and other relevant reports can be viewed on-line using
a PC or a mobile device.
Processing of paperwork, as required by Customs authorities, is
simplified.
Our system makes the inventory auditing process fast and
accurate.
In our experience, some clients need some modification of the WMS system to fully meet their specific operating requirements. This can be a great advantage in reducing training times, improving acceptance, and improving efficiency. SageData can work with you to determine and implement changes for your specific needs.
Our WMS is designed to operate as a stand-alone system, or in conjunction with the existing backend system. We provide a customized data interface connection between the systems.
BassetPro WMS is continuously evolving.
We are planning to introduce some artificial intelligence to work
around some of the restrictions related to current RFID
implementations.
If you found this useful, you might also want to
review:
- an introduction to barcode technology
- an introduction to
RFID
- WMS solution - a brief
video
- BassetPro
software solution
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