What is a Warehouse Management System?
A warehouse management system, or WMS, is more than a stock control system and more than a data collection system. It is actually a system that helps you ‘automate’ warehousing operations as much as possible. By automation we mean getting maximum productivity from people and equipment, getting maximum space utilisation and all but eliminating paperwork and manual record keeping. On top of this a WMS aims to give you near 100 per cent stock accuracy. Stock put-away Optimum put-away of stock is one of the key benefits of a WMS. A true WMS will work out the best location to put stock in the warehouse – i.e. a location which provides both optimum operational efficiency and optimum space utilisation. Extensive product definition enables a variety of storage and picking methods to be employed. User defined parameters allow us to define virtually any stock item regardless of shape, size, unit of measure or unit quantity. Stock can be palletised, un-palletised or both. Locations can be bulk st
