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A WMS, or warehouse management system, is software that helps companies manage and control daily warehouse operations, from the moment goods and materials enter a distribution or fulfillment center until the moment they leave. WMS software systems are a key component of supply chain management and offer real-time visibility into a company's entire ...

Knowing the right warehouse metrics to track to improve profitability and operations is keys to the success of your organization. Unfortunately, successful metric tracking benchmarking procedures, including identifying areas that need to be assessed, monitored, researched, compared and acted upon, are essential to setting up a metric system. In add...

The Definitive List of Warehouse Metrics You Need to Start Tracking Today Knowing the right warehouse metrics to track to improve profitability and operations is key to the success of your organization. Unfortunately, key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics can be confusing. As explained by ERP Consultant Inc., successful metric tracking benc...

​The most common inventory management mistakes include: Carrying excess inventory. Carrying too much inventory will result in higher carrying costs, demand for more warehousing space, and longer times between completing picks.Failure to understand inventory needs. Not understanding inventory needs will result in over-ordering or under ordering, con...

The biggest measuring success factor in a warehouse is always the efficiency.  How can we achieve the highest efficiency, that is the question! Here are a few criteria that I always emphasize: Inventory accuracy: inaccurate inventory always interrupt on-going warehouse processes and causes delays in shipments in timely manner an...

SAP's Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) solution has become an integral part of many organisation's warehousing and distribution operations. For large and high-volume warehousing, a decentralized deployment is often the most appropriate option to go for as it is more able to handle a higher throughput. For smaller and mid-sized warehousing operat...