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Ujigami – Warehouse Management System ( WMS )

What is a Warehouse Management System (WMS) ?

A Warehouse Management System (WMS): is a specific software used to control the inbound and outbound flow of material in an operations warehouse while also providing tools for inventory management, selecting/picking, and auditing.

A WMS is an instrumental part your operations supply chain. The supply chain’s number one goal is to track and manage products. As such, your WMS should be capable of tracking motion of raw material. Additionally, It should also be controlling inventory actions, including, receiving, choosing, first-class manage, transport, reporting, and forecasting.

A Warehouse Management System (WMS) facilitates and optimizes inbound and outbound orders.  Additionally,  inventory processes and a and routing a product’s best path through your operation and/or warehouse. WMS systems can direct and specify material or order picking by integrating with real-time inventory data.  Warehouse Management Systems decide the right warehouse locations to pick or put the material or finished good.  Frequently, your Warehouse Management System will work in conjunction with your Automatic Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS).

Specifically, warehouse management systems manage the inbound receipt, storage,and outbound picking of products or finished goods. In many cases, raw material and finished goods are accounted for, but kitting of multiple components can also be managed by way of an advanced WMS.

Most warehouse management systems are capable of managing more than one warehouses concurrently. A typical example of this is having primary warehouse that houses pre manufactured raw material or kits while finished goods are housed in a separate location.

Why use a Warehouse Management System (WMS)?

The goal of a warehouse management system is assist in automating the process of material flow through your facility. A successful implementation warehouse management system could include reducing inventory counts and minimizing cost from logistical efficiencies.

What are the features of a Warehouse Management System (WMS)?

 

Warehouse Management System – Inbound and Outbound:

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The inbound receipt of stock or inventory and outbound management of internal work in process (WIP) or finished goods into a warehouse facility. An effective WMS helps operations reduce expenses by minimizing the amount of unnecessary inventory held on hand. Similarly, a WMS will manage the prevention of in running out of stock/inventory. Warehouse management systems can do this by maintaining accurate real-time inventory quantities. Maintaining the optimum level of inventory is what Warehouse Management Systems are designed to do.

Warehouse Management System – Logistics:

Your warehouse management system should be able to integrate with your ERP/MRP as well as your Manufacturing Execution System in order to maintain real time inventory traceability. In addition, your WMS should be capable of managing traffic for any automatic guided vehicles (AGV) or automatic guided carts (AGC). By supporting these vehicles, a drastic reduction in forklift traffic can be harnessed, thus improving safety.

Warehouse Management Systems – Integrations:

Enabling a continuing link in real time to reserve, process and travel the goods to the appropriate place for processing is key. This could be critical If the WMS is managing an organization’s stock inventory levels while being integrated with with your customer or supply chain. These can be critical when immersed in a Just in Time (JIT) production environment.

Warehouse Management Systems – Reporting & Forecasting:

Ujigami icon of arms in arms red and black, zero defects, mes software, mes, mes systemTracking inventory locations, supply chain partners, and storage periods ensuring First In, First Out (FIFO) allows organizations to manage optimum inventory levels thus allowing maximized use of warehouse real estate. The reports able to be generated from your the Warehouse Management System should track previously level of inventory usages as well as fluctuations due to greater customer demand

 

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