Warehouse Management Systems
End-to-end batch traceability, reduced picking errors and significant acceleration of movements - just some of the benefits delivered by Solarsoft's warehouse management systems.
Warehouse operations are becoming increasingly complex, with
customers and legislators demanding services like serial number and
batch traceability. At the same time, many ERP systems struggle to
optimize put away, picking and dispatch procedures to keep up with
industry best practice.
The answer is to use modern warehouse technology to improve
productivity and lower the cost of warehouse movements.
Simple barcode scanning systems can deliver
20-40% improvements in throughput and reduce errors, delivering a
return on the investment in under 24 months.
Integration in real-time with no modifications to your ERP
system
We have developed a range of supply chain modules that can
extend many ERP packages including JD Edwards, SAP, System
21/Aurora, BPCS, Movex and others.
Our software manages the integration and makes use of your core
ERP transactions, so there are no changes to the ERP system and all
additional supply chain functionality is managed within our supply
chain modules. This means that your ERP investment is maintained
whilst your business can meet the changing demands mentioned above.
Moreover, our supply chain solution can be moved with you if you
change to a new ERP system.
The Tiered Approach
Most ERP systems provide both standard Inventory and Warehouse
Management modules but for a large or complex warehouse the
Inventory module does not provide sufficient functionality.
Alternatively the Warehouse Management modules are usually complex
to implement and maintain.
Our supply chain driven approach is to simplify the solution by
adopting an innovative Tiered solution. Whilst this separates the
business functions, such as your ERP system from the complex
operational functions in the warehouse, it intelligently maintains
a highly integrated process and data flow interactivity behind the
scenes thereby protecting your ERP investment.
WMS Features
Our WMS module will enhance the functionality of your existing
ERP Inventory module to provide features such as:
- Suggested putaway movements
- Location Management
- Pick face replenishments
- Enhanced picking
- By zone
- Enhanced lot/location selection logic
- Pick to pallet/container including labels
- Perpetual Inventory Counts
- Warehouse Activity Prioritization
- Marshalling lane management
- Space optimization
- Resilience
Live Connection to your ERP system
Many dedicated Warehouse Management Solutions (WMS) fail because
of over-complexity and insufficient training, both for operatives
and managers. They are also usually off-line to the ERP system, and
require periodic updates from it for validation purposes. By
contrast, our Lean WMS solution has a live connection to your ERP
system, exchanging information with it in a real time environment.
Users can be trained quickly and the system can be up and running
in a short time. All the above functions are designed to be
configured and managed with minimal overhead and training, and
provide high levels of flexibility.