WMS Blog from Interlink Technologies
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If I Ran the Warehouse
• Real-time information would be a #1 priority for everything!
• Warehouse space wouldn’t be wasted, and would be organized intelligently
• We could find what we are looking for – easily and not eventually
• Customers would receive accurate orders – the first time
• Only certain employees would be allowed to perform certain tasks
• I would be able to see what was going on in every area of the warehouse
Precise Information in the DC on the Mobile Device
Over the past thirty years, the world of warehousing and distribution has evolved to rely on nothing less than accurate, precise inventory information. Implementing a warehouse management system (WMS) that utilizes barcodes and RF mobile devices to capture the information that the WMS controls is the best solution. The software and hardware are equally important to manage information – “you can’t have one without the other.” Typically, the software selection occurs first with the hardware selection close behind.
How Flexible is Your Warehouse?
Flexibility in the warehouse can mean a lot of different things, depending on your role in the warehouse. For example, as a warehouse manager you may want to have the flexibility to move and balance labor, as a warehouse executive you may want to have the flexibility to incorporate value-add processes, and as an owner you may want the flexibility to add a new product line. How easy is it to accomplish these goals in your warehouse? To remain competitive, the warehouse must be flexible on many levels.
The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word flexible as:
• “capable of bending or being bent”
• “easily changed: able to change or to do different things”
• “willing to change or to try different things”
Give Your Warehouse a Boost
Do you feel stuck in the same old routine? Are you tired of hearing “my best guess is …” or “I don’t know?” You know you need to boost the warehouse up to the 21st Century, but you’re not sure where to begin.
Identifying the pain points in warehouse operations can be tedious but well worth the time. It’s hard to fix something when you don’t know what’s broken. A fresh look at the operations from top to bottom may reveal that it’s time to implement a warehouse management system.
If you have never implemented a warehouse management system (WMS), you might not know what you’re missing! The biggest boost that a WMS provides is accessing real-time information and gaining visibility to all operations. WMS takes the guesswork out of decision making and allows you to make decisions with confidence. Can you imagine the improvements you will see when you no longer have to hunt through all the aisles for inventory, and you can access audit trails that track and trace every movement of the inventory?
Seriously Improve Warehouse Operations without Zapping Your Budget
If you’re serious about improving warehouse operations, you have no doubt investigated or plan on investigating warehouse management systems. The world of WMS can be very confusing and expensive. Interlink Technologies makes WMS easy to understand and affordable.
Interlink starts with an easy-to-remember name: Warehouse-LINK® WMS
Warehouse-LINK® does exactly what the name says – provides one system to manage all warehouse operations and links to enhance other business/warehouse systems. Warehouse-LINK® is a Tier 1, “Best of Breed” WMS - the highest level of functionality, scalability, and flexibility. For an overview of the functionality included with Warehouse-LINK®, visit the Features and Functionality page on Interlink’s website: http://thinkinterlink.com/solutions/features-and-functionality.html
Selecting the Best Server for WMS
Interlink’s Warehouse-LINK® WMS is "server neutral." However, that does not mean that it is not important to select the right server for the job. Before looking at WMS solutions, you need to consider the server/platform/database and what will "serve" your needs with the most cost-efficient return. What is the most important requirement to consider? Is it up-front cost? Yearly maintenance fees? Ease of use? Dependability and uptime? Server power? Number of servers? Location of the server? If you’re like most people, the most important requirement is all of the above.
Five Reasons Your Warehouse Should Consider Going Paperless
In a recent post we addressed the advent of digitization and why real-time information is critical in the warehouse. Another advantage of the digital evolution is the ability for warehouses to eliminate paper processes. There are a number of reasons going paperless, enabled by warehouse management systems (WMS) such as Interlink Technologies’ Warehouse-LINK®, has become best practice in the sector.
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