What is WMS, the basic tool for working in warehouses?
A Warehouse Management System (WMS) is a software application that supports the daily operations of a warehouse. WMS programs enable centralized management of tasks, such as tracking inventory levels and stock bins.
In the mid-1990s, the first WMS systems appeared, at such a high cost that only large companies in the world could afford them.
Thirty years later, WMS systems have been perfected in tasks, simplified and massified in their use; now they are more accessible to any company in the sector. Their differentiating elements lie in the technology of use and mobile devices, integration with other ERPs and conception of the logistics process.
Today the dynamism of operations in logistics operators' warehouses requires immediacy, control and information in real time. This is possible thanks to WMS-type solutions and the mobility options they offer.
Comprehensive solutions for the automation and optimization of warehouse logistics processes generate smooth and reliable operations. They also reduce response times and ensure effective controls at critical points in the process.
Today there are technologies such as RFID, barcodes, among others, with a high performance that enhance the use of the basic tools of the WMS and make the management of the stores in a predictable and highly reliable process.
The traditional processes of receiving, identification, inspection, location, inventory, preparation, picking, pre-dispatch and dispatch can become very complex depending on the requirements of the service. Thanks to a WMS platform it is possible to keep control of the information of these processes in real time.
Advantages
✔ Agility in the storage logistics process.
✔ Maximizing the use of resources, spaces.
✔ Minimizes material handling in operations, administrative tasks.
✔ Real-time recording and control of warehouse operations.
✔ Increased efficiency in receiving, shipping, preparing orders and other transactions carried out in the warehouse.
✔ Reduced order and order preparation times.
✔ Traceability by materials, customers and processes.
✔ Independence from the desk and with great autonomy of work.
✔ Follow-up of quality inspection, pre-dispatch and material transfer approvals.
✔ Integration with ERP.
✔ Functions and reports can be parameterized according to the nature of the process and service provided to the client.
✔ Adaptation to different types of data capture technology.
Traditional businesses have been restructured to technologies and services available in the market. At Clover, we have incorporated the WMS tool, leveraged also with first class technology in mobile equipment, which allows maximum dynamism in our logistics processes in Venezuela, real time controls and an efficient use of the resources associated to the services, with a focus on the client and deliveries of information and merchandise according to the requirements of the business.