Optimize Distribution From Raw Materials to Finished Goods
What is warehouse management anyway? Isn't just the efficient integration of space, equipment, inventory and people? Yes! Optimize your distribution operation by effectively managing all of these important resources – and that spells success. The right warehouse management system (WMS) is imperative to keeping that goal.
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In the early days of warehouse management, records were kept by pencil and paper. Inventory was tracked by chalk and chalkboard. In the late 1970s, when barcode scanning came to industry, only a few early adopters made use of it. Warehouse operations are painfully slow to adopt new technology as anecdotal evidence of return on investment ROI is just not enough. The return has to be real. So, in the1980s when computers with attached barcode scanning wands came to industry, and a clear, demonstrable productivity gain over paper-based systems was realized, the door was opened to the limited use of mobile terminals and barcode scanners in the warehouse and stockyard.
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Once upon a time, operating a distribution center was accomplished by tracking inventory on blackboards and moving the inventory by following handwritten lists. Stockrooms were typically small and orders moved slowly enough to meet demand using such methods. Beginning with the US Military in the 1940's, the transformation from simple paper systems to logistics activities that were more methodology-driven, began to emerge.
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Are you looking to add mobile devices and services to your proprietary, open source, or hosted warehouse management system, WMS? Mobilizing the warehouse or stockyard for voice picking, voice replenishment, voice shipping and receiving, RFID and other mobile operations can be added to proprietary or home-grown warehouse management systems for far less cost than you might imagine. In fact, costs associated with implementing mobile multimodal functionality in the warehouse and yard run less on average than adding the same functionality to packaged WMS solutions. The investment for mobilizing the WMS is typically returned within a year.
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RFID or Radio Frequency Identification has been in commercial use since the late 1970’s. The early 1990's RFID was implemented on toll roads throughout the US so that tolls could be collected without cars having to stop.
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