Heaps of ERP merchants attempt to promote automation in their product. As you shop, you truly need a system that gives the whole story; not just pick, pack, and ship, but also tracking and managing the goods beyond the warehouse.
Ask the ERP vendor what the strengths and weaknesses are in the system. How much manual versus automated work does it take to get an order out in the way that your client desires, and how far might the software scale with your development?
Manual versus automation in ERP systems
Pick, pack, and ship fulfillment in an ERP or legacy framework routinely depends upon an individual to oversee pick waves and circulate them. This requires tons of manual work to locate information out of different systems and modules, move it into an accounting sheet, then, they share that data (usually by paper).
ERP inventory management systems and bolt-ons base their automation limits on order picking, creating a few weaknesses:
- Picking strategy is all on paper
- Lack of scanning requires manual data entry
- Can only do one order at a time
- No high level rationale for order management
- No help for integrations, third party software
Manual versus automation in WMS programming
A first in class WMS system utilises scanners and automation to fulfill orders at each stage.
With this, warehouse staff can see accurate inventory levels in different locales and stations, without going through hours on the telephone, talking back and forth, or strolling the floor to look at stock.
The fulfillment centre automation of a WMS guarantees that orders can be fulfilled in a miniscule measure of the time with basically zero mistakes — in only 24 hours after the request is set.
WMS automated tasks
- receiving, operations, returns, LPN group picking with cartonization, and custom delivery
- Different orders picked simultaneously
- near 100 percent request precision
- Multi-area task support:
- Pick and batch control
- Intelligent order routing, splitting, and correction
- Multiple Ecommerce order management
- Skip a pick and return later; no extra charge for automated waving and grouping
- Barcode scanning reduces need for manual labour
- Guided order picking
- Consolidating same ship-to address orders for picking
- Kit to order with pick waves
- Mass pick and batch of similar goods/orders
- Different packing stations based on order type and client
- Direct APIs with shipping vehicles
- SSCC labelling and full EDI management
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