ARC Advisory Group

An increasing number of logistics managers are using labor management systems to monitor productivity, identify bottlenecks, and optimize the workforce. Here’s how they’re getting it done.

Would that which we call a WCS by any other name still be a WCS?

Today’s warehouse management systems come with sophisticated rules and logic, real-time seamless integration to aligned business applications, and effortless interfaces to automated equipment and mobile technology. But why are we still not putting these capabilities to work?

Buoyed by emerging market growth, demand for add-on functionalities, and its certain move to the cloud, the warehouse management systems market is posting double-digit growth. But is this just a post-recession bounce?

A closer look at what wireless technology is being adopted, how it’s being used, and what benefits logistics professionals are deriving from their mobile investments either inside the four walls or on the road.

The Warehouse Management System (WMS) market saw significant growth in 2011, increasing by 10%, according to data from Dedham, Mass.-based ARC Advisory Services.

Modern’s 2012 outlook finds that overall market uncertainty has slowed materials handling spending and has increased facility consolidation and engineered process improvements. Cost containment has returned as the most important issue of the day.

ARC's Steve Banker believes that on-demand WMS is poised for growth

The Summer 2010 report says the importance of information to the success of supply chains is stronger than ever given economic conditions.

The damage the global recession inflicted in the Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) marketplace in 2009 was severe to say the least, according to an analysis from ARC Advisory Group.

Visualization - using graphical images on a screen - could be the next step forward in WMS technology, according to Tecsys and Next View Software.

What's selling and what's not? The market for supply chain technologies like RFID, voice, TMS and WMS is a window into what's happening in the broader market for materials handling systems.