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Information Management: Winemaker optimizes global distribution
Software solution improves visibility while keeping pace with rapid growth.

Information Management: Manufacturer increases picking accuracy and efficiency with voice
Voice-directed picking with manager dashboard improves visibility and productivity.

Is RFID ready for a reinvention?
RFID can automatically capture item-level inventory data without extra handling, leading to improved visibility for many types of goods. Here’s a look at how companies are looking to make the most of that visibility.

Mobile computing: Flexible mobility
Data collection devices for the warehouse have long been RF enabled and mobile, but heavily focused on simple data capture routines. Now tablets, smart phones and other devices are supporting richer apps and management activity, while wearable, wireless printers give warehouse workers the capability to perform efficient, on-demand printing.

Cubing and weighing: Besting the dim rate dilemma
After major parcel carriers introduced new rate structures, the industry is still scrambling to identify and eliminate every cubic inch of waste.

Dematic announces new managed services program
IT capabilities, including system administration, database administration and software patch management, allow customers to outsource one function or all.

Supply Chain Software: SCE platforms look beyond execution
WMS vendors have integrated key 'execution' apps like LMS, slotting and TMS with their core systems, creating platforms for execution. The latest generation of these platforms also may weave in distributed order management, supply chain planning and demand management while building in flexibility for rapidly shifting fulfillment requirements.

Lift Truck Series: Flexible finance for your fleet
Fleet costs don’t stop at the purchase price, and expanded collaboration between fleet managers, dealers and finance partners is changing the way fleet costs are managed over time.

Success with the last mile starts early
Fleet optimization and delivery tracking solutions improve “last mile” e-commerce deliveries, but success with final delivery depends on a solid process. Beginning upstream with DC network design, implementing fulfillment rules at the order management and WMS levels, and streamlining processes in the DC all pave the way for an efficient last mile.

Advanced WMS meets mid-market ERP
ERP vendors who focus on the SME market seek to rival Tier 1 WMS vendors on deeper warehouse management functionality, while playing “suite card” on e-commerce and ERP foundation.

Retail: What’s in store for e-commerce operations
As inventory visibility advances the art of omni-channel fulfillment, retail stores and distribution centers are driven to develop new skill sets

Supply Chain Software: Waving bottleneck issues goodbye
Warehouse execution software and warehouse control systems enable new methods of wave releasing to increase throughput and keep workloads balanced.

Making MES more efficient
Troy Design & Manufacturing pairs real-time RFID tracking with MES, saving time and allowing operators to focus on value-added production activities.

What can WES do for you?
Omni-channel pressures are driving modular warehouse execution suites built on a WCS core. Here’s how these solutions differ from traditional WCS below and WMS above, and manage fulfillment operations in new, dynamic ways.

Information Management: Software suite unites packing, shipping and storage in multiple facilities
WMS upgrade leads to expanded logistics capabilities, fresh interface and faster network speeds.


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