Request for Porposal Warehose Management System

The first points to be taken into consideration are cost and time. Any misalignment between those two and our expectations would cause our WMS to be unsuccessful.

Before getting to a good WMS components, we `ll have a quick look at some key points to implement a successful WMS.

- Set the business objectives to clarify why we should buy WMS. What are the challenges with our current system and what do we expect from this system to solve. How would this new system help our ROI to increase? What are the fundamental functions that we are looking for? Financial benefits should ne outlined on the business case as well.

It is really important that what is important to us. The approach in which we feel that we need to upgrade our current WMS is more likely to be waste of time. We should realize the actual functions required and look for the vendors who have those capabilities on their basket of offers.

- Have a team approach to the entire process. All users should be involved in demand definition, offers and supply progress. This is a part of team understanding, communication and realizing required potentials in organization. If the decision of choosing the right system is made by a few number are people who are not quite familiar with all aspects of requirements, the selected program will expire shortly or needs to be modified. This concludes into extra time and budget allocation.

- Cash flow analysis should be done prior to presenting to c-suits including: cash and non-cash savings, capital investment, project timeline.

- Have all material flow and information flow that need to be supported identified such as order processing, purchasing, accounting, and scheduling and operation system.

- Committed people and cross functional team and preapproved plan.

- Be prepared for any major change that reengineering may or may not yield. The new system may need some fundamental change unless you look up a new system compromising current utilities.

Changes may need...