Warehouse Management System

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Introduction

Today warehouse management has become more challenging because of the business globalization. Warehouse need to keep more stock and ship more at the same time and also more systematic to handle the incoming and outgoing documentation compare to the past. IT companies create more software to support and improve warehouse management. WMS (Warehouse Management System) is one of them.

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What is WMS?

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) has been available since the earliest computer systems and were allowed simple storage location functionality. (WMS) are best described as the advance technology and operating processes that optimize all warehousing functions. These functions typically begin with receipts from suppliers and end with shipment to customers, and include all inventory movements and information flows in between. Warehouse management systems have typically been associated with large, more complex distribution operations. Small, non-complex distributions facilities have historically not been viewed as candidates to significantly streamline operations and reduce costs. However, even smaller and midsize companies are increasingly recognizing the significance of warehouse management systems in today’s environment of integrated logistics. Just-in-time delivery and e-commerce fulfillment. Today WMS systems can be stand alone or part of an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and can include complex technology such as Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and voice recognition. However the basic principle of the warehouse system has remained the same, which is to provide information to allow efficient control of the movement of materials within the warehouse.( www.scribd.com)

Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) are typically software solutions whose primary purpose are to co-ordinate and administer the storage and movement of...