WMS is a solution designed to optimize warehouse operations by managing inventory, tracking shipments, and streamlining order fulfillment. It enhances efficiency through real-time inventory visibility, automated workflows, and advanced analytics.
Transform Your Warehouse Operations with Infor Warehouse Management System (WMS)
Optimize inventory, streamline workflows, and boost efficiency with the best warehouse management software for businesses of all sizes
Introduction to Infor Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
A warehouse management system (WMS) is a software application that in one way or another helps in handling almost all warehouse and distribution center activities. Real-time visibility and control are provided to facilitate the management of every section of warehouse operations from receiving, put away, picking, packing and shipping.
Modern supply chains and logistic services provide for WMS (warehouse management system)-a sort of central nervous system that mobilizes and optimizes the flow of goods and information. It is not just about tracking inventory but also about orchestrating and harmonizing all related activities in the warehouse to gain maximum efficiency with minimum cost. WMS systems are central to agility and responsiveness in the current unpredictable marketplace.
Greening the efficiency of operations, warehouse management systems enhance inventory accuracy and fulfill orders faster using process automation, real-time data, and proactive decision making. In this way, manual errors can be avoided, space use can be optimized, and businesses can have a little freedom in meeting customer expectations in terms of speed and precision.
About Infor WMS
Infor’s WMS Cloudsuite can integrate with other enterprise systems to provide a seamless end-to-end supply chain management experience and deliver Tier-1 advanced functionality to orchestrate all activities within a warehouse while reducing operating costs, maximizing labor utilization, achieving 100 percent order fulfillment, and exceeding all delivery leadtimes.
Key Functions
Receiving & Put-Away
Inventory Management
Picking & Replenishment
Wave & Task Management
Labour Management
3D Visual Warehouse
Challenges and Tradeoffs
Challenges ensuring perfect order fulfillment are everywhere. Solutions to rising customer expectations and warehouse operations must be balanced with an ability to scale.
Omnichannel Fulfillment
Evolving Workforce
Scalability
Technology Management
How will Infor WMS solve your problems?
Achieve perfect order fulfillment and deliver on your end customer promise by implementing a best-in-class advanced WMS system available as a true multi-tenant cloud solution.
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Perfect order fulfillment
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Lowest possible cost with optimized space, workforce, and inventory
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Embracing cloud technology ensures continuous access to the latest version, eliminating the necessity for manual upgrades
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Scales with your business and supports growth by adapting to changing demands and expanding warehouse operations
Why a Warehouse Management System is Essential
1. Challenges in Warehouse Operations
- Inefficient inventory tracking leading to stockouts or overstocking. In practice, without WMS, manual inventory operations can result in very inaccurate counts, which ultimately translate to costly stockouts or excessive inventories with money locked up.
- Manual processes causing errors and delays in order fulfillment. Manual procedures for picking, packing, and shipping lead to discrepancies and delayed processing, which definitely impair customer satisfaction and inflate operational costs.
- Lack of real-time visibility into warehouse activities. Managers find it difficult to make critical decisions due to a scarcity of real-time information and, as a result of this, may become a cause of delays and missed opportunities.
2. How WMS Solves These Issues
- Automates inventory management and order processing. The WMS assists in automating key processes such as receiving, put-away, picking, and shipping.
- Provides real-time visibility into stock levels and warehouse operations. A warehouse management system can be either cloud based or on-premises. It helps organizations with real-time visibility of stock levels, order status, warehouse performance, and much more. Also, it enables proactive decision-making.
Benefits of Warehouse Management Software
- Inventory Management: Warehouse inventory management software ensures accurate inventory tracking and optimization. Software for managing inventory at warehouses provides accurate monitoring of inventory status and better optimization of stock levels using cycle counting and location management features along with automated replenishment.
- Order Fulfillment: Streamline picking, packing, and shipping processes with a warehouse management system. WMS facilitate the seamless flow of order fulfillment processes through wave picking and zone picking features. Also, it uses automated shipping label generation that cut order cycle time and enhance accuracy.
- Real-Time Analytics and Reporting: Gain actionable insights into warehouse performance and inventory trends. A WMS, or Warehouse Management System, includes not just core functionality, but rather every analytics and reporting feature that empowers businesses with actionable insights on warehouse performance and trends in inventories.
- Barcode and RFID Integration: Improve accuracy and speed with advanced tracking technologies. Implementing barcode and RFID technologies within a WMS increases inventory checking and order accuracy and speed.
- Labor Management: Optimize workforce productivity and reduce labor costs. A WMS includes labor management tools that optimize workforce productivity, reduce idle time, and minimize labor costs.
- Integration with ERP and Supply Chain Systems: Seamlessly connect your WMS software with ERP, TMS, and e-commerce platforms. A frictionless integration of ERP, TMS and e-commerce platforms will help in seamless data and information exchange within the supply chain.
What is the Difference Between WMS and Standard Inventory Management?
A WMS not only maintains stocks but optimizes every other warehouse process. In a sense, whereas inventory management primarily keeps a record of stock levels, a WMS actually optimizes warehouse operations, labor utilization, and order-fulfillment processes. Hence, this solution enables you to take an overall view at warehouse operations that can foster increased efficiency and reduced cost.
Benefits of Warehouse Management Software
Why Does Your Business Need a WMS?
- Improved Inventory Accuracy: Reduce stockouts and overstocking with real-time tracking.
- Faster Order Fulfillment: Enhance customer satisfaction with timely and accurate deliveries.
- Cost Reduction: Minimize labor costs and operational inefficiencies.
- Scalability: Support business growth with flexible warehouse management software.
- Enhanced Visibility: Gain real-time insights into warehouse operations and inventory levels.
What does a WMS system do?
- Receiving and put-away process: Automates the receiving and put-away process. Also, it ensures accurate inventory placement.
- Inventory management: Provides real-time visibility of inventory levels, locations, and movements.
- Order picking, packing, and fulfilment: Streamlines order picking, packing, and fulfillment processes. Also, it reduces errors and cycle times.
- Shipping: Automates shipping label generation. Also, it integrates with shipping carriers.
- Labour management: Optimizes workforce productivity and reduces labor costs.
- Yard and dock management: Manages yard and dock activities.
- Warehouse metrics and analytics: Provides comprehensive analytics and reporting capabilities.
How to Implement Infor Warehouse Management System
- Assessment and Planning: Note and assess the pain points with the current supply chain process currently implemented at the warehouse.
- Customization: Tailor the warehouse management software to fit your business needs.
- Integration: Seamlessly integrate with existing systems like ERP, TMS, and e-commerce platforms.
- Training and Support: Ensure your team is equipped to use the warehouse management system effectively.
