WMS OnLine Finder

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Welkom bij WOLF

Welkom bij WOLF, de online WMS selectie tool van Jeroen van den Berg Consulting. WOLF helpt u de WMS pakketten te vinden die het best bij uw warehouse-operatie passen.

- Hoe werkt WOLF

- Deelnemende WMS pakketten

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Welcome to WOLF

Welcome to WOLF, the online WMS selection engine of Jeroen van den Berg Consulting. WOLF helps you to find out which vendors of warehouse management software best fit with your warehouse operation.

- How to use WOLF

- Overview participants

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Indicate the number of full time equivalents (fte's) working in the warehouse. Included are all direct staff on the warehouse floor and warehouse planners. Warehouse management, order-entry and customer service personnel are excluded.

Number of warehouse staff

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Indicate the surface of the warehouse building.

Warehouse surface

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Indicate the average number of sales order lines that are shipped per day.

Order lines per day

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Indicate the number of separate order-picking processes.

Order-picking complexity

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All less-than-pallet quantities are picked from a single forward pick area. Any full pallet quantities may be picked from the bulk reserve area.
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Orders are picked from multiple forward pick areas and are consolidated afterwards. E.g. a pick-to-belt area for fast movers and a shelving area for slow movers, etc. The order-pickers deliver the picked products directly at the packing or shipping area.
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There are multiple forward pick areas. Also, putaway and/or picking occurs via two or more separate movements. E.g. one operator moves the items between the storage location and a pick/drop buffer. Another operator moves the products between the pick/drop buffer and the docks.
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Indicate the number of warehouses. In a multi-site configuration, the WMS needs functionality to coordinate and communicate between warehouses. A vendor should have adequate resources to handle a large scale roll out of the package and have the experience with standardising the operating practices of multiple facilities.

Number of warehouses

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Indicate your warehouse type.

Warehouse type

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Storage of raw materials and packaging materials Delivery to the production line
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Storage and distribution of finished products after leaving the production line
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Warehousing on behalf of clients Public or dedicated
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Business to business
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Storage and distribution to retail outlets
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Catalogue or webshop
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Service logistics
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Indicate your product group(s).

Products

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Businesstoconsumer hard goods
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Businesstobusiness hard goods
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Indicate the level of automation.

Automation

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Control of automated material handling systems such as automated cranes, conveyors, sorters, carousels, robots, etc
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Picktolight, carousels, lifts
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Control of operators working in the warehouse
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Indicate the methods of communication with the warehouse operators.

Communication

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Paper lists
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Realtime radio frequency scanning with barcodes
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Displays or lights at locations indicating the pick quantity
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Scanning of RFIDtags
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Spoken commands
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Indicate if you prefer a standard system or a custom-made system.

Configuration

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Functionality can be configured in the system to meet the customer requirements. No customisations or only minor customisations are possible.
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Software is coded to meet the exact requirements of the customer. Fully custom-built system or system custom-built from components.
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Indicate whether you prefer an integrated system or a best-of-breed system.

Structure

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The WMS is an integrated module of a business system, e.g. an ERP or TMS.
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The system only supports warehouse management and offers no functionality beyond the warehouse walls.
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Indicate the preferred payment structure for the WMS.

Payment structure

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Customer buys software and hardware, one time fee.
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Customer rents software and hardware, periodic fee.
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Customer pays for software and hardware based on actual usage.
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How does the vendor distinguish itself in the WMS market?

Value proposition

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The WMS offers outstanding functionality for specific andor broad application
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The WMS is integrated with several other modules for eg transport management, order management, ERP, material handling system control, customs, event management, etc
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The vendor has outstanding staff for WMS implementations, both local and international Also, the WMS is easily configurable for rapid deployment of the WMS
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The WMS uses the latest technology in user interface, database and connectivity The system is highly scalable
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The vendor provides excellent support after the implementation Subsequent software modifications and updates are rapidly deployed, customers have an important say in the software development path
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The continuity of the vendor and system are guaranteed The vendor is financially healthy, WMS is a key activity and the vendor has a large customer base for the WMS
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The WMS and vendor services are excellent value for money
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The WMS application and database run on the following platforms and operating systems. I.e. for a client/server architecture, we refer to the server, not the clients.

Platform and operating system

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Indicate the preferred user interface for the WMS.

User interface

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Indicate the preferred database(s) for the WMS.

Relational database management system

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Indicate to which ERP systems the WMS should have an interface available.

ERP

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WMS support for the following administrative functions.

Administrative support

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WMS generates shipping documents and product labels.
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Compute the invoice amount for services provided to clients, e.g. storage and handling charges.
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Extract and report performance indicators such as productivity, turnover rate, accuracy and availability.
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Customs entrepot, bonded warehouse and declarations.
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Indicate your support for the following advanced warehousing functions.

Advanced warehousing functionality

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Track operator productivity and compute the required number of warehouse operators per dayshift.
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Planning and scheduling of trucks at the docks and on the yard.
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Computation of carton/container sizes based on order quantities and product volumes before order-picking.
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Rerouting of incoming goods to outgoing shipments.
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Periodic optimisation of the location assignment.
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Optimisation of the internal movements considering the efficiency and urgency of activities.
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Assembly, kitting, customerspecific packing, etc.
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WMS support for the following supply chain functions.

Supply chain functionality

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Tracking events and generating alerts.
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Truck routing and scheduling.
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Internet module where relations may access WMS information, e.g. clients view inventory levels, transporters pre-notify their arrival at the warehouse, etc.
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Compute the volumes and stacking patterns of truckloads.
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Order-entry, order acceptance, order disposition, available-to-promise
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Interfacing with other information systems.