Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)

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This paper reviews and discusses warehouse management systems (WMS). According to the paper, with the increased competition and advance technology of today, warehousing has become a decisive tool in the tug of war within the global market, serving as a mechanism to gain advantage over the competitors' product, advertising, prices and consumer services, whereas before it just served as a stock-keeping unit.

Outline:
Introduction
Scope of Warehouse Management Systems
Functions of Warehouse Management Systems
Choosing a WMS
Secondary Drivers
Future Trends in WMS

From the Paper:

"The warehouse management functions are also further subdivided, some of these include: the every day development and movement inspections i.e. the orders not yet completed, filling of required documents, etc; operational synopses of varying kinds, like the departure of trucks or the delivery timelines, etc; accounts required for durable effectiveness i.e. task allocation, apace adjustments, etc; to carefully analyze the capital and its appropriate use and to act out the operations with efficiency and timely speed; to carefully analyze the diverse sectors of storage space, counting the scopes, regulations for the stock-storage, carriage plans, and the storage atmosphere; and, to analyze, through the market flow assessments made, the products that are either out of demand, or decreasing in demand, or are outdated or dormant and then act accordingly (as cited in Nynke, 2005). "

Sample of Sources Used:

• Helo, P and Szekely, B. (2005). Logistics information systems. An analysis of software solutions for supply systems chain co-ordination. University of Vaasa, Industrial Management, Vaasa, Finland.
• Nynke Faber, ReneA (Marinus) B.M. de Koster and Steef L. van de Velde. (2002). Linking warehouse complexity to warehouse planning and control structure. An exploratory study of the use of warehouse management systems. Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
• Sahay, B.S. and Gupta A.K. (2003). Development of software selection criteria for supply chain solutions. Management Development Institute, Gurgaon, India.

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