Advantages of implementation of the WMS system in a product warehouse

Tracking of a goods lifecycle

The successful product retailer understands all importance of image and goods quality on counters of network, so, is interested in keeping track of freshness of goods, as in terms of security for health, and efficiency of the organization of a goods lifecycle. The WMS system provides to the organizations complex information on a status of trade inventories and also offers ready schemes of shipment taking into account expiration dates of goods and the selected strategy of implementation: what goods should be shipped first of all taking into account expiration dates, storage conditions and requirement of outlets for these^[1].

Using a modern warehouse management system, at a withdrawal of goods, the company can effectively define and find the place where products which can be potentially hazardous to health were sent.

Transparency and accuracy of transactions

The WMS systems increase transparency of warehouse processes, efficiency of use of resources and accuracy of shipments. In the unified information system managers can see the movement of goods and to be sure of the accuracy of deliveries.

Capacity growth of a warehouse due to integration

Integration with other information systems helps to increase capacity of goods in a warehouse. WMS optimizes functionality of a warehouse to cope with high the level of complexity and capacity.

The increasing labor productivity

Warehouse management systems allow to increase efficiency of use of resources, including personnel labor productivity. Modern WMS solutions can monitor daily transactions which are made by warehouse workers and to provide analytical reports in the type required for decision making.

Reduction of paper work

Can interfere with the companies which are engaged in food paper document flow and big quantities of manual work. But all reports which prepare manually can be created in the automatic mode using IT tools. The WMS system and its integration with the accounting system will provide company management with all necessary information on merchandising and warehouse transactions in a required section. In addition, creation of electronic reports will allow to reduce the number of the paper used for printing that will emphasize a position of the organization in questions of environment protection.

Optimization of warehouse space

Optimization of warehouse spaces and increase in capacity of a warehouse – one more of advantages of use of a warehouse management system. Development of strategy of placement of goods, use of modern warehouse technologies, data collection terminals allow to accelerate significantly build processes and shipments of goods, to reduce the volume of warehouse stocks and to considerably lower costs.