Axelot WMS X5 implemented at Sampro supplier warehouse

2022: Introduction of Axelot WMS X5

Thanks to the Axelot WMS X5, Sampro has solved the problem with unproductive operations and overports. Axelot (Axelot) announced this on May 31, 2022.

The introduction of AXELOT WMS X5 allowed Sampro to take into account 100% of changes in warehouse balances in real time, and warehouse personnel began to select goods for orders faster by excluding unnecessary operations.

The absence of WMS in the company's warehouse caused a number of problems in product accounting. There were transfers, discrepancies in the balances of goods, when assembling orders, the search for goods took a significant time, since the address storage system was also not implemented. Sampro management decided to deal with existing problems with the help of modern automation tools, and the AXELOT WMS X5 system helped them in this.

The introduction of WMS took place at the Sampro warehouse in the village of Tomilino, Moscow Region. The warehouse area is 3000 sq. m, the number of active SKUs is about 5000. Before automation, 95% of the goods in stock had no marking (barcode or article code).

Before the implementation of WMS, since up to 5 item cards could be entered into the CIS for one item, a warehouse employee could very rarely independently determine which card a specific item belongs to. The staff had to remember where each item was placed, which significantly slowed down the selection speed: employees spent a lot of time looking for who received and placed this item, and then spent time looking for the item itself. Such unproductive operations led to the re-shipment of goods and a decrease in warehouse efficiency.

With the introduction of AXELOT WMS X5, this problem is fixed, since all the necessary information is available in the warehouse management system and is used in accordance with the established rules when planning selection tasks that are issued to personnel.

The lack of labeling on most of the goods and the strangeness of the nomenclature in the CIS caused problems at the stage of launching the system into commercial operation and, in particular, during the inventory. It turned out to bypass this problem due to the fact that the remnants in the WMS were started through "entering the remnants" into the virtual cell, followed by the physical movement of storage objects to their allocated place.

So that such a situation does not repeat in the future, now all goods entering the warehouse go through a mandatory labeling procedure. This also greatly simplified other operations with the item in the warehouse, as it can now be uniquely identified.

When establishing residues, the problem with double nomenclature in the CIS was taken into account. This problem was solved by labeling goods with the creation of unique barcodes in WMS. Thus, the same product that had two cards in the CIS had its own unique identifier for WMS. Such a scheme made it possible to synchronize the residues between the WMS and the CIS at the stage of putting the system into commercial operation. The next step is to delete the double items in the CIS and in the WMS.

The AXELOT WMS X5 was integrated with the CIS using the DATAREON MQ message queuing service. In the process, standard connectors were used and, in general, the exchange was configured without any difficulties.

The selection planning process is automated, changes in the documents of receipt and sale of goods and services are automatically recorded in the CIS. Address storage is implemented, the process of movement of goods in the warehouse is systematized and tracked from receipt to shipment. All operations performed by the warehouse are personalized - the warehouse management sees the volumes of personnel generation and those responsible for each operation.

The introduction of AXELOT WMS X5 did not require solving complex problems, but the difference "before" and "after" Sampro management is obvious: now they have complete information on the number and location of goods in the warehouse, and the staff began to work much more efficiently, which positively affected the overall speed of operations.