Directed putaway is all about the WMS communicating to DC associates through a mobile wireless terminal where in the DC a product should be stored, at the specific location level. A good WMS should allow you to define, practically without limit, different putaway zones for which rules will be applied relative to putaway

There are in fact a wide number of potential factors that drive companies to look for a new WMS solution, which we have handily grouped into 10 different logistics scenarios, and in Part 2, we lay out the final five. You might need a new WMS if...

There are in fact a wide number of potential factors that drive companies to look for a new WMS solution, which we have handily grouped into 10 different logistics scenarios, and in Part 1, we lay out the first five. You might need a new WMS if...

Dynamic Slotting is a technique available in some Warehouse Management Systems in which a forward pick location is created dynamically, rather than being dedicated to a single SKU. This capability is needed in two primary situations: The first is when there aren’t enough pick locations to handle all SKUs a DC carries. The second scenario is when demand for SKU in a wave or general order pool far exceeds the storage capacity of the forward pick location for that SKU.

Autonomous mobile robots are coming to a DC near you, likely your facility too, and probably soon. A.M.R.’s have taken the distribution world by storm, driven by both operational efficiencies and the challenges with finding enough labor in most US markets. This podcast dives into the benefits that can be achieved, the challenges, and the keys to making your investments future-proof.

Warehouse Management Systems are well-known, yet we still continue to find many companies that are new to WMS. Even for managers with some WMS experience, we’ve found it useful to review the core benefits that a WMS delivers. Here they are...

Direct-to-Consumer (or DTC) strategies are very popular right now in retail and consumer goods companies and it’s easy to understand why - no company should be missing out on this megatrend with the numbers skyrocketing over the past year and pandemic.

After a significant number of Cloud WMS deployments, Softeon has gained insights that are potentially of interest to prospective WMS adopters, which we’ll summarize in this broadcast.

Warehouse Execution Systems can deliver real value and either increase throughput from an existing system, or reduce the size, floor space and cost of new equipment being planned. But there has been little focus on WES for manual or only modestly automated facilities. Softeon is working to change that.

Why are put walls becoming so popular? Order picking efficiencies are gained through use of batch picking, where picks are grouped so that all items needed for orders to be processed in a given wall module or modules are picked in one stop in the picking area. This is generally much more efficient than discrete order picking