Selecting the right warehouse management system (WMS) is a crucial step in optimizing your logistics operations. In an era of rapid technological advancements and increasing customer demands, an effective WMS not only minimizes costs but also enhances efficiency and boosts customer satisfaction.
1. What is WMS?
A WMS is a software platform that collects realtime information on all the moving parts of a DC, regardless of size or operating model.
The WMS shows the real-time status of orders, inventory, labor, robotics, physical assets and other resources. It helps managers see what’s happening now, predict what will happen next, and manage operations for speed, productivity and profitability despite disruptions. It supports the measurement and continuous improvement of key performance indicators (KPIs).
But that’s just the beginning.
Advanced WMS solutions are also capable of orchestrating resources, assigning and prioritizing physical tasks, and adjusting in real time as conditions evolve. By leveraging a best-in-class WMS, companies can transform disconnected warehouse assets and processes into a seamless unit, focused on delivering fast, efficient, profitable fulfillment.
2. Six Steps To Help You Find the Perfect WMS for Your Needs
Identifying the ideal WMS solution may seem like a daunting task — and it’s hard to know where to begin. These six simple steps can start you on your journey to warehouse optimization.
1. Identify Your Primary Pain Points
What’s led you to search for a transportation management solution? Is it:
Meeting customers’ increasing service demands?
Combating labor shortages via automation?
Improving the profit margins of your warehouse operations?
Increasing process accuracy and efficiency?
Measuring and minimizing environmental impacts?
Enhancing employee morale and retention rates?
2. Begin Your Research
To identify the leaders in the crowded WMS space, ask these questions:
Which vendors are included in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Warehouse Management, as well as similar reports?
What companies are featured in industry news?
Who’s hosting or speaking at conferences, webinars and other events?
Which software companies are investing in innovation?
Who is introducing new features, functionality and service models?
3. Narrow The Field
Separate the WMS leaders from the followers by posing these questions:
Is the provider an active presence in the industry?
Have they created value for companies like yours? » Have they solved challenges that mirror your own?
Do they have customer case studies and references?
4. Ask for a Site Visit - And a Demo
Now that the field is narrowed, it’s time to:
Invite your top vendor (or two) for a site visit
Introduce them to your team
Ask them for a “deep dive” demo
Request customer references and talk to them making sure they understand your needs, and you understand how they’ll fulfill those needs
5. Plan For the Future
Make sure the vendor will be there for you when issues inevitably arise. Warehouse management is not an easy journey — but the rewards are well worth it.
Is the solution scalable?
Will it easily interoperate with your other systems?
What is a reasonable launch timeframe? » How will upgrades happen?
What services does the vendor offer?
6. Seal the Deal
Ready to sign a contract? Congratulations! Just make sure you fully understand:
The software pricing structure
The implementation timeline
The support plan, including pricing for services
Blue Yonder: Established Leadership in Warehouse Management
Based on hundreds of customer success stories, decades of experience, and the industry’s broadest and deepest WMS software portfolio, Blue Yonder is an acknowledged leader that should be on your shortlist.
From its proven Warehouse Management and Transportation Management solutions to exciting new microservices like Warehouse Execution and Yard Management, Blue Yonder understands the challenges associated with modern logistics — and has the purpose-built solutions to answer evolving challenges.
Warehouses continue to change and evolve. So Blue Yonder is constantly improving its capabilities to meet emerging challenges in warehouse optimization. Blue Yonder is investing more than $1 billion in R&D to ensure its solutions continue to represent the industry’s most advanced, comprehensive and interoperable platform for warehouse optimization.
Blue Yonder’s Smart Warehouse Management Solution (BY WMS)
Blue Yonder’s warehouse management solution, distributed exclusively by TSL in Vietnam market, has overcome the challenges of traditional IT in management by converging the best standards. First of all, the cooperation with Microsoft through integration on Microsoft Azure has been an important highlight contributing to the added value that the solution brings. It is this partnership that will help customers build a cloud-based ecosystem to optimize system responsiveness, remove the burden of technology cycles, and still ensure system availability.
The solution is applied technology to optimize tasks, ensuring every aspect of the goods management process within the warehouse. Besides, BY WMS is always ready for integration with other management systems of customers through standard APIs such as ERP, DMS, TMS systems… In addition, the system is also capable of integrating with management devices in the warehouse such as barcode scanners, barcode printers, etc.
The process of BY WMS goes from managing the dock & yard when the vehicle arrives, receiving, managing inventory, managing the work of workers via RF equipments and finally managing outbound. At each stage in the warehouse management cycle, BY WMS also has many other advanced automatic features to help the process of finding, transporting, inbound and outbound warehouses that be conducted in a more scientific and optimal way. Which helps to save money, cost, time and labour. This is the result of Blue Yonder’s applications in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) – a competitive advantage over others in the same segment of the market.
Benefits from this system: reduce 50% in annual costs, increase 40% in quantity of goods, improve 100% in inventory accuracy. (Source: According to statistics from more than 841 customers who have deployed BY WMS globally)
About TSL
Total Solutions Logistics Company Limited (TSL) is continuously innovating in technology and supporting Vietnamese enterprises in building an integrated logistics network. By creating an ecosystem that optimizes resources, TSL is helping businesses expand their reach both in regional and international markets. TSL is deeply involved in various fields such as 3PLs, retail, distribution, manufacturing, and e-commerce.
As the official distributor for leading brands like Blue Yonder and SOTI in Vietnam, TSL offers comprehensive solutions for warehouse management, transportation management, and other supply chain management needs. Beyond software solutions, TSL also provides barcode equipment from Honeywell and Zebra, ensuring seamless integration into production lines. Additionally, TSL offers consulting services and technological infrastructure to help businesses achieve international standards in all operations.
Your business looking for WMS solutions to improve performance?
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Number: Ms. Quyên - (+84) 909 568 064
Email: sales.admin@tsl-group.vn
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