{"id":10367,"date":"2023-10-19T16:12:52","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:12:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/adopt-a-wms-software-to-manage-your-warehouses\/"},"modified":"2023-10-19T16:12:54","modified_gmt":"2023-10-19T14:12:54","slug":"adopt-a-wms-software-to-manage-your-warehouses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/en\/adopt-a-wms-software-to-manage-your-warehouses\/","title":{"rendered":"Adopt a WMS software to manage your warehouses"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/warehouse-chuttersnap.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/warehouse-chuttersnap.jpg\" alt=\"Warehouse aerial view of WMS software for warehouse management\" class=\"wp-image-7919\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>&ldquo;<em>Sup&shy;ply chains nev&shy;er stop. <\/em> <\/strong><br><br><strong><em><em>When new chal&shy;lenges arise, access to exper&shy;tise and expe&shy;ri&shy;ence is cru&shy;cial to mak&shy;ing the right deci&shy;sions and chan&shy;nel&shy;ing invest&shy;ments into areas that will bring val&shy;ue<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>What&shy;ev&shy;er your busi&shy;ness chal&shy;lenges or dri&shy;vers for change, <strong>ALOER can help you<\/strong> <strong>opti&shy;mize your oper&shy;a&shy;tions<\/strong> and <strong>ware&shy;hous&shy;ing&nbsp;space.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WMS <\/strong><em>(Ware&shy;house Man&shy;age&shy;ment Sys&shy;tem<\/em>) soft&shy;ware has rapid&shy;ly won over the retail and e&#8209;commerce sec&shy;tors. More and more com&shy;pa&shy;nies, includ&shy;ing SMEs, are adopt&shy;ing them to <strong>effec&shy;tive&shy;ly man&shy;age<\/strong> their sup&shy;ply chain and <strong>dif&shy;fer&shy;en&shy;ti&shy;ate them&shy;selves from the com&shy;pe&shy;ti&shy;tion<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p>Ware&shy;house man&shy;age&shy;ment sys&shy;tems are designed&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>to guar&shy;an&shy;tee bet&shy;ter <strong>vis&shy;i&shy;bil&shy;i&shy;ty <\/strong>of inven&shy;to&shy;ry,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>to <strong>opti&shy;mize <\/strong>order man&shy;age&shy;ment and&nbsp;labor,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>and guar&shy;an&shy;tee <strong>opti&shy;mal<\/strong> order execution.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Would you like to improve your logis&shy;tics orga&shy;ni&shy;za&shy;tion and enhance ser&shy;vice qual&shy;i&shy;ty? ALOER sup&shy;ports you from the design of your ware&shy;house to the imple&shy;men&shy;ta&shy;tion of your WMS solution.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/en\/contact-us\/\">Request more information<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WMS software, a powerful logistics tool<\/h2>\n\n<p>Logis&shy;ti&shy;cians are wont to say that<em>&ldquo;the WMS is the ERP (Enter&shy;prise Resource Plan&shy;ning) of the ware&shy;house<\/em>&rdquo;. <\/p>\n\n<p>Well-opti&shy;mized logis&shy;tics is a seri&shy;ous <strong>com&shy;pet&shy;i&shy;tive advan&shy;tage<\/strong> for a com&shy;pa&shy;ny: the WMS <strong>reduces direct oper&shy;at&shy;ing costs<\/strong> and<strong>increas&shy;es over&shy;all rev&shy;enue<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WMS soft&shy;ware is a pow&shy;er&shy;ful tool for improv&shy;ing indus&shy;tri&shy;al per&shy;for&shy;mance<\/strong> by opti&shy;miz&shy;ing ware&shy;house management:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cost reduc&shy;tion, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>process ratio&shy;nal&shy;iza&shy;tion, <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improv&shy;ing ser&shy;vice quality&hellip;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Warehouse Management System software: definition&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-white-background-color has-text-color has-background\"><strong>Sup&shy;ply Chain Man&shy;age&shy;ment<\/strong> (SCM) con&shy;sists of <strong>2 parts<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sup&shy;ply Chain <strong>Plan&shy;ning <\/strong>(<strong>SCP)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sup&shy;ply Chain<strong>Exe&shy;cu&shy;tion <\/strong>(<strong>SCE)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>The <strong>WMS <\/strong>- Ware&shy;house <strong>Man&shy;age&shy;ment Sys&shy;tem <\/strong>- is part of the exe&shy;cu&shy;tion strate&shy;gies (SCE) in the Sup&shy;ply&nbsp;Chain.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The WMS man&shy;ages ware&shy;house oper&shy;a&shy;tions<\/strong>. In oth&shy;er words, this type of soft&shy;ware man&shy;ages resources and stock with&shy;in the 4 walls of a ware&shy;house, and some&shy;times even off-site inventory.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>WMS solu&shy;tions are avail&shy;able as Soft&shy;ware as a Ser&shy;vice (Saas) or on-premise, depend&shy;ing on the vendor.<\/p>\n\n<p>In short, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/glossary\/wms-warehouse-management-system\/\"><strong>WMS is a busi&shy;ness soft&shy;ware<\/strong><\/a> that ensures opti&shy;mal man&shy;age&shy;ment of a logis&shy;tics ware&shy;house by facil&shy;i&shy;tat&shy;ing the coor&shy;di&shy;na&shy;tion, con&shy;trol and opti&shy;miza&shy;tion of flows and floor&nbsp;space.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How does WMS software work to manage your warehouses?<\/h3>\n\n<p>&ldquo;<em>Stock accu&shy;ra&shy;cy can be improved to over 99%, while reduc&shy;ing inven&shy;to&shy;ry by up to 20%<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WMS soft&shy;ware gives you an overview of your inven&shy;to&shy;ry and relat&shy;ed activ&shy;i&shy;ties<\/strong>. It works by con&shy;trol&shy;ling all inven&shy;to&shy;ry move&shy;ments and automat&shy;ing all redun&shy;dant tasks in the goods-in and goods-out processes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>And in <strong>par&shy;tic&shy;u&shy;lar, <\/strong>in<strong>order of flow<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/flux-entrepot-e1682414365933.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1280\" height=\"518\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/flux-entrepot-e1682414365933.jpg\" alt=\"the 6 major activities of a warehouse flow\" class=\"wp-image-7931\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/flux-entrepot-e1682414365933.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/flux-entrepot-e1682414365933-300x121.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/flux-entrepot-e1682414365933-1024x414.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/flux-entrepot-e1682414365933-768x311.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Address&shy;ing, or how to place prod&shy;ucts in the right place so that they can be col&shy;lect&shy;ed effi&shy;cient&shy;ly and at the right time by your oper&shy;a&shy;tors<\/em>?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>WMS soft&shy;ware<\/strong> con&shy;tains a num&shy;ber of <strong>basic func&shy;tions<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>item, batch and pack&shy;ag&shy;ing management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>man&shy;age&shy;ment of zones, aisles, racks or locations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>trace&shy;abil&shy;i&shy;ty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>alerts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>report&shy;ing and overview of operations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Cer&shy;tain <strong>add-on mod&shy;ules<\/strong> can also be added. For example:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>for the stor&shy;age of haz&shy;ardous materials,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>or to enable the man&shy;age&shy;ment of mech&shy;a&shy;nized or auto&shy;mat&shy;ed stock man&shy;age&shy;ment&nbsp;tools.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the advantages of a&nbsp;WMS?<\/h3>\n\n<p>Imple&shy;ment&shy;ing <strong>ware&shy;house man&shy;age&shy;ment soft&shy;ware offers<\/strong> advan&shy;tages and <strong>pro&shy;duc&shy;tiv&shy;i&shy;ty gains<\/strong> such&nbsp;as&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>time sav&shy;ings thanks to task automation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>faster order pro&shy;cess&shy;ing for improved cus&shy;tomer service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>opti&shy;mized use of ware&shy;house space, thanks to simulations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>improved work and oper&shy;a&shy;tor productivity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>real-time stock control,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>few&shy;er errors and less&nbsp;fraud<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>over&shy;all ware&shy;house pro&shy;duc&shy;tiv&shy;i&shy;ty and reduced cycle&nbsp;times<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>greater vis&shy;i&shy;bil&shy;i&shy;ty and traceability<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>scrap reduc&shy;tion <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>data cen&shy;tral&shy;iza&shy;tion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>&ldquo;<em>With the WMS<\/em>, <em>boost per&shy;fect order rates, increase labor pro&shy;duc&shy;tiv&shy;i&shy;ty by up to 40% and refine ship&shy;ment accu&shy;ra&shy;cy by up to 5%<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>A WMS sup&shy;ports logis&shy;tics activ&shy;i&shy;ties in the fol&shy;low&shy;ing context:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Large num&shy;ber of stor&shy;age locations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Receive and process more lines but few&shy;er items per&nbsp;order<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Large num&shy;ber of orders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sin&shy;gle-item orders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Large num&shy;ber of items available<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Large num&shy;ber of deliv&shy;ery points<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Large num&shy;ber of returns<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Vol&shy;ume fluctuations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Short lead&nbsp;times<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mul&shy;ti&shy;ple sales channels<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Local and inter&shy;na&shy;tion&shy;al orders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High num&shy;ber of dai&shy;ly samples<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Short&shy;er order cycle&nbsp;times<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sys&shy;tem&shy;at&shy;ic unit packaging<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dif&shy;fer&shy;ent pack&shy;ing instructions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>High val&shy;ue-added services<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Doc&shy;u&shy;men&shy;ta&shy;tion in dif&shy;fer&shy;ent languages<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Load&shy;ing parcels<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How do you set up a WMS for your company&rsquo;s logistics?<\/h3>\n\n<p>While stream&shy;lin&shy;ing your ware&shy;house oper&shy;a&shy;tions can increase pro&shy;duc&shy;tiv&shy;i&shy;ty, the poten&shy;tial teething prob&shy;lems with a new WMS sys&shy;tem can be con&shy;sid&shy;er&shy;able, as with any new man&shy;age&shy;ment soft&shy;ware pack&shy;age. All the more so when it&rsquo;s strate&shy;gic to retain own&shy;er&shy;ship of your logistics.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Before imple&shy;ment&shy;ing a WMS, there are sev&shy;er&shy;al steps<\/strong> to be&nbsp;taken:<\/p>\n\n<p>As with any con&shy;sid&shy;er&shy;a&shy;tion of a new addi&shy;tion to your infor&shy;ma&shy;tion sys&shy;tem, you&rsquo;ll need to draw up a <strong>set of<\/strong> spec&shy;i&shy;fi&shy;ca&shy;tions to enable you to study the solu&shy;tions avail&shy;able on the market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>It&rsquo;s real&shy;ly inter&shy;est&shy;ing to<strong>study the areas for improve&shy;ment<\/strong> in <strong>the ware&shy;house via a design review<\/strong>. All the more so if you plan to<strong>add mechan&shy;i&shy;cal or auto&shy;mat&shy;ic means<\/strong> to sup&shy;port your logis&shy;tics activ&shy;i&shy;ties (Kardex, OHRA, RACK Con&shy;cept,&nbsp;HUNI&nbsp;&hellip;).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>Adapt&shy;ing your ware&shy;hous&shy;ing strat&shy;e&shy;gy at the same time as installing a WMS can be a good way of over&shy;haul&shy;ing <strong>your exist&shy;ing flows and process&shy;es<\/strong>. This is an oppor&shy;tu&shy;ni&shy;ty to max&shy;i&shy;mize the ben&shy;e&shy;fits of WMS instal&shy;la&shy;tion. It also means you can adapt to the stan&shy;dard WMS frame&shy;work, rather than hav&shy;ing to engage in spe&shy;cif&shy;ic devel&shy;op&shy;ments and labo&shy;ri&shy;ous workarounds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>ALOER sup&shy;ports your orga&shy;ni&shy;za&shy;tion from start to fin&shy;ish in over&shy;com&shy;ing these obsta&shy;cles, thanks to its exper&shy;tise in ware&shy;hous&shy;ing and its advanced ware&shy;house man&shy;age&shy;ment soft&shy;ware,<strong> Infor Cloud&shy;Suite WMS<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/telechargez-le-guide-construction-dun-entrepot-ce-quil-faut-savoir\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Build&shy;ing a ware&shy;house &mdash; What you need to know and how to cal&shy;cu&shy;late your&nbsp;ROI?<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can WMS software and ERP be synchronized?<\/h2>\n\n<p>First of all, some ERPs offer a ware&shy;house man&shy;age&shy;ment mod&shy;ule. The same applies to e&#8209;commerce soft&shy;ware such as Magen&shy;to or Prestashop.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The use of ware&shy;house man&shy;age&shy;ment soft&shy;ware is essen&shy;tial when logis&shy;tics exe&shy;cu&shy;tion func&shy;tions are either absent or too basic and there&shy;fore limited.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>WMS sys&shy;tems do not oper&shy;ate in iso&shy;la&shy;tion from oth&shy;er sys&shy;tems.<\/strong> A con&shy;nec&shy;tion must be estab&shy;lished between the ERP and the WMS, as well as with oth&shy;er IT tools and solutions\/applications: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>bar&shy;code scanning,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>aug&shy;ment&shy;ed reality,&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>trans&shy;port man&shy;age&shy;ment sys&shy;tems &mdash;&nbsp;TMS&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>enter&shy;prise resource plan&shy;ning sys&shy;tems&hellip;&nbsp;etc<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>Some WMS soft&shy;ware on the mar&shy;ket syn&shy;chro&shy;nizes with these same solu&shy;tions via EDI (Elec&shy;tron&shy;ic Data Inter&shy;change) or, more wide&shy;ly, API (Appli&shy;ca&shy;tion Pro&shy;gram&shy;ming Interface).<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Before select&shy;ing your WMS ware&shy;house man&shy;age&shy;ment soft&shy;ware, we <strong>strong&shy;ly advise you<\/strong> to check that inter&shy;face sys&shy;tems exist with your&nbsp;tools.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>&ldquo;<em>Every orga&shy;ni&shy;za&shy;tion and its ware&shy;house strives for per&shy;fect order ful&shy;fill&shy;ment, i.e. the deliv&shy;ery of a cus&shy;tomer order in the quan&shy;ti&shy;ties request&shy;ed, on time and with opti&shy;mum effi&shy;cien&shy;cy. The addi&shy;tion of a WMS to your IT ecosys&shy;tem enables you to be more effi&shy;cient, with increased vis&shy;i&shy;bil&shy;i&shy;ty, flex&shy;i&shy;bil&shy;i&shy;ty and scal&shy;a&shy;bil&shy;i&shy;ty for greater order accu&shy;ra&shy;cy, pro&shy;duc&shy;tiv&shy;i&shy;ty and ROI.<\/em>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The com&shy;bi&shy;na&shy;tion of WMS + ERP ensures high lev&shy;els of per&shy;for&shy;mance if the soft&shy;ware is cor&shy;rect&shy;ly para&shy;me&shy;ter&shy;ized and matched to the needs of your busi&shy;ness.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p>Any doubts? We can&nbsp;help.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the differences between WMS and TMS software?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n<p>Unlike the WMS, the <strong>TMS or Trans&shy;port Man&shy;age&shy;ment Sys&shy;tem<\/strong> soft&shy;ware is a tool ded&shy;i&shy;cat&shy;ed to trans&shy;port man&shy;age&shy;ment. The TMS man&shy;ages <strong>deliv&shy;ery trace&shy;abil&shy;i&shy;ty and trans&shy;port opti&shy;miza&shy;tion in real time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>The soft&shy;ware <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/glossary\/tms-definition\/\">TMS <\/a><\/strong>soft&shy;ware is often <strong>con&shy;nect&shy;ed to the <\/strong> <strong>WMS<\/strong> soft&shy;ware. In fact, its func&shy;tion&shy;al&shy;i&shy;ties com&shy;ple&shy;ment those of ware&shy;house man&shy;age&shy;ment. It also enables&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>orga&shy;niz&shy;ing load&shy;ing and deliv&shy;ery schedules,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>opti&shy;mized man&shy;age&shy;ment of trans&shy;port vehicles,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>track&shy;ing goods as they leave the warehouse,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>all trans&shy;port billing processes,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>deci&shy;sion support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>In this way, the <strong>TMS extends <\/strong> the trace&shy;abil&shy;i&shy;ty and orga&shy;ni&shy;za&shy;tion of deliv&shy;ery flows beyond the ware&shy;house, the <strong>trace&shy;abil&shy;i&shy;ty and orga&shy;ni&shy;za&shy;tion of deliv&shy;ery flows<\/strong> . <\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to choose the right WMS software to manage your warehouses?&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>The WMS mar&shy;ket is quite dynam&shy;ic, with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gartner.com\/reviews\/market\/warehouse-management-systems\">host of inno&shy;va&shy;tions<\/a>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>There&rsquo;s no point going fish&shy;ing (for WMS) with&shy;out a min&shy;i&shy;mum of upstream prepa&shy;ra&shy;tion: <strong>we sug&shy;gest a few ideas and 16 ques&shy;tions to ask your&shy;self before start&shy;ing your search for solu&shy;tions<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/personnage-pechant-dans-la-glace-inuit-artur-tumasjan-1024x683.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/personnage-pechant-dans-la-glace-inuit-artur-tumasjan-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"inuit character ice-fishing-lego\" class=\"wp-image-9440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/personnage-pechant-dans-la-glace-inuit-artur-tumasjan-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/personnage-pechant-dans-la-glace-inuit-artur-tumasjan-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/personnage-pechant-dans-la-glace-inuit-artur-tumasjan-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/personnage-pechant-dans-la-glace-inuit-artur-tumasjan.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n<p>A num&shy;ber of <strong>cri&shy;te&shy;ria <\/strong>will be used to<strong> com&shy;pare and choose<\/strong> from the mar&shy;ket&rsquo;s offer&shy;ings, and then <strong>deter&shy;mine which WMS <\/strong>is best suit&shy;ed to your <strong>busi&shy;ness con&shy;straints<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n<p>In addi&shy;tion to<strong> draw&shy;ing up your<\/strong> spec&shy;i&shy;fi&shy;ca&shy;tions, here are a few <strong>points to check<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Where are the short&shy;list&shy;ed WMS for your sector?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Size of ware&shy;house to be equipped?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do you inter&shy;face with your&nbsp;ERP?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do you main&shy;tain and upgrade your solution?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The cost of the solution?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p><strong>It&rsquo;s also a good idea to ask your&shy;self the fol&shy;low&shy;ing ques&shy;tions ahead of&nbsp;time:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Have you drawn up a process <strong>design <\/strong>for your warehouse?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you have a clear <strong>strat&shy;e&shy;gy <\/strong>for your <strong>sup&shy;ply chain<\/strong> and your tech&shy;no&shy;log&shy;i&shy;cal needs (infor&shy;ma&shy;tion sys&shy;tems com&shy;mu&shy;ni&shy;cat&shy;ing in real time, PLCs, con&shy;nect&shy;ed objects, RFID,&nbsp;etc.)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you car&shy;ried out a <strong>gap analy&shy;sis<\/strong> (cur&shy;rent busi&shy;ness per&shy;for&shy;mance vs. desired performance)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you car&shy;ried out a return on invest&shy;ment ( <strong>ROI <\/strong>) <strong>analy&shy;sis <\/strong>with the sup&shy;port of spe&shy;cial&shy;ists or an expert WMS consultant?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you <strong>trained the project team<\/strong>? Does it include ware&shy;house man&shy;agers, oper&shy;a&shy;tional team resources, IT, finance, sales&hellip;?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you cho&shy;sen a com&shy;mit&shy;ted, metic&shy;u&shy;lous <strong>project man&shy;ag&shy;er<\/strong>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is your project <strong>spon&shy;sor <\/strong>a DG-lev&shy;el manager?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is your <strong>team <\/strong> <strong>trained in WMS<\/strong>? Does it know how to eval&shy;u&shy;ate the avail&shy;able func&shy;tion&shy;al&shy;i&shy;ties of these solutions?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you stud&shy;ied how the <strong>imple&shy;men&shy;ta&shy;tion <\/strong>will be car&shy;ried&nbsp;out?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have you secured the<strong>com&shy;mit&shy;ment of shareholders\/CEOs<\/strong>?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Do you plan to <strong>sup&shy;port your oper&shy;a&shy;tors<\/strong> through support?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<p>If you can&rsquo;t answer all these ques&shy;tions, it will cer&shy;tain&shy;ly be in your inter&shy;est to con&shy;sult a WMS expert to ensure the future via&shy;bil&shy;i&shy;ty and per&shy;for&shy;mance of your warehouse.<\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reasons for WMS project failures<\/h3>\n\n<p>The choice of soft&shy;ware is a strate&shy;gic one for any organization.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>To avoid mak&shy;ing the wrong invest&shy;ment or invest&shy;ing too much, it&rsquo;s impor&shy;tant to pay atten&shy;tion to cer&shy;tain details.<\/p>\n\n<p>Above <em>all <\/em>, it&rsquo;s<em>best to &ldquo;stick to the soft&shy;ware stan&shy;dard&rdquo; to avoid the extra cost of spe&shy;cif&shy;ic (some&shy;times unnec&shy;es&shy;sary) devel&shy;op&shy;ments<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>The most com&shy;mon pit&shy;falls<\/strong> include&nbsp;:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A project team lack&shy;ing expe&shy;ri&shy;ence in project management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lack of author&shy;i&shy;ty of project man&shy;agers respon&shy;si&shy;ble for dates and budget<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Insuf&shy;fi&shy;cient resources with the required skills&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The absence of a struc&shy;tured method&shy;ol&shy;o&shy;gy for rec&shy;on&shy;cil&shy;ing resource com&shy;mit&shy;ments to dif&shy;fer&shy;ent projects<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The dik&shy;tat of inter&shy;nal poli&shy;cies and short-term requirements<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the most popular WMSs?&nbsp;<\/h3>\n\n<p>There are almost<strong>a hun&shy;dred WMS solu&shy;tions on the mar&shy;ket<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n<p>The choice will take into account the size of the com&shy;pa&shy;ny, its activ&shy;i&shy;ty, the desired func&shy;tion&shy;al&shy;i&shy;ties and its own growth prospects.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Solu&shy;tions<\/strong> can be divid&shy;ed into <strong>3 cat&shy;e&shy;gories<\/strong>: <\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>All-in-one&rdquo; ven&shy;dors<\/strong>: these are actu&shy;al&shy;ly ERP ven&shy;dors. The lat&shy;ter have expand&shy;ed their range of mod&shy;ules over the years to include WMS mod&shy;ules: this is the case for SAP, Cegid, Gener&shy;ix Infolog,&nbsp;&hellip;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sup&shy;ply Chain Exe&shy;cu&shy;tion spe&shy;cial&shy;ists: sup&shy;ply chain and logis&shy;tics spe&shy;cial&shy;ists, these pub&shy;lish&shy;ers offer com&shy;pre&shy;hen&shy;sive, rich and spe&shy;cial&shy;ized solu&shy;tions: Acteos, Hardis, <strong>Infor Cloud&shy;suite WMS<\/strong>, WMSRe&shy;flex, Man&shy;hat&shy;tan, KLS Logis&shy;tic, Inf&shy;flux, stock-IT, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ware&shy;house <strong>equip&shy;ment man&shy;u&shy;fac&shy;tur&shy;ers <\/strong>: sup&shy;pli&shy;ers of mech&shy;a&shy;niza&shy;tion and automa&shy;tion solu&shy;tions. The lat&shy;ter have devel&shy;oped WMS solu&shy;tions after their core busi&shy;ness. These solu&shy;tions inte&shy;grate eas&shy;i&shy;ly with their tools: Savoye, Mecalux, BK System&hellip;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Infor Cloud Suite&nbsp;WMS<\/h2>\n\n<p><strong>Infor Cloud&shy;Suite&trade; WMS<\/strong> (for&shy;mer&shy;ly Infor SCE) is a Gart&shy;ner* Mag&shy;ic Quad&shy;rant <strong>2022<\/strong> Leader in Ware&shy;house Man&shy;age&shy;ment Systems.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Deployed in near&shy;ly 60 coun&shy;tries<\/strong>, it com&shy;bines basic and advanced WMS func&shy;tion&shy;al&shy;i&shy;ty with workforce\/HR man&shy;age&shy;ment, and sup&shy;ports B2B and B2C order ful&shy;fill&shy;ment. This means greater pre&shy;ci&shy;sion, pro&shy;duc&shy;tiv&shy;i&shy;ty and flex&shy;i&shy;bil&shy;i&shy;ty for your orders. Our pres&shy;ence in numer&shy;ous ware&shy;hous&shy;es around the world means that we can con&shy;tin&shy;ue to devel&shy;op this spe&shy;cial&shy;ized soft&shy;ware in line with best practice.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Infor Cloud&shy;Suite WMS <\/strong>enables com&shy;pa&shy;nies to man&shy;age the activ&shy;i&shy;ties of their dis&shy;tri&shy;b&shy;u&shy;tion cen&shy;ters on a glob&shy;al scale. This solu&shy;tion com&shy;bines ware&shy;house order ful&shy;fill&shy;ment, work&shy;force man&shy;age&shy;ment and 3D visualization.<\/p>\n\n<p>As a result, it reduces process com&shy;plex&shy;i&shy;ty and improves oper&shy;a&shy;tional exe&shy;cu&shy;tion. Con&shy;fig&shy;urable and intu&shy;itive, the <strong>Cloud&shy;Suite WMS <\/strong>solu&shy;tion is ready to sup&shy;port all new-gen&shy;er&shy;a&shy;tion ware&shy;house oper&shy;a&shy;tions on an inter&shy;na&shy;tion&shy;al scale, boost&shy;ed by cut&shy;ting-edge technology.<\/p>\n\n<p><em>*Gart&shy;ner is a con&shy;sult&shy;ing and research firm in the field of advanced tech&shy;nol&shy;o&shy;gy, which pub&shy;lish&shy;es the results of its research every year in the form of com&shy;pa&shy;ny, solu&shy;tion or prod&shy;uct comparisons.<\/em><\/p>\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The benefits of Infor Cloud Suite&nbsp;WMS<\/h3>\n\n<p><strong>Infor Cloud&shy;Suite&trade; WMS<\/strong> is one of the inter&shy;na&shy;tion&shy;al leaders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>The solu&shy;tion pro&shy;vides a range of func&shy;tions to improve<strong>ware&shy;house effi&shy;cien&shy;cy and ROI <\/strong>for its customers:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>reduced per&shy;son&shy;nel and trans&shy;port costs, as well as CO2 emissions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>the breed&shy;ing ground for expand&shy;ing your com&shy;pa&shy;ny&rsquo;s ser&shy;vice offer&shy;ing and grow&shy;ing your cus&shy;tomer&nbsp;base<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>increase the per&shy;for&shy;mance of your logis&shy;tics operations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>increase your margins<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-red-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aloer.fr\/en\/category\/testimonies\/\">Our cus&shy;tomers testify<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"> <\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&shy;ev&shy;er your busi&shy;ness chal&shy;lenges or dri&shy;vers for change, ALOER can help you opti&shy;mize your oper&shy;a&shy;tions and ware&shy;hous&shy;ing&nbsp;space. WMS (Ware&shy;house Man&shy;age&shy;ment Sys&shy;tem) soft&shy;ware has rapid&shy;ly won over the retail and e&#8209;commerce sec&shy;tors. More and more com&shy;pa&shy;nies, includ&shy;ing SMEs, are adopt&shy;ing them to effec&shy;tive&shy;ly man&shy;age their sup&shy;ply chain and dif&shy;fer&shy;en&shy;ti&shy;ate them&shy;selves from the com&shy;pe&shy;ti&shy;tion. 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