Agile, Flexible, Error-Free Operations
Operational Excellence
To thrive in the warehousing industry, it is essential to maintain customer loyalty while continually enhancing efficiency to meet the pricing and service demands of today's 3PL clients. You must deliver exception performance at a competitive price. The key is warehouse operational excellence. But how you get there?
Improved Operational Throughput & Profitability
Designed by a team of industry experts the WMS123 operational model solves the challenges of 3PL and Distribution warehousing businesses, ehancing efficiency and bolster profitability
Overview
The efficiency, profitability, and customer satisfaction of your warehouse are directly influenced by the operational processes employed within your facilities. Ineffective execution can reduce throughput, waste labor, and constrain your revenue potential. To boost performance, it’s essential to identify and address the core issues disrupting workflow.
The developers of WMS123 believe that optimizing warehouse operations requires a blend of industry-leading process design and cutting-edge technology to target the root causes of inefficiency.
With WMS123’s best practice processes, you can effectively overcome operational challenges across all areas of your 3PL or distribution business
the path to operational excellence
1
PREPARE & SETUP
2
CLIENT Onboarding
3
Inbound
4
OPTIMization
5
fulfillment
6
client tools
7
Metrics
Location Matrix
Create a detailed location matrix for your warehouse that will be used by WMS123 to minimize warehouse travel, make location recommendations, and help you optimize your available space
Barcoding & Labelling
Inventory locations and stored product should be properly barcoded to support inventory accuracy, eliminate errors, and speed up transaction processing
Devices
We’ll help you choose the right devices and printers to get the most out of the tools WMS123 offers. WMS123 supports both Android and iOS devices as well as any other “old school” devices that can operate under Windows
We’re Here to Help
Our team is focused on helping you set up WM123 so you can get the most out of your investment and will do what it takes to ensure you get the results you want
Client Data
WMS123 contains detailed customer records that allow you to set detailed preferences for billing rules, fulfillment rules, freight rules and carriers and other process specific functions
Product Data
Easily upload detailed product data from your client using Excel-based templates
Inventory Data
To load client inventory into WMS123 you can use an Inbound Order or upload a cycle count. Using an Inbound Order and Receiving provides the most process flexibility, such as labelling and licence plating.
Inbound Orders
An Inbound Order is created to notify WMS123 of the pending arrival of inventory from your client. This order can be created through the WMS123 Client Web Portal, through EDI (EDI 943 or 856), XML, or other direct client interfacing methods. The Inbound Order also contains estimated arrival dates to facilitate planning and communication during supply chain shortages.
Dock Scheduling
Appointments for Inbound Receiving can be made by assigning a receiving time slot and a dock to the Inbound Order. This appointment scheduling
Receiving
When goods arrive the objective is to offload the container to the loading dock as quickly as possible to avoid demurrage and clear the door. WMS123 will allow you to receive the order to the dock, where you can verify the content, record lot numbers and prepare products for induction into the warehouse
Pallet ID’s
Put Away
Using the Put Away application is the best way to induct goods into the warehouse in a lgocial manner. WMS123 will recommend locations that ensure that low-volume goods do not occupy primary high-volume real estate within your warehouse. Put Away is a key factor in warehouse space optimization.
Consoldiation
Optimizing available space in your warehouse is all about consolidation of inventory. As pallet positions are depleted you can end up with a lot of poorly utilized space. WMS123 provides tools for consolidating inventory that keep your space utilization levels optimized
Inventory Accuracy
Monitor inventory accuracy within intuitive processes that launch cycle counts as discrepancies are identified in real-time
Order Sources
WMS123 can gather orders from a wide variety of E-Commerce, EDI, XML, flat file, and other data sources used by your clients.
Fulfillment Automation
WMS123 always considers client fulfillment rules when generating picks to ensure the most efficient fulfillment methods are applied to each order to ensure maximum throughput
Paperless Fulfillment
Using the location matrix you created in Step 1, WMS123 guides your pick teams through the warehouse using Android applications that ensure accuracy and minimize picker travel
Sorting & Packing
The WMS123 Packing Station provides efficient sorting and packing for products in containers
TMS Integration
When you utilize one of the rules-based TMS platforms that are integrated with WMS123, your Packing Station becomes a full automated freight machine that includes rate shopping, tracking data return, labelling and automates the freight billing process. Orders close automatically as packages are manifested
3PL Client Portal
Provide real-time inventory and fulfillment data to your client through a personalized web-portal which also supports order entry and offers a variety of available client reports
Activity Reports
Provide a host of automated reports delivered at the end of day to the portal or emailed directly to your client
Low-Tech Clients
For you clients that may not have the proper technology required to communicate directly with WMS123, the 3PL Client Web Portals allows them to place both Inbound and Outbound orders
Labour Efficiency
Generate labour efficiency metrics based on warehouse floor order logging
Pick Efficiency
Analyze pick efficiency by client, product type, and employee
Service Level Attainment
Measure your delivery performance against performance metrics demanded by your clients
Client Profitability
Plot client revenue against categorized expenses to better understand overall client profitability
WMS123 operational benefits
