Warehouse keeps evolving in order to keep up with the heavy management tasks. Warehouse management complexity consists of multitude of inventory and wide range of temperature in set environment. It is a tough industrial application because it requires a lot of careful planning for logistics in order to satisfy requirements of high safety standards, low errors, quality assurance and high efficiency.
Material input/output management and examination are the duty of a warehouse. As quantity inconsistency is the most common problem in handwritten vouchers, personnel will be unable to capture the exact quantity of material input, shipping, and stock and implement first in first out (FIFO) control. Even worse, personnel will need to spend more time on finding raw materials, and can not trace incoming materials effectively. IEI thus introduces Warehouse Management System (WMS) to provide convenient and traceable management through cloud computing.
Benefits of Warehouse Management System
● Ensure traceability for raw material input and product shipping.
● Shorten material selection and shipping time.
● Enhance warehouse management efficiency and accuracy.
● Ensure real-time warehouse information.
● Minimize customer complaints from man-induced mistakes.
● Enable real-time capture of fleet status and enhance vehicle dispatch flexibility.
Challenges of Warehouse Management
Effective warehouse management is challenging because the environment is difficult to work with as tasks from receiving inventory, asset management/tracking, order selection to shipping and delivering require high safety standard, low errors, quality assurance and high efficiency. There are many factors and requirements to consider before implementing smart automation solution into the warehouse management system.
Requirements to Implement Smart Warehousing Solution
Vehicles are one of the important elements in warehousing logistics. In order to successfully manage the vehicles, the management system requires:
