The previous few weeks I have had the pleasure to connect with a lot of professionals from the supply and logistics industry.
A warm welcome to them into my network.
If you’re confused about the right time to get a WMS, here are top 3 signs that can help you make the right decision.
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Whether you have an in-house developed WMS or one from a third party, you need a lot of critical support.
Especially if you had opted for a lean WMS, following which an ERP was implemented focusing on other operational modules such as FI, CO, Inventory Mgt, PP etc.
More often warehouse needs are overlooked during such implementations.
Warehouse operations have to work with the provided WMS features, which is often restrictive.
As a result, you end up with half-manual and half-system-based operations.
There will be lot of individual centric knowledge due to the flawed system mapping in WMS. The risk is higher as the individuals tend to move out of the organization after a period of time.
To cope with this, you’ll either need to end up in more training of existing manual-based process or at the mercy of the ERP vendor’s system upgrade.
If you find that it’s costlier to get the workaround done for your existing WMS to work effectively, it’s time to upgrade to a full-fledged new WMS.
There’s no sense in continuing with something that has a higher operational cost/difficulty than the acquisition cost.
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In a perfect world, the WMS you’re relying upon should be in real time sync with your ERP.
The synchronization of data should be effortless and seamless so that other departments of your organization such as purchase, finance, sales can rely upon it to make decisions quickly whenever necessary.
If you find information silos are constricting the WMS process, it’s a clear sign business functions aren’t synchronized anymore.
You need a new WMS that has the scope to keep evolving to match your ERP without any glitches.
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Congratulations on the rapid growth of your business!
You’re filled with new hope and beaming with pride looking at the amazing expansion your business is undergoing.
You might feel tempted to stick to the existing WMS to avoid making any new investments. But believe me the right WMS can be a game changer.
The new WMS, if chosen wisely, can actually help your business sustain the growth spurt by helping deal efficiently with new orders that will be swamping your business.
It’s time to impress your new gen clients with timely order fulfillment and accuracy. Your new WMS would be the best tool for this.
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Domnic Regies Amalraj
Co-Founder & Director, Tekclover
