Warehouse Management System for Small and Medium Sized Businesses
Small to Medium sized businesses thieved because they run their business optimized and efficiently. As they grow and the volume of orders increases, they face increased pressure to meet the needs of fulfilling orders in shorter time. The businesses have not experienced these demands before and do not have the technology to help them meet the demands. Warehouses need to have the ability to change the traditional ways they have been doing business.
Implementing a Warehouse Management System (WMS) allows small and medium sized businesses to rapidly increase current throughput and inventory utilization without increasing staff or floor space. It also provides the ability to meet the new demands and processes need for their customers. This strengthens current relationships and helps bring on new customers for increased revenues.
Small to Medium sized businesses should be looking for a WMS system which also provides order management and inventory management systems. Having all these functionalities in one software will keep the cost down, manpower can just need to train in one application, and easily increase the operational improvements that produce a return on investment (ROI).
Warehouse Management System for Healthcare
Healthcare clinics and hospitals may not have large inventories and warehouses to store medicine and equipment, but they might have complex requirements of supply chain. The pharmaceutical logistics can be challenging because many medications and medical equipment have specific storage needs, such as refrigeration, expiration date etc. They are also bound with government regulation where recalls of medications and equipment are very strictly followed. A WMS can help healthcare facilities and distributors of medical suppliers to manage their operations efficiently.
Take a lot number (or batch number) functionality that is heavily used in pharmaceutical industry. A WMS system can handle lot numbers and expiration dates. When goods are received, the lot number and expiration date for the received goods can be entered. The WMS will assign a bin where the received goods are stored. WMS can alert the closing expiration of the goods in the warehouse and their locations. WMS can also lead the picker to pick the close to expiry date goods at the time of customers’ orders fulfillment.
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