An Alternative to Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)... Extended Applications

Released: May 2 2008 | Duration: 11:48 | Size: 4.8MB

Radley Corporation Vice President David Barks points out the pitfalls of stand-alone Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) technology. He suggests that manufacturers should instead consider extending their existing enterprise software into the warehouse. One of these pitfalls is the fact that even after integrating WMS and an enterprise application like ERP, a manufacturer still winds up running two separate inventory systems.