Why not an inventory management system?
An Inventory management system is focused just on the direct management of items for inventory. A typical Inventory management system will perform basic inventory control, receiving and shipping functions at individual item levels. These solutions are normally applications, which perform specific functions and offer little or no integration with other systems. On the other hand WMS builds upon the basic inventory management functions of an Inventory Management System to include all of the operational requirements of a warehouse. Features • Purchase Order, Receiving and put away modules • Inventory Control • Order fulfillment • Invoicing • Mobile Computing • Recommends on slotting • Avoids bad-data syndrome by using HHD and achieving “go where the data is” to feed information timely. • Optional CRM and Sales Analysis module • Traceability of data • Future-proof and flexible • Integration with third party applications Advantages Warehouses and distribution centers are at the heart of mov