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The Benefits of Warehouse Distribution Software

Warehouse Distribution Software helps businesses make their processes more efficient, which saves time and money.  Warehouse Distribution Software makes order fulfillment more accurate, quicker and more streamlined.  Saving time and money with efficient and streamlined processes makes businesses more competitive, which is important in today’s recovering economy.

Warehouse Distribution Software is typically sold as a suite with several modules.  Some of these modules, or groupings of functionality, might include:
•    Inventory Management
•    Slotting
•    Cross-Docking
•    Work Management / Task Management
•    Voice Distribution

Inventory Management functionality helps business optimize their ability to manage their inventory by making the whole process more automated.   Automated processes may improve accuracy, improve order fill rates, and improve rotations.  Slotting is a method of organizing your warehouse to eliminate errors, increase productivity, and decrease pick time.  For example, with slotting functionality, items that go together are stored next to or near each other.  Storing the shampoo next to the conditioner is smart slotting.  Cross-Docking is a way of coordinating in-bound shipments with out-bound shipments.   With optimized Cross-Docking, shipments spend as little time as possible on inventory in the warehouse.  Work Management and Task Management functionality helps businesses organize employees and tasks to enable multi-tasking to improve overall productivity.  Improving productivity improves fill rates and makes warehouses more competitive.  Voice Distribution technology or functionality enables warehouse personnel to use their voice to direct their distribution needs.  Employees talk into a hands free computer device that converts speech.

Warehouse Distribution Software solutions vary from vendor to vendor.  Each Warehouse Distribution Software vendor offers different functionality and a different user-interface.  Organizations must find a Warehouse Distribution Software solution that best suits their warehouse needs.  Some popular Warehouse Distribution Software vendors are; Oracle, Infor, SAP, Microsoft, and Epicor.  Warehouse Distribution Software may also be referred to as Warehouse Management Software.  There are different types of Warehouse Distribution Software solutions on the market today.  There are SaaS (Software as a Service) solutions, on-site proprietary solutions, and open source solutions.  There are advantages and disadvantages all each of these types of solutions.  SaaS Warehouse Distribution solutions are often well-suited to small and medium sized warehouses.  Larger warehouses typically opt for on-site solutions with robust functionality to handle difficult or complicated warehouse needs. 

Written by :

kristine H