Introduction

Warehouse Management Systems have long been known to provide improvements in business operations so dramatic that the cost of implementation can be recovered in a few months.

This section is a compilation of benefits experienced by Access Data Systems customers.

Benefits resulting in direct cost savings

• Since inventory actions are confirmed at the time of the action by scanning bar codes, inventory is more accurate, inventory errors are reduced, and the labor to follow up on errors is eliminated.
• Data entry for receiving, picking and shipping is automated, reducing labor.
• Increased inventory accuracy allows reduced inventory levels, increasing inventory turns.
• Physical inventory is replaced with cycle counts, saving inventory labor and disruption of personnel and shipping schedules.
• Exact inventory locations are known, reducing the time spent looking for inventory.
• Picking and put-away time is reduced because of automatic optimum routing and automatic replenishment notification for forward picking locations.
• Integration with transportation systems such as UPS and FEDEX to eliminate duplication of data entry.

Intangible Benefits

• Increased inventory accuracy and availability, improving sales and eliminating discrepancies between orders taken and orders shipped.
• Improved shipment accuracy, increasing customer satisfaction.
• Improved control over inventory decisions.
• Reduced management time dealing with inventory problems.
• Salespeople have more immediate access to shipping/tracking information for answering customer inquiries.
• Employee productivity statistics are maintained, enabling motivational employee action and yielding improved productivity.
• Inventory action history can be reviewed using the audit trail to research product or order information. User names and date/times are captured enabling determination of who received, moved or shipped inventory and when the action took place.