Every business wants to cut unnecessary warehouse costs, but the problem is, with the same old operational flow. Unwanted warehouse costs depend on different factors, but poor inventory handling, inefficient space utilization, wrong stock placement, delayed orders, frequent mis-picks, and improper raw/finished goods storage top the list. When items are not stored in their ideal slots, workers waste time locating them. When there is no real-time tracking of inventory movement, the result is over-ordering and stockouts. Additionally, without a warehouse management system to guide FIFO or FEFO usage, expired or obsolete items make losses.
The good news? Most of these problems are fixable. You do not need to restructure your warehouse or hire more people. What you really need is a system that can order these complex problems in a smart, efficient way. A Warehouse Management System (WMS) especially when integrated with our ebizframe intelligent ERP, is the perfect solution to handle all these complexities in an efficient and cost-effective way. How? Let’s explore.
The ebizframe Intelligent ERP uses system-directed put-away and dynamic slotting to guide staff on where to place each item. It considers factors like size, weight, how frequently an item is picked, and whether special handling is required. This intelligent approach leads to faster picking, reduced time wasted searching for items, fewer mispicks, and more effective use of storage space. As a result, businesses experience lower operational costs, smoother warehouse operations, and a significant boost in overall efficiency.
Cross docking in ebizframe’s Warehouse Management System (WMS) enables the direct transfer of incoming goods to outbound vehicles with minimal or no storage. It accelerates the order fulfillment process, especially useful for groceries and other perishable goods. On the top of it, embedded RPA bots in ebizframe helps in matching incoming shipments with corresponding sales orders in real-time. This reduces manual effort, eliminates matching and also automatically flags any discrepancies which improves overall operational accuracy.
The WMS integrated with our intelligent ERP software, ebizframe, intelligently groups orders and assigns picking zones so workers do not waste time walking back and forth across the warehouse. The software suggests the shortest and most efficient route to pick multiple items simultaneously (even if they're in the same aisle or different zones). This speeds up the order fulfillment process and reduces worker time, fatigue and errors and ultimately cost.
In a warehouse powered by WMS, products or batches are tagged with barcodes or RFID labels, which store critical information like batch number, manufacturing date, and expiry date. When items are scanned during picking, the WMS records and validates the scanned item against FIFO or FEFO rules. The system ensures older stock is picked before newer stock to reduce waste and ensure that fresher items are delivered to the customer.
If the picker scans an incorrect item then the system will immediately alert the user, preventing mis-picks. Additionally, RFID scanning functions on non-line-of-sight capability which is beneficial for high-speed scanning while ensuring accuracy.
This way you can fasten your inventory scanning process, prevent mis-picks, use FIFO/FEFO method using ebizframe intelligent ERP which will directly save you cost and time.
If you get the insights about the labor related cost, it would be very beneficial to make the operations leaner and more efficient. Warehouse management systems can provide real-time visibility into labor schedules, working hours, cost, overtime, productivity gaps, and other critical information.
With warehouse management, you always know what is in your warehouse, where it is, and how much is left. The information of every stock across all locations, including items in transit and stores, is based on the RFID and barcode scanning technology tracking system. On top of it, our WMS system, when integrated with our ebizframe intelligent ERP, enables features like cycle counting. You do not have to count things manually, which is highly time-consuming and prone to errors.
To know how our WMS integrated with ebizframe Intelligent ERP can help and fit in your business operations please schedule a free meeting with our expert team by dropping an email at marketing@ebizframe.com, who will examine your process flow and guide you.
