Presenter
Ken Mullen
Strategic Account Executive enVista
什么是WMS？
- A highly specialized business application that’s purpose is to control the flow of inventory into, within and out of a company’s distribution center (DC)
–Four Walls –Between Multiple DCs –Enterprise Visibility
- WMS knows where all orders/inventory is at all times (Four Walls)
What is a WCS?- A Warehouse Control System (WCS) is a real-time integrated control solution that manages many types of automated equipment: conveyor, sorters, cameras,ASRS, pick to light, carrousels, print and apply
- WCS exchange real-time communications (milliseconds),command processing, discrete equipment signals, and the optimization of material (multiple UOML: units,cartons and pallets)
What is a WES?- Warehouse Execution Systems optimize and balance how work is performed on automated equipment
- Warehouse Execution Systems dynamically allocate orders based upon WCS inputs (machine language)
Warehouse Management Systems- Do Not control machine language (ladder logic and PLCs)
- Do Not control machine controls (starters and motors)
- Do Not control Put to Light, Sorters, Conveyors, Print and Apply and ASRS
- Do Not track carton level LPNs on automation equipment
- Do Not provide a GUI (ACAD) layout of your automation system
- Do Not dynamically allocate or balance orders and replenishment inventory across an automated facility (typically no integration to automated equipment)
Warehouse Control Systems- Do Not interface with your ERP (typically, there are exceptions)
- Do Not hard allocate inventory in reserve or forward pick locations
- Do Not support wave management strategies
- Are Not your inventory of record (Four-Walls inventory)
- Do Not support extensive cycle counting and physical inventory processes
- Do Not support labor management and allocation
- Do Not support transportation planning and shipping execution
Warehouse Execution Systems- Do Not manage all inventory locations within 4 Walls (typically, there are exceptions)
- Do Not support Transportation Planning and Shipping Execution (typically, there are exceptions)
- Do Not support extensive cycle counting and physical inventory processes
Case Study #1
• $800M Fashion Apparel Company
• Tier 1 WMS
• WCS Required for Put to Light and Conveyor
• However the WCS was used for discrete order picking…
• WCS assumed inventory was always in the forward pick
location and did not manage, allocate or control the inventory
Case Study #2
• $4B Shoe Retailer (Highly Automated)
• Tier 1 WMS
• Managed IB Receipts
• Inventory Control
• Replenishment to the Tilt Tray
• Forward picking for accessory items
• Allocation
• WCS for Conveyor and Print and Apply
• 8 inbound lanes with 2 to 1 merge
• Put-away loop with sortation
• 17 outbound lanes for pool point shipment
• Separate Controls for the Tilt Tray
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