Preparing Your Data for WMS from Principal Logistics Technologies

Despite the advantages of warehouse management systems (WMS) there are still some businesses that continue to rely on paper-based processes, simple spreadsheets or databases, or the limited warehouse management functionality of general enterprise applications. None of these is likely to offer the breadth of functionality and advanced benefits available through a specialist WMS although of course there is always the argument that “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it”. Another reason against moving to a fully-fledged WMS has been that the scale of the business did not warrant, or could not justify, the investment. This has changed with the advent of the software-as-a-service WMS applications which require relatively little upfront investment and are priced according to a predictable “per user” monthly fee model.