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"Through its mature processes and metrics driven approach, Wipro has optimised our supply chain enabling us to provide superior service to our customers. This has led to returns in terms of retention of existing customers and attracting new ones."
Phil Stubbington
Service Delivery Head - Global Freight Management
Exel
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Warehouse Management
Warehouse Management continues to be the most important factor in the supply chain execution strategy of any wholesale distributor. It can also be a source of significant competitive advantage to any distributor as it encompasses several processes like goods receipt, cross docking, yard management, bar coding , physical inventory management and outbound processes. Distributors should have greater visibility into advanced shipping notices ( ASN ) , planned receipts and dispatches to identify cross docking opportunities or optimize labor management to increase warehouse throughput and reduce investment in storage space. A distributor’s warehouse management system should have the ability to leverage this receiving information to determine put away processes that optimize the product flow from dock to stock . The high number of Stock keeping units ( SKU ) , vendor/ regulatory compliance ( like mandatory UPC coding) and an increasing number of claims for perishable products force a distributor’s warehouse management system to capture product and transaction information that will act as inputs to financial reporting or claims management processes.
A distributor’s warehouse should also be supported by an efficient yard management system to schedule trailer movement , remove bottlenecks, provide upstream and downstream visibility. Efficient yard management can improve a distributor’s customer satisfaction metrics by facilitating on time delivery or proactive delay notifications. The advent of new technologies like RFID have the potential to redefine the way distributors manage their high volume warehouses. However the unprecedented wave of consolidation in the distribution industry, changing business models , proliferation of legacy systems are preventing distributors from realizing proper return on their technology investments in the Warehouse management space.
Wipro’s Warehouse management expertise coupled with strong integration capabilities can help any distributor to select and deploy a WMS solution that will not only drive process efficiencies but also integrate seamlessly with existing systems. Wipro’s expertise in Service Oriented Architecture ( SOA ) will ensure that your WMS system will communicate seamlessly with Enterprise resource planning ( ERP) , Point of sale , reverse logistics an transportation systems. Wipro’s alliances with leading product vendors like Manhattan Associates, Red Prairie and high Jump coupled with its expertise in latest technologies like RFID can radically redefine the way distributors manage their warehouses. |
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