Course Objectives
On completion of this course you should be able to:
- Determine the purpose of warehouse management systems and a description of their costs and benefits.
- Discuss the build-versus-buy choice is discussed.
- Define the organizational impact and describe the short and long-term effect.
- Understand how to buy a WMS, the project team that must be assembled, the marketplace for commercial systems.
- List the types of systems available and how to go about choosing among them, the creation of a Request for Proposal and the evaluation of responses.
- Apply a methodology for justifying/funding a system for installation, as well as an ongoing operation and maintenance.
Course Outline
Warehouse Management Systems
- Purpose
- Core Function
- Core data
- Basic processes and Functions
- Additional processes and Functions
- Industry-Specific Function and Feature
- Features and Functions Not Included
WMS Costs and Benefits
- ERP Systems vs. Best-of-Breed
- Hardware and Infrastructure Costs
- Software and Infrastructure Costs
- Software costs
- Other project costs
- Ongoing operating costs
- Benefits
- Calculating ROI
- WMS Weaknesses
- Organizational Impact
- Who Should Have a WMS?
The WMS Project
- First Time vs. Reinstallation
- Make vs. Buy
- Timeline Expectations
- Achieving Success
- Project Staff Turnover
- User-Supplier Relations
Commercially Available Systems
- Brief Industry History
- Major Product Options
- Dealing in the Market Today
Buying a WMS
- Identify concept
- Form Project Team
- Identify Needs
- Contact Suppliers and Select Initial Group
- Create and Issue RFI
- Select Short List
- Create and Issue RFQ
- Final Supplier Selection
- Contract Negotiation
The Installation Project
- Before Installing
- Kickoff Meeting
- Conference Room Pilot
- Modification and Preparation
- Installation
- Mock Go-Live
- Final Review
- Go-Live
Ongoing Operation
- Monitoring
- Maintaining
- Extending Value
- Upgrades
- Maintaining Supplier Relations
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