More and more warehouse management systems (WMS) are appearing in the market to meet the needs of enterprises to better manage the supply chain. To fully exploit the benefits of WMS, mobile solutions can be used to digitize critical supply chain operations and replace manual processes.

The market size of WMS will continue to expand. Grand View Research 2021 Market Analysis predicts that WMS will grow at an annual rate of 15.3 percent between 2021 and 2028, with healthcare, manufacturing and retail companies expected to drive this growth. These companies are looking for ways to streamline operations, build new warehouses to meet increased customer demand, change the model of the supply chain, speed up product transportation, automate processes, etc., to increase production and meet growing consumer demand.

Real-time visibility

The introduction of WMS can improve the visibility of inventory, orders, and operations throughout the supply chain, but if the data is still manually entered into the WMS, there is no real improvement in efficiency and productivity. In addition, existing WMS solutions can be made more efficient by integrating new technologies.

Every piece of inventory, every order received and every shipment must be accounted for and tracked through warehouse processes. End-to-end real-time data visibility throughout the supply chain is critical to whether a company can process and deliver orders on time each time.

Using manual processes or older technologies to complete steps in a warehouse process can lead to inventory discrepancies, order errors, delivery delays, and reduced operational performance. Using effective mobility solutions to transform your supply chain can instantly improve inventory accuracy, reduce processing time, and increase productivity.

In addition to the benefits of inventory traceability, converting from a desktop workstation to a mobile device application can significantly reduce the operator’s walking time and automatically retrieve tasks during the move, eliminating the need to enter and query information back and forth, further increasing productivity.