WMS Benefits and Successful Project Planning

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1 WMS Benefits and Successful Project Planning WMS OVERVIEW & BENEFITS

2 BENEFITS OF WMS Warehouse Management Solutions Flexible, configurable rules and work flow steps associated with Receiving QA, Directed Put Away, Slotting Staging, Zones, Picking, Packing, TMS needs for shipping, increase productivity/efficiencies of order fulfilment Picking logic; Pick & Pass; Pick face; Pick module, Wave/Zone, Pick path, Pick to Clear, Pick to light, Case & Piece Physical & Cycle Counting methods real time giving you accuracy and visibility of SKUs/Inventory 24/7 Pallet ID Tracking, Carton/Case, Eaches, UPC/Bar RFID Code Id Tracking, Kitting/Light Assembly of Inventory Load planning, 3PL mgt and, Zone skipping, Materal handling and storage designs racking type, bulk, yard etc. Serial, Lot Number & Expiry Date/Best Before Date/Manufacture Date, FIFO Tracking RF wireless network integration WLAN to existing LAN and optional internet applications and data integration Highly Configurable, & Scalable systems to match YOUR needs, processes, and operational requirements Minimizes Order Ship Times, increases order throughput, therefore driving more line items and orders per day Increases Throughput & Inventory Turns, more importantly understanding ABC Item/Cube Velocity, Labour productivity Optimizes Warehouse Space for pick locations, using ABC Velocity, Cubing/Weight analysis + other analytics Eliminate Paperbased methods and trails & Manual Processes in Warehouse with real time data integration & RF Eliminates Data Entry Errors with Real-Time Data Capture Inventory Allocations to ERP or enterprise mgt systems Ship the Right Goods, On Time, Every Time with no errors or returns due to wrong SKUs/Qty, save shipping costs Great ROI & lower TCO total cost of ownership with automated, real time WMS linked to your ERP and TMS systems Copyright 2016 INFO Analytics Page 2 of 7

3 WMS Consulting INFO Analytics Which Scope of Services Does INFO Analytics WMS Consulting Offer? Pursuing new paths in logistics means to define goals and to find the most suitable solution. The interdisciplinary Info Analytics WMS Project s comprising qualified staff in systems analysis, project management, ERP, WMS, TMS, Data management experts will help you find a suitable Warehouse Management System (WMS) in a constructive and efficient manner. Info Analytics runs information platforms for the comparison of WMS and related vendors. Thereby the functional aspects of WMS are validated once a year by the experts of Info Analytics and provided to users to choose suitable WMS-vendors and systems. The specific market know-how on the one hand and the manufacturerindependence and objectivity of Info Analytics on the other hand, enables a requirement fitting, customized consultancy in search of a suitable WMS-vendor. Your profit is a constantly up-to-date market overview and a maximized decision-making reliability. When implementing a WMS, Info Analytics provides support within the WMS Consulting from process analysis through defining requirements up to tendering and realization of the custom-fit WMS for your field of application. If in-house design methodology, we will provide scope, design specification reviews, risk assessment, comparison analysis versus third party WMS vendors solutions and final evaluations to determine success or potential failure of current design or integration deployment methodologies. Copyright 2016 INFO Analytics Page 3 of 7

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5 WMS Consulting Requirements The first step of our WMS Consulting involves capturing your processes, Key Performance Indicators, configurations, existing WMS functionality, interfaces, and planning-related restrictions and specifications within the scope of a warehouse inspection. The existing processes are considered along the material flow, beginning with incoming orders through goods receipt up to goods issue, and aligned to future developments. By asking targeted questions, Info Analytics ensures an efficient recording of all WMS-relevant aspects. The requirements for future WMS are concretised in technical discussions with employees from different specific fields, to bring them together in formal requirement specifications later on. Identified weaknesses and potentials are prepared and documented in a catalogue of weaknesses. WMS Consulting Specifications During phase of specifications we support you, within the scope of workshops, to compile and adopt requirement specifications. These specifications basically describe»what«the WMS has to offer without saying»how«this has to be realized. Requirement specifications should be written as general as possible and as restrictive as necessary. They are based on the structure of VDI guideline 3601»Warehouse-Management-Systems«. Next to creating specifications, we prepare a requirements profile for the present case of the customer, using the WMS Online Selection of our WMS Database. This allows a functional ranking of possible WMS according to their expected performance in a specific application as well as the preselection of suitable WMS-vendors (shortlist) or inhouse WMS project management and then request detailed scope and project design flow charts and project implementation timeline documentation along with data schema documentation. WMS Consulting Tendering (if purchasing third party solutions) Within the framework of tendering, tendering documents (requirement specifications and relevant attachments) are sent to the preselected WMS-vendors. (If ripping and replacing existing WMS with third party WMS vendor software). During announcement Info Analytics assumes tendering management of dates, deadlines and responses. (if purchasing third party solutions) When the offers are returned the bidders are requested to provide any missing information and to change the content so that the offers can be compared more easily. For decision making it is usually not enough to compare functional and monetary facts and figures of the bids. That is why we are organising and moderating vendor presentation workshops, where the vendor gets the chance to present his offer personally. Afterwards it is possible to perform an additional workshop for a joint, systematically decision making and assessment. At the end of the tendering phase a contract award recommendation is submitted for your decision on solution best fitting your overall needs for present and future goals and objectives of your company. Copyright 2016 INFO Analytics Page 5 of 7

6 WMS Consulting Realization During implementation of the new WMS, Info Analytics supports you to test and evaluate the functional specifications and the documentation provided by the vendor or by the in-house company I.T. software development team. We will also help you with technical clarifications for any changes and adaptations in scope of delivery. If desired, Info Analytics WMS will support you with the roll out and successful initial operation of the new WMS and the formal acceptance of the system by all of the technical teams or if in-house provide an assessment document analyzing risk assessment and SWOT strengths, weaknesses, opportunities to improve design/deployment, threats to single or multiple warehouse deployment of vendor or custom WMS designs. WMS Consulting Contact Would you like to learn more about INFO Analytics? Please feel free to contact directly: INFO Analytics Tel: (289) PROJECT MANAGEMENT of a WMS More see next page on Project Mgt Overview Copyright 2016 INFO Analytics Page 6 of 7

7 Activity Group Activity Man Days Project Management Executive Monitoring and Controlling during course of project, team members Discovery Infrastructure Assessment? Requirements Needs Analysis Discovery? Physical review of sites, process-data flow? Configuration GAP Analysis Risk, Scope? Construction Integration touchpoints with ERP/TMS? Commissioning and Cutover WMS Configuration? Data Migration and Setup? ERP & TMS System Integration? Integration Testing? User Acceptance Testing Go or No Go Risk Assessment Cutover Control? Training on site course (train the trainers)? Warehousing Order Fulfilment, Supply Chain & KPI Reporting Dashboards Cutover Execution GO LIVE totals above? Support Post Go-Live On-going yearly Support? TBD Total Quoted Project Man Days TBD??? Copyright 2016 INFO Analytics Page 7 of 7