Warehousing solutions are systems designed to control, optimize, and provide visibility into all activities inside a warehouse or distribution center. Their purpose is to ensure products move efficiently through receiving, storage, picking, packing, and shipping—while keeping costs down and service levels high.
The value delivered from warehousing solutions often comes from the optimization capabilities that drive measurable ROI. These go beyond just tracking inventory; they actively make warehouse operations faster, cheaper, and more accurate.
Investing in warehousing solutions is important because the warehouse is no longer just a storage facility — it’s now a strategic hub in the supply chain. Customers expect faster delivery, lower costs, and greater accuracy, and without the right systems, warehouses can easily become bottlenecks.
SCT works with clients to develop organizational capabilities to ensure the right information is collected and presented, with the right simulation capabilities, to enable effective cross-enterprise planning. Benefits we help our clients achieve include:
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- Improve operational efficiency and productivity
- Reduce labor costs and drive higher levels of employee satisfaction and retention
- Implement effective order fulfillment and exception management capabilities to deliver a satisfactory customer experience
- Effectively orchestrate work distribution and resource utilization
- Introduce interoperability of automation with agility and repeatability
Critical areas where SCT helps to drive performance include:
- Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) – A WMS provides inventory, labor, space, and order optimization capabilities and provide efficiency, visibility, and scalability. Advanced systems offer optimization capabilities for space and slotting, labor productivity, order wave and workload prioritization, and automation orchestration, as well as advanced analytics.
- Labor Management Systems – LMS focus on workforce productivity inside the warehouse, Labor Management Systems track labor standards, productivity, and workforce scheduling. Advanced solutions offer enhanced employee engagement capabilities.
- Automation Integration – Provide ready-made interoperability with a broad set of automation providers to streamline the implementation and orchestration of AGVs, AMRs, conveyors, and AS/RS.
- Warehouse Execution Systems – A Warehouse Execution System (WES) sits between a traditional Warehouse Management System (WMS) and the warehouse’s automation equipment or workforce, acting as the orchestration layer. Think of it as the “traffic controller” that directs how and when tasks are executed in real time. Whereas a WMS plans what needs to be done (orders to fulfill, stock to move), a WES decides how to do it most efficiently at that moment, especially when automation and people are both involved.
- Track and Trace Solutions – Track and trace solutions are systems that let companies monitor the movement, location, and status of products and materials across the supply chain — from raw materials, through manufacturing and warehousing, all the way to the customer. They provide end-to-end visibility and traceability so that every item can be identified, tracked in real time, and traced backward if needed (for recalls, compliance, or audits).
