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WAREHOUSE AUTOMATED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS SELECTION

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PDF: Author(s): Ovchinnikova A. V., Petrova A. A., Silina A. V.,
Number of journal: 3(52) Date: August 2020
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Today the Russian warehouse infrastructure is actively developing, despite the problems such as low level of management skills and uneven distribution of warehouse complexes throughout the country. It is possible to overcome these difficultiesthanks to technological innovations, new scientific approaches and competent specialists. Hence, there is an urgent need for modern and high-quality warehouse complexes that will meet the requirements of all participants of the commodity turnover. This article discusses modern trends of warehouse management, types of WMS (Warehouse Management System), their functionality, costs, duration of their adaptation and the main difficulties that arise when introducing a system to an enterprise. The work identifies the most popular platforms on which the software is based and the aspects of choosing the appropriate product for the company. The main problems of the choice of a WMS system as well as a software provider are described. Typical mistakes faced by most customers when starting automation of the warehouse complexes are also highlighted. The main criteria for making the right decision when choosing a WMS system based on the company’s budget, number of the users of the system, after-sales service, staff training requirements, duration of the adaptation of the software product is presented. According to the experts, there are many different options of warehouse system management on the current Russian market. Despite the annually growing number of their implementations, the need for a suitable supplier and aperfect WMS solution remains an urgent problem nowadays [1].

Keywords:

logistics, logistics system, warehousing, WMS, warehouse, automation, types of warehouse management systems, box systems, adaptive systems, custom systems.

For citation:

Ovchinnikova A. V., Silina A. V., Petrova A. A. Warehouse automated management systems selection. Business. Education. Law, 2020, no. 3, pp. 88–93. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2020.52.344.