Is it Time
for a Warehouse
Management
System?
By Stacy War d, Man agin g Editor
fedastacy@ izon .n et
ver
N
ot if you can���t take care of the basics,
according to consultant and author Bob Footlik.
To determine if his clients��� current system can
withstand the rigors of implementation, he
starts with a walkthrough of the warehouse���
and one unconventional stroll through the parking lot. What he finds there is typically a foreshadowing of either major headaches or major
improvements in efficiency throughout the
warehouse. Something every warehouse management system (WMS) is capable of delivering
as long as the all-important trinity of warehousing is in place, says Footlik, the president of
warehousing and material handling consulting
firm Footlik & Associates. ���Unless the facility,
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