Reduction of warehouse operation time
It is possible to divide responsibilities into commercial and warehouse departments within the warehouse management system. As a result, tasks are performed more efficiently. Thanks to this, employees do not see documents that do not concern them. They are divided with a view to the status and level of completion of a given document.
Example: an order placed by a customer is accepted by the commercial department, which verifies it. As an order is received, it is transferred to the warehouse, which completes it by, for instance, packing it into a parcel. When the warehouse finishes work, the commercial department receives the relevant information about a completed order. That allows for issuing a sales document, e.g., an invoice.
This division facilitates the performance of a large number of tasks. As a result, the efficiency is improved.
Reduction of administrative costs
by eliminating the manual entering of data and their aggregation
One of the main purposes of this warehouse management system is to automate work in the warehouse. The Asiston WMS makes it possible with the automatic generation of documents.
Processes such as entry, release, inter-warehousing transfer, inventory, and other economic events are performed by generating of the relevant document in the accounting and warehouse system. Thanks to this automation, the company can reduce costs caused by the time-consuming entry of records in the ERP system.
Full integration and data exchange with ERP system
Full integration allows for exchanging documents and information, such as status, updates, and information about goods or contractors, which are later transferred to the ERP or Asiston WMS systems. Consequently, it is not necessary to complete or manually rewrite documents.
The data is exchanged in real time thanks to state-of-the-art technologies, whichare another important benefit of the system. That allows for transferring data from the ERP to the Asiston WMS vice versa (within a few milliseconds). Moreover, the warehouse management system provides integration with couriers. With modern technologies, it is possible to generate consignment notes, and print them on a printer located at a warehouse that prepares the shipment for release.
Supervision of the workflow of information
With the notification module, previewing information about the data workflow between the ERP and the Asiston WMS is possible. If data transfer between systems fails, finding the source of the problems is also achievable.
User-friendly warehouse management
This warehouse management system was designed from scratch to be intuitive and user-friendly. With this approach, introducing a person to the new system is less time-consuming than it was before. The data presentation was designed to provide users only with the initial information. That enables easy identification of information that can result in fulfilling the task.
An example is the release of goods by a warehouse keeper. When processing the order, the user knows what goods to collect, how many are needed, and where to find them. This information is enough to perform warehouse keeper’s task correctly. Our warehouse management systems are also adapted to be used on mobile devices. It means that work on data collectors, tablets or other devices is easy and user-friendly.
Improved inventory control
A key aspect of the company managing a warehouse is the detailed control of goods. An ideal situation is one in which there are no discrepancies. Asiston WMS supports and strives for this. The warehouse inventory management software uses an intuitive configuration of a warehouse, i.e., defining zones, within which specific locations of goods are placed.
These may be spaces used for storing or picking orders, as well as for goods entry. This function allows for controlling whether the given state in the system matches the reality. However, even such functionalities will only provide partial control over inventory. For this reason, a function tracks every transfer of each good. Thanks to this, it is possible to identify the source of the discrepancy.
Better allocation of workforce
The Asiston WMS provides a better organization of work in a company. Thanks to authorization roles and individually designed conditions for the division of labour in the warehouse, it is possible to increase the efficiency of the performed tasks significantly. For example, if the responsibilities are split between persons who manage only goods acceptance or release, it can be included in the system.
Individuals seeing only their part of the tasks, can focus more easily and work much more efficiently. To ensure even greater automation in human resources management, Asiston WMS allows for the implementation of individual competences, through which the system will assign appropriate tasks to employees, e.g., employees with poper qualifications such as a forklift, may be given different functions than others.
Using this type of solution significantly improves the work of the managers. The warehouse manager has an overview of what an employee works on. As a result, this person can effectively manage the team in such a way that the work is as efficient as possible.
Intuitive management panel
An integral part of the Asiston WMS is the presentation of various statistics and dashboards.
They are prepared individually for each customer and present various types of charts and summaries that can be later used in the analysis of, for example, bottlenecks, product inventory planning, and a selection of the most efficient employees.
Automatic reports creation
Our warehouse management systems have several reports that can help management in the effective planning of warehouse processes. Different types of those bring several benefits, such as:
- easy operation
- real-time data update
- possibility to export to an external file
- quick creation
It is possible to customize the reports to the requirements of a given company in the Asiston WMS.
Integration with devices
The Asiston WMS allows integration with external devices, e.g., printers, and scales. As a result, a warehouse worker can print labels, waybills, etc.
The warehouse management software can also connect to barcode readers. They pass a character sequence encrypted in the barcode, which is then processed by the system. In this way, the correctness of the code is quickly verified.
Integration with couriers
Our warehouse management systems, such as Assiston WMS enable integration with numerous courier companies. This solution allows for the easy generation of consignment notes that are printed and glued to the issued goods.
This solution also enables a quick finding of the parcel number when unexpected problems occur, and it is necessary to find the reasons.
Data safety
The data stored in the application guarantees: data encryption (application protection and confidentiality of information and data stored on servers are ensured by data encryption), login security (access to the e-commerce warehouse management system requires the use of a unique identifier and password; passwords are subject to a restrictive security policy), and also limited access (depending on the preferences of the organization, it is possible to configure a platform that will limit access only to the internal network of the organization).
Using the Active Directory, the service ensures the convenience of automatic login to the application. Moreover, access to the system can be additionally secured by a VPN.