STIQ Ltd (styleintelligence.com), a publisher of market industry reports focusing on supply chain technology, robotics, and warehouse automation, has shared their Warehouse Management Software Report for 2024. The report shares technology trends, common approaches, and the global economic outlook for warehouse management systems (WMS). The report also explores the evolving role of warehouse execution system (WES) software and its relationship with WMS and warehouse control systems (WCS) in the distribution center.
Gary Cash, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Matthews Automation, contributed to the report along with 40 other global stakeholders in companies providing warehouse automation and software solutions.
When asked about the increased complexity of warehousing processes being seen as an opportunity for WES software, Gary responded, “If you have a WCS, it is managing islands of automation. The software handles sorting in a unit sorter, and separately manages pulling and putting totes in an ASRS. A WES is when the software is more holistically running the warehouse. There’s two words I use which are ‘balance and flow’ to describe a WES. The software purposefully releases orders in a balanced method which manages volume, so work doesn’t overflow an area and create gridlock, nor does it underflow so operators are idle. So, it’s about the balance and flow in the building and managing it holistically.”
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Global brands partner with Matthews Automation Solutions to increase distribution and order fulfillment speed, accuracy and efficiency. Matthews’ broad portfolio of best-of-breed solutions—including leading material handling automation brands Compass, Lightning Pick and Pyramid—offers warehouse execution software, controls, pick-to-light, put walls, order finishing systems, autonomous mobile robots and more. Combined with 25 years of industry experience and proven integration with other material handling systems, Matthews delivers agile and scalable applications throughout the supply chain. Matthews Automation Solutions is a Matthews International company, servicing customers from two North American locations.
