WMS Demos & White Papers

Foxfire offers a number of items to download and review, making your software solution decision-making process easier. Listed below is a variety of brochures, demos, system overviews, videos, and white papers. Some of these items require a quick registration to review the content, while other items like brochures may be accessed without registration. We hope you find what you need. And, if not, please submit feedback and let us know how we can do better.

WMS RFP Functionality Matrix

This RFP Functionality Matrix was created as a way to evaluate and tally responses from multiple WMS vendors. In this Excel spreadsheet, numerous WMS features and modules are documented, showcasing the most important functionality in an easy to use form so you can more easily poll vendors and compare their answers side-by-side. This checklist gives anyone looking to implement a WMS software system a quick start to the RFP process. Modules and functionality covered include System Framework, Receiving, Putaway, Inventory Management, Order Management, Picking, Order Prepping, Shipping, Reporting, Standard Integration, and Implementation & Licensing.

Demos

Warehouse Management System (WMS) Overview

This in-depth demo is focused on the complete lifecycle of a Warehouse Management System. In this 30 minute system overview, complete with an audio narrator and numerous screen captures, topics include the management of inbound systems, receiving, inventory, orders, and outbound transactions (shipping). This demo is ideal for those in a management role as well as warehouse floor personnel and is applicable across all industries contained in the WMS space—3PL, retailer, process industrial, or apparel. During this demo, Foxfire also discusses wireless infrastructure, including RF functionality such as real-time messaging and client server relationships.

Using RFID in a Warehouse Overview

In this on-demand web seminar presentation, Foxfire covers the key topics of radio frequency identification (RFID) from data layers to processes to project implementation. Also included are the primary concepts and necessary components for implementation in real-world warehousing environments. The guest lecturer is Dr. Jack Peck, a Professor Emeritus in the Computer Science Department at Clemson University after retiring from Clemson in 2000 as Chairman of the Department.

ROI Calculators

Test drive the WMS Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator (registration required) to see how much your warehouse can save in the short term as well as long term. In just a few minutes, you can enter your warehouse's data into the XLS spreadsheet and see the results. Enter your warehousing data and quickly assess your situation and potential ROI on your warehouse management software system. To gain free access to this easy-to-use tool, registration is required. Register now.

System Overviews

Warehouse Management System (WMS) System Overview

When evaluating Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) for purchase, the quality and cohesiveness of information is critical to the decision-making process. With this in mind, Foxfire has compiled an in-depth overview of our system functionality, the WMS System Overview. Included in this comprehensive 50-page booklet are summaries of modules, including: Administration, System Framework, Warehouse Setup, Inbound, Inventory Management, Outbound, Order Planning, Picking, Inspection/Auditing & Order Prepping, Shipping, Export, and Reporting. This synopsis is recommended for all levels of the exploratory team, from the technical to the managerial, as valuable insight will be derived from systemic uses of a Warehouse Management System (WMS) as well as process flow methodologies.

Videos

London Fog, WMS Customer Video

The London Fog distribution center is based in NJ and handles 10,000 active SKUs and ships 250,000 coats and outerwear shipments each month during peak season. London Fog chose Foxfire to create distribution efficiencies and is using the Warehouse Management System (WMS) to control all facility operations. Their employees can easily move from picking to packing and are using the WMS to manage their inventory as well. Take a tour! See the London Fog warehouse team in action and learn how they are utilizing Foxfire solutions.

White Papers

Warehouse Batch Picking and Sortation: The Design of High Volume Case Pick Operations

This detailed design of conveyor systems involves analyses that reach far beyond simply the selection of the most appropriate system concept. This paper discusses issues and trade-offs in systems for batch picking and sortation of full cases, including issues regularly encountered in the design of case picking systems. By reading through this white paper, the reader will become more educated and will better understand what questions are important to ask...or it will help complement what you already know but in a way that improves your designs. More...

Re-Engineering Existing Warehousing Facilities

When a company runs out of warehouse space their first inclination is to build a new facility. They move into the facility with all their capital monies used up. The building looks good, but what has been accomplished? Typically, a larger debt service and no funding left for process improvements that will add to the bottom line. More...

Winning the Losing Battle of SKU Proliferation—or—Making Chicken Salad out of Chicken Feathers WMS White Paper

Like it or not, SKU proliferation is a permanent fact of modern business life. We've know for a long time that it stresses supply chain operations and planning—sometimes beyond reason. Get a grip—you may not be fighting the right battle. The real issue is not how to stop it, but how to deal with it. Proactively and efficiently. More...

You Are "Live"...Now What? How to Really Finish Your Warehouse Management Software Implementation

You have just spent the last 6 months living, breathing, eating (but not sleeping much) with one and only one focus—"getting live" with your new Warehouse Management Software system. Congratulations you are now "live!" So what do you do now? No, it is not time for Disney World! Actually, chances are you should be finishing the WMS implementation. More...

Warehousing Sanity Check

How well does your management understand that the manner in which a company can leverage its warehousing infrastructure and tools can be a source of significant competitive advantage and differentiation? Or, that a solid warehousing infrastructure coupled with a contemporary Warehouse Management System (WMS) provides a level of activity visibility that facilitates trading partner collaboration and permits customer service to proactively execute its mission? More...