"We expect that the real-time system option will provide us with significant time savings, increased employee productivity, and substantial paper and ticket savings."
Tom Fields, Executive Director
Southeastern Kentucky Rehabilitation Industries
Using RFID in a Warehouse Overview Demo
WMS Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator
Warehouse Management System (WMS) System Overview - Technical Guide
London Fog Distribution Center, WMS Customer Video
Warehouse Batch Picking and Sortation: The Design of High Volume Case Pick Operations White Paper
Re-Engineering Existing Warehousing Facilities White Paper
Winning the Losing Battle of SKU Proliferation-or-Making Chicken Salad out of Chicken Feathers WMS White Paper
You Are "Live"...Now What? How to Really Finish Your Warehouse Management Software Implementation White Paper
Warehousing Sanity Check White Paper
Warehouse Management
In today's warehousing and distribution centers, everyone is looking for a better ROI. Some of the best ways to increase productivity and save expenses are to analyze operations and implement a Warehouse Management System (WMS). Some of you may have a legacy WMS system and are looking to replace it with one based on current technology — a technology refresh of sorts. Others of you may have new warehouses or are part of an organization that has grown to the point where you can't afford not to implement a WMS.
In our opinion, the most popular driving forces behind implementing a WMS include:
- Labor savings
- Inventory savings and accuracy
- Meeting customer requirements
Your customers are actively restructuring their vendor relationships to deal with fewer trading partners...partners with a demonstrated capability to turn a high volume of small floor-ready orders in a matter of hours rather than weeks. The logistics capability of responding quickly and accurately to these high velocity QR orders can transform a distribution "quagmire" into a significant competitive advantage for your company. By implementing Foxfire WMS, your distribution center can increase labor productivity significantly, improve inventory accuracy to near 100%, and virtually eliminate shipping errors.
Foxfire is focused on delivering measurable results and helping you run your businesses better. In short, implementation of Foxfire WMS:
- greatly enhances the client's capability to ship its customers' orders on-time, optimizing inventory with near absolute accuracy and with required advanced electronic shipment notifications (ASN)
- is an integral part of the supply chain, controlling the movement and storage of materials within an operation while processing the associated transactions
- directs and optimizes stock putaway based on real-time information related to bin utilization
- reduces dependencies on personal memory for inventory locations and better track inventory
- utilizes "Auto ID" & "Data Capture" technology, including barcode scanners, mobile computers from providers like Intermec and Symbol, wireless LANs, and RFID to efficiently monitor the flow of inventory
- increases order fulfillment rates
- uses RF equipment to manage the workforce by assigning tasks to employees dynamically, in priority sequence, as they are directed to or created by the system
Additional features include:
- labeling at your manufacturing plants or at the receiving dock
- material handling & inventory management
- cycle counting and reduced cycle times
- floor-ready merchandise preparation
- wave management
- conveyor PLC interfacing
- auto in-line scanning and weighing
- audit trails of all activity
- suspense triggers
- team/individual efficiency assessment
- verified case packing
- directed loading and shipping
Why Foxfire for your Warehouse Management System (WMS) needs?
- Our product has been successfully deployed in Tier-1 warehouses but yet has affordable, value-pricing and faster implementation times.
- Foxfire is a trusted company. We've been in the WMS business for 20 years and treat each customer as a relationship, not a transaction. You won't get lost in the crowd...we answer and return calls. You have an "all-access" pass.
- Foxfire WMS contains the functionality you want and the depth you need. It was developed for mainstream users, and is usable in the real-world and easily demonstrated. It has the ability to grow as you grow.
- We have a zero-modification implementation strategy — Fixed Fee, Fixed Scope. You know what you are going to get. We meet the requirements of the WMS market without modification.
Foxfire also offers our WMS software solutions using a Software as a Service (SaaS) format. Also known as "on-demand" software, this model allows users to spread out the initial capital investment using a monthly payment plan option without involving third-party leasing providers. Foxfire can include all components of your warehouse management software (WMS) solution for one monthly rate to help you avoid the traditional frontloaded investment required to purchase a WMS. If this interests you, please visit our Software as a Service page for additional information.
In Summary
To learn more about Foxfire WMS, contact us today or consider these additional sources of information:
- Test drive the WMS Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator (registration required) to see how much your warehouse can save. In just a few minutes, enter your warehousing data and quickly assess your potential ROI on your warehouse management software system. To gain free access to this easy-to-use tool, register now.
- The Foxfire Community is an online community designed to enable collaboration between distribution and manufacturing professionals. Registration is free and the community is focused on providing a vehicle for open communication.
- Foxfire offers no-charge webcasts of our WMS solutions, allowing you to see a live WMS demo every other week, without ever having to leave your desk. Registration required.
- Foxfire's in-depth Warehouse Management System (WMS) Overview demo is focused on the complete lifecycle of a Warehouse Management System. Complete with an audio narrator and numerous screen captures, topics include the management of inbound systems, receiving, inventory, orders, and outbound transactions (shipping). Register now.
- Register now and download Foxfire whitepapers, including:
- Warehouse Batch Picking and Sortation: The Design of High Volume Case Pick Operations White Paper
- Re-Engineering Existing Warehousing Facilities White Paper
- Winning the Losing Battle of SKU Proliferation-or-Making Chicken Salad out of Chicken Feathers WMS White Paper
- You Are "Live"...Now What? How to Really Finish Your Warehouse Management Software Implementation White Paper
- Warehousing Sanity Check White Paper
- Foxfire has identified several websites that may be of interest to those employed in the warehouse management arena. See the list of sites we recommend for additional industry knowledge.
For more specific information about Foxfire WMS, call Foxfire at 1.864.868.5243 or contact us.
