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Traditional Warehouse Control

Versatile Warehouse Control
  • Customized WMS to interface to each WCS Application
  • Each WCS Application operates as an "island of automation"
  • No Centralized control of Material Handling system components
  • WMS must rely on multiple WCS Applications for automation
  • Multiple WCS Applications are expensive to integrate & maintain
  • Combines several unrelated operator interface presentations
  • Simple, standard interface from WMS to WCS Application
  • All WCS Applications are integrated and synchronized together 
  • Centralized WCS dramatically improves system throughput
    VWare™ eliminates requirement for additional WCS Applications
  • Standard WMS & scaleable VWare™ WCS minimize costs
  • Consistent presentation for all WCS Application operator interfaces
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The Versatile Warehouse is a modular software system that provides real-time warehouse management and control functionality tailored to address customer-specific requirements. Its unsurpassed flexibility and robust features enable smooth integration of automated material handling equipment with all standard warehouse operations including:
  • Receiving/Induction
  • Storage/Putaway
  • Inventory Management
  • Dynamic Wave Management
  • Order Selection and Fulfillment
  • Packing Operations
  • Ship Sortation
  • Consolidation
  • Replenishment
  • Reporting  

While the Versatile Warehouse™ may be run in a standalone configuration for smaller applications, a full client/server implementation allows enterprise-level warehouse control applications to be distributed among standard personal computers serving dedicated roles throughout your facility. Regardless of your interest in automated material handling solutions, the Versatile Warehouse™ can greatly increase your system efficiency, worker productivity and inventory accuracy

This innovative system has been developed to meet the needs of those customers desiring a tailored solution for their facility, without the prohibitive risks, cost and time normally associated with retrofitting standard systems. Due to its object-oriented design and extensive configuration capabilities, it easily adapts to accommodate a multitude of feature requirements and equipment interfaces, which eliminates the need for custom coding or subsystem applications to manage automated devices. 

The baseline system may be configured to run in either a location-directed configuration, or in a full inventory control configuration. With the location-directed model, an external system controls inventory storage location selection and maintains all part-to-location relationships. While performing in a full inventory control configuration, VWare™ assumes full responsibility for location selection during pick and putaway operations, tracks all inventory locations and quantities, and provides advanced replenishment and inventory verification operations across all zones. 

The Versatile Warehouse™ meets or exceeds the control requirements of most medium to large-scale automated material handling systems. It provides highly adaptive interfaces to supply chain management applications from enterprise-level Warehouse Management Systems to standardized shipping applications. Inside the warehouse, it communicates directly with a variety of low-level automated equipment controllers from the majority of leading OEM's in the industry. The end result is total control, highly efficient system operation, and extremely cost effective systems solutions.