【正文】 疊高度，最高量的位置，危險(xiǎn)性分類，半成品或原材料，快與慢動(dòng)，等 。控制庫(kù)存水 平 批量 最主要的因素 是多種尺寸， 交貨時(shí)間和需求的變化 ，倉(cāng)庫(kù) 管理系統(tǒng)將對(duì) 任何因素 有 重大影響是不可能。 一般情況下，大規(guī)模的行動(dòng)最終將建立一個(gè)新的 IS部門 用來 唯一負(fù)責(zé)管理倉(cāng)庫(kù)管理系統(tǒng)。 您是否真的需要 倉(cāng)庫(kù)管理系統(tǒng) ？ 并非每一個(gè)倉(cāng)庫(kù)需要一個(gè)倉(cāng)庫(kù) 管理系統(tǒng) 。從一個(gè) 軟件供應(yīng)商到另一個(gè) 在一個(gè) 管理系統(tǒng) 中 詳細(xì)的安裝和處理可以 有 一個(gè)很大的差別，但是其基本邏輯將使用相結(jié)合的項(xiàng)目，地點(diǎn)，數(shù)量，度量單位，并以 收集 信息以確定 在哪里儲(chǔ)存 ，在 哪 里挑選，以及以何種順序執(zhí)行這些操作。清楚的是， 在倉(cāng)庫(kù)管理系統(tǒng)，企業(yè)資源規(guī)劃，布局規(guī)劃要求，交通運(yùn)輸管理系統(tǒng)，供應(yīng)鏈計(jì)劃，高級(jí)計(jì)劃與排程，以及制造執(zhí)行系統(tǒng) 之間 擴(kuò)大重疊功能性只會(huì)增加 那些 尋找軟件解決方案業(yè)務(wù) 的 公司混亂水 平 。利用 與先前的 業(yè)務(wù)有關(guān)的軟件，制造資源計(jì)劃，作為一個(gè)比較，材料需求計(jì)劃（ MRP ）開始作為 一個(gè) 規(guī)劃要求，原材料的生產(chǎn)環(huán)境 的系統(tǒng)。1 Warehouse Management Systems (WMS). The evolution of warehouse management systems (WMS) is very similar to that of many other software solutions. Initially a system to control movement and storage of materials within a warehouse, the role of WMS is expanding to including light manufacturing, transportation management, order management, and plete accounting systems. To use the grandfather of operationsrelated software, MRP, as a parison, material requirements planning (MRP) started as a system for planning raw material requirements in a manufacturing environment. Soon MRP evolved into manufacturing resource planning (MRPII), which took the basic MRP system and added scheduling and capacity planning logic. Eventually MRPII evolved into enterprise resource planning (ERP), incorporating all the MRPII functionality with full financials and customer and vendor management functionality. Now, whether WMS evolving into a warehousefocused ERP system is a good thing or not is up to debate. What is clear is that the expansion of the overlap in functionality between Warehouse Management Systems, Enterprise Resource Planning, Distribution Requirements Planning, Transportation Management Systems, Supply Chain Planning, Advanced Planning and Scheduling, and Manufacturing Execution Systems will only increase the level of confusion among panies looking for software solutions for their operations. Even though WMS continues to gain added functionality, the initial core functionality of a WMS has not really changed. The primary purpose of a WMS is to control the movement and storage of materials within an operation and process the associated transactions. Directed picking, directed replenishment, and directed put away are the key to WMS. The detailed setup and processing within a WMS can vary significantly from one software vendor to another, however the basic logic will use a bination of item, location, quantity, unit of measure, and order information to determine where to stock, where to pick, and in what sequence to perform these operations. At a bare minimum, a WMS should: Have a flexible location system. 2 Utilize userdefined parameters to direct warehouse tasks and use live documents to execute these tasks. Have some builtin level of integration with data collection devices. Do You Really Need WMS? Not every warehouse needs a WMS. Certainly any warehouse could benefit from some of the functionality but is the benefit great enough to justify the initial and ongoing costs associated with WMS? Warehouse Management Systems are big, plex, data intensive, applications. They tend to require a lot of initial setup, a lot of system resources to run, and a lot of ongoing data management to continue to run. That’s right, you need to manage your warehouse management system. Often times, large operations will end up creating a new IS department with the sole responsibility of managing the WMS. The Claims: WMS will reduce inventory! WMS will reduce labor costs! WMS will increase storage capacity! WMS will increase customer service! WMS will increase inventory accuracy! The Reality: The implementation of a WMS along with automated data collection will likely give you increases in accuracy, reduction in labor costs (provided the labor required to maintain the system is less than the labor saved on the warehouse floor), and a greater ability to service the customer by reducing cycle times. Expectations of inventory reduction and increased storage capacity are less likely. While increased accuracy and efficiencies in the receiving process may reduce the level of safety stock required, the impact of this reduction will likely be negligible in parison to overall inventory levels. The predominant factors that control inventory levels are lot sizing, lead times, and demand variability. It is unlikely that a WMS will have a significant impact on any of these factors. And while a WMS certain