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Importance of warehouse management system (WMS)


The main purpose of introducing the warehouse management system is to eliminate unnecessary manufacturing and procurement, and to maintain the correct inventory quantity and quality.


After all, there are limits to relying solely on people to manage inventory. In addition, manually inputting and confirming hundreds of thousands of inventory information requires time and effort.


If you use the system to record information about inventory movements and quantities, you will always be able to check the correct inventory quantity and you can also see the sales results at a glance.


Warehouse management systems are very important to improve the quality and productivity of distribution sites. There are three advantages to using an warehouse management system.


Advantage (1): Can improve work efficiency 

Use simulation (Excel, etc.) for warehouse management, write inventory status on paper,

Then it will be very troublesome to import it into the PC.

If you use this system, you only need to read the product barcode on the handheld terminal

You can easily register information, greatly improving work efficiency.


Advantage (2): Reduce surplus inventory

If you use an warehouse management system, you can grasp the results of sales and purchases in real time,

Predict orders based on this information, will not waste purchases, and reduce remaining inventory.


Advantage (3): Prevent errors if

Manually record inventory information, there will be transcription errors and counting errors.

By using this system, correct information is read and recorded, so human errors can be prevented.

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