The 5 biggest challenges warehouse managers operation if there is no Warehouse Management System (WMS)
“How to manage inventory when large number of goods entering warehouse at the same time?”
This question undoubtedly comes up or came up before among warehouse foremen because the more goods enter the warehouse, the harder the warehouse can be managed.
Since all the procedures and processes in the warehouse are sophisticated from receiving the goods to moving the goods into the storage or tracking the inventory in case goods are transferred from one spot to another or even picking and packing each item before they are delivered normally involve many tiny processes.
Think about when all these procedures and processes happen without controlling and supporting system, how troublesome it could be to manage a warehouse.
Therefore, many companies design to install software to help manage all the works in the warehouse which we all know by the name of ‘Warehouse Management System or WMS’
What if there is no WMS, what would happen in a warehouse
MOLOG is now going to reflect and review “5 main challenges warehouse managers commonly face if there is no Warehouse Management System (WMS)”
Let us go through each challenge together!
- Inefficient Warehouse Space Utilization
When large amount of goods entering the warehouse, it could cause plenty of warehouse accidents because of poor space utilization. The inefficient storage layout could also affect supply flow and cause warehouse congestion.
- Unable to perform Real-Time inventory tracking
If there is no inventory tracking system, warehouse foremen need to track all the inventory by themselves which is usually time consuming and somehow inaccurate causing costly mistakes and error in inventory and order management.
- Flawed Picking and Packing
There could be mistakes in picking goods from storage because there is no data available for the quality monitoring process. This could cause a mismatch of goods packed and delivered to customers and eventually end up losing customer trust and loyalty to the brand.
- Poor Quality Control
When there are errors in picking and packing process, it is difficult for quality control procedure because the system does not contain correct data. This results in work inefficiency and unsuitable solutions because not enough data is provided to correct the errors.
- Costly expense for labor management
Every process and procedure in the warehouse need to be performed by human labor because there is no supporting warehouse management software which leads to high expenses and lower work quality.
To summarize
Problems that occur at the warehouse when no WMS is in used are mostly human errors because most of the processes and activities in warehouses are performed by human labors. Moreover, labor could lead to several delays even though we used to manage all the works in the warehouse with labor. Too much workload could exceed the limitations of human capacity and that could lead to more challenges and issues as mentioned above.
So, do your warehouses also face these problems? Let’s get rid of all of them together with MOLOG WMS!
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